Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american klezmer clarinetist”. Today it says “klezmer clarinetist and bandleader in new york city in the early twentieth century”.
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Shloimke "Sam" Beckerman (1883–1974) was an American klezmer clarinetist ; he was a contemporary of Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein .1He was a soloist as well as a member of Paul Whiteman 's Orchestra at the New York 's Little Club in the 1920s. He continued to play well into the 1950s. He was a teacher to Henry Sapoznik , one of the key figures in the revival of klezmer music in the world. An audiocassette recording of one of his performances at age 70 has recently been discovered and there is fundraising underway to remaster it and release it as a cd by Living Traditions . [1] His son Sidney Beckerman was a well known klezmer clarinet player in his own right and learned from his father; he taught many members of the klezmer revival and died in 2007. v t e2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Shloimke "Sam" Beckerman ( 1883 – 1974 ) was an American klezmer clarinetist ; he was a contemporary of Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein . He was a soloist as well as a member of Paul Whiteman 's Orchestra at the New York 's Little Club in the 1920s . He continued to play well into the 1950s . He was a teacher to Henry Sapoznik , one of the key figures in the revival of klezmer music in the world. An audiocassette recording of one of his performances at age 70 has recently been discovered and there is fundraising underway to remaster it and release it as a cd by Living Traditions . [1] His son Sidney Beckerman was a well known klezmer clarinet player in his own right and learned from his father; he taught many members of the klezmer revival and died in 2007 . v t e
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Shloimke "Sam" Beckerman (1883–1974) was an American klezmer clarinetist ; he was a contemporary of Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein . He was a soloist as well as a member of Paul Whiteman 's Orchestra at the New York 's Little Club in the 1920s. He continued to play well into the 1950s. He was a teacher to Henry Sapoznik , one of the key figures in the revival of klezmer music in the world. An audiocassette recording of one of his performances at age 70 has recently been discovered and there is fundraising underway to remaster it and release it as a cd by Living Traditions . [1] His son Sidney Beckerman was a well known klezmer clarinet player in his own right and learned from his father; he taught many members of the klezmer revival and died in 2007. v t e
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Klezmer clarinetist and bandleader Shloimke Beckerman (c. 1884–1974) also known as Samuel Beckerman , was a klezmer clarinetist and bandleader in New York City in the early twentieth century; he was a contemporary of Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein .He was the father of Sid Beckerman , also a klezmer bandleader.
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american klezmer clarinetist
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klezmer clarinetist and bandleader in new york city in the early twentieth century
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