Jewish jazz musicians

[Larry Kart]

That's Moses Asch, not Moses Ash. And I don't think Lennie Niehaus is a landsman.

[king ubu]

oody Wallen

[AllenLowe]

I'm actually a pagan -

[AllenLowe]

I'd sacrifice a virgin if I could find one -

[randissimo]

I play gigs occasionally with Jeff Haas, a jazz piano player who's dad was Karl Haas, an accomplished pianist and known in classical music circles around the globe from the entertaining and educational music series he did for many years on public radio. "Adventures In Good Music" was an insightful program that helped generations of people better understand and appreciate classical music and the composers.. Jeff Haas leads a very interesting and prolific jazz group featuring arrangements and originals inspired by old Jewish songs and melodies from west and east Europe.

Edited May 28, 2008 by randissimo

[randissimo]

Some Jewish-Israelis:

Avishai Cohen (X2)

Anat Cohen

Anat Fort

Omer Avital

Ittai Kriss

Barak Mori

Alon Yavnai

Tamir Hendelman

Yaron Herman

Omer Klein

Eli Degibri

Danniel Zamir

Albert Beger

Abatte Berihun

Yotam Silberstein

Gilad Hekselman

Yonatan Volchock

Avi Lebo

Don't forget Jewish-Israeli jazz violinist Miri Ben-Ari. I heard her at a jazz festival in 2000 with Jeff Haas and she blew me away!

Edited May 28, 2008 by randissimo

[White Lightning]

Some Jewish-Israelis:

Avishai Cohen (X2)

Anat Cohen

Anat Fort

Omer Avital

Ittai Kriss

Barak Mori

Alon Yavnai

Tamir Hendelman

Yaron Herman

Omer Klein

Eli Degibri

Danniel Zamir

Albert Beger

Abatte Berihun

Yotam Silberstein

Gilad Hekselman

Yonatan Volchock

Avi Lebo

Don't forget Jewish-Israeli jazz violinist Miri Ben-Ari. I heard her at a jazz festival in 2000 with Jeff Haas and she blew me away!

I liked both her CDs on HalfNote, but I think she stopped playing Jazz and now she is focusing on Hip Hop.

[flat5]

Burton Greene says:

Can you tell the people who are compiling this to add pianist Paul

Bley, and David Wertman (a fine bass player based in Florida), Steve Tintweiss--

bassist who I worked with in the 60's and was Albert Ayler's last bass player,

Shelly Rusten--drummer I worked with in the 60's and he played a lot with

Sam Rivers. And certainly bassist Mark Dresser should be on the list as well as

Perry Robinson (his mother was Jewish), and Ira Sullivan who is half Jewish.

Aha.. two more.. cellists: Fred Katz (worked with Chico Hamilton), and Joel

Freedman who I've worked with and he also recorded and played with Albert

Ayler. And what about Bob James, Gato Barbieri and pianist Lowell Davidson? (They

could be..?) Thought of one more.. trumpeter Mark Levin.

He then adds in three posts:

Jay Rosen (drums), Jay Rozen (tuba), Jane Getz (piano), Larry Fishkind,

Roberto Haliffi, Bob Meyer (drums), Rozanne Levine (clarinet), Kali Zusann

Fasteau (reeds)

Annette Peacock (composer, vocals), Marilyn Crispell ?(pianist), 2

trombonists: Michael Zwerin and Glenn Ferris, and of course David Liebman.

Add Dave Schnitzer to the list

3 Harvey's: Wainapel (saxophones), Sorgen (drums), Kaiser (saxophones)

I've got to stop.. this is becoming an obsession..!

Another Harvey! Bassist Harvey Swartz who among others has played with

Sheila Jordan and Steve Kuhn.

Edited May 28, 2008 by flat5

[AllenLowe]

maybe we should be asking if there are any jazz musicians who ARE NOT Jewish -

[randissimo]

Let's not forget drummer Richie Goldberg. He was a colorful character on the San Francisco jazz scene until he passed away sometime in the late 80's or early 90's.. He grew up in Texas and was also a rodeo cowboy..

Here's Richie Hangin' out with Sun Ra..

[Larry Kart]

Let's not forget drummer Richie Goldberg.

Funny, he don't look Jewish. Not everyone named Goldberg is. Likewise, not everyone named Cohn (e.g. trumpeter Sonny Cohn).

[JSngry]

Morley Safer!

[RDK]

Safer than what?

[Free For All]

Lessley Safer?

[JSngry]

Lesley Stahled.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Ritchie Goldberg also worked for Ray Charles. He was on that wonderful live session in Atlanta that produced the classic version of "Drown in my own tears".

MG

[AllenLowe]

Lesley Morley -

Irving Morley -

Irving Safer -

Rabbi Irving Lesley Sean O'Schwartz, the bagpipe-playing mohl -

[BillF]

Lesley Morley -

Irving Morley -

Irving Safer -

Rabbi Irving Lesley Sean O'Schwartz, the bagpipe-playing mohl -

morley...schmorley...

[P.L.M]

Noah Rosen (pianist), Mark Feldman (violinist), Assif Tsahar (sax)...

[Larry Kart]

Pianist Ehud Asherie, born in Israel, long resident in NYC:

http://www.posi-tone.com/ehud.html

Chicago-area cornetist Josh Berman

Both are something else.

[Larry Kart]

Some impressive videos on Asherie's website:

http://www.ehudasherie.com/

[Chas]

A few not mentioned so far :

Mel Powell ( Melvin Epstein )

Don Randi ( Don Schwartz )

Jerry Lloyd ( Jerome Hurwitz )

Lennie Hambro

Ralph Sharon

Dave Grusin

Johnny Glasel

Hal Stein

[Shrdlu]

Dave Brubeck is NOT Jewish. He is a Roman Catholic. Paul Desmond WAS Jewish - it came up in some Brubeck LP liner notes that I read. He was hassled about it on one of the tours.

Easy and clear definition of a Jew: a descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Not exactly rocket science. That's what it's really all about, whatever customs might be. As usual, the Scriptures make it completely clear.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Dave Brubeck is NOT Jewish. He is a Roman Catholic. Paul Desmond WAS Jewish - it came up in some Brubeck LP liner notes that I read. He was hassled about it on one of the tours.

Easy and clear definition of a Jew: a descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Not exactly rocket science. That's what it's really all about, whatever customs might be. As usual, the Scriptures make it completely clear.

Not Sammy Davis Jr, then? Not all those Ethiopians who've been Jewish for a couple of thousand years or so?

MG

[AllenLowe]

enough of Jewish jazz musicians - let's get into oxymorons - like The Jewish Handy Man -