1st Edition

Transcultural Jazz Israeli Musicians and Multi-Local Music Making

By Noam Lemish Copyright 2024
254 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Transcultural Jazz: Israeli Musicians and Multi-Local Music Making studies jazz performance and composition through the examination of the transcultural practices of Israeli jazz musicians and their impact globally. An impressive number of Israeli jazz performers have received widespread exposure and worldwide acclaim, creating music that melds aspects of American jazz with an array of... Read more

1. Introduction  2. "Israeli Jazz": History and Overview  3. "Israeli Jazz": Blending Blends and Threads of Influence  4. The Sand and the Sea: Transcultural Jazz Arrangements of Israeli and Jewish Repertoirs  5. Falafel Jazz? The Politics of Genre and Culture  6. Profiles of Multi-local Musicians: Amos Hoffman, Anat Cohen and Omer Klein  7. Conclusion

Biography

Noam Lemish is a pianist, composer, scholar, educator, and assistant professor in the Department of Music at York University in Toronto, Canada.