African-American musicians and Yiddish

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

I have heard from a reliable source that several African-American
musicians (other than Cab Calloway) who grew up in neighborhoods where
Yiddish was often spoken spoke some Yiddish themselves.  I supoose
that this shouldn't be too surprising -- remember our thread on Jimmy
Cagney speaking Yiddish in movies?  He mentioned Willie the Lion
Smith, Dinah Washington, and Slim Gaillard.  Does anyone know of
recordings of these (or other) African-American musicians that reflect
this cross-cultural phenomenon?

Bob

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