I'm ending my Henry Mancini tribute with three jazz performances of "The Days of Wine and Roses." First we have Wes Montgomery on guitar, Mel Rhyne on organ and Jimmy Cobb on drums:
And Dexter Gordon on tenor sax, Cedar Walton on piano, Buster Williams on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums:
And last but certainly not least, the Oscar Peterson Trio - - Peterson on piano, Ray Brown on bass, and Ed Thigpen on drums:
The Best Actress winner for 2000 was Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich. That performance was a beguiling mixture of diva and mensch so instead I'm going to focus on two other Best Acrtess nominees tha
The Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 1998 went to Bill Condon for Gods and Monsters, a quiet and thought-provoking movie about James Whale, who directed Frankenstein. One of the other nominees that y
This one made me sad. The Carters were the first Presidential couple who I really connected with - - I admired their sincerity and authenticity. Rosalynn Carter died the other day at the age of 96. Th