anna was born i l.a. and began her career at age four. between the years of 1919-1961 she made a total of 55 movies. though popular and extremely special, she never was given a starring role. even worse, her characters always perished. she stated that her tombstone ought to read: 'she died a thousand times.' much had changed in hollywood since her hey day which was at a time when california law forbid...
William Claxton (October 12, 1927 – October 11, 2008) was one of the best photographers. married to a whimsical looking top fashion model, they must have introduced one another to very different worlds. i bet it was a joy. claxton's lifelong spouse was peggy moffitt, one of the great faces of the sixties. his photos of her are legendary. so are his photos of chet baker. now, it turns out there...
I recently saw Let's get lost and I fell in love with the charisma of Chet Baker, with his many virtues and his many flaws. In the end, we're all humans and have the right to be imperfect. Hace poco vi Let's get lost y simplemente me enamoré del carisma de Chet Baker, de sus muchas virtudes y de sus muchos defectos. Porque al final todos somos humanos y tenemos derecho a ser imperfectos.
John Hallam (clt/ten/bar), Jeremy McMurray (pno), Andy Champion (bs), Roly Veitch (gtr), John Hirst (dms). When I was young(er) if someone had asked me to choose my dream concert line-up I may well have came up with; Artie Shaw's Gramercy 5, the Stan Getz Quartet/Quintet, the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and possibly a Benny Goodman small group. Nobody ever did ask me and, although they are now all dead,...
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD A Enlightenment B Endarkenment: Hint There Is No C, 4/5 On songs laced with the hard stuff of Americana, his barbed wire and broken glass growl suggests a narrator who is an eternal war vet, one...
Abbey Lincoln - Through The Years (UMGD/HIP-O ) Abdullah Ibrahim - Bombella (Sunny Side ) Anita O'Day - All Sad Young Men (Universal ) Anita O'Day - Swings Cole Porter Rogers (Universal Japan/Zoom ) Antoinette Montague - Behind The Smile (Igv ) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey!! Jazz Messengers!! (Analogue Productions ) Barb Jungr - Men I Love:New American Songbook (Indie Europe/Zoom...
In Appendix B of my book Real Lives Revealed , I identify top biographers, authors who have at least three biographical titles in their portfolios. Here are some additional names to consider when looking for biographical authors. Some have only two titles but show promise of making a career in the genre. Most are younger. A couple I just overlooked. Adams, Henry (1949- ): Writes about 20th century...
This beautiful video incorporates footage from the Bruce Weber documentary Let's Get Lost . Weber contrasted the age and drug ravaged Chet Baker of 1987 with the young, beautiful cult figure of the 1950s. The Santa Monica scenes have a suffused warm light that makes me yearn for southern California. Wikipedia : ... Entertainment Weekly ... said that Weber "created just about the only documentary...
A little early for Valentine's Day, but any day is a good day to listen to music about love. 1. "Love" performed by Chet Baker on Chet Baker With Strings . 2. "Love Came to Town" by U2 on Rattle and Hum . 3. "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter, performed by Dexter Gordon on Go . 4. "Love Is Here To Stay" by George Gershwin, performed by Stanley Irwin on Irwin Sings...
Amazon : 1. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman 2. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane 3. Bird And Diz by Dizzy Gillespie 4. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis 5. Ella and Louis by Ella Fitzgerald 6. Getz/Gilberto by João Gilberto 7. Concert By The Sea by Erroll Garner 8. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus 9. Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter 10. Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious...
The charismatic prince of cool jazz developed an elegant and intertwining sound after being forced to perform without a piano When Bruce Weber released Let's Get Lost in 1988, his documentary on the trumpeter Chet Baker, it joined the likes of Bertrand Tavernier's Round Midnight and Clint Eastwood's Bird in a group of late-1980s films that showed prominent jazz artists on the skids. A huge improvement...
DVORAK AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION (DAHA) Presents: An Evening of Jazz with George Mraz and Friends at The Bohemian National Hall 321 East 73rd Street, NYC Friday, February 26th at 7:30 PM World-renowned jazz bassist George Mraz was presented The Medal of the President of The Czech Republic for Lifetime Achievement on his 65th birthday, June 10, 2009 at the Prague Castle. Known for his historic work...
Jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie was a central figure in the bebop movement and its success is partially attributed to his stage presence. While his beret, horn-rimmed glasses and pouched cheeks all played their part, it was his bent horn that eventually became the most expensive trumpet in the world. Gillespie’s first bent horn was the result [...]
Dusted 12/15/2003 : By Ezra Koenig The first two minutes of The Dirty Projectors’ The Glad Fact consists of weird keyboards and distorted drums, threatening to veer off into mundane, noisy IDM . Then, out of the harsh mechanical sound enters The Dirty Projectors’ secret weapon: Dave Longstreth’s voice. Longstreth (technically the only member of the Dirty Projectors) eschews the hushed,...
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