Jack Nissenson

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Jack Nissenson (born 1933 in Montreal)[1] was a member of the Mountain City Four, a Canadian folk music group, based in Montreal and active in the 1960s. In addition to Nissenson, the group consisted of Peter Weldon, Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle.[2]

Before the Mountain City Four, Peter Weldon and Jack Nissenson were members of a traditional folk band called Pharisees. When Weldon and Nissenson met the McGarrigle sisters, they formed the Mountain City Four.[3]

Nissenson recorded an early concert performed by Bob Dylan at the Finjan Club on Victoria street in Montreal in July 1962.[4] He made the recording with an old British-made reel-to-reel tape recorder, so the quality of the recording is exceptional. This recording remains as one of the most sought-after early recordings of Bob Dylan with collectors and fans.[citation needed]

Nissenson moved to Toronto in 1975.[1] During the late 1970s and 1980s Jack sang and played guitar with a political folk group in Toronto called Bread and Roses.[citation needed]

Jack Nissenson is currently living in Montreal and continues to play folk music as a solo singer and with a group called "The What Four" (with Peter Weldon, Marvin Segal, John Knowles and often Jane McGarrigle).[5][6] He is also a storyteller and belongs to a group called Word of Mouth Productions with storytellers Dylan Spevack-Willcock, Sarah Comrie, and John David Hickey.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jack Nissenson". Québec's Intercultural Storytelling Festival. 20-05. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  2. ↑ "McGarrigle, Kate and Anna". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Kate McGarrigle". The Scotsman. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  4. ↑ Heylin, Clinton (1996). Bob Dylan: a life in stolen moments: day by day, 1941-1995. New York: Schirmer Books. p. 23. ISBN 0-02-864676-2. 
  5. ↑ "The What Four play in memory of Kate McGarrigle". Westmount Independent. April 6–7, 2010. p. 10,12. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Westmounters revive McGarrigle era scene". Westmount Independent. March 16–17, 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  7. ↑ Stephanie O'Hanley (October 28, 2004). "Spooken word". Ottawa XPress. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  • "Kate & Anna McGarrigle" Folk & Blues: An Encyclopedia, St. Martin's Press, 2001


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