author: john gennari

... Ken Burns , Jazz : A Film by Ken Burns ( The Jazz Film Project , Inc. , DD4721 ) . For a sampling of critical reactions to the film , see Krin Gabbard , " Ken Burns's ' Jazz ' : Beautiful Music , but Missing a Beat , " Chronicle of ...

... With songs like “Angelina” (“the waitress at the pizzeria”), “Please No Squeeza da Banana,” “Felicia No Capicia,” and “Baciagaloop,” Prima helped Italian Americans laugh and sing during hard times and, through the wide commercial appeal ...