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With a voice as smooth as a Charlie Parker alto saxophone solo, Boston broadcasting icon Ron Della Chiesa has brought music and musical legends alive for over thirty-five years. These are the inside stories of Della Chiesa's career in radio. Discover Boston's vibrant music scene as only Ron can tell it: through his interviews with everyone from opera greats Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo, to jazz artists Dizzy Gillespie and Dave McKenna, beloved song legends Rosemary Clooney and Bobby Short, composers David Raksin and Andre Previn, the brilliant raconteur Jean Shepherd, to his close friend, musical legend Tony Bennett.
Contents
Table of ContentsChapter One: Radio KidChapter Two: Finding My VoiceChapter Three: Steppin' OutChapter Four: Nice Work If You Can Get ItChapter Five: A World of JoyceChapter Six: I Miss You in the AfternoonChapter Seven: Fly Me to the MoonProfilesI. The World of Opera1. Luciano Pavarotti, King of the High C's2. The Incomparable: Placido Domingo 3. Carlo Bergonzi: Viva Verdi!4. James McCracken: Esultate!5. Ben Heppner: Hip Heldentenor 6. Marcello Giordani: La Dolce Vita7. Norman Kelley: "Knew Them All!"8. Richard Cassilly and Patricia Craig: The Opera Couple9. Jose Van Dam, the Singing Actor10. Robert Merrill, Star Spangled Baritone 11. Jerome Hines, Devils and Demons12. Eleanor Steber: West Virginia Diva13. Eileen Farrell, The Feisty Soprano14. Aprile Millo: After the Golden AgeII. All That Jazz1. The Diz: Dizzy Gillespie2. Benny Carter: Gentleman Ben3. Jacquet's Got It: Illinois Jacquet4. Stan Getz: Hot, Cool, and Swinging 5. Super Drummer: Buddy Rich6. The Irascible Joe Venuti7. A Lifetime of Swing: Lionel Hampton 8. Boston's Own: Ruby Braff 9. George Shearing: It's Shearing You're Hearing!10. Three Handed Swing: Dave McKenna 11. Dick "Spider" Johnson12. Joe Williams: Boss of the BluesIII. The Great American Songbook1.Tony Bennett: The John Singer Sargent of Singers2. Bobby Short: The Embodiment of Elegance3. Frank Sinatra, Jr.: His Own Way4. John Pizzarelli: Style's Back in Style 5. Mel Torme: "Don't Call Me the Velvet Fog!" 6. Nancy Wilson: The Thrush of Columbus: 7. Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose8. Sammy Cahn: A Song's Best FriendIV. Conductors and Composers1. Arturo Toscanini, The Maestro2. Gunther Schuller: "Where the Word Ends" 3. Harry Ellis Dickson: Wild About Harry! 4. David Raksin: Grandfather of Film Music5. Andre Previn: Musical WunderkindV. Comics, Actors, and Everybody Else1.Jean Shepherd, A Voice in the Night2.Mort Sahl: If You're For It, I'm Against It 3.The Importance of Being Ernest: Ernest Borgnine4. Chuck Jones: What's Up, Doc?5. Robert B. Parker: Dean of American Crime Fiction
