Re: Afghani-Jewish and in NY?

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Nu, Shayna?  (as they probably *don't* say in Mazar-e Sharif)  Is this 
cantor still around, and still ... cantoring, in Queens?  Who he?  Where to 
be found?

If you don't know, can you advise how to get in touch with Ted Levin?

--Robert Cohen, who sometimes can be found in a different section of Queens, 
NY



>On the subject of Afghani music, I asked around work (Silk Road Project-
>check out for new and traditional music from Central Asia and the former
>Silk Road trade routes, www.silkroadproject.org) and retrieved the 
>following
>story from musicologist Ted Levin.
>
>He doesn't know of details on Afghani-Jewish music per se, but through his
>journeys in Queens, NY has heard the chanting of a chazzan from outside
>Mazar-e Sharif.  This city and region have historical implications in that
>Alexander the Great marched through there, are the birthplace of Zoroastor,
>and were at one point home to a large Jewish community.  Both Mazar-e 
>Sharif
>and Baghlan (to the east) were also points along the Silk Road.  Migration
>flow happened in the 20th century and this particular person came to NY
>while others went to Bukhara, Turkey, Iran....this particular chazzan's
>chanting sounds Persian to some extent and differs from the music of
>Bukharan Jews of Central Asia (a number of whom are also in Queens).


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