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Showing posts with label music - jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music - jazz. Show all posts
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Ella Fitzgerald: Like Someone in Love

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Cover of Ella Fitzgerald's Like Someone in Love , Verve Records, 1957. Photo credit: Phil Stern. Image source: Goatless Technology can...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Kind of Blue: The Making of a Jazz Masterpiece

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Cover of Kind of Blue (Columbia CS 8163). Photo credit: Jay Maisel. Image source: HMV.com The Miles Davis sextet's Kind of Blue regu...
Sunday, August 15, 2021

Doris Day: An appreciation

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Doris Day around the time of Tea for Two (1950). Image source: Billboard I had long thought Doris Day only worthy of disdain. She was the...
Friday, March 26, 2021

Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960

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Valmont (Gérard Philipe) and Juliette (Jeanne Moreau) in Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 . Image source: Paris Cinéma Région Les Liaisons...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

In memoriam: Kay Starr

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Image of Kay Starr: Memphis Music Hall of Fame Kay Starr died Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 94. She was a singer who ignored...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Fred & Ginger Part 4: Shall We Dance and Carefree

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7. Shall We Dance (1937): What makes a musical great? If it requires only great music, then Shall We Dance would certainly qualify. Five o...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Fred & Ginger Part 3: Follow The Fleet and Swing Time

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5. Follow The Fleet (1936) is based on Hubert Osborne's play Shore Leave (1922), which was turned into a stage and film musical compos...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Fred & Ginger Part 2: Roberta and Top Hat

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As we've proceeded with our re-viewing of the eight 1930s Astaire-Rogers comedies, it's gradually become clear that there are (at l...
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