Robert, Kenny and Nancy

This week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed Robert Patrick for my "House Call" column in the Mansion section (go here). Even if you don't recognize the name, you know the face. He almost always plays the bad guy. He's currently in season 2 of Reacher. [Photo above of Robert Patrick courtesy of his Facebook page]

Here's Robert in Reacher...

Here's Robert in The Sopranos...

Here's Robert, with a mustache, in Cop Land...

And here's Robert as T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day...

What I'm watching now. Here's what I streamed last week and enjoyed (I have spared you the junk I had to endure). Past recommendations appear in the list below the new entries, for a handy reference:

Last week...

Knight and Day—(2010). This action comedy stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. I only wish they made more movies together. Great match-up, and never tire of watching this one. (Roku)

American Gangster—(2007). A crime film staring Denzel Washington as a cool, even-tempered mob boss in Harlem. (Max)

Past recommendations...

TV series

• The Affair—(2014-2019/Hulu)
• The Americans—(2013-2018)/Prime)
• Band of Brothers—(2001/Netflix) 
• Belgravia—(2020/Prime Video)
• Bosch—(2014-2021/Prime)
• Bosch: Legacy—(2022-current/Prime)
• The Crown—(Netflix)
• Dark Winds—(2022/AMC)
• The Diplomat—(2023/Netflix)
• Downton Abbey—(2020-2015/Prime)
• Feud (S1): Bette and Joan—(2017/Hulu)
• Fisk—(2021/Netflix)
• Goliath—(2016-2021/Prime)
• The Gilded Age (current/Max)
• Homeland (2011-2020/Showtime)
• Jane Eyre (2006/Britbox)
• Justified—(2010-2015/Hulu)
• Life & Beth—(Seasons 1& 2, 2022-present/Hulu)
• Lincoln Lawyer—(2022-present/Netflix)
• MI-5, the Series—(2002-2011/BritBox)
• 1923—(2022-present/Paramount+)
• 1883—(2021-2022/Prime)
• Outlander—(2014-present/Netflix)
• Pieces of Her—(2022/Netflix)
• Poldark—(2015-2019/Prime)
• Reacher—(2016-present/Netflix)
• Turn: Washington's Spies—(2014-2017/Prime)
• Unbelievable—(2019/Netflix)
• Veronica Mars—(2004 to 2019/Hulu)
• The Woman in the Wall—Due in January (Showtime)
• Yellowstone—(2018-present/Paramount Network)

Films

• The Accountant—(2016/Hulu)
• Armageddon Time—(2022/Prime)
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs—(2018/Netflix)
• The Ballad of Lefty Brown—(2017/Netflix)
• Eiffel—(2021/Prime)
• Enola Holmes 1 and 2—(2022/Netflix)
• The Equalizer 1, 2 and 3—(2014-2024/Prime)
• God's Country—(2022/Hulu)
• Guy Ritchie's The Covenant—(2023/Prime)
• Kill Chain—(2019/Max)
• Last Night in Soho—(2021/Prime)
• Last Seen Alive—(2020/Netflix)
• Man on Fire—(2004/Max)
• MI-5—(2015/Max)
• The Mule—(2018/Netflix)
• The Night Agent—(2023/Netflix)
• Nobody—(2021/Prime)
• Ordinary Angels—(2024)
• Purple Hearts—(2022/Netflix)
• The Queen's Gambit—(2020/Netflix)
• Queenpins—(2021/Pluto TV)
• Reptile—(2023/Netflix)
• Somewhere in Queens—(2022/Hulu)
• The Spy—(2019/Netflix)
• Spy(les)—(2009/Prime)
• The Stranger—(2022/Netflix)
• Wonder Wheel—(2017/Prime)

Documentaries

• Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake—(2022/Netflix)
• Carole King: Live in Central Park—(2023/PBS)
• The Comeback—(2005 and 2014/Max)
• Five Came Back—(2017/Netflix)
• The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari—(2022/Netflix)

Julie London. Last week, arranger-conductor Mike Barone sent along a clip of a chart he scored for vocalist Julie London (above) while ghost-arranging for Gerald Wilson. Here's My Kind of Town (Mike said he also ghost-arranged Summertime)...

Fats Sadi. Following my post last week on Belgian trumpeter Bert Joris, in which I mentioned vibraphonist Fats Sadi (above), I heard from Dave James:

Marc, as a long-time aficionado of European and Scandinavian jazz, more references to its players is always welcome. "Sadi," the album you featured is, to coin a phrase, "rara avis." I found two copies but they are priced at astronomical levels for a single CD. Even Discogs only has one Sadi CD and it's a compilation. However, all is not lost. You might want to let your readers know that this session is, in fact, available if you subscribe to Amazon Prime Music.

Oscar Peterson. If you want to hear Oscar Peterson perform with fingers so fast they seem to raise sparks, check out the pianist backed only by bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on November 1, 1973, in Würzburg, Germany. The streaming-only album with sound improved was recently released by Lantower Records. Listen for free at Spotify here.

Kenny Clarke. Following my post on the centennial of Max Roach, bebop's drumming pioneer, I thought I'd play you the first drummer to play bebop, Kenny Clarke. To listen to Clarke in Italy in go here...

Lennie Niehaus. Last week, Kurt Kolstad sent along a video of Antoine Or playing all four saxophone parts in Lennie Niehaus's wonderful arrangement of When the Saints Go Marching In, recorded during the pandemic. Go here...

Dionne Warwick. Here she is in a smashing dress singing Alfie on Brazil TV in 1966, which incorrectly added Sonny Rollins's name to Hal David's and Burt Bacharach's on the screen as the song's composers...

Nancy Wilson. Here she is singing The Very Thought of You on TV's Hollywood Palace...

CBS Sunday Morning. Ever wonder who plays the trumpet solo on the weekly show? It's Wynton Marsalis, who in 2004 recorded Abblasen, a horn fanfare attributed to Gottfried Reiche, for CBS. Go here...

Here's Aretha Franklin singing I Say a Little Prayer in 1970...

Kirk Edwards—Shout! Tenor and soprano saxophonist and clarinetist Kirk Edwards has released an album of 12 original songs backed by a quartet featuring Donald Vega on piano, Keith Edwards on vibraphone and percussion, Dave Baron on bass and Pete Van Nostrand on drums. What I love most about this album is its singular sound. Kirk has a loose and warm feel on all three instruments, and yet his attack is different on each. It's all coming from the heart, which matters. You'll find the album on YouTube, and on other streaming platforms.

Here's the title track...

Antonio Carlos Jobim radio. On Thursday, January 25, WKCR-FM in New York will feature a birthday broadcast of Jobim's music. On-air hosts will spin Jobim's records for 24 hours. To listen from anywhere in the world, go here.

And finally, cold? How about something to warm you up: Here's Tito Rodriguez with his orchestra, singing Que Sera in the 1960s...

If you want to know how this video was recorded, read my interview with the late Ray Santos (the saxophonist on the far left of the reed section) here.