Blog
These are my personal writings. You know how it is: sometimes you have something in your head and you just need to put it down (I want to say “on paper” but I will refrain). Many of these are stories that relate to my days on the road with touring musicians or in the studio making TV shows. I hope you enjoy –
Hal Willner
The news of Hal Willner’s death shut me down for a couple of days. This was not supposed to happen. Hal Willner was not supposed to die at 64 [...]
Manu Dibango
Man, the hits just keep on coming; another of my former employers has left the planet. Manu Dibango has succumbed to the Coronavirus in Paris at age 86. [...]
Eric Weissberg
I don't know if you know the name, "Eric Weissberg" but, if you love music, you should. Eric was certainly best known for creating one of the biggest [...]
Elvis Presley
Of all the bizarro TV shoots I worked on, this one might have taken the cake. In October of 1994 we shot a 60th birthday tribute to Elvis Presley for [...]
Elvis Presley
No, I never met The King but I did work on a TV show dedicated to him.
Of all the bizarro TV shoots I worked on, this one might have taken the cake. In [...]
Joseph Shabalala
Sad news out of South Africa today with the passing of Joseph Shabalala of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. After getting my diploma from Harmolodic High School, I [...]
Ginger Baker
“Mitch, this is Ginger Baker.” It’s April 7, 1987 and we are at the Cafe Central in Cologne, West Germany. I am on the road with Ronald [...]
Carnegie Hall Salutes The Jazz Masters
This show, 25 years ago this month, marked the start of my career in TV. I knocked myself out for this program, working on it exclusively for 5 months. A very [...]
Tortilla Flats
Can't you tell she just won Bingo at Tortilla Flats? I would say that I've been going to this joint for 35 years but that would be a lie. The truth is that we [...]
Lorraine Gordon
Sad to hear of the passing of Lorraine Gordon, proprietor of the greatest Jazz club in the world, the Village Vanguard. Lorraine used to call me during my [...]