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Ian Lawrence Finkel (August 13, 1948 – November 16, 2020) was an American musician specializing in the xylophone, author, and entertainer. [1] [2]
Nov 25, 2020 · Ian Finkel said he took up the xylophone in his teenage years, as rock ’n’ roll was becoming cool. “I thought it would get me girls,” he said in a 2012 interview, “but no one said guitar.”
Finkel, who adamantly proclaimed himself “the world’s greatest xylophonist,” and entertained from the borscht belt to the Philharmonic, playing the unconventional instrument with vaudevillian flair, died on Nov. 16, 2020, in a hospital in Manhattan. He was 72.
Xylophone virtuoso IAN FINKEL passed away on Nov. 16, 2020 due to complications of Covid. For almost 50 years, he had been a member of Local 802. For a tribute from Ian’s wife, see here, and for a tribute from his friend Jonathan Haas, read on…
Ian Finkel is a xylophone virtuoso, author, and musician who has made significant contributions to the arts.
Nov 25, 2020 · For half a century, Ian Finkel adamantly proclaimed himself “the world’s biggest xylophonist.”. “All the others are gone now,” he would say. “So I win by default.”. He balked at being described as “considered one of” the best.
In Memoriam: Ian Finkel. Xylophone virtuoso Ian Finkel died on November 16, 2020 at age 72 as a result of COVID-19. Ian (pronounced “eye-an”) Lawrence Finkel was born in 1948 into a show business family. His father, Fyvush Finkel, was a prominent actor in Yiddish theater and portrayed the cantankerous lawyer on the 1990s TV series Picket ...
