I would have to say that this is the most unusual post I've ever published here. And I also have to admit that it has very little to do with music, but I've been wanting to post this thingy for quite a while now because it fascinates me. It showed up in my email a … Continue reading Your Eyes Can Deceive You
Category: Jazz
A Singer’s Singer – Ethel Ennis
In the long history of jazz vocalists, there have always been a few who have been respectfully described as a 'singer's singer'. Some of them have been very well-known, but others have sort of flown below the radar. One that might qualify as the latter is Ethel Ennis, who is still entertaining fans after a … Continue reading A Singer’s Singer – Ethel Ennis
The REAL Eddy Duchin Story
Although his orchestra was enormously popular in its day, Eddy Duchin would probably not be a recognizable name to most current music fans except for one thing. A few years after his death, Hollywood star Tyrone Power portrayed him in The Eddy Duchin Story, a very colorful tale of his life that even today occasionally … Continue reading The REAL Eddy Duchin Story
Guys Will Be Guys
The pictures below are some of those that have been making the rounds lately under the heading Men Who Lack Adult Supervision, and I thought I'd pass them along. (Thanks to both K and M, and anyone else I might have missed.) A few of the photos take a little study to catch the finer … Continue reading Guys Will Be Guys
And The Winner Is….Me
At least I hope so. I'm sort of setting aside the music stuff today (although I've still included a good tune below) because I wanted to report something. Random visitors will have no idea what I'm talking about, but regulars will remember that a few days ago I wrote that I was on the horns … Continue reading And The Winner Is….Me
Time Keeps Marching On
One of the ways we all mark the passage of time is by looking at pictures from many years ago. If those pictures are of ourselves we can only groan and wonder where the years went, but when they depict others we might have a variety of reactions. Whether we realize it or not, most … Continue reading Time Keeps Marching On
Getting To Know The Triplets
Movie music is an area I've ventured into from time to time, but I don't think I've ever written about a film that I saw a few years ago and loved in spite of the fact that it's in French and I do not speak the language. Of course, I should mention that it's a … Continue reading Getting To Know The Triplets
Dave Pell – The Real Thing
I've mentioned before that I sometimes regret dumping all my old vinyl LPs in favor of CDs (most recently in Bye-Bye To Brubeck Bossa Nova). Another of those missing albums came to mind today. It was an odd-looking one -- transparent gold instead of black -- recorded by a bandleader that I assumed at the … Continue reading Dave Pell – The Real Thing
Everything’s Better With Butter
Remember when TV commercials for margarine always compared the product's taste to 'the high-priced spread'? I always wondered why they couldn't just call it 'butter', which I would assume is a generic name that wouldn't have had any trademark protection. Maybe by not using the word they allowed for some wiggle room, just in case … Continue reading Everything’s Better With Butter
The Reluctant Crooner – Rudy Vallée
Yes folks, I'm writing about crooners again. It's a subject that has always fascinated me, and my interest has resulted in a number of articles that date all the way back to my Crooner Conundrum piece from four years ago. But today's subject -- Rudy Vallée -- was a different kind of crooner. For one … Continue reading The Reluctant Crooner – Rudy Vallée
Geezer Music Club 