[JPL] Sunday Jazz Trivia: Hanukkah

Paul Combs pcomb at comcast.net
Sun Dec 21 05:33:54 EST 2008


The first is easy, Willie "The Lion" smith, but you've got me stumped on 
the other two.

Nou Dadoun wrote:
> Since Hanukkah starts tonight seemed like a good place for some related jazz
> trivia, shouldn't be too hard but no googling!
>
> 1- This jazz piano pioneer was not only Jewish, he performed as a cantor at
> a Harlem Synagogue, who was he?
>
> 2- Terry Gibbs recording "Plays Jewish Melodies in Jazztime" had
> klezmer/jazz performances of such classics as Bei Mir Bist du Schon and My
> Yiddish Mama, but it was also the recording debut of a musician who would go
> on to perform in one of the classic avant-garde groups of the sixties.  Who
> was this pianist?
>
> 3- This New York-based musician recorded a tribute to Joel Grey's father,
> what was the album?
>
> ... Nou
>
>   



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