FREE ONLINE ALBUM !

From 1978 to 1990 the majority of the original music in the live performances and most of the studio-album recordings of the band-driven choral ensemble, Kol Simcha (Sound of Joy) were written, arranged, and co-produced by Bruce Cohen – and most of the time, with his uniquely-branded piano-playing driving it, during what Kol Simcha soprano Kathy Shooster called, “Kol Simcha’s ‘golden era.'”

Each song is playable directly from the links below. Enjoy! (Released Early April 2017)

“What I love about this raw, non-studio collection is that the separate and distinct qualities of the vocal and instrumental performances, and harmony-arrangements can each be clearly heard for what they were truly back then, without studio correction or masking – despite often tremulous analog recording, and a decidedly honkey-tonk sounding old piano in one of the live venues. This collection captures how it all really was – live.” 

– Bruce L. Cohen, Composer/Pianist/Arranger

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This 14-song EP is FREE. There is no purchase price.

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1. Sing Hallelujah (Live At Mt. Holly) – Music & Lyrics: Rick Coghill & Joel Chernoff, Vocal Arrangement: J. Finkelstein, Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein. Piano Arrangement: Bruce Cohen ©Messianic Music & Messianic Publishing & Bruce Cohen respectively.

2. Shomer Yisrael (Live At Mt. Holly) – Song & Vocal Arrangement: Hasidic Folk Festival, Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein Piano Arrangement: Bruce Cohen ©1979 Hasidic Folk Festival, Kol Simcha & Bruce Cohen respectively.

3. Who Do You Know (Live Mt. Holly) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements: ©Bruce Cohen. Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

4.  Eli, Eli  (Live Mt. Holly) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements: ©Bruce Cohen. Vocaal Direction: J. Finkelstein

5. Revival Has Come (Live Mt. Holly) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements:  ©Bruce Cohen. Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

6. All Of Us (Isaiah 53)  (Live Mt. Holly) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements:  ©Bruce Cohen Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

7. Upon Your Walls –  (Live Mt. Holly) Music, Lyrics, Vocal Arrangements: Richard Serody, Original Piano Arrangement: Bruce Cohen. Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

 8. Shema – (Live Mt. Holly) Music, Lyrics, Vocal Arrangements: Hasidic Folk Festival, Original Piano Arrangement ©Bruce L. Cohen: song ©1984 Hasidic Folk Festival. Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

9. Fall Upon Us Now –  (Live Mt. Holly)  Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements: ©Bruce Cohen Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

10. Give God The Glory (Live in Philadelphia) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements: ©Bruce Cohen. Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

11. Your Gentleness  (Tascam4 Recording) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements: ©Bruce Cohen. Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

12. Who Do You Know (Tascam4 Recording) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements: ©Bruce Cohen. Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

13. Great Is The Lord (Tascam4 Recording) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal & Piano Arrangements: ©Bruce Cohen. Vocal Direction: J. Finkelstein

14. V’Ahavtah (Live in Philadelphia) – Original Music, Lyrics, Vocal Arrangement Composed & Conducted (Vocal Direction) by ©Bruce Cohen

CREDITS:     Mt. Holly Recording Engineer: Wayne Eisenberg.

Tascam (PA) Recording Engineers: J.P. Shelkin & Mitchell Fox.