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About Gavriel Micah

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Musician

I play trumpet in Denver. Most of what I write is instrumental and built around Jewish diaspora melodies, some traditional and some my own. I treat them the way a jazz group treats standards: the tune stays as it came to me, and the harmony and the solos do the work.

I record, mix and master at home, in a room I call the Shack, in Centennial, Colorado. My first album, Songs I Found, comes out 4 December 2026.

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Klezmer: Jewish Jazz? Not really, but sometimes...

by Michael Winograd
April 10, 2019

I've always found it funny that Klezmer music has often been described as “Jewish Jazz." And I've found it even funnier that the great Klezmer clarinetist Dave Tarras was referred to as “The Jewish Benny Goodman." Right? Its funny. But more so, its fascinating that for many listeners, Jewish and non Jewish alike, there was a ...

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