by Jordan R. Young | Dec 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Klezmer music has been described variously as Jewish party music, Jewish soul music, Jewish roots music and Jewish jazz. I’m in tune with any and all of these definitions. I’m not sure I’d agree with Time Out New York that The Klezmatics are “the best band in the...
by Jordan R. Young | Dec 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Can’t make it to New York City this week? Lucky for us, the Philharmonic Society is bringing The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to Orange County. And Wednesday evening’s (Dec. 14) offering at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa is no ordinary...
by Jordan R. Young | Dec 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Warren Oates and Corey Allen in “Private Property” (1960) It’s easy to see how a film like “Private Property” (1960) fell through the cracks, going almost unnoticed on its original release and promptly disappearing. After all, few people had heard of writer-director...
by Jordan R. Young | Nov 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Mikhailovsky Ballet in “Le Corsaire” “Le Corsaire,” a tale of romance between a pirate and a slave girl, is an age-old staple of the ballet repertoire. It was inspired not by the Verdi opera of the same name but a poem written by Lord Byron in 1814. The Mikhailovsky...
by Jordan R. Young | Nov 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Mabel Normand & Mack Sennett, with Edgar Kennedy (3rd row left), in a 1913 film. “The most important thing in my life was a girl,” film comedy pioneer Mack Sennett truthfully observed in his myth-filled autobiography. Sadly, the girl’s own legacy has been largely...
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