Editing David Amram (section)

==Career sidelights==

In a 2007 interview, he observed: "The pennywhistle is a versatile instrument. Just as a violin can be used for either classical or bluegrass, the pennywhistle can be used different ways. Audiences in Kenya enjoyed it when I went there for the [[World Council of Churches]] and played African music in 1976. Dizzy Gillespie dug how I used the pennywhistle as a jazz instrument when I played with him in Havana in 1977."<ref>[https://www.litkicks.com/DavidAmramMusic Ectric, Bill, "David Amram Talks About Music"], interview, January 4, 2007</ref>

In his 1968 book ''Vibrations'', he describes making an omelette for [[Charlie Parker]] with "fried onions, marmalade, maple syrup, bacon, tomatoes, covered with hot mayonnaise with some garlic fried in it and a little cheese sauce", saying they "wolfed down portions of it" with [[borscht]] and orange soda.<ref>{{cite book |last=Scharnhorst |first=Gary |title=Literary Eats |publisher=McFarland |page=7}}</ref>

Amram is mentioned in the popular children's song "Peanut Butter Sandwich" by [[Raffi (musician)|Raffi]], in the line "one for me and one for David Amram", a fact which Amram said "impressed" his children; Raffi later admitted that he had mentioned Amram because he "couldn't think of anything [else] to rhyme with 'jam'."<ref name=Caviness>[http://www.davidamram.com/southern_stories_upi_review.html Amram shares "Southern Stories"], by Crystal Caviness, for [[United Press International]], published August 20, 1999; archived at DavidAmram.com; retrieved February 20, 2017</ref>