The Lost World of African-American Cantors: 1920-1953 with Henry Sapoznik
Jewish Community Library
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Henry Sapoznik, a child of Holocaust survivors and native Yiddish speaker, began repopularizing klezmer music in the mid-1970s, producing the long-running event KlezKamp, writing books, and producing or performing on more than sixty recordings, which resulted in five Grammy nominations. In 2002, he produced a Peabody Award-winning series on the history of Yiddish radio for National Public Radio. Sapoznik is a professional banjoist in American Southern styles and early 20th century ragtime. He first uncovered the history of African-American cantors in the 1970s, but only started to document this forgotten history in the past year. He hopes that his next research breakthrough will not take as long.
Co-presented by KlezCalifornia.