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Peter Apfelbaum, Eric Mingus, Cyro Baptista, Marcus Rojas and Special Guest Charlie Burnham.“Shapiro transforms the ritual of a Friday night Shabbat service into a rollicking downtown jam.”Nate Chinen The New York Times“A brilliant synthesis of klezmer and hard bop. The CD’s money track is a rousing rendition of “La Chaim.” He takes the drinking toast from “Fiddler on the Roof” and plays it like Sam Butera and Louis Prima. “Will Friedwald the New York Sun“A bubbling brew of soulful Jewish traditional music reimagined by someone who grew up playing tenor and flute while listening to Blue Note records and John Coltrane.”George Robinson The Jewish Week“Paul Shapiro’s Midnight Minyan could well stand as one of the supreme achievements of creative, modern Jewish jazz.”Seth Rogovoy Berkshire Jewish Voice