This is the first in a series tracing the history of film music from the silent years to the present. The current episode focuses on two contemporary composers who write for silent films to fill the need for the missing…

This is the second podcast about music scores for movies. The subject of this show is the Newman family, starting with the three brothers Alfred, Lionel, and Emil. Included are insightful comments a

This is the first of three podcasts about music scores for movies. This first in the series covers introductory with insightful comments about the good and the bad of these scores with many examples. The first two functions of film…

A survey of five influential female jazz artists from the 1930’s through the 1990’s. A sample of selections are included, along with commentary, for each. Thoughts about the demise of jazz in the 1970’s and rock in the following decades…

A survey of five influential female jazz artists from the 1930’s through the 1990’s. A sample of selections are included, along with commentary, for each.

A light survey of where bebop came from, its principal exponents and what happened to it. The demise of big band jazz as it commercialized is also explored.

This episode shows the contributions of different jazz musicians from the late 1930’s through the late 1940’s on various instruments. Prominent jazz orchestras are also featured and discussed.

This episode covers the period from 1925 with Fletcher Henderson and Louis Armstrong up to the era of Big Band jazz in the early 1940’s. It contains many musical examples with some extensive commentary, with a special tribute to Bix…

Some writing from my friend who lives in Las Vegas. His website, www.nevadapoet.com contains over a hundred of his writings, mostly poetry. This podcast contains several of these works, read by Ernie or myself.

This is part 1 of a 2 part attempt to summarize the history of jazz from its creation through its decline in the late 1960’s.