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About the author
mike gerber
<p>Mike Gerber, born in 1953, is a London-based journalist, and now also a partner in the Vinyl Vanguard record shop – “the best shop for jazz vinyl in London”.</p><p>Gerber left school at 16 and worked in dead-end jobs before taking a history with Spanish degree in his thirties, and then a post-graduate trainee journalist course.</p><p>His career in journalism, as a writer and editor, began in the late 1980s. As well as covering a wide range of industries, his features have appeared in the <em>Guardian</em>, the <em>Observer</em>, <em>Financial Times</em>, <em>New Statesman</em>, and on various TV station Channel 4 websites, the latter including a thousand-word piece on black music connected to a documentary that the station broadcasted.</p><p>Gerber’s music journalism includes features in: <em>Cadence </em>– the quarterly journal of improvised music; in the <em>IAJRC Journal </em>of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors; in <em>fRoots</em> (formerly Folk Roots); in <em>Songlines</em>, and additionally in various non-music specific magazines.</p><p>His interest in Jewish connections in jazz dates back to 2000, when he was commissioned to write a feature for the magazine<em> Jewish Socialist</em>. A book followed, <em>Jazz Jews</em>, and then a related radio show, Kosher Jam, which Gerber presented on UK Jazz Radio. </p><p/>