This week in The Wall Street Journal, I interviewed Alice Waters, the chef who launched California cuisine and the organic-food movement at Chez Panisse in Berkeley in the early 1970s (go here). For my "House Call" column, Alice talked about childhood her family garden, her wild streak and studying in Paris during her junior year of college—a decision that changed her life and how many Americans view food differently today. You'll find Alice's new memoir, Coming to My Senses (Clarkson Potter), here.
Also in the WSJ this week, I interviewed novelist Alice McDermott on Memory from the musical Cats (go here). But don't jump to any conclusions. She latched onto the song at a piano bar before the musical opened on Broadway. At the time, Alice felt the lyric was about her and her inability to earn a living as an author. It's a funny tale. You'll find Alice's latest best-selling novel, The Ninth Hour (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), here. [Photo above courtesy of Alice McDermott]
Laugh until tears roll. That's what happened to me when I watched this clip...
Gene Lees' Jazzletter. Last week, Claude Neuman sent along the following note:
"I've long been an admirer of the late Gene Lees. I loved his Jazzletter newsletter, which he published monthly for almost 30 years. They were such a treasure trove of first-hand information on jazz history and of musical, historical and sociological analysis. Some of them have been republished in his books, but a lot of them weren't. For example his series called 'A Death in the Family: The Rise and Fall of the American Song' ran through seven issues of the Jazzletter in 1992 and '93.
"I plan to have the Jazzletters copied in searchable PDF format and made available online on the site of my friend, Donald Clarke. It's a non-commercial project.
"I'm missing a few issues: September 1991, January 2002 and issues after March 2005.
"Can you let readers know? Hopefully someone will have these or can copy them. I can be reached at the following email: neumanclaude@gmail.com."
What the heck. Here's the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose singing Too Late to Turn Back Now in 1972...
Oddball album cover of the week.
Considering that our male model above looks like Seinfeld's Frankie Merman (the guy who runs into the woods and sits in a hole when upset), he's got quite a scene going at his pad. Best of all, he found two women pretending to care about the stereo equipment he's demonstrating.
from JazzWax http://ift.tt/2yeYvaL
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