About me
Jordan Hirsch (trumpet) learned Klezmer music the old fashioned way- On the bandstand, playing with some of the greatest masters of American Klezmer, like Ray Musiker, Howie Leess, Danny Rubinstein, and Pete Sokolow. He has performed on the Khasidic wedding scene for five decades, which has given him a deep appreciation for the wide variety of Ashkenazic musical styles. He has been a regular member of the National Yiddish Theater orchestra since 2010, most notably in the critically acclaimed 2018-2020 production of Fidler Afn Dakh, and the most recent show, Amid Falling Walls. Jordan is a busy freelance musician in NYC, performing in numerous Jazz, Classical, and Klezmer ensembles, and has recorded with Klezmerfest, The Kleztraphobix, Neshoma Orchestea, Funk Shui, Shulem Lemmer, Michoel Schnitzler, and Dudu Fisher, among others. He performed in Catskills resorts for over 30 years, and was musical director of the Homowack Lodge, the last of the Borscht Belt hotels, for six years. He has appeared in concert with Avraham Fried, Joel Grey, David Hyde Pierce, Fyvush Finkel, Theo Bikel, Lipa Schmeltzer, and Shlomo Carlebach, just to name a few.
