The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the Downtown Avant Garde [Paperback] Review

I'm not entirely unbiased -- Seth has generously praised my most recent book -- but as someone who writes on Jewish music regularly for several papers, I can honestly say that this is the book on klezmer to start with. Seth's ecumenical, eclectic taste and balanced view of the current scenemake him a superb tour guide for either a first-time visitor or an oldklezmer hand. As a working music journalist, he has interviewed all the keyfigures in this music -- even the notoriously reclusive John Zorn -- andclearly he has asked the right questions, because his chapters on recentmusic are insightful and zesty. And the book's lengthy critical discographymakes it an indispensable guide for the listener and record buyer.

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