Will Friedwald
Arts Feature Writer and Columnist at The Wall Street Journal
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1 week ago |
willfriedwald.substack.com | Will Friedwald
Many thanks to Richard Cook, Cademon Smith, and a few others who came forward with more information- and the correct details - about this relatively newly-discovered footage. Richard:The full video popped up briefly online a few months back. Distributed as 1967-02-08, which matches the Sinatraphiles listing for that date below:1967 Kiel Opera House, St. Louis, MissouriFebruary 8, 1967Teamster Charity ShowSinatra, Dean Martin, Milton Berle, Connie FrancisSinatra segment:1. The Shadow of Your Smile2.
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nysun.com | Will Friedwald
‘The Best of the JLCO’Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center OrchestraFrederick P. Rose HallStreaming Through June 21The tentpole event at Jazz at Lincoln Center over the weekend was titled “The Best of the JLCO,” and it was hosted and curated by the artistic director, Wynton Marsalis. The idea was to end the season with what was essentially a greatest hits program. For once, JALC wasn’t promising anything new, but offering a chance to revisit some familiar favorites.
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willfriedwald.substack.com | Will Friedwald
My great friend, that fine contemporary singer of jazz and standards based in Berlin, David Rose (not the composer!) shared this footage with me today. As of now, we don’t have any of the details - this concert performance, at this time, seems to be completely unknown in all of Sinatra lore.
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wsj.com | Will Friedwald
On a new LP, the singer, producer, writer and actor performs 12 charts Frank Sinatra abandoned or left unrecorded. Frank Sinatra’s incomplete attempt to record Billy Strayhorn’s intricate jazz classic “Lush Life” is one of the most curious episodes in the great singer’s immense canon.
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2 weeks ago |
willfriedwald.substack.com | Will Friedwald
My late father, Herb Friedwald (1935-1997) was a huge music buff. I mean that in multiple senses of the word: he was about 6’ 3”, which is an inch or so taller than I am. Here’s a photo of Herb in his college jock phase; the two great loves of his life were jazz and basketball. I never knew him when he looked like this. These being the days before phone cameras, I don’t think I have even one photo of my father and myself together.
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