From the Strange but True Department: Harpo Marx, the silent member of the Marx Brothers, and surrealist painter Salvador Dali were friends and collaborated on a screenplay for a movie, Giraffes ...
I interviewed Gershon Baskin on my last visit to Israel, in 2013 (7-5-13 AJW). Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, most knowledgeable observers I talked with then were pessimistic about a...
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Fred Hersch, a highly acclaimed jazz pianist, has released a stream of live and studio recordings over recent years. His duet recording, Live in Healdsburg, with clarinetist Anat Cohen, was laude...
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The Wandering Muse, a new DVD from IndiePix Films, presents a hugely entertaining survey of contemporary music from the Jewish Diaspora. The viewer meets musicians — Basya Schechter, Shura Lipo...
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“Poinciana,” the first song on pianist Aaron Goldberg’s enjoyable new album, At the Edge of the World (Sunnyside), features “embodirhythm,” percussion played on the body by drummer Leon...
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Publicity for The Butcher’s Share (Oriente Musik), the new album by Daniel Kahn and The Painted Bird, notes that the ensemble lives up to their name as “radical Yiddish borderland bandistas ...
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Many visitors to Prague follow the trail of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), a Jewish native of the picturesque city that now celebrates the great writer. Acclaimed graphic novelist Peter Kuper (Mad maga...
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Benny Green, an acclaimed jazz pianist and a keeper of the bebop flame, has released his 20th album as a leader. Green, who visits the Twin Cities from time to time, changes things up a bit with ...
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Marc Ribot has established himself as one of the most versatile and compelling guitarists concertizing and recording today. Ribot’s sublime guitar playing runs through the 11 tracks on his new ...
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Readers of Jorma Kaukonen’s new memoir, Been So Long: My Life and Music (St. Martin’s Press), will learn that the celebrated guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) cashed in Israel Bonds, b...
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