# chet (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover chet. Page: Feed: --- ## [Memories of MAD: “If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics”](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/memories-of-mad-if-famous-authors) _2026-08-19 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ Another Bonus Mini Post: More stupid AI tricks ## [70 YEARS AGO: Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, & Louis Armstrong—Two Days (and one night) in Los Angeles that shook the jazz world](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/70-years-ago-nat-king-cole-ella-fitzgerald) _2026-08-17 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A Bonus Mini Post ## [FLYING HOME! Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller: Fathers of Vocalese?](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/flying-home-jerry-leiber-and-mike) _2026-08-14 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ They wrote about more than hound dogs and jailhouses—no, that's not all there is! ## [Extreme Cole Porter, Part 1: “The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)”](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/extreme-cole-porter-part-1-the-banjo) _2026-08-07 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ And "Mississippi Belle" (coming soon: "The Ritz Roll and Rock") ## [Birthdays: Tony Bennett (the BIG one!) | Louis Armstrong | Kay Starr](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/birthdays-tony-bennett-the-big-one) _2026-08-01 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A Centennial (Tony Bennett, August 3, 1926), and two other important birthdays: Louis Armstrong (July 4 or August 1, 1901) and Kay Starr (July 21, 1922) ## [Duke Ellington’s 1943 masterpiece BLACK, BROWN AND BEIGE: “A Church of his Own.”](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/duke-ellingtons-1943-masterpiece) _2026-07-22 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A vintage 1988 story in honor of a new performance of this brilliant work by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra this week in Rose Hall. ## [Remembering Jackie (as in Mason)](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/remembering-jackie-as-in-mason) _2026-07-17 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ Another Bonus Mini Post ## [Bonus Mini Post: A few thoughts on July 4, lists in The New York Times, and other pertinent topics.](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/bonus-mini-post-a-few-thoughts-on) _2026-07-13 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ It is the best of TIMES and the worst of TIMES. ## [Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Perry Como, & Gordon Jenkins: “Married She Could Always Get.”](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/mel-brooks-anne-bancroft-perry-como) _2026-07-08 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A MEL BROOKS "Living Centennial" Special! ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7CeWVRioTCh7) _2026-07-08 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Judy Garland digs Billie, Ella, …and Kate! The METRONOME Interview, 1947](https://willfriedwald.substack.com/p/judy-garland-digs-billie-ella-and) _2026-06-30 · Will Friedwald · Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)_ A Judy Garland Month Special (PS: She also digs Willard Robison.)