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3 June 2010

The satin sound of Johnny Mercer

Category: Language & ideas, Music | Tags: clint eastwood, duke ellington, ella fitzgerald, johnny mercer, terry teachout

We love “The Dream’s On Me” a documentary about songwriter-lyricist Johnny Mercer, produced in 2009 by Clint Eastwood. [...]

25 January 2010

Satchmo sings “Stardust”

Category: Music | Tags: hoagy carmichael, louis armstrong, nat king cole, satchmo, stardust, terry teachout

Book review, “Pops,” by Terry Teachout [...]

17 December 2009

Now that Macheath’s back in town …

Category: Music | Tags: kurt weill, louis armstrong, mack the knife, terry teachout

Louis Armstrong sings Mack the Knife in London 1956. [...]