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Czech Jewish Jazz from Nazi Era

Sandra Layman posted this link to the Jewish-Music mailing list.

(About "In Defiance of Fate," 26 compositions arranged by sax player Fritz Weiss for the Czech-based Emil Ludvik Orchestra between 1939 and 1941)

New jazz CD shows contribution of Czech Jew persecuted by Nazis, By Pavla Kozakova. It's on the JTA website.

Comments

exellent........but where to find a cd. ilove jewish jazz or jazz with yiddish flower. of course all stuipid regimes/ germans and soviet hated jazz- because improvisation-all jewish live is a improvistion