Daily Podcasts Video Research

After fighting cancer, klezmer legend Frank London is busier than ever before

JL;DR SUMMARY Frank London, a seminal figure in Jewish music known for his work with The Klezmatics, has returned to the music scene with renewed fervor following a battle with myelofibrosis, a serious blood cancer. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish MusicKlezmerCultural ProjectsKlezmaticsTrumpetFrank LondonCollaborationsMyelofibrosisMusical ResilienceStoic Philosophy

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"played Brazilian Jewish music at the New York Public Library, rejoined Itzhak Perlmans klezmer tour and returned to the pioneering band that he founded in 1986, The Klezmatics."
Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States
"Seth Rogovoy, the Western Massachusetts-based author of The Essential Klezmer, said"
Flushing, New York, United States
"Frank London performs at a Flushing Town Hall concert event in 2021. (Courtesy of Flushing Town Hall)"
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Theyll include a Brooklyn-based group of Crimean Tartar musicians, the Colombian womens group La Manga and singer Janis Siegel from Manhattan Transfer."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"independent congregation active in both Manhattan and Brooklyn. The initiative is funded by a Jewish cheese mogul."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 44552
Cairo Source ID 42
Retrieved 2025-02-18 18:00:34 UTC
Curated 2025-02-18 19:00:48 UTC