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Continue reading →: Notablog and Home Page: Born Again!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Notablog, which began on 26 July 2002, has been “born again,” with its own domain name: https://notablog.net. And it gives me just as much pleasure to announce that my home page, which debuted way back in the early 1990s, has also been…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1801
Song of the Day: The Time is Now [YouTube link] was composed by jazz pianist David Hazeltine, who performs it with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster as the title track to his 2019 album. Enjoy this trio of ol’ pros; they are so in sync with one another.
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Continue reading →: Olivia de Havilland, RIP
On July 1, I noted that Olivia de Havilland had reached 104 years of age. Today, Olivia has died—one of the few remaining stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age. As I noted on the first of the month: “From her films with the great swashbuckler Errol Flynn to her Oscar-winning turns in…
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Continue reading →: Happy Eighteenth Anniversary to Notablog!
Yesterday, I celebrated my 1,800th entry in “My Favorite Songs” with the Sonny Rollins tune, “Oleo,” part of this year’s Jazz Edition of my annual Summer Music Festival. Today, the numbers “1” and “8” show up again: I am celebrating the 18th anniversary of the beginning of Notablog! It was…
