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Americans were able to thrive in jazz because of the probationary whiteness that they were allotted at the time. George Bornstein wrote that African Americans were sympathetic to the plight of the Jewish American and vice versa. As disenfranchised minorities themselves, Jewish composers of
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Jazz music is a multicultural music, created and developed by
African Americans using European instruments with Jewish Americans and others mixing in to further diversify the music. Jazz music was invented in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Originating in New Orleans, the music
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Many Jews became successful in the jazz industry through performing or promoting jazz music. Mike Gerber has written extensively on this, covering such figures as Barney
Josephson, Irving Mills, Joe Glaser, Milt Gabler, Alfred Lion, Francis Wolff, Milt Gabler, Herman Lubinsky, Teddy Reig, Orrin
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helped shape the many different sounds that jazz came to incorporate. Tunes by Jewish composers such as George
Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin and many others predominate among the 'Great American Songbook' compositions that have become jazz standards. Jazz
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in 1938 was the first ever to be played there. The concert was described by Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music.". Another Jewish contemporary, Artie Shaw, like
Goodman a superlative
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and others deliberately minimized their Jewish identity at a time when Jews were not fully accepted as
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grew up alongside Jewish
Americans and later discovering he had a Jewish ancestor of his own, ultimately converting to the religion. The adoption of ideas and music wasn't solely one-directional; Black musicians also adopted Jewish music.
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is one example of how Jewish
Americans were able to bring jazz, music that African Americans developed, and into popular culture. Ted Merwin wrote that the film was seen as a glorification of Jewish assimilation into American culture.
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experimented with black identity in various ways.</ref> Some contend that, in varying degrees, this was in order to "re-minoritize" Jewishness. Symphony Sid won several awards from black organizations, including an award for
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In the 1960s and beyond, Jewish women continued to make significant contributions to jazz. For example vocalist and pianist Judy
Roberts, with over twenty albums and Grammy nominations, stood out.
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Keepnews, Lester Koenig, Max and
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gained its momentum by getting a start in the red light districts. African Americans playing ragtime in the red light districts were the precursor to what was soon to become jazz. As
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entertained audiences with a uniquely elegant musical style which remained popular with audiences for nearly three decades from the 1930s until the late 1950s.
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In the late 1940s and 1950s, Jewish women continued to make significant contributions to jazz during the bebop era. Barbara Carroll, recognized by critic
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was a vital Jewish American to the progression of jazz. Goodman was the leader of a racially integrated band named King of Swing. His jazz concert in the
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Jewish women played influential roles as big band singers in the swing era. Helen Forrest, praised by Artie Shaw, was a standout with bands like Shaw's,
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popular music saw themselves as natural allies with African-Americans. This enabled them to make music that was promoted and heard as "black music".
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musicians, besides playing renditions of the melodies, often deployed the chord changes of many of these songs to construct their own compositions.
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of alcohol went into effect. This resulted in the creation of speakeasies, which allowed for jazz music to flourish.
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of the Year presented to him in 1949 by the Global News Syndicate, for his "continuous promotion of negro artists".
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