In The Wall Street Journal last week, I interviewed Seth Meyers for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section (go here). Seth is a lovely guy and a veteran of the culture-changing comedy improv movement that emerged in Chicago in the 1970s and early '80s, which produced dozens of leading comedians. Seth started his career on Saturday Night Live and now is host of Late Night With Seth Meyers.
Here he is on SNL in 2006...
Two weeks ago, while I was away and unable to post, my "House Call" column interview was with painter-photographer Marilyn Minter (go here). Marilyn is an amazing artist who had an extraordinarily challenging childhood with parents who stopped being parents. [Photo above of Marilyn Minter courtesy of Marilyn Minter]
Here's Marilyn at her last show...
Also while I was away, my piece on millennials' love affair with vinyl during the pandemic ran in the WSJ's Review section (go here). Now you're all caught up.
Jessica Williams. To help Jessica Williams' husband, Duncan Atherton, with the expenses the family incurred with Jessica's care over the past few years, Richard Rodseth has set up a GoFundMe page. My appreciation post on Williams's passing went up yesterday. Go here to read about the family's plight and what you can do to help. [Photo above of Jessica Williams courtesy of Spotify]
Tammy Burdett, whom I interviewed at JazzWax earlier this week, turned me on to Alicia and Don Cunningham, a husband and wife duo on the West Coast. They played and sang together, and recorded a few albums. But much of their time from the 1970s to the 2000s was spent touring relentlessly in the U.S. and abroad. The Los Angeles Times wrote them up in 1994 here.
Here's Alicia Cunningham playing George Shearing's arrangement of East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) in 2012. Astonishing. It's followed by a hip version of Take the A-Train...
Rebecca Parris and Ernie Andrews. Netherlands singer Louise Alexandra turned me on to this clip of vocalists Ernie Andrews and Rebecca Parris singing together in 2014...
Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto. WKCR radio host Sid Gribetz sent along an email earlier this week following my post on D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, Audition at RCA...
Marc, after reading your link, I read David Lucas's bio. He mentions writing a radio toothpaste ad for Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto. A quick Google search surfaced the clip, which features the 1965 radio recording with footage added from the film "Get Yourself a College Girl" (1964). Here it is...
More Astrud. To match Sid's ad above, I figured I'd surface The Thought of Loving You, a rare 1968 single by Astrud Gilberto. Go here...
Dave Thompson sent along his gorgeous solo-piano rehearsal clip of With a Song in My Heart. Go here...
Richard Wyands radio. On Sunday, Sid Gribetz will host a three-hour Jazz Profiles show on pianist Richard Wyands on WKCR-FM in New York from 2 to 5 p.m. (ET). To listen live from anywhere in the world, go here.
And finally, from Quincy Jones's 1962 album The Quintessence, Benny Golson's Little Karin, with a tenor saxophone solo by Eric Dixon. Go here...
