Fred Elias
“...one of the true masters of the idiom - a musician’s musician as well as one of the most desirable names in Mid-East records.”
“It’s difficult to gauge his full impact on the Boston Middle-Eastern music scene. ... at the Averof Restaurant in Porter Square (Mass Ave in Cambridge), Joseph Silverstein, first violinist and concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, famously sat in awe of him for hours listening to his seamless transitions between Arabic and western classical stylistic moves. It’s also true that I and so many other Boston musicians were in awe of his flawless dexterity and the emotions he could invoke. His group members - who were really his nonbiological musical sons, Nick and George Kokoras, Mike Gregian, Costa M and so many others - carry the torch forward.”
| Born: | June 27, 1922, in Manchester, NH |
| Died: | January 13, 2018 (age 96) |
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