GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
Yup. It was fifty years ago, on March 17th, 1966--St. Patrick's Day--that I saw my first Broadway show! Why would I remember it? Easy....
MY LIFE IN THE MOVIES
No, I'm not talking about the two movie theatres I was asked to manage upon my college graduation. Those offers came from film...
FRANCIS ALBERT
Today marks Frank Sinatra's 100th Birthday. I mentioned The Chairman of the Board earlier this year in a post about Billie Holiday's...
"MRS. PEEL, WE'RE NEEDED."
There Will Always Be An England: Patrick Macnee died this past summer, but thanks to my DVD collection, he will never fail to live on...
THE POWER OF WORDS
I've had the good fortune to have met many wonderful poets through the years, including John Hollander, Stanley Kunitz, Sharon Olds,...
LADY DAY
I have long been an aficionado of Jazz/R&B vocalists, particularly those of the female persuasion. From Dinah Washington to Bessie Smith...
SIDE BY SIDE
It took me a long time to come around to Stephen Sondheim, I admit. Oh, I recognized his importance to the American Musical Theatre--he...
THE COLORS OF SPACE
Been reflecting more than usual and I thought I'd pay tribute to an artist about whom nothing is written these days. Yet he was as...
1963
At my age it's easier to look back and identify key moments in my life. Emotion often obscures objectivity, but after half a century one...
CHRISTMAS JAZZ Part IV
Yup. It's that time of the year again. Thought I'd focus on one song today--the soulful R&B favorite "Merry Christmas Baby", which has...