[Dixielandjazz] Israeli Jazz

[Marek Boym]

I don't know whether there is "Jewish jazz," but lots of klezmer bands
jazz-up the klezmer music.  The Isradixie band often participates in
klezmer festivals.  And klezmer groups (most of them non-Jewish) have
been a feature of the Breda Jazz Fesival for many years (perhaps I
should qulify this statement, as I have not been there since 2005).
And Max Kaminsly, in "My Life in Jazz: said that jazz cane naturally
to him, because he heard such music in the shul.
Cheers

On 7 May 2012 04:15, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> On May 6, 2012, at 7:14 PM, Jack Mitchell wrote:
>
>> It might interest some members - in 2009 the AUSTRALIAN JEWISH MUSIC
>> ENSEMBLE recorded a jazz album (Jazzhead HEAD-116, Album title PAZIT) and
>> the ensemble included a number of excellent jazz musicians such as Stephen
>> Grant.
>>
>> No, I haven't heard it.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Jack Mitchell
>
>
> Dear Jack:
>
> That reminded me of a occurrence when I was playing at a Jazz Festival in
>  Oregon in the mid 1990s. A gray haired couple wandered into the room just
> as we finished our last number. They were not there for the festival, but
> staying at the hotel. The woman came up to me as I was packing up my
> clarinet and asked what kind of music that was. I said people call it by
> various names,  classic jazz, Dixieland, trad jazz, New Orleans Jazz etc.
> She said she had not heard that kind of music before, and that she liked it.
>
> She said they were Jewish and asked if I played any Klezmer. I replied not
> really but on certain minor key tunes the clarinet sound can be quite
> similar. "Yes", she said, we're here on vacation from NYC and as we passed
> by, I thought it was Klezmer for a moment. "You know", she added, "Jewish
> Jazz".
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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