Virgil Gonsalves "Jazz - San Francisco Style" 1956 West Coast FULL ALBUM

Bette Midler - Big Noise From Winnetka - The Showgirl Must Go On - 2008

Gene Wilder

SUPER COMIC MAN Gene wilder has passed.  His 'Young Frankenstein, ' 'Willy Wonka' and 'Blazing Saddles' were so remarkable.  Mr. Wilder personified GREATNESS!

Joachim Raff - Sinfonietta (1873)

2016 JapanFest

JAPANFEST 2016 is coming.  The big celebration will take place at the Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, in Duluth, Georgia.  A great number of fine activities accentuating the unique culture of Japan will take place.  This is always a marvelous experience for everyone, Adults and Children.

Stanley Turrentine - Feeling Good

Culture Shock

U.S. POLITICS seems so weird now.  It jumps around madly like ancient mtv videos. George Orwell and H.L. Mencken would dearly love this rhapsody in fervent oddness.  It appears picaresque like an Archie Shepp vitriolic jazz solo.

John Scofield Uberjam Band - Sarajevo Jazz Festival 2013

Stanley Clarke Band - Jazz in Marciac 2015 || Full HD

Count Basie And His Big Band - 1965

Bill Evans Project with Dean Brown, Darryl Jones, Dennis Chambers - Esti...

Cesar Franck: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op 11, Martijn van den Hoek

Marcus Miller Live at Java Jazz Festival 2013

Maurice Ravel-String Quartet in F Major (Complete)

Kurt Atterberg - Symphony No.2 in F-major, Op.6 (1913)

Happyology - Yusef Lateef

Sonny Stitt - Blues Greasy

Sensational Jazz Trio with Female Vocalist

China Moses "Dinah's blues" (live)

Victor Feldman - Rio HQ

Zdeněk Fibich - Symphony No. 2 (1893)

Théodore Gouvy - Piano Quintet (1850)

CARLOS SANTANA w/ JOHN McLAUGHLIN Live MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 2015 HD

Yellowjackets Live at Java Jazz Festival 2016

Brahms-Quintet for Piano and Strings in f minor op. 34 (Complete)

Ceora (live, disc 2) - Lee Morgan

James Joyce....Cultural Strong Man

JAMES JOYCE produced passionate culture-shock works..His mighty 'U' and the extremely provocative 'Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man' had so much literary depth.  When one consumes the prose of Joyce with its incredible intensity one gets a vibrant feeling in the blood marrow that feels fantastic.

Arnold Bax - Symphony No. 2 (1926)

The exciting cultural oddity named Erkskine Caldwell

ERKSKINE CALDWELL is a poignant, strange author of many decades ago.  His vivid novels, 'Tobacco Road' and 'God's Little Acre' are vibrant cultural studies of the maddening poor culture of the people of the Deep South.  Mr. Caldwell can really spin unique tales.

Maurice de Vlaminck

THE FRENCH PAINTER, MAURICE DE VLAMINCK  overwhelms us.  He along with Andre Derain and Henri Matisse were part of the passionate, strong art group. the Fauvists.....the Fauvists threw out regular art and went with moods.  Their works stagger us with blunt authentic styling.  

August Klughardt - Symphony No. 4 (1897)

The Great Jazz Trio by Hank Jones - Live at Tokyo Jazz 2008

Georges Bizet - Symphony No. 2 "Roma" (1861)

Wagner ~ The Ring - Forest Murmurs

Anton Reicha - Clarinet Concerto in G-minor (1815)

Norman Mailer's 'The Deer Park'

THE DEER PARK delves into the maddening violent arena of life in Hollywood and its environs.  This strong book by Big Literary Guy Norman Mailer burst profoundly on to the madcap American literary scene in the mid-1950s,  I find Mailer's Deer Park people profoundly unique.  It is a joy to find one's self literally engulfed in the odd, sensual and sly world of the mind of Mr. Norman Mailer.  Just like the notorious bad gentleman Henry Miller of the 30s and 40s Mr. Mailer packs a gigantic wallop of a story into this vitriolic koo-koo cornucopia of devilish goings on in the semi-modern abruptness contained in the N. Mailer scenario tagged 'Deer Park.'  Norman Mailer swings like a radical solo of John Coltrane.  The man Mailer proves boiling hot literary excitement indeed.

Bud Shank Plays Tenor 1960 West Coast Jazz LP FULL ALBUM

Aram Khachaturian - Symphony No.3 "Symphony--Poem" (1947)

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Space [1969] (Full Album, HQ)

Sahib Shihab - Sahib Shihab and the Danish Radio Jazz Group [Full Album]

The Wonderful Start of School

AUGUST IS GREAT!  I love this time of year when school starts.  It is exciting.  The children of our culture are at a high energy level.  The parents are so happy and so very proud of their daughters and sons.  It is a SUPER time...this thing we call August.

Joe Lovano Us Five - Heineken Jazzaldia 2009

Diana Krall - Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 2013

Saul Bellow

SAUL BELLOW has made his mark on American culture in a huge way.  This author has produced terrific and so feisty novels.  I feel that his super modern books, 'The Victim' and 'Herzog' are monumental powerhouse literary achievements.

James M. Cain...shrewd one

JAMES M. CAIN had a virile passion deep in the veins of  his writing heart.  His fine novel...'Serenade'...was so very poignant and vibrant and slick.

Jim Thompson...Super Author

MARVELOUS JIM THOMPSON is overwhelming.  I read his wow, powerhouse books and I find them amazing.  The man has an uncanny ability to put together sly and profound plot lines.  I truly believe his novels...'A Swell Looking Babe' and 'The Grifters' are terrific examples of powerhouse writing.  We need more of this brand of good tough guy stories.  Like George V, Higgins, Mr, Thompson can spin a mighty interesting story line.

'Suits' TV Drama Is So Clever

'SUITS' is such a magnificent drama show on the feisty USA Network.  I love the crafty writing..the  plots and the masterful acting...especially the passionate character of Harvey on this program.  As a long-time editor and writer myself I sincerely appreciate the resounding and good screen writing that pops up on this high class show all the time.  God Bless the people of the grand 'SUITS.'

Rued Langgaard - Symphony No.1 in B-minor, BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler" (1...