Re: What is Jewish Music?

[glenn tamir <klezska...>]

Very well Said.  I can relate to your ideas.  I take
the "Jewish" melodies from my "Jewish" cultural
background and combine them with the music of Jamaican
Ska and Reggae which is the music I performed
initially for money and then for enjoyment (hey the
money is nice with that too).

Thank you for your insight and contribution to this
debate.

Glenn Tamir
www.mp3.com/klezska


--- Mike Cohen <mrquin (at) nylink(dot)com> wrote:
> I hope all will pardon my ignorance or naivete on
> this subject, but it is
> one I have a perspective on in some way. As a
> working musician in New York,
> I never know from day to day what kind of gig I may
> have the next night. I
> grew up playing jazz, immersed myself in classical
> music and over the last
> few years, klezmer. In order to pay the rent,
> besides doing shows, I do many
> frum weddings. 
>    I , being Jewish and having grown up identifying
> myself as Jewish, play
> music in a way unique to my life experiences as a
> musician growing up at the
> end of the 20th century. Part of that is being
> Jewish. Is Fred Hirsch
> playing Monk Jewish? I imagine somewhere him that
> facet exists and somehow
> comes out as part of him.
>   The question of whether a Jew can play Jazz ,
> since he is not African
> American is the wrong question. The question is
> whether as a Jew , he can
> bring his life experiences to a music  originated by
> African Americans and
> play it with the same integrity as he would the
> "Jewish music " he grew up
> with.
> 
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