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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Jazz Violin Glaser/grappelli [Paperback] Review

This book would a fantastic way to understanding how six great jazz violinists improvise - if only there was easy access to the recordings.Even when I have found cds available that have the same title as refered to for the transcriptions, they don't always have the track that has been transcribed.What this really needs is to be packaged with a cd recording of all the tracks transcribed in the book.If anyone can suggest an easy way of getting hold of all these tracks please do so.Perhaps Amazon could even compile a list of where to find these specific tracks on cd?Any one wanting a more tuitional guide that you can start using strait away, see Jazz Fiddle Wizzard.

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A comprehensive method for playing "hot fiddle," including accurate transcriptions of solos as played by Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Eddie South, Jean-Luc Ponty, and others. Plus revealing interviews and photos, many never-before published.

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