David Licht


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Drummer David Licht co-founded the Klezmatics in NYC in the late ’70s. A member of the legendary groups Shockabilly and Bongwater, he also performed with Ned Rothenberg, John Zorn and Tom Cora in the early ’80s. Other collaborations include: composing for choreographer Karen Heifetz, and performing with Kapelye, Giora Feidman, David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness.

ALBUMS


Eugene Chadbourne, Jim McHugh, Jeb Bishop, David Menestres, David Licht
Cackalacky Massakree!!
2022
The Chadbournes
Noise Reduction : No
2021
The Chadbournes
Gastoneyomama !
2020
The Klezmatics
Live At Town Hall
2011
The Klezmatics
Tuml = Lebn. The Best Of The First 20 Years
2008
Shockabilly
ShockaprilfoolsAbilly: Shockabilly Live 1983
2006
The Klezmatics
Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah
2006, ,
Klezmer/Holiday
The Klezmatics
Rise Up! = Shteyt Oyf!
2002, ,
Klezmer
Bongwater
Box Of Bongwater
1998, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Indie Rock
The Klezmatics
Jews With Horns
1994, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Klezmer
When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water
Bill Kennedy’s Showtime
1993, ,
Avantgarde/Indie Rock
Bongwater
The Big Sell-Out
1992, ,
Alternative Rock
Bongwater
The Peel Session
1992, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock
The Klezmatics
Rhythm + Jews
1991, ,
Klezmer
When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water
Porgy
1991, ,
Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Musical
Bongwater
The Power Of Pussy
1990
Shockabilly
Baby
1990
Shockabilly
Vietnam / Heaven
1990
Bongwater
Double Bummer+
1989, ,
Art Rock/Parody/Punk/Glam
Shockabilly
Live ...Just Beautiful
1989, ,
Alternative Rock/Noise
The Klezmatics
Shvaygn=Toyt
1989
When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water
Bobby
1989, ,
Indie Rock
Shockabilly
The Ghost Of Shockabilly
1989, ,
Experimental/Avantgarde
When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water
This Guy’s In Love With You
1988, ,
Alternative Rock
Shockabilly
In Search Of
1988,
Bongwater
Double Bummer
1988, ,
Art Rock/Parody/Punk/Glam
B.A.L.L.
Bird
1988
B.A.L.L.
Bird / Period
1988
B.A.L.L.
Period (Another American Lie)
1987
Bongwater
Breaking No New Ground!
1987
Shockabilly
Heaven
1985, ,
Industrial/Post Rock/Noise/Experimental
Shockabilly
Vietnam
1984, ,
Noise/Post Rock/Experimental
Shockabilly
Colosseum
1984, ,
Avantgarde
Shockabilly
Greatest Hits
1983
Shockabilly
Earth vs. Shockabilly
1983, ,
Avantgarde
The Chadbournes
A Blotter Hit Of LSDC&W
1982
Shockabilly
The Dawn Of Shockabilly
1982, ,
Psychobilly/Punk
Paws
Paws
1981
The Chadbournes
LSDC&W - The Amazing Story Of The Chadbournes In America
1981, ,
Free Improvisation/Space Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Post Rock
The Klezmatics
Between Two Worlds - A Collection
,
Klezmer
B.A.L.L.
T.V. B.A.L.L.
,
Alternative Rock

APPEARANCES +


John Zorn
Fencing 1978 (John Zorn’s Olympiad Volume 2)
2022, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Michael Winograd
Early Bird Special
2022
Eugene Chadbourne
Eddie Chatterbox : Project Omnibook - The Lost Years Volume Four : Only The Dead Chatterboxes Know Back Home Blues
2020,
Michael Winograd
Kosher Style
2019, ,
Klezmer
Son Of Shockabilly
Unreal Band
2019, ,
Avantgarde/Psychobilly
Daevid Allen & Kramer
Who’s Afraid & Hit Men
2013, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Prog Rock
Cyro Baptista’s Banquet Of The Spirits*
Infinito
2009, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Eugene Chadbourne, Toshinori Kondo
Where Is Kondo?
2005
The Klezmatics With Joshua Nelson & Kathryn Farmer
Brother Moses Smote The Water (Live In Berlin)
2004
Elaine Hoffman Watts, Susan Hoffman Watts
I Remember Klezmer: The Art Of Klezmer Drumming
2003
Frank London
Scientist At Work
2002, ,
Fusion/Cool Jazz
Moth Wranglers
Never Mind The Context
2001
Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars
Di Shikere Kapelye (Jewish-Oriental Village Brass From NYC’s Lower East Side)
2000, ,
Klezmer
Various
Hallelujah, Anyway- Remembering Tom Cora
1999, ,
Free Jazz/Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Klezmer 1993 New York City - The Tradition Continues On The Lower East Side
1999, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Klezmer
The Styrenes
All The Wrong People Are Dying
1998, ,
Experimental/Psychedelic/Spoken Word/Avant-garde Jazz/Art Rock/Punk
Eugene Chadbourne
To Phil
1998, ,
Country Blues/Acoustic/Folk Rock
Drazy Hoops
Straight To Black
1998, ,
Indie Pop/Experimental
Eugene Chadbourne, John Zorn
1977 1981
1998, ,
Free Improvisation/Avantgarde/Experimental
Glen or Glenda
Reasons In The Sun
1997, ,
Avantgarde
Various
Freedom Sounds: A Tribute To The Skatalites
1997, ,
Ska
Frank London
The Debt
1997, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Soundtrack
Various
The Tango Lesson Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1997
Dr. Eugene Chadbourne’s New Archive Of Insanity*
Chadbourne Barber Shop
1996, ,
Country Blues/Folk Rock/Punk/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Itzhak Perlman, Brave Old World, Andy Statman, The Klezmatics & Klezmer Conservatory Band
Live In The Fiddler’s House
1996, ,
Klezmer
Various
Festival Of Light
1996
Various
שטייגערס = Shteygers = Ways (New Klezmer Music 1991-1994)
1995, ,
Klezmer
Ann Magnuson
The Luv Show
1995
Half Japanese*
Greatest Hits
1995, ,
Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Punk
David Krakauer
Klezmer Madness!
1995, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Folk/Klezmer
Itzhak Perlman - Brave Old World • The Klezmatics • The Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra • The Klezmer Conservatory Band*
Klezmer (In The Fiddler’s House)
1995, ,
Klezmer
Shapir-O’Rama*
El Mundo De Vapor Y Valentia (Old Vienna)
1994, ,
Indie Rock
Carney* • Hild* • Kramer
Black Power
1994
Eugene Chadbourne
Blotter LSD C&W 2001
1992, ,
Country Blues/Acoustic/Psychobilly
Branford Marsalis, Mel Gibson
David And Goliath
1992, ,
Story
Giora Feidman
The Dance Of Joy
1992
Kramer
The Guilt Trip
1992, ,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Daevid Allen And Kramer
Who’s Afraid?
1992, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Prog Rock
Eugene Chadbourne
Oil Of Hate
1991
Eugene Chadbourne
The English Channel
1991
Various
Passed Normal Vol. 4
1991, ,
Free Jazz/Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
The End Of Music (As We Know It)
1991, ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Industrial
Lida Husik
Bozo
1991
The Mabuses
The Mabuses
1991
Various
Rutles Highway Revisited (A Tribute To The Rutles)
1990, ,
Alternative Rock
Eugene Chadbourne
The Rake As A Way Of Life
1989
Hudson* - Styrene*
A Monster And The Devil
1989
Various
Tourney Into Pain
1989, ,
Industrial/Noise/Experimental
Rebby Sharp
In One Mouth And Out The Other
1989
Hudson* - Styrene*
A Monster And The Devil
1989
Various
Shimmy-Disc Video Compilation...1989
1989, ,
Hardcore/Punk/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young
1989
Various
Mondostereo
1988, ,
Alternative Rock/Grunge/Punk/Experimental/Psychedelic/Garage Rock
Eugene Chadbourne
Ventures Warm-Up
1988
King Missile (Dog Fly Religion)*
They
1988, ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Experimental
Jad Fair and Kramer
Roll Out The Barrel
1988, ,
Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Experimental
Rebby Sharp
Against No Wall
1987, ,
Art Rock
Various
The 20th Anniversary Of The Summer Of Love 1987-1967
1987, ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Noise/Experimental
Half Japanese*
Music To Strip By
1987, ,
Indie Rock
Eugene Chadbourne
LSDC&W - The History Of The Chadbournes In America
1987, ,
Free Jazz/Country Rock
Carney* • Hild* • Kramer
Happiness Finally Came To Them
1987
Various
Passed Normal (Vol 1)
1987, ,
Art Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde/Indie Rock
天鼓*
Slope - ゆるやかな消失
1987
Various
Bad Alchemy Nr 2
1985, ,
Alternative Rock/Free Improvisation/Jazz-Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Eugene Chadbourne
Country Protest
1985, ,
Free Jazz/Country Rock
Eugene Chadbourne
He’s Insane
1984
Eugene Chadbourne
The President; He Is Insane
1984
Eugene Chadbourne
Dinosaur On-The-Way
1984
Various
That’s The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Brice Street
Imagination
1983
Minas
Num Dia Azul
1983
Eugene Chadbourne
Solo History
1982
Eugene Chadbourne
There’ll Be No Tears Tonight
1980, ,
Free Jazz/Country
Eugene Chadbourne
The English Channel
1979
Frank London
The Shvitz (Music From The Jonathan Berman Film)
,
Klezmer/Contemporary Jazz/Soundtrack
Daevid Allen & Kramer
Who’s Afraid?
,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Prog Rock