Ben Sidran tours the Midwest, again
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On the phone this week from his home in Madison, Wisc., Ben Sidran discussed some of his ...
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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, ...
Sam Sadigursky takes up the ‘stick’
Sam Sadigursky’s father, a classically trained clarinetist and accordionist from the former Soviet Union, dreamed of someday playing jazz clarinet. ...
Paul Shapiro gets down, up on 'Shofarot Verses'
For a good musical time, call Paul Shapiro. The saxophonist and composer brings on the Jewish soul music — from ...
Andy Statman: Ascending on the wings of music
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Andy Statman, a musician’s musician, who has played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Itzhak Perlman, returns ...
A more intimate clarinet festival
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen reports that she was spared the calamitous effects of Hurricane Sandy. “We’re some ...
Josh Ginsburg composes, plays bass on new album
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