The man in the middle ~ you've guessed it ~ Walt Disney .. Seated alongside ~ music man sometime Disney composer Leigh Harline for purposes of this praise piece "our hero" ~ espyi...
How attitudes change How musics fortunes fluctuate . A 1950s Har;lem photo celebrating 57 Jazz musicians back to 1920s achieved prominence. among a wider public. Given todays sparse...
Measured poise of jazz singer Diana Krall a metric for artists with jazz on their mind ~ Night we called it a day ~ apt mood evocation finest contemporary interpretation ~ . At 1 ...
Conductor Mark Elder and BBC 2015 Proms provide a platform rehabilitating a sidelined choral work indeed a great one. .. Paradoxically in cautious "easy music" times Sancta Civ...
In a competitive field one of the loveliest versions difficult to fault . Errico in lyric voice gracing the words lingering lightly tempo phrasing perfectly judged delivering an un...
A moody intro to one of Legrand's earliest songs from 1950s setting blueprint if not template for a succession of lush melodies the sort you folks love so much. But where were you as a f...
Appreciative U Tube comments for Lemper's French arranger Bruno Fontaine. His dramatic take straight out of a gothic movie. ~ but dig that lassoing climactic peroration as Lemper...
A long time favourite version by Johnny Keating ~ in opposition to another classic version on ifcopod ~ Shorty Rogers 1961 Speak Low.. Keating was a serious contender for International fame...
Staring at this purporting to be Alex Bradford muttering . Surely not another wrong photo. The situation might seem irretrievable save in a career of "heavy performances" this is one...
Mancini a key name in popular music since 1950s. Breakfast at Tiffany's was the film that crystallised Mancini's position as leading song composer for films of the late 1950s early 1960s ....