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The Alexandria Kleztet, an inventive klezmer band based in the Washington/Baltimore region, has released its third album, Close Enough for Klezmer. On Close Enough for Klezmer, the band shows its range on creative re-imaginings of traditional and well-loved Israeli, Hebrew and Yiddish material such as ?Bashana Haba?a,? ?Ma Navu,? and ?My Yiddishe Mame.? Four compositions by Kibel, a skilled swing and jazz instrumentalist, and one by bassist Scott Harlan, a noted jazz-fusion player, demonstrate strong jazz roots, as do numerous improvised sequences within songs. Kibel and Harlan are joined by percussionist Tim Jarvis and Helen Hausmann, making her debut as the band?s new violinist and mandolinist. Violinist Claire Cardon makes a final appearance, recorded before she moved to the Midwest.