# Austin Klezmorim

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{{Short description|American klezmer music group}}
[[Image:Bill Fluglehorn.jpg|thumb|Bill Averbach playing [fluglehorn](/source/fluglehorn)]]

'''Austin Klezmorim''' is a [klezmer](/source/klezmer) music group founded in 1979 in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas) by [trumpet](/source/trumpet)er and composer Bill Averbach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charlottecultureguide.com/profile/detail/18765/Bill_Averbach |title=Bill Averbach &#124; CharlotteCultureGuide.com |access-date=2014-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216003941/http://www.charlottecultureguide.com/profile/detail/18765/Bill_Averbach |archive-date=2014-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}

==Recordings==
Self-Published Recordings [http://www.BAMusic.net]<!-- Deleted image removed: left -->
*Shalom Y'all 1979
*Texas Klez 1984
*East of Odessa 1992
*Bubba's Waltz 2005

Compilations 
*Klezmer Music 2007 - Wagram Roots. Cat No: 3126522 Format: CD
*Balkan Fever 2008 - 4 CD Compilation, Wagram Roots. Cat No: 3134402. Format: CD

==Influence==
Founded by trumpeter and composer Bill Averbach and based out of Austin, Texas, The Austin Klezmorim have performed concerts and festivals throughout the Southwest as members of the [http://www.arts.state.tx.us/rosters/touring/city.asp?stour=austin Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Artist Roster]. Their influence has played an important role in the development of [Austin music](/source/Austin_music)'s more eclectic music reputation as the first modern "Klezmer" band in Texas and the oldest Klezmer band in the Southwest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.klezmershack.com/contacts/klezbands_a.html#band.austin|title = A &#124; the KlezmerShack directory of Klezmer, Jewish, and related bands|date = 4 May 2004}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} Their music is a fusion of the traditional [Klezmer](/source/Klezmer), [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [worldbeat](/source/worldbeat), and indigenous [Texas music](/source/Texas_music). The group combines the older, traditional music with more contemporary styles in order to keep the music alive and growing.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}

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