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George Gershwin's songbook: Influences of Jewish music, ragtime and Jazz
… melting-pot of cultures, the influences of ragtime, jazz and traditional Jewish music may be found. Gershwin wrote for the piano in a remarkable free fresh and innovative fashion. Improvisations as a genre … songbook: Influences of Jewish music, ragtime and Jazz …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, the Freedman collection at the University of Pennsylvania, the … preserved. Their influence is also felt in American jazz, with Jewish jazz musicians like Benny Goodman, Al … composer Menashe Ravina in 1943. “The healthy desire to free ourselves of this sentimentalism causes many to avoid …
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
… mid 1970s. During that period, Zorn's music has dabbled in free jazz, hardcore punk music, soundtracks, Jewish music, modern … … RAdical Jewish Culture … Klezmer … Sephardi music … Free Jazz … New York City … Masada … A Bookshelf On Top of …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… and a journalistic rehash of the legends by Michael Freedland (1974) the songwriter’s major biographies had to … out, Berlin’s works “don’t generally exhibit the slick, jazz-inspired veneer of Gershwin’s and Rodgers (and Hart’s) … Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin . London: Penguin Books. Freedland, Michael. 1974. Irving Berlin . New York: W.H. …