I attended the 3rd lecture on the Jewish Roots of Tin Pan Alley by Jordan Klapman. My notes on the previous lecture can be found here : http://mwiner.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/jewish-contributions-to-tin-pan-alley The lecture series will continue with another 3 lectures in December of ’08. This lecture centered around the success of “Bei Mir Bist Du Shein” (To Me […]
The Great American Jewish Songbook – Jordan Klapman Presentation
The April 21st well attended “The Great American Jewish Songbook” presentation by Jordan Klapman and ensemble treated the audience to a tour of Jewish contributions to popular music. The ‘edu-taining’ tour was guided by Klapman who narrated the chronological progression while Sharon Smith (vocals), Henry Heillig (bass), and Glenn Anderson (drums) provided the music along […]
The Great American Jewish Songbook: Jordan Klapman
Thursday, April 21st at 7:30 pm | $15 pp Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue 100 Elder Street, Toronto ON M3H 5G7 From Alexander’s Ragtime Band to Send In The Clowns… Jordan Klapman and his jazz band perform 15 of the greatest popular songs of the 20th century by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Rodgers […]
Jewish Contributions to Tin Pan Alley
I recently attended the second in a series of lectures given by Jordan Klapman on the Jewish contribution to Tin Pan Alley. I regret missing the first in the series and hope to make it for the 3rd. Some notable points from this lecture: 1) It is easy to detect clear Klezmer influences in the […]