Cantor

CANTOR
 
 
A cantor  is a person who leads people in singing, or sometimes in prayer.  In Judaism, a cantor is one who sings and leads people in prayer in a Jewish religious service, and may be called hazzan.  “Cantor” is used as a translation of equivalent terms in other languages, such as for the leader of singing on a traditional Kerala snake boat, a Chundan Vallam.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

A post by Jewish Business News also says of Randy California of Spirit “In his book Stars of David: Rock ’n’ Roll’s Jewish Stories, author Scott R. Benarde quotes [his mother Bernice] Pearle saying, ‘I always felt Randy [California]’s solos sounded like what I remember from Temple.  I told him that sometimes his guitar sounded like a cantor in Synagogue.’” 

 

(November 2014)

 

Last edited: March 22, 2021