Career
Recht and his band tour nationwide, delivering about 150 performances a year, which included an appearance at the 11th Los Angeles Jewish Festival in 2003 in front of an estimated audience of 30,000. He has released four Jewish albums, one live Digital Video Disc performance, and also three secular albums. In 2006, Recht released Tear Down the Walls.
As part of the recording process, Recht gathered a group of Jewish teens, took them to Memphis to Stax Academy, a charter school operated by Soulsville, a non-profit organization that also operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
The students, along with African American students, recorded "Avadim Hayinu," which blends Hebrew lyrics describing the Israelites" journey from slavery to freedom with the lyrics to "We Shall Overcome." The song featured one-time American Idol contestant Phillipe Crymes. The group later performed the song at the National Civil Rights Museum on Martin Luther King, Junior.
