When Sonny Gets Blue: A George Shearing Review
Introduction Pianist Marvin Fisher (one-time arranger for Glen Miller) collaborated with another pianist Jack Segal to write “When Sonny Gets…
Catastrophic!
Despite some news networks claiming that 2014 was the hottest on record we can confirm that in the USA and…
Words and Propaganda
Yesterday morning I heard a segment of Rush Limbaugh’s radio program during which he moved significantly closer to the constantly…
Global Warming Watch
Since the re-launching of this website there has been an increase in the number of visitors. Some new visitors may…
Cantaloupe Island: A Herbie Hancock Review
Chicago-born pianist Herbie Hancock came to prominence in the early 1960’s with his composition ‘Watermelon Man’. Hancock was part of…
The Seas are Rising at an Alarming Rate
The UK’s South West has just experienced heavy rain, snow and plummeting temperatures. Much of the USA is enduring intense…
Stock Market Volatility
In my son’s public school there is so much time spent studying the basket making of the Native Americans, the…
I Remember April: A Dick Twardzik Review
The Unknown Dick Twardzik Long ago I acquired an LP of Charlie Parker entitled ‘The Happy Bird’ which was a…