Memories of MAD: “If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics”
Another Bonus Mini Post: More stupid AI tricks
Slouching Towards Birdland (Will Friedwald's SubStack)
Will Friedwald's Substack - covering mostly music (primarily jazz and the Great American Songbook) but also theater, film, fiction, comics, Muppets, and other aspects of popular culture.
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70 YEARS AGO: Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, & Louis Armstrong—Two Days (and one night) in Los Angeles that shook the jazz world
A Bonus Mini Post
FLYING HOME! Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller: Fathers of Vocalese?
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)”
And "Mississippi Belle" (coming soon: "The Ritz Roll and Rock")
Birthdays: Tony Bennett (the BIG one!) | Louis Armstrong | Kay Starr
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.”
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)
Another Bonus Mini Post
Bonus Mini Post: A few thoughts on July 4, lists in The New York Times, and other pertinent topics.
It is the best of TIMES and the worst of TIMES.
Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Perry Como, & Gordon Jenkins: “Married She Could Always Get.”
A MEL BROOKS "Living Centennial" Special!
Judy Garland digs Billie, Ella, …and Kate! The METRONOME Interview, 1947
A Judy Garland Month Special (PS: She also digs Willard Robison.)