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Marc Myers

Gay, Carmen and Jazz TV

Back when I was studying journalism at college in the 1970s, Gay Talese was a larger-than-life figure. During my college years, I interned…

Jan 16, 2015

Gay, Carmen and Jazz TV

Jan 16, 2015

Marc Myers

Robert Herridge, Jazz and TV

Up until 1955, modern jazz was largely a punchline. The music wasn’t easy to understand by those who grew up listening to big bands and…

Jan 15, 2015

Robert Herridge, Jazz and TV

Jan 15, 2015

Marc Myers

Interview: Peggy King (Part 2)

If you had been a TV producer in the 1950s, Peggy King was dream talent. She could sing, act and play off comedians — all while projecting…

Jan 14, 2015

Interview: Peggy King (Part 2)

Jan 14, 2015

Marc Myers

Interview: Peggy King (Part 1)

The name Peggy King may not be familiar to you, but in the early days of television, she was a singing sensation. Back in the early 1950s…

Jan 13, 2015

Interview: Peggy King (Part 1)

Jan 13, 2015

Marc Myers

‘A Gal in Calico’: From Pop to Jazz

In December 1946, Warner Bros. released a mess of a film called The Time, the Place and the Girl — a post-war feel-good feature with a…

Jan 12, 2015

‘A Gal in Calico’: From Pop to Jazz

Jan 12, 2015

Marc Myers

Punk, SpongeBob and a Red Balloon

This past week was a busy one for me — four pieces in The Wall Street Journal. For those who enjoy reading my work in the paper, here are…

Jan 10, 2015

Punk, SpongeBob and a Red Balloon

Jan 10, 2015

Marc Myers

Helen Merrill on Billie Holiday

Following my post yesterday about a private audio recording at YouTube of Helen Merrill and Billie Holiday singing a duet at a New York…

Jan 9, 2015

Helen Merrill on Billie Holiday

Jan 9, 2015

Marc Myers

Jerry Fielding: ‘Fielding’s Formula’

When the 12-inch LP was relatively new in the mid-1950s, jazz labels needed as much content as they could get their hands on to fill…

Jan 6, 2015

Jerry Fielding: ‘Fielding’s Formula’

Jan 6, 2015

Marc Myers

Marc Myers

Wall Street Journal music and arts writer and founder of http://JazzWax.com, one of the web's most popular daily jazz blogs.

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