Mordechai Ben David - Al Zeh /9 ( Jewish music )

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playlist Mordechai Ben David: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxPdXPpf5vk&list;=PLocxuohvJrofq5NrIZF9Vkx2lTq5cnsaT Ben David may be considered a pioneer of contemporary Hasidic song. He started his musical career in the early 1970s, a time when Hazzanut was the main source of recorded music in Jewish Orthodox circles, with very few solo singer performers. One notable singer who preceded Werdyger was Shlomo Carlebach, who had started a genre rooted in Hasidic and American folk song in the early 1960s. Ben David based his career on his father David's acclaim, choosing Mordechai Ben David (Mordechai the Son of David) as his stage name. In contrast to his father, who recorded classic Hasidic niggunim(songs) with cantorial vocals and classical instruments, Ben David blended traditional Hasidic singing with modern and popular music techniques. He was encouraged in this endeavor by Rabbi Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz, the Ribnitzer Rebbe.[2] He soon became known as an innovator and rose quickly to become a musical superstar to Orthodox Jews worldwide. Ben David's music is considered "soul touching" and "spiritually uplifting", with most of the lyrics based on Hebrew prayer, Biblical passages, and religious poetry, known as Zemirot. Other songs, composed in English, Yiddish, and Modern Hebrew, carry religious themes such as the sanctity of Shabbat and the yearning for Mashiach. His recordings include traditional Hasidic melodies of Eastern European folk-style alongside more modern jazz, pop, and rock music. Throughout his career, Werdyger has worked with many composers and arrangers, most notably Yisroel Lamm and Moshe (Mona) Rosenblum, as well as others including Moshe Laufer and Yossi Green. He himself has composed many songs that he has recorded. MBD's style has been an inspiration to many Jewish singers over the past decades; following his genre are famous singers such as Avraham Fried, Lipa Schmeltzer and Yaakov Shwekey.