Sunday, October 18, 2026

A one-man multi-media maestro

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Composer and multi-instrumentalist Jason Frederick continues to surf the wave of an enormously busy career that we’d normally expect from se...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Recent discovery: One Shoe Makes It Murder

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Riding on the momentum of his two performances as Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe — in 1975’s  Farewell, My Lovely , and 1978’s  The Big S...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

M Squad: Right up our (dark) alley

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Aside from jazz-oriented film and television soundtracks, I’m also constantly on the prowl for previously undiscovered compilation albums th...
Friday, April 10, 2026

From the Cutting Room Floor: Matchstick Men

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I enjoyed this film. The conclusion packs an unexpected punch, and portions of Han Zimmer’s score certainly qualify as suspenseful jazz ... ...
Friday, March 21, 2025

The beat goes on: Black Bag

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Big-screen jazz scores clearly have become an endangered species, but good grief; I’ve not been able to showcase a new film release since  C...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Fallen Angels redux ... and redux!

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As I discussed in this blog’s previous post, Dragon’s Domain finally rewarded the patience of those who enjoyed Showtime’s  film noir  antho...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Fallen Angels and a wayward Fugitive

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I covered Showtime’s marvelous  film noir  series,  Fallen Angels , in my second volume. This anthology show delivered six episodes in the s...
Friday, August 9, 2024

Recent discovery: Small Vices

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I was a fan of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series from the moment I purchased 1978’s  The Judas Goat , fifth in the series. I immediately sna...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Recent discovery: Band of Thieves

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This droll 1962 British item is a 69-minute music video disguised as a film. That’s overstating the case, but not by much. The Lyn Fairhurst...
Monday, July 8, 2024

Spotlight on Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky

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Film music journalist/historian Jon Burlingame has been an invaluable resource over the years; he’s also a thoroughly entertaining writer. I...