SEPHARDIC MUSIC:
A CENTURY OF RECORDINGS
Mayesh 1367/1368
Artist: Mayesh, Jack
Other Artists: Composed and Sung by Jack Mayesh. Cannoni Played by Gabriel Yohai.
Matrix: EV-1367B & A-5781
Song Title: Missirlu
Language: Ladino
Recorded: 6 November 1941
Where recorded: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Coupled with
Number: 1368
Artist: Mayesh, Jack
Other Artists: Composed and Sung by Jack Mayesh. Cannoni Played by Gabriel Yohai.
Matrix: EV-1368B
Song Title: Yo t'admiro
Language: Ladino
Recorded: 6 November 1941
Where recorded: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Size: 10 inches
Listing Source: Reviewed
Public Institutions: New York Public Library; Syracuse; Florida Atlantic
University
Date Source: Electro-Vox logbook
Why this recording appears on our home page
Jack Mayesh was an important WWII-era Sephardic recording artist. Along with Victoria Hazan, he represented the last in a line of Sephardic artists who grew up with, performed and recorded in the idiom of urban Ottoman music. In this selection, he sets the well-known Greek dance song Missirlu to Ladino lyrics.
