Album Notes

Yiddish is Forever: the full 3-CD collection - 48 songs, more than 3 hours of great music - for only 25 $.

Jacqui Sussholz sings with such feeling, he can make your spine tingle. You'll hear his heart and you'll feel he knows your soul. He can be tender, joyous - listen to Veal Yedei (track 9)- or deeply moving, as on Babi Yar( 8). On a track like Rozo de Schabbos (16) he can make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. Sussholz is the real thing: his traditional Yiddish and Hassidic music comes direct from the source, and you can hear it. The brilliant, richly-textured musical arrangements bring vibrant new life to Yiddish/Hassidic classics. This is music that transcends categories; music lovers everywhere will hear its call - and respond.
Yiddish really is for ever - and for everyone.

Jacqui Sussholz: the story so far...
Jacqui Sussholz is full of surprises. He's a diamond dealer in Antwerp - and he sings like an angel. He sings traditional Yiddish and Hassidic songs - with brilliant arrangements that transcend categories.. He's proud to be Jewish - but he's reaching out to the world. He performs in English, French, Dutch, German, Hebrew - and, of course, Yiddish.
Jacqui is a born artist, a natural all-round performer who has recorded 3 CDs and created his own one-man show Yiddish is Forever. He sings, he tells stories, he can make you laugh, he can break your heart.. And everything he does, he does with passion; he lives each moment to the full. You can sense that in every song he sings and every story he tells - hilarious monologues, Woody Allen style, about his own life. The full stage show blends the music and the humour to create great entertainment: it has played to packed, enthusiastic audiences in Belgium, France and Germany . He has now adapted a smaller-scale version for private functions, based on humorous stories of his experiences in the diamond world. 'It's doing great with all audiences' he says. 'And I can put it on anywhere. So long as the technical backup - sound system, etc. - is professional'
What's a diamond dealer doing in showbiz, you may ask? 'My mother's always asking that' Jacqui says. 'You spend all your time and money on singing, she says. What will become of you? So I say, 'Listen. Other guys in business, when they want a break, they drink, they gamble, they keep a fancy mistress somewhere. So what should I do?' And she gives me a look and says, 'Sing, Jacqui, sing!"
And that's what he does - with a warmth and humanity that will touch the hearts of audiences everywhere.