About the Show

In Jews and Blues: Inside Out, Michael Goldfarb tells the story of relations between African American and Jewish communities through the history of popular American music of the first half of the 20th century. Goldfarb takes us on a journey through ragtime, jazz and popular song to see how and where the musical and social connections were made. This one hour special program includes rarely heard performances from Willie the Lion Smith, Cab Calloway and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

For more information about all of the Inside Out Documentaries visit insideout.wbur.org or contact Tim Monroe, Assistant Program Director, National Program Marketing, WBUR at 617-353-0661. or email him at tmonroe@wbur.bu.edu.

Broadcast Times

90.0 F.M. WBUR & 1290 A.M. WRNI, Providence, RI and 1230 A.M Westerly, RI. will broadcast the program the following days and time: Thursday, August 23, 8:00 p.m. EST, Saturday, August 25, 10:00 a.m. EST, Sunday, August 26, 7:00 a.m. EST. Also, both wbur.org and wrni.org will broadcast the documentary over the Web on those respective dates and times. The entire audio documentary will be archived on this website following the broadcasts.

Music From The Show

The playlist contains a sampling of the unique and diverse music heard on the documentary.

Participants

Click here to read biographies on the individuals interviewed in this documentary.

The Radio Team

Michael Goldfarb is the Senior Reporter for Inside Out Documentaries. He was the London bureau chief for National Public Radio (NPR) until February 1999. He filed stories for NPR's foreign desk on British politics, the monarchy, Northern Ireland, European culture, and the conflicts in Bosnia and Iraqi Kurdistan. In 1993, Goldfarb returned to the United States and traveled throughout the Midwest. The resulting series of programs, Homeward Bound, won Britain's Sony Award for Best Writing for Radio.

Anna Bensted is the Executive Producer for Inside Out Documentaries. She spent 15 years with BBC Radio in London, Edinburgh and Boston. She produced and presented a current affairs program in the South of England and set up a new daily arts show in Scotland. In 1993 and 1994 she travelled extensively in America producing a series of programs about change in America.

George Hicks is technical director/producer for Inside Out Documentaries. He spent 15 years as a freelance recording engineer and record producer before joining WBUR. He mixed and co-produced "A Day In the Life of Boston" for WBUR's City Stories series in 1998. In the past year he has served as interim technical director for various WBUR shows.