Music
Bill Charlap Trio draws on a vast repertoire
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The piano trio is a venerated configuration in the world of jazz. Jazz pianists have told me...
Anat Cohen’s little quartet with a big, lovely sound
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR I last saw Anat Cohen five years ago, at breakfast in a Decorah, Iowa, motel. The Anat...
A musician’s musician
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Apparently, I conducted a phone interview with musician David Bromberg on March 11, 2020. I barely recall...
Direct from Los Angeles, Cantor Ben Tisser
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Ben Tisser, the new cantor at Beth El Synagogue, knew from a very early age that the...
Accordion virtuoso Mark Stillman’s long and winding road
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN The accordion may be the Rodney Dangerfield of the musical instrument world – it gets no respect...
Black and Jewish Americans unite to talk about fighting antisemitism and all that jazz
By LARRY LUXNER In the late 1930s, Jewish clarinetist and jazz bandleader Benny Goodman, known as the King of Swing,...
Dan Israel sticks close to his Minnesota home
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Which Jewish musician has roots on the Iron Range and has a new recording coming out soon?...
Sharon Isbin discusses her Minnesota roots
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN American Jewish World readers who are also classical music aficionados already know that world-renowned classical guitarist Sharon...
Harpsichordist Richard Siegel shares his music with the world
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Most people don’t think of the harpsichord as a very Jewish instrument, but the revival of the...
Minnesota artists create in isolation
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Many artists work by themselves as part of their creative process. The shelter-at-home orders may seem irrelevant...
