UNION MEN

Yiddishe Cup’s violinist, Steve Ostrow, is in the union.  That’s because he’s in the Akron Symphony as well.

Cleveland Local 4 was big about the time hotel dance bands were big.

My other favorite union member is Karl Zahtilla, who has subbed a few times with Yiddishe Cup. He hung around with Chet Baker in L.A.  Karl plays jazz clarinet better than anybody else in town.

He used to play all the shows at the Hanna Theatre, the Front Row, Playhouse Square, and a lot of private parties.  He knows the Jewish stuff.  He played Orthodox gigs for years.

Karl grew up when clarinet was still a dominant instrument in popular culture.  Nice timing.

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