Kosher Jammers

Jewish connections in jazz Volume 1 - the USA

Mike Gerber

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Vinyl Vanguard
20 January 2024

Music reviews & criticism; Sacred & religious music; Jazz

"Jews have been a major presence in America's jazz, as musicians and as jazz facilitators, and in Kosher Jammers: Jewish Connections in Jazz - The USA, Gerber tells that story with a rigour worthy of academia but with a feature writer's creative flair.

Besides drawing on a plethora of second-hand sources, Kosher Jammers is absolutely packed with first-hand material, from interviews, phone calls and emails with jazz figures, Jewish and otherwise - including possibly the last ever interview with swing era icon Artie Shaw. Among the many other interviewees are black jazz figures such as saxophonist Buddy Collette and the critic Stanley Crouch, as a key theme running through the book is the relationship between Jews and African Americans in jazz.

The impact on jazz of tunes written by Jewish ""Great American Songbook"" composers such as George Gershwin, Harold Arlen and Johnny Green is also covered, And the book features an extensive study of the Jewish-jazz phenomenon, whereby musicians from Ziggy Ellman in the 1930s to contemporary artists, notably John Zorn, have sought to create jazz that draws on Jewish music influences and themes. Gerber drives home the point that, even had there never been a single Jewish jazz musician, Jews will still have contributed massively to the development of jazz in the United States, as managers, impresarios, venue owners, label founders, writers and such.

382 pages"

By: Mike Gerber
Imprint: Vinyl Vanguard
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 513g
ISBN: 9798224744800
Pages: 406
Publication Date: 20 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Gerber, born in 1953, is a London-based journalist, and now also a partner in the Vinyl Vanguard record shop. Gerber left school at 16 and worked in dead-end jobs before taking a history with Spanish degree in his thirties, and then a post-graduate trainee journalist course. His career in journalism, as writer and editor, began in the late 1980s. As well as covering a wide range of industries, his features have appeared in the Guardian, the Observer, Financial Times, New Statesman, Lloyds List, Jewish Socialist and on various TV station Channel 4 websites. Gerber's music journalism includes features in: We Jazz, Cadence, fRoots, Songlines, Long Live Vinyl, and IAJRC Journal and other publications. He also presented a regular show on UK Jazz Radio. https: //www.mikegerberjournalist.co.uk