Music’s power to heal
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When the AJW contacted pianist Emmet Cohen on a Friday afternoon in late April, he was visiting ...
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When the AJW contacted pianist Emmet Cohen on a Friday afternoon in late April, he was visiting ...
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR I last saw Anat Cohen five years ago, at breakfast in a Decorah, Iowa, motel. The Anat ...
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Israeli attorney Ory Slonim likely gave up much potential income in a three-decade effort to bring ...
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his exemplary 2017 memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz, acclaimed ...
Fred Hersch, a highly acclaimed jazz pianist, has released a stream of live and studio recordings over recent years. His ...
Jazz clarinet virtuoso Anat Cohen tipped me off about this album last November, when we met in Decorah, Iowa. My ...
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It’s a scenic drive down Hwy. 52, from the Twin Cities to Deccorah, Iowa. My wife, Maj-Britt ...
Big Galut(e), Big Galut(e) Festivals are known for bringing people together, but for Sasha Margolis and Robin Seletsky there was ...
Oded Lev-Ari has produced albums for acclaimed jazz musicians (Anat Cohen, 3 Cohens, Marty Ehrlich, Amy Cervini, et al.), and ...
The Israeli clarinetist’s new album features both jazz and the captivating sounds of Brazilian choro By MORDECAI SPECKTOR After Jewish ...
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