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Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck, Live at the White House in 1962

Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck are two of the greatest minds to ever stand and sit in the performance of classic modern Jazz .  In 1962, fate brought them together with President Kennedy, for a cobbled-together performance that has now just recently been rediscovered in the aftermath of Dave Brubeck’s death at 91 years and 364 days in December, 2012, and the result is the instant-wonder:  Bennett & Brubeck — The White House Sessions, Live — 1962!

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Boles Blues Blog Debut

We are delighted to bring you — Boles Blues — the 12th, and newest, blog in the Boles Blogs Network!

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The Guitar is an Imperfect Instrument

Several years ago, a Broadway musician told me in no uncertain terms, “the guitar is an imperfect instrument.”

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The Performing Monkey Sideshow Savant

Rex is a musical savant.  He performs in public.  He’s been on 60 Minutes twice. He is 13-years-old.

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The Black and Blind Piano Player

When I was a wee lad — perhaps 8 or 9-years-old — I acted in a lot of community theatre plays and musicals.

Acting was an opportunity to escape an ordinary life for one of imagination and history and it was a tasting of a freedom that has sustained me ever since.

Theatre made me an escapee from the mandatory expectations of a pedestrian community where staying and longing were demanded over exploration and fulfillment.

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