Eulogies
Jewish Journal
May 9, 2002
Marshall Sosson, concertmaster at many Hollywood studios, died on April 29, 2002, at the age of 91.
Category
Music
Songs of Simcha
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
May 2, 2002
As a member of the South Coast Simcha Band, 44-year-old Chattler brings those traditional Yiddish melodies to the Southland.
Klezmer: Backward and Forward
Paul Wieder
April 18, 2002
Three new klezmer recordings offer a listen into the genre\’s past, present and possible future.
Klezmer was originally the soundtrack to the Jewish wedding, but no band has attempted to recreate such an event until recently. Working with people who were in Eastern Europe at the time klezmer was developed, the band Budowitz — named for the maker of their accordionist\’s instrument — crafted \”Wedding Without a Bride\” (Buda Musique, $18.98).
Barney Miller and Big Band
Naomi Pfefferman
December 13, 2001
Back when Hal Linden was Harold Lipshitz, a Jewish kid from the Bronx, he dreamed of becoming a big-band leader. \”So I felt I had to change my name,\” says Linden, best-known as the stalwart Jewish police captain in the hit sitcom \”Barney Miller.\”
Arnold, ‘Moses und Aron’
Tom Tugend
December 6, 2001
Los Angeles largely ignored Arnold Schoenberg, arguably the most influential and controversial composer of the 20th century, when he labored at USC and UCLA during the last 17 years of his life.\n\nAs if to make up for the slight, the city\’s musical and cultural institutions will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Schoenberg\’s death with an array of concerts, lectures and symposia through next March.
The Ear of the Beholder
J. D. Smith
October 25, 2001
When I worked for Warner Bros. Records, I spent a good deal of my time trying to calibrate, coordinate and prognosticate the exact moment the headlining artist would take the stage. This involved calls to the manager, the road manager, the box office, the artist and spiritual mediums. In four years there, I never once saw an opening act.
A Cantor’s Reflection
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 13, 2001
When Binyamin Glickman looks around Los Angeles today, he sees his students. And, he is glad to say, they are doing well.
From 1962 to 1982 Glickman was cantor at Beth Jacob Congregation, a large Orthodox synagogue in Beverly Hills, and the music instructor at Hillel Hebrew Academy down the block.
As cantor, he trained countless students in his choir to lead services, and many of his students continue to do so today.
Crazy for These Guys
J.D. Smith
July 5, 2001
Evan and Jaron Lowenstein aren\’t your average rock stars. The identical-twin heartthrobs are Orthodox Jews whose contract includes a Sabbath clause.
All in the Family
Michael Aushenker
June 21, 2001
When your husband is comedian Carl Reiner and your son is director Rob Reiner, and you count among your closest amigos Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Norman Lear and Dom DeLuise, chances are that your life is pretty darn upbeat.
Hero With a Thousand Faces
Jewish Journal Staff
May 24, 2001
The 60th birthday of Bob Dylan (né Robert Zimmerman) has created a bull market in baby-boomer nostalgia and soul-searching.
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