Re: Odessa music

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Dear Jewish Music Listers:
>I had  a bit of a stumper question yesterday and hope someone on the list
>can help. A person is looking for music he called "Jewish Music from
>Odessa", purportedly by Jewish criminals.(??)  He said it was circulating
>in Europe some time ago and would like to get a copy of this. Does anyone
>know of it and how to obtain a copy? 

It sounds more likely that the person is confusing (a) song(s) about
Benya Krik, the Jewish gangster in Isaac Babel stories, about whom
I remember hearing music in the past.

But I could be wrong....

ari

Ari Davidow
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