# Gilad Atzmon

gilad atzmon (Hebrew: גלעד עצמון‎, [ɡiˈlad at͡sˈmon]; born 9 June 1963) is a British jazz saxophonist, novelist, political activist, and writer. He has been described by scholars and anti-racism activists as antisemitic and a Holocaust denier. == Early life == Atzmon was born in a secular Jewish family in Tel Aviv, Israel and grew up in Jerusalem.Atzmon first became interested in the British variety of jazz when he came across some recordings of it in a British record shop in Jerusalem in the 1970s, and found inspiration in the work of Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes and regarded London as "the Mecca of Jazz." However, at 17, while readying himself for induction into the army, he happened to hear a radio broadcast of a recording of Charlie Parker's With Strings and was swept off his feet.