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 –
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 [...]
Butch Morris
Butch Morris was one of the bright lights. When you find one of those people, you follow them and you can end up in some unexplored places. When he let us see [...]