| Andrew J. Kaslow | |
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| Birth name | Andrew Jonathan Kaslow |
| Born | March 5, 1950 New York, New York, USA |
| Origin | New York City |
| Occupations | Saxophonist, Record Producer, Band Leader, Author, Anthropologist, Media Executive |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Years active | 1970 - Present |
| Labels | Alligator Records |
| Associated acts | Allison Miner, Professor Longhair, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, James Booker, Jimmy Heath |
Andrew Jonathan Kaslow (born March 5, 1950 in New York, NY) is an author, record producer, saxophonist and entertainment executive. He currently resides in New York City.
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Kaslow was born Andrew Jonathan Kaslow in New York, NY.
While attending Columbia University where he earned a B.A., master's degree (M.A.) and Doctorate in behavioral science (he also attended the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris), Kaslow studied saxophone with legendary musician Jimmy Heath. Between 1973 and 1976 Kaslow played in various Ska and Salsa bands throughout New York City. After moving to New Orleans in 1977 with his wife at the time Allison Miner,[1] Kaslow began playing saxophone for and working as band leader and arranger to New Orleans piano legend Professor Longhair.[2] Kaslow is credited with co-producing and playing on the seminal album of Longhair's career,[3] Crawfish Fiesta. Kaslow also toured as a backing musician for James Booker and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown until 1981.
In 1991 along with fellow anthropologist Claude Jacobs, Kaslow authored The Spiritual Churches of New Orleans: Origins, Beliefs, and Rituals of an African-American Religion published by The University of Tennessee Press.[4] In the book Jacobs and Kaslow provide historical background on the formative years of the spiritual churches of New Orleans, using newspaper articles from the African-American Louisiana Weekly, as well as interviews with early church leaders conducted by fieldworkers from the Louisiana Writers' Project under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration. The authors also reported on the many church events they attended as participant-observers. In addition to regular worship services, they described baptisms, Holy communion, ordination of ministers and consecration of bishops, and feasts in honor of various saints, the Old Testament Queen Esther, and Black Hawk. There is also a detailed examination of spirit possession, prophecy, and healing as it occurs in church services.
As an entertainment and media executive Dr. Kaslow served as Senior Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Vivendi Universal from January 2002 until 2005 [5] and as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at AOL Time Warner from January 1999 to 2001 where he was responsible for leading all facets of human resources across AOL Time Warner.