In The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed comedian Taylor Tomlinson for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section. Taylor began doing standup in local churches in California when she was 16. Now at 28, she has two Netflix comedy specials and she's hysterical. [Photo above of Taylor Tomlinson courtesy of Netflix]
Here's Taylor on Late Night With Seth Meyers (yeah, I interviewed him, too)...
John Scofield. Kim Paris of the FM Radio Archive sent along a link to several performances by guitarist John Scofield broadcast over the radio, including one with Miles Davis and Chick Corea in 1984 at the Jazz Summit in Austria. The second is with Phil Lesh & Friends in 2006 in Atlanta. That set included Dickey Betts and Joan Osborne. [Photo above of John Scofield, courtesy of John Scofield] Go here.
Nancy Wilson. Last week, after my post on Barbara McNair, I received the following from pianist Eric Comstock and singer Barbara Fasano:
Hello, Marc. Thanks to your Barbara NcNair post, we found a gorgeous Nancy Wilson clip from the short-lived Edie Adams Show. Lots of other great guests appeared in its brief 1963-64 run. Go here...
To catch Eric and Barbara's gigs: The duo is at New York's Birdland on Saturdays at 5:50 p.m.; Cafe Sabarsky at Neue Galerie on Thursday, June 9; and Barbara headlines at Music Mountain’s Jazz Festival in Falls Village, Ct. on Saturday, July 30. For more information on Barbara and Eric, go here and here.
Every issue of Creem magazine, the rock publication in print from 1969 and 1989, will be available through a free online archive for the first time. There also will be a new editorial website and newsletter here. And coming this fall, Creem will return to print as an oversized subscription-only premium quarterly. Limited-time introductory rates available here. Readers can access the Creem archive via creem.com now with a 30-day free trial offer through August. After, it will be free with a print subscription.
Paris in 1922. You'll be shocked when you see this short film in color—and shocked again when you see what the restoration crew had to work with before they set to work on it...
Here's a 1960s posture film, for no reason other than what a different time it was 60 years ago when most women did not go on to college, had few workplace skills and were virtually powerless...
And finally, here's Gene Kelly and Cid Charisse in Singin' in the Rain, with choreography by Kelly and director Stanley Donen. The jazz sensibility and fluid perfection of the choreography are stunning...
