There is no doubt that Jews have contributed as much to the evolution of jazz as any ethnic group. A short list of great Jewish jazz musicians would include Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Stan Getz, Al ...

The 2017 album More Chassidic Songs by Bratislava rabbi Baruch Myers and famous Slovak musicians – namely violinist Miloš Valent, accordionist Boris Lenko and cellist Jozef Lupták – will be introduced ...

Last year, I wrote a column about the growing trend of dance and trance beats in Jewish music – a trend that, by the way, has become even more dominant over the past year. In that column, I explained ...

In music, as in any art, intention and biography can be tricky things. For example, should Richard Wagner’s antisemitism be considered when judging his work? Is it fair to take the composer’s ...

Jewish music and jazz get along well together; they have been doing so for years and are perhaps now closer than ever. Jazz musicians use cantorial modes to further their own improvisational ...