Re: Sephardic Jews in music

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

   Yes, he was Sephard. The name was abbreviated when his family came to the 
US. Check his bio. He's also listed as Sephard in a book about American 
Jewish musicians...I forget the title...I think it's called, TO LIFE! And 
nu??? There were lots of Sephard people who made it to Poland in the last 
couple of centuries...just ask my family...both sides of which are Sephard, 
but lived in Poland and Eastern Europe for about the last 400 years,or 
so...it beat living in Spain, Italy and Portugal during the Inquisition.
    Trudi the G



>From: George Robinson <GRComm (at) concentric(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Sephardic Jews in music
>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:59:40 -0400
>
>I have a vague recollection of Torme saying in his autobiography that
>his family was Polish and changed the spelling of a much longer name. I
>don't have a copy on hand, so I can't check, but if that's true he
>probably wasn't Sephardic.
>
>And Robert, what did Eydie buy?
>
>George Robinson
>
>Robert Cohen wrote:
> >
> > Eydie Gorme (rhymes with Torme, anyway) was also Sephardic Jewish--and,
> > surely of primary relevance--was a customer in my father's (o"h) grocery
> > store on Second Avenue.  As was Steve.
> >
> > --Robert Cohen
> >
> > >Since this is a Jewish music list, let's not forget the great Mel
> > >Torme--what a musician, with exquisite intonation whether singing solo 
>or
> > >harmony. But one might not call his singing emotional.
> > >He was descended from Sephardic Jews--the family's name was Torma--as I
> > >believe was the great Jazz drummer Buddy Rich.
> >
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