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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Klezmer musicians, Dave Douglas, Oleg Timofeyev, Yale Strom, Hora, Don Byron, Alex Jacobowitz, Jesca Hoop, Frank London, Margot Leverett, Giora Feidman, Andy Statman, Doina, David Krakauer, Josef Gusikov, Shlemiel the First, Burton Greene, Naftule Brandwein, Alicia Svigals, Ziggy Elman, Henry Sapoznik, Dave Tarras, Guy Klucevsek, German Goldenshteyn, Bente Kahan, KlezKanada, Michael Alpert, Yidl Mitn Fidl, Harry Kandel, Sher, Klezmer-loshn, Joseph Moskowitz, Hankus Netsky, Sidney Beckerman, Pete Rushefsky, Abe Schwartz, Elaine Hoffman-Watts, Paul Shapiro, Shloimke Beckerman, Leon Schwartz, Josh Horowitz, Krekhts, Sarb, Abe Elenkrieg, List of klezmer musicians, Dreydlekh, KlezKamp, Freilekhs. Excerpt: Dave Douglas (b. March 24, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue. Douglas is currently the director of the Festival of New Trumpet Music, which is held annually in New York City. Since 1993, Douglas has recorded more than twenty albums as a bandleader. He has also performed and recorded with dozens of musicians, perhaps most notably with various John Zorn ensembles. With his own groups, Douglas has pioneered new settings for the trumpet in jazz. In more recent years, he has explored collaborations involving modern dance, spoken word/poetry, and film. Douglas grew up in the New York City area and attended Phillips Exeter Academy, a private high school in New Hampshire. He discovered jazz while on an abroad program in Spain. After graduating from high school in 1981, he studied at the Berklee School of Music and New England Conservatory, both located in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1984, Douglas moved to New York to stu...
