What can you tell us about klezmer's part in jazz history? I'm sincerely interested.
Dixieland Jazz is straightforward klezmer with slightly different instrumentation. The best proof I can offer is to have you simply listen to a few songs of each. The Jewish influence on jazz and in New Orleans in general is not talked about but fairly obvious to the musicians. Louis Armstrong knew Yiddish and wore a Star of David most of his life in thanks for the family who helped him. Certainly by the time you got to the Big Band Era with Benny Goodman et al, it was even more obvious.
The Jewish Influence in Blues and Jazz (http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/18/214243.php) Jewish musical influence explored :"From Shtetl to Swing," (http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1565) LOUIS ARMSTRONG. Jewish influence in his music. Go Down Moses, St. James Infirmary, any others? (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090117035007AA0BrXU)
And that's just a quick Google search.
For some of the anti-semitism part, I'll include a link to biblelover's anti-semitic rant Jewish Jazz becomes our national music (http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/ij_ch11.htm), and several articles I looked at reference it. Not all hatemongering is up front. New Orleans krewes are notoriously racist, and don't (or didn't, last I looked) allow blacks or jews in the main Mardi Gras parades. One of the reasons I've never been so hot to go to Mardi Gras.
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Dixieland Jazz is straightforward klezmer with slightly different instrumentation. The best proof I can offer is to have you simply listen to a few songs of each. The Jewish influence on jazz and in New Orleans in general is not talked about but fairly obvious to the musicians. Louis Armstrong knew Yiddish and wore a Star of David most of his life in thanks for the family who helped him. Certainly by the time you got to the Big Band Era with Benny Goodman et al, it was even more obvious.
The Jewish Influence in Blues and Jazz (http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/18/214243.php)
Jewish musical influence explored :"From Shtetl to Swing," (http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1565)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG. Jewish influence in his music. Go Down Moses, St. James Infirmary, any others? (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090117035007AA0BrXU)
And that's just a quick Google search.
For some of the anti-semitism part, I'll include a link to biblelover's anti-semitic rant Jewish Jazz becomes our national music (http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/ij_ch11.htm), and several articles I looked at reference it. Not all hatemongering is up front. New Orleans krewes are notoriously racist, and don't (or didn't, last I looked) allow blacks or jews in the main Mardi Gras parades. One of the reasons I've never been so hot to go to Mardi Gras.