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Binyomin Ginzberg (born 1973)[1] is an American musician, blogger, journalist, and music critic.
Early life[edit]
Binyomin Ginzberg is a descendant of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov through the Twersky and Halberstam families and grew up with Hasidic nigunim.[2][3] While attending yeshiva in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was reprimanded for having a non-functional radio in his room to use as an amplifier for his keyboard, and subsequently began listening to secular music for the first tim.[4] He later began playing as a for-hire musician at Jewish weddings and bar mitzvahs in New York City; it was in this capacity that he met clarinetist Michael Heitzler, who introduced him to klezmer, leading him to discover the more artistic klezmer and jazz scene and ultimately teach courses on the subject at KlezKamp and Yiddish Summer Weimar.[4][3][2]
- [1]
- studied jazz piano with Garry Dial in Manhattan
- studied rock piano with Todd Rundgren keyboardist Moogy Klingman
- was also taught by Harry Max, a former bassist for Avraham Fried and Mordechai Ben David
- Max introduced him to older Israeli music and compositions from Johann Sebastian Bach, Milt Jackson, Stan Kenton, Clare Fischer, and Antônio Carlos Jobim, broadening Ginzberg's musical horizons.
- 47 years old (2020)
Career[edit]
Binyomin Ginzberg Trio[edit]
- Binyomin Ginzberg Trio[5](Jerusalem Post article excerpted on Ginzberg's blog)
- Performed in Allendale, New Jersey in 2006[6]
- played on Nachum Segal's JM in the AM on WFMU[7]
Breslov Bar Band[edit]
Ginzberg formed the Breslov Bar Band in 2009 with clarinetist Mike Cohen, guitarist Allen Watsky, bassist Yoshie Fruchter, and drummer Rich Huntley.
Other work[edit]
- performed with Rabbi Hershel Schachter and Simcha Leiner at a Simchat Beit HaShoeivah in Bergenfield, New Jersey[9]
- performed with Mitzvah Tantz band at City Winery in August 2018[10]
- Produced music for Unorthodox [11][1]
- leads school band at Heichal HaTorah in Teaneck, New Jersey[12]
Writing[edit]
- Mitsve Tants book [11][1]
- has written for The Forward[15] and The Jewish Press[16]
Discography[edit]
Binyomin Ginzberg Trio[edit]
- The Binyomin Ginzberg Trio (2004)
- Purim Sameach (2005)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Gluckin, Tzvi (2020-12-08). "Jewish Wedding Music Secrets Revealed". The Ingathering. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Robinson, George (Sep 10, 2013). "Reb Nachman, With A Backbeat". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ a b Brody, Lazer (Sep 1, 2013). "The Breslov Bar Band". Breslev.co.il. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Glinter, Ezra (Aug 26, 2010). "These Breslov Tunes Were Saved by Rock 'n' Roll". The Forward. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Ginzberg, Binyomin (2005-03-24). "A Tale of Two Albums". Blog in Dm. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ "Calendar of Events". The New York Times. 2006-11-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
- ^ "Jewish Moments in the Morning with Nachum Segal: Playlist from December 12, 2022". WFMU. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
- ^ Regenstreif, Michael (March 21, 2021). "Chassidic music re-imagined by Breslov Bar Band; Lichtenberg sets Yiddish songs to exotic arrangements". The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. p. 22. Retrieved Apr 20, 2023.
- ^ "The Log: "Separate Yourself Not From The Community"". The Jewish Voice and Opinion. Oct 2014. p. 20. Retrieved Apr 20, 2023 – via Issuu.
- ^ Santo, Orli (2018-07-26). "NYC Jewish-y Events, July 27 - August 6". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ a b Schwartz, Bracha (Nov 25, 2020). "Binyomin Ginzberg, Bergenfield Musician, 'Wrote the Book' on the Mitsve Tants". Jewish Link. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Staff (Feb 3, 2022). "Music Fills the Halls At Heichal HaTorah". Jewish Link of New Jersey. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Dale, Gordon A. (Sep 2017). "Music in Haredi Jewish Life: Liquid Modernity and the Negotiation of Boundaries in Greater New York". CUNY Graduate Center. Retrieved 11 Jan 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ginzberg, Binyomin (2005-03-11). "Shameless Purim Music Plug". Blog in Dm. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Binyomin Ginzberg". The Forward. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Ginzberg, Binyomin (March 9, 2023). "Bringing The Sages To Life". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 2023-04-20.