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‘It's true people's music’
ALAN DEIN tells Chris Searle why he's just brought out a unique compilation of East End Yiddisher jazz
The front sleeve Music is the Most Beautiful Language in the World: Yiddisher Jazz in London’s East End, 1920s-1950s

MANY of the finest and most memorable records have been defined by their sleeves and that’s strikingly exemplified with Music is the Most Beautiful Language in the World: Yiddisher Jazz in London’s East End, 1920s-1950s.

 

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