THE REAL BILLIE HOLIDAY
Billie Holiday lived long enough to make a handful of television appearances in the late 1950s. She was no…
THE UNITED STATES VS.…
The more you know about legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday the more trouble you’re likely to have digesting Lee…
MY OTHER PASSION: VINTAGE…
What’s the point of having a website if I can’t indulge myself now and then? Jazz is as vital…
MILES DAVIS: THE BIRTH…
Watching Stanley Nelson’s new documentary, I felt both exhilarated and frustrated—just as I did while following Miles Davis’s career.…
BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND…
As a jazz aficionado I expected to hear a lot of good music in this documentary and anticipated a…
REMEMBERING ANDRĖ PREVIN—AND STANLEY…
The news of André Previn’s death hit me hard. I couldn’t explain why, at first; then I realized that…
FROM ‘SAMSON’ TO ‘SHANE’:…
It’s a matter of record that Jonny Greenwood earned an Oscar nomination for scoring Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread…but a…
