[Dixielandjazz] Micky Katz - was: Bunny Film Clip

[David Richoux]

That was the Mickey Katz who was Joel Grey's father and Jennifer  
Grey's (the actress) grandfather. He did a lot of stuff with Spike  
Jones and a lot of other novelty groups.

There are a lot of his "Katz Pajamas" LPs floating around the used  
record bins - I have a few of them, and his music was also honored in  
a modern jazz recording by the reed player Don Byron: Don Byron Plays  
the Music of Mickey Katz

To send this thread even further  off track -  I saw the New England  
(Boston) Klezmer Conservatory with Don Byron on clarinet way back in  
the early 1980s - it was not my first exposure to Klezmer Jazz, but  
it was quite a show!
I am planning a future Yiddish Jazz program for KFJC - if you all  
have any ideas or names I should explore (other than the obvious Al  
Jolson, Benny Goodman and etc...)

how about this screed: http://music.ucsd.edu/~dborgo/research/cbpk.htm !

Dave Richoux

On Mar 24, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Craig I. Johnson wrote:

> Stan,
> That sure takes me back. That was Mickey Katz
> who also  recorded with a group called "The Kosher Jammers"?
> I sure wish I had my old 78s of "Tico Tico" (Tickle Tickle)
> and "Chloe"  ("Cloyeh"). - in yiddish.
> Do I have it right?
> Craig Johnson
>
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