Monday, March 5, 2018. Aside from being the greatest trumpeter since Louis Armstrong, or being held high as one of the greatest composers in jazz, Dizzy Gillespie was a comedian of sorts. Alluring the audience with weird hats, funky language, and cake-walking, Dizzy was more than a musician, dominating any stage with charisma, an animated performance and a rare sense of ease. Tuesday, December 12, 2017.

A blog about the sounds of surprise. Thursday, November 23, 2017. For the love of George. George Avakian, Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Rollins. Newport Jazz Festival, July 6, 1963. Posted by Fernando Ortiz de Urbina.

A study of the life and music of Charles Mingus. Sunday, March 20, 2011. New York, early 1952. New York, April 12, 1952.

Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog. Musings On 20th Century Pop Culture by Psychotronic Paul. Friday, August 07, 2015. This blogger is thrilled, delighted and tickled to be among the many contributors to the Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon. Will be writing about those fabulous purveyors of sublimely goofy marital farces, Mr. and Mrs Sidney Drew and - if it is possible to actually find a DVD of this before August 15 - the 1934 film This Side Of Heaven.

Give Your Best And Farewell. La vida es un juego de relaciones, no es algo que deba tomarse muy en serio. Incluso los momentos más dramáticos, como en las mejores obras, por poner un ejemplo feliz, del mejor cine italiano de los cincuenta y sesenta poseen un raso irremediablemente cómico, un giro inesperadamente gracioso. Uno dice hasta pronto, hasta que la vida u otro buen amigo me arrastre hacia el intrincado mundo de la Red.