Books
Beregovski, Moshe. Old Jewish Folk Music. ed. and trans. Mark Slobin. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000, first published in 1982 by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
_______. Jewish Instrumental Folk Music. ed. and trans. Mark Slobin, Robert Rothstein, and Michael Alpert. Annotations by Michael Alpert. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2001.
Buhle, Paul. From the Lower East Side to Hollywood; Jews in American Popular Culture. London & New York: Verso, 2004.
Edelman, Marsha Bryan. Discovering Jewish Music. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2003.
Epstein, Lawrence J. The Haunted Smile, The Story of Jewish Comedians in America. New York: PublicAffairs, 2001.
Gibbs, Terry, with Cary Ginell. Good Vibes; A Life in Jazz. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Gradenwitz, Peter. The Music of Israel: From the Biblical Era to Modern Times. 2d ed. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1996.
Gottlieb, Jack. Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish. Statue University of New York in association with The Library of Congress, 2004.
Hass, Karl. Inside Music; How to understand, listen to, and enjoy good music. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984.
Hertzberg, Arthur. The Jews in America. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989, first published by New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.
Idelsohn, Abraham Z. Jewish Music; Its Historical Development. New York: Henry Hold, 1929. reprints New York: Shocken Books 1967 and Dover 1992.
Katz, Mickey and Hannibal Coons. Papa, Play for Me: The Hilarious, Heartwarming Autobiography of Comedian and Bandleader Mickey Katz. New York: Simon an Schuster, 1977. reprint with new introduction by Josh Kun, Middeltown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2002.
Marks, Gil. The World of Jewish Cooking: more than 500 traditional recipes from Alsace to Yemen. New York: Fireside Press, 1999.
Netsky, Hankus. “Klezmer: Music and Community in 20th Century Jewish Philadelphia” (Ph.D. dissertation, Weselyan University, Middletown, CT, 2004).
Hoberman, J. & Jeffrey Shandler. Entertaining America. New York: The Jewish Museum, 2003.
Pasternak, Velvel. Beyond Hava Nagila a symphony of Hasidic Music in 3 movements. Owings Mills, MD: Tara Publications, 1999.
_______. The Jewish Music Companion, Historical Overview, Personalities, Annotated Folksbongs; Owings Mills, MD: Tara Publications, 2002.
Rogovoy, Seth. The Essential Klezmer; A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the the Downtown Avant-Garde. Algonguin Books of Chapel Hill (NC), 2000).
Rubin, Joel Edward. "The Art of the Klezmer; Improvisation and Ornamentation in the Commercial Recording of New York Clarinettists Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras 1922-1929" (Ph.D. thesis, City University, London, 2001).
Sandrow, Nahma. Vagabond Stars; a World History of Yiddish Theater. Syracuse University Press, 1996 reprint of Harper & Row 1977.
Sapoznik, Henry and Pete Sokolow. The Complete Klezmer. Cedarhurst, N.Y.: Tara Publications, 1987.
Sapoznik, Henry. Klezmer! Jewish Music from Old World to Our World. New York: Schirmer Books, 1999.
Sarna, Jonathan D. American Judaism; A History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.
Schuller, Gunther. Early Jazz; Its Roots and Musical Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.
_______. Musings; The Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
_______. The Swing Era; The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Shapiro, Edward S. A Time for Healing, American Jewry since World War II. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.
Shiloah, Amnon. Jewish Musical Traditions. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1992.
Slobin, Mark. Tenement Songs; The Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1982.
_______. Chosen Voices; The Story of the American Cantorate. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1989.
_______. Fiddler on the Move, Exploring the Klezmer World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Slobin, Mark, ed., American Klezmer; It's Roots and Offshoots. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
Spottswood, Richard K. Ethnic Music on Records; A Discography of Ethnic Reocrdings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 3, Eastern Europe. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990.
Strom, Yale. The Book of Klezmer; The History, The Music, The Folklore. Chicago: A Cappella Books, 2002.
Whitfield, Stephen J. In Search of American Jewish Culture. Hanover, NH: Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England, 1999.
Articles
DeMichael, Don. “Shelly Manne My Son the Jazz Drummer.” (Review) Downbeat, XXX/10 (May 9th, 1963).
Feldman, Walter Zev. “Bulgӑreascӑ/Bulgarish/Bulgar; The Transformation of a Klezmer Dance Genre.” in American Klezmer; Its Roots and Offshoots. Mark Slobin, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. originally published in Ethnomusicology 38:1 (Winter 1994).
Hannen, Jim. “Allegro Interviews Irving Fields.” Allegro, Volume CII No. 7/8. July, 2002.
Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara. “Sounds of Sensibility.” in American Klezmer; Its Roots and Offshoots. Mark Slobin, ed. (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2002) originally published in Judaism: A Quarterly of Jewish Life and Thought 47, no. 1 (1998): 49-80.
Loeffler, James. “Di Rusishe Progresiv Muzikal Yunyon No. I fun Amrike; The First Klezmer Union in America.” in American Klezmer; Its Roots and Offshoots. Mark Slobin, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. originally published in Judaism: A Quarterly of Jewish Life and Thought 47, no. 1 (1998): 29-39.
Kun, Josh. “Ladies and Gentelmen, Mickey Katz… An Introduction.” in reprint of Papa, Play for Me; The Autobiography of Mickey Katz. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2002: xii-liv.
Nelson, Don. “Terry Gibbs Jewish Melodies in Jazztime.”(Review). Downbeat XXX/27 (Oct 10, 1963).
Netsky, Hankus. “American Klezmer: A Brief History.” in American Klezmer; Its Roots and Offshoots. Mark Slobin, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
_______. “The Klezmer in Jewish Philadelphia, 1915-70.” in American Klezmer; Its Roots and Offshoots. Mark Slobin, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
Rothstein, Robert A. “Klezmer-loshn: The Language of Jewish Folk Musicians.” in American Klezmer; Its Roots and Offshoots. Mark Slobin, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. originally published in Judaism: A Quarterly of Jewish Life and Thought 47, no. 1 (1998): 23-28.
Sapoznik, Henry. “KlezKamp and the Rise of Yiddish Cultural Literacy.” in American Klezmer; Its Roots and Offshoots. Mark Slobin, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
Strain, James. “Shelly Manne.” Percussive Notes, 35/6 Dec. 1997, pp. 8-9.
Discography
Butler, Artie. Bob Booker and George Foster Present AL TIJUANA & his Jewish Brass; staring Lou Jacobi. Capitol T 2596. 1966.
Byron, Don. Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz. Nonesuch Records 79313-2. 1993.
Cali, John. Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos; Yiddish Favorites in Latin Tempos, played by Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen. Riverside. RLP 7510. 1961.
Conquet, Johnny. Raisins and Almonds; Cha Cha Cha and Merengues. RCA LSP-1789. 1958.
Fields, Irving. Bagels and Bongos. Decca DL 78856. 1959 (reissued 2005. Reboot Stereophonic B0004859-12).
_______. More Bagels and Bongos. Decca DL 4114.
Fields, Irving & Roberto Rodriguez. Oy Vey.....Olé!!!. Tzadik TZ 8109. 2006.
Fields, Irving. My Yiddishe Mama's Favorites. Tzadik TZ 8117. 2007.
Gans, Bob. Bei Mir Twist Du Schön. Ad Lib Records A-225.
Gibbs, Terry. Jewish Melodies in Jazztime. Mercury SR 60812. 1963 (Verve reissue in 2002, Verve 314 589 673-2).
Katz, Mickey. The Family Danced; American-Yiddish Folk Music and Dances. Capitol L 457.
_______. Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brissses. Capitol. T-1021, 1958 (Reissued 1994. World Pacific CDP 7243 8 30453 2 7).
_______. Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brisses. Capitol T 1021 (Israel release, Manufactured and Distributed by CBS Records).
Klayman, Lou. Twistin the Freilachs. Sonodor MO-SON-104.
Manne, Shelly. My Son The Jazz Drummer! Contemporary S7609. 1963 (reissued 2004. Contemporary CCD-7609-2, retitled Steps to the Desert).
Musiker, Sammy & Dave Tarras. Tanz! Epic LN 3219. 1955 (reissued 2002. Epic/Legacy EK 86320),
Puente, Tito. Cha Cha Cha; Live at Grossinger's. RCA 1960, BMG U.S. Latin 82676 64628-2. 1996.
Sapoznik, Henry, ed., From Avenue A to the Great White Way, 2002, Columbia/Legacy, C2K 86323.
Sherman, Allan. My Son, The Folk Singer. Warner Brothers. W 1475. 1962.
Tarras, Dave. Savoy Session's (78rpm)
59012 Good Luck (Mazeltuf) (arr. Sammy Musiker) 8001
59014 Hebrew Dance 8001
Dave Tarras with Lou Lockett's Orchestra
59026 Eli, Eli (arr. Sammy Musiker) 8002
59024 Let's All Dance (Dave Tarras arr.) 8002
Dave Tarras and Orchestra
59025 Freilachs (arr. Sam Musiker) 8003
59027 Send David (Tarras, arr. Musiker) 8003
Dave Tarras Orch
59013 Kosatchok (arr. Sammy Musiker) 8004
59015 Kamarinska 8004
Dave Tarras and the Dave Tarras Orchestra
Big band, recorded 1946-1947.
Footnotes
- Catalog numbers given are the ones in the writers collection. Many of these LPs where released in both monophonic and stereo versions. CD reissues when available are also listed.
- Entry follows Spottswood 1990 setup. First set of numbers are matrix numbers, second set of numbers is catalog numbers. Not clear if missing disc is catalog number 8000 or 8005. Could also be that total number of sides released is wrong in Sapoznik 1999 as matrix numbers show two recording dates and no empty numbers.