Alex Jacobowitz
Sign in to saveAmerican classically-trained street performer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The new synagogue in Görlitz
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1960
Discography
- Marimba1986
- Aria1995
- Tree Of Life עץ חיים1997
- The Art of Xylos2002
- Bach2007
- The Art of Touching Wood
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- 6,123
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Marimbaklezmerxylophonecontemporary classicalJuma
is a performance artist specializing in classical and klezmer music, played on the xylophone (marimba) as a solo concert instrument. He studied the instrument with Gordon Stout, Leigh Stevens and John Beck, but his musical influences range from Segovia, to Gould, to David Friedman to the Klezmatics. He studied klezmer music with Giora Feidman and Alan Bern (Brave Old World's musical director). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alex+Jacobowitz">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alex
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Orthodox Judaism
- Student of
- Giora Feidman
- Field of work
- percussion instrument
- Genre
- klezmer
- Instrument
- xylophone
- Official website
- www.alexjacobowitz.com
- Image
- Alex Jacobowitz.jpg
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- Alex Jacobowitz
- date of birth
- 1960-01-01
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1501265
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