| The Night In The Garden Of Eden | Harry Kandel | [4:52] |
| Russian Sher | trad., Kroke | [11:16] |
| Reb Dovidls Nign | trad. | [4:50] |
| Sher | trad. | [3:39] |
| The Secrets Of The Life Tree | Kroke, based on a theme by Harry Kandel | [3:28] |
| Fun Tashlikh | trad. | [3:53] |
| Jazz Tashlikh | Kroke, based on a traditional theme | [2:19] |
| Der Ziser Bulgar/ Moldavian Medley | trad., Kroke | [6:47] |
| Dafino Vino | Kroke, 2nd part based on a traditional theme | [6:31] |
| Eden | Tomasz Lato, based on a theme by Harry Kandel | [1:45] |
Tomasz Kukurba: violin, viola, vocals, percussion.
Jerzy Bawoł: accordion.
Tomasz Lato: double bass.
Gościnnie:
Marian Lato: clarinet on "Russian Sher" and "Eden".
Dariusz Grela: piano on "Jazz Tashlik".
Dariusz Kempny: clicking on "Jazz Tashlik.
All Tracks arranged by Kroke, except track 7 and 10 arranged by Kroke and D.Grela.
Recorded and mixed by Dariusz Grela at Grelcom Studio Cracow, January 1996
Art work: Barbara Konieczna.
Visual conception and layout: Hille Jan Breiteneicher.
The group Kroke was created in 1992 in Cracow on the initiative of three lifelong friends and graduates of the Cracow Academy of Music: Tomasz Lato, Tomasz Kukurba and Jerzy Bawoł. Having gone through the successive phases of education in classical music, and then fascination with jazz and prograessive music, as Kroke they concentrate on playing and composing within the realm of authentic Jewish music. Each member of Kroke is equally strongly engaged in the creative process of the group.
Using traditional material as the foundations on which to build ingenious arrangements and improvisations, expoiting their previous experience, transmiting the profundity of man's feelings and nature, Kroke creates new, unique compositions as well as a sound which is thus far unheard in Jewish music.
In 1993 the group released its first cassette "Kroke", which was received with an astonishing interest. This resulted in numerous invitations to parcipate in many festivals and concerts, in intensified work on the improvement of their technique, and in investigation of the tradition and philosophy of the Jewish nation.
The mystical atmosphere of Cracow's Jewish district Kazimierz, the unshaken dignity of its six-hundred-year-old tradition, reflection on the sufferings of the past, on the present, on hope and trust in man, as well as common creative work found their outcome in the album entitled "Trio", which was released in 1996 in Berlin.
The music from this album already won the heart of the public who attended Kroke's concerts all over Europe.
Daniel Gerson
