Jewish Jazz (was Main Interest)

[Lloica Czackis <lloicale...>]

Alf,

Does the name of Henryk Gold (b. 1898 d. ?) sound familiar?
According to the "A Great European Big Bands Database" (http://nfo.net), he:

"was a pioneer in the history of Polish jazz and dance music, as well as 
being one of the most prolific song writers in Poland during the inter-war 
years. Gold was born in 1898 in Warsaw into a very musical family in which 
all of the children were encouraged to play various instruments. His 
brother, Artur Gold (1903-1943), was also an orchestra leader and composer 
of note, writing many of the tangos that were popular during the 1920?s and 
30?s. Gold became a violinist of some accomplishment, and his very Orthodox 
Jewish family presumed that he would take up a concert career, or play with 
a symphony orchestra.

During the period immediately after WWI when Poland again became 
independent, Jazz, as popularized by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, began 
to sweep Europe from west to east. Henryk Gold was caught up in the extreme 
popularity of this music and followed the lead of Zygmunt Karasinski, a 
saxophonist, who founded the very first Polish jazz band in 1923."

Lots more on that site.

Regards,

Lloica





>From: "alfesta" <alfesta (at) onetel(dot)net(dot)uk>
>Reply-To: "alfesta" <alfesta (at) onetel(dot)net(dot)uk>
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Main Interest
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:33:17 +0100
>
>Hi There,
>
>Thanks to you I have, over the past few weeks received numerous e:mail 
>messages concerning various Jewish musical involvements.
>
>My main interest however is confined to Jewish involvement in Jazz and 
>Popular Music from the year dot (around 1850) to the 1960's.
>This included song writers/composers, musicians, record producers, Band 
>Leaders, Singers and such like.
>
>Could you please point me in the right direction
>
>Best Regards
>
>Alf Keiles

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