Black performance of Jewish music
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Black Performance of Jewish Music has a long, studied, history of
"Eli Eli"
"Eli, Eli," a song based on King David’s lament in the 22nd Psalm, became a popular song sung by Jewish and black singers alike, including
"Eli Eli" was also famously covered by artists, such as Duke Ellington, and Ethel Waters, who said "that history of their age-old grief and despair is so similar to that of my own people that I felt I was telling the story of my own race too.”[2]
The song discussed here should not be confused with the traditional Jewish hymn of the same name recorded by Belle Baker in 1919 (see https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200196253.0?st=gallery) and included in the 1931 show "Rhapsody in Black (see https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/rhapsody-in-black-11364 )
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway, was a famous black American Jazz singer, who drew heavy influences from Jewish music,[3] even going so far to be considered an "Afro-Yiddishist."[2] Calloway's friendship with his Jewish manager, Irving Mills[4] was Calloway's main gateway into the world of Jewish music and songs.[4][3][5] Calloway also said he learned about Jewish music when he was a kid and would go to hear the cantors sing in synagogues, which he claims directly influences his notable "''Hi-De-Ho' style," exemplified in his hit song and later famous animation, "Minnie the Moocher."[3] Calloway directly paid homage to the Yiddish culture introduced to him by Irving Berlin in his song "Utt De Zay (The Tailor's Song)" based on a real Yiddish song of the same name.[2][3]
Fiddler on the Roof
See also
References
- ^ S2CID 162661055.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The CJM | Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black–Jewish Relations". www.thecjm.org. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
- ^ a b c d Brozan, Nadine. "CHRONICLE". Retrieved 2018-11-12.
- ^ ISBN 9781315638225.
- OCLC 1066161754.)
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