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"I have always been avant-garde. A perfect mix of the nostalgia of yesteryear and the new age of tomorrow." Sol Zim

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About Sol Zim

Name: Sol Zim

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Currently resides in: Hollis Hills Queens, New York

Education: Yeshivah Torah Vodaath
Yeshiva University High School
Brooklyn College, Jewish Theological Seminary Cantorial Institute
New York University, M.A.

Family: Wife, two sons

Trademark look: Thick gold Star of David, gold musical clef ring, waistcoat cool

Stage name(s): Sebastien Zim

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Biography

Born to a line of five generations of canros his artistry, interpretative skills, creativity and awe-inpsiring productivity have left an indelible mark on the Jewish musical landscape supplying it with an evolving musical sound and some of its most spectacular album covers. In a chameleonic career he has recorded for Tikvah, Menorah and his own Zimray records. Once signed for United Artists, he will be remembered for the recordings he has made with his own family, and for the cantorial chanting style he made standard operating procedue in the American synagogue. "I wrote arrangements you have heard so often in synagogue you thought they come from Sinai." he once said. For Zim, performance is the ultimate high and his showmanship is the stuff of legend.

Career Highlights
Background in music: legendary cantorial heritage Instruments: his pipes How he got his start: his father was a cantor in Portland, Maine Big break: Musical icons/influences: KISS	Best known for: Cantorial innovation, biblical rock operas Awards: Current projects:

Cultural Impact
Pick virtually any harmony you know from synagogue sorties -- odds are Zim wrote it

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Zim appears on the front cover of the book AND YOU SHALL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF OUR VINYL

By Sol Zim:

"I am a clothes bug. I love to dress secular which reflects that my arrangements are secular but the music is Jewish."

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David Superstar. "A Friday Evening Rock Service", this has been cited as the first Jewish rock opera. Zim wrote and performed it one magical night at the Hollis Hill Jewish Center in New Yorkin 1974 with that center's adult and junior choir.

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