Dean Frey
@dean.bsky.social
aka Deny Fear
🎨 Robert Longo
No Threat, 2018
charcoal on mounted paper
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Nicola D'Ascenzo's "His Master's Voice" stained-glass window
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
🎨 Robert Longo
No Threat, 2018
charcoal on mounted paper
Profile:
Nicola D'Ascenzo's "His Master's Voice" stained-glass window
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
Etta James won a Grammy in 1994 for Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday. A superb jazz album from a singer who was in & out of various genres in her career.
Great arrangements by Cedar Walton.
album.link/y/OLAK5uy_kP...
Great arrangements by Cedar Walton.
album.link/y/OLAK5uy_kP...
January 26, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Etta James won a Grammy in 1994 for Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday. A superb jazz album from a singer who was in & out of various genres in her career.
Great arrangements by Cedar Walton.
album.link/y/OLAK5uy_kP...
Great arrangements by Cedar Walton.
album.link/y/OLAK5uy_kP...
Two versions of one song: Mack Gordon & Harry Warren’s “At Last”
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - the B-side of "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", 1942
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LJ...
From 1960, Etta James’ version from her debut LP, arranged by Riley Hampton.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJU...
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - the B-side of "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", 1942
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LJ...
From 1960, Etta James’ version from her debut LP, arranged by Riley Hampton.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJU...
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Two versions of one song: Mack Gordon & Harry Warren’s “At Last”
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - the B-side of "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", 1942
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LJ...
From 1960, Etta James’ version from her debut LP, arranged by Riley Hampton.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJU...
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - the B-side of "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", 1942
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LJ...
From 1960, Etta James’ version from her debut LP, arranged by Riley Hampton.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJU...
On Benny Golson's birthday I'm listening to Take a Number from One to Ten, from 1961.
Benny begins with a solo saxophone, & adds an instrument with each song. My favourite is #7: I Fall in Love Too Easily. That's Freddie Hubbard on Mellophone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=687F...
Benny begins with a solo saxophone, & adds an instrument with each song. My favourite is #7: I Fall in Love Too Easily. That's Freddie Hubbard on Mellophone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=687F...
January 25, 2026 at 6:54 PM
On Benny Golson's birthday I'm listening to Take a Number from One to Ten, from 1961.
Benny begins with a solo saxophone, & adds an instrument with each song. My favourite is #7: I Fall in Love Too Easily. That's Freddie Hubbard on Mellophone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=687F...
Benny begins with a solo saxophone, & adds an instrument with each song. My favourite is #7: I Fall in Love Too Easily. That's Freddie Hubbard on Mellophone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=687F...
57 great jazz musicians were included in Art Kane's 1958 photo "A Great Day in Harlem", for Esquire. With Benny Golson's passing in September 2024, Sonny Rollins is the last one standing. Stay well, Sonny!
January 25, 2026 at 6:44 PM
57 great jazz musicians were included in Art Kane's 1958 photo "A Great Day in Harlem", for Esquire. With Benny Golson's passing in September 2024, Sonny Rollins is the last one standing. Stay well, Sonny!
Benny Golson plays himself in Steven Spielberg's 2004 film The Terminal. Steals scenes from Tom Hanks!
youtube.com/watch?v=YHE8...
youtube.com/watch?v=YHE8...
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Benny Golson plays himself in Steven Spielberg's 2004 film The Terminal. Steals scenes from Tom Hanks!
youtube.com/watch?v=YHE8...
youtube.com/watch?v=YHE8...
A lovely photo by Ted Williams of Art Farmer & Benny Golson playing for the next generation, c. 1958
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
A lovely photo by Ted Williams of Art Farmer & Benny Golson playing for the next generation, c. 1958
Two great musicians in their early years:
Four-year-old Tom Jobim walks down Rio Branco in Rio with his grandfather
📷 Instituto ACJ, 1931
Two-year-old Charlie Watts with his mother Lillian and father Charles in Piccadilly Circus
📷 Linda Roots, 1943
Four-year-old Tom Jobim walks down Rio Branco in Rio with his grandfather
📷 Instituto ACJ, 1931
Two-year-old Charlie Watts with his mother Lillian and father Charles in Piccadilly Circus
📷 Linda Roots, 1943
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Two great musicians in their early years:
Four-year-old Tom Jobim walks down Rio Branco in Rio with his grandfather
📷 Instituto ACJ, 1931
Two-year-old Charlie Watts with his mother Lillian and father Charles in Piccadilly Circus
📷 Linda Roots, 1943
Four-year-old Tom Jobim walks down Rio Branco in Rio with his grandfather
📷 Instituto ACJ, 1931
Two-year-old Charlie Watts with his mother Lillian and father Charles in Piccadilly Circus
📷 Linda Roots, 1943
Tom Jobim by Clóvis Ferreira
"Bossa nova is serene; it is love & romance, but it is restless."
"Bossa nova is serene; it is love & romance, but it is restless."
January 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Tom Jobim by Clóvis Ferreira
"Bossa nova is serene; it is love & romance, but it is restless."
"Bossa nova is serene; it is love & romance, but it is restless."
My favourite Tom Jobim song: Aguas de Março, Waters of March. With Elis Regina, from 1974.
vimeo.com/29561797
And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of all strain,
It's the joy in your heart.
Jobim himself wrote both Portuguese & English lyrics.
vimeo.com/29561797
And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of all strain,
It's the joy in your heart.
Jobim himself wrote both Portuguese & English lyrics.
TOM JOBIM & ELIS REGINA - AGUAS DE MARÇO
La histórica grabación de Tom & Elis de Aguas de Março, del DVD Aguas de Março, integrante del box Maestro soberano publicado en…
vimeo.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
My favourite Tom Jobim song: Aguas de Março, Waters of March. With Elis Regina, from 1974.
vimeo.com/29561797
And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of all strain,
It's the joy in your heart.
Jobim himself wrote both Portuguese & English lyrics.
vimeo.com/29561797
And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of all strain,
It's the joy in your heart.
Jobim himself wrote both Portuguese & English lyrics.
Vinicius de Moraes & Tom Jobim by Pedro de Moraes, 1958
Another song the two collaborated on: "Insensatez". Ted Gioia points out in his book The Jazz Standards that the song is based on Chopin's Prelude in E minor.
youtube.com/watch?v=PHIe...
Another song the two collaborated on: "Insensatez". Ted Gioia points out in his book The Jazz Standards that the song is based on Chopin's Prelude in E minor.
youtube.com/watch?v=PHIe...
January 25, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Vinicius de Moraes & Tom Jobim by Pedro de Moraes, 1958
Another song the two collaborated on: "Insensatez". Ted Gioia points out in his book The Jazz Standards that the song is based on Chopin's Prelude in E minor.
youtube.com/watch?v=PHIe...
Another song the two collaborated on: "Insensatez". Ted Gioia points out in his book The Jazz Standards that the song is based on Chopin's Prelude in E minor.
youtube.com/watch?v=PHIe...
Paulo Scheuenstuhl took this photograph in August 1967, at the home of Vinicius de Moraes. An august gathering of the luminaries of Brazilian popular music.
3. Tom Jobim
16. Chico Buarque
19. Vinicius de Moraes
The full list is in the Alt Text
3. Tom Jobim
16. Chico Buarque
19. Vinicius de Moraes
The full list is in the Alt Text
January 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Paulo Scheuenstuhl took this photograph in August 1967, at the home of Vinicius de Moraes. An august gathering of the luminaries of Brazilian popular music.
3. Tom Jobim
16. Chico Buarque
19. Vinicius de Moraes
The full list is in the Alt Text
3. Tom Jobim
16. Chico Buarque
19. Vinicius de Moraes
The full list is in the Alt Text
Tom Jobim in Hollywood
📷 Sherman Labby, 1966
We all have our heroes.
📷 Sherman Labby, 1966
We all have our heroes.
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Tom Jobim in Hollywood
📷 Sherman Labby, 1966
We all have our heroes.
📷 Sherman Labby, 1966
We all have our heroes.
Tom Jobim was one of the celebrities that Otto Stupakoff matched with models for Manchete magazine in 1961. Others included Jorge Amado & Oscar Niemeyer.
January 25, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Tom Jobim was one of the celebrities that Otto Stupakoff matched with models for Manchete magazine in 1961. Others included Jorge Amado & Oscar Niemeyer.
Tom Jobim's idol was Heitor Villa-Lobos. He even took to smoking the same cigars. Both were experts at billiards.
January 25, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Tom Jobim's idol was Heitor Villa-Lobos. He even took to smoking the same cigars. Both were experts at billiards.
With part of a second album together. Arrangements by Deodata, again wonderful.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
With part of a second album together. Arrangements by Deodata, again wonderful.
With great Claus Ogerman arrangements. Frank was in great voice here; he elevated his game for this relatively late project.
January 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
With great Claus Ogerman arrangements. Frank was in great voice here; he elevated his game for this relatively late project.
Reposted by Dean Frey
His album with Sinatra is a very personal favorite.
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
His album with Sinatra is a very personal favorite.
Charles Schulz liked more than just Beethoven. Linus's knowledge of Tom Jobim & Vinicius Moraes pays off, in this strip from December 14, 1964.
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Charles Schulz liked more than just Beethoven. Linus's knowledge of Tom Jobim & Vinicius Moraes pays off, in this strip from December 14, 1964.
Vinicius de Moraes & Tom Jobim at the Bar Veloso with their great song "Garota de Ipanema"
📷 Paulo Scheuenstuhl, 1960
youtube.com/watch?v=-LsI...
📷 Paulo Scheuenstuhl, 1960
youtube.com/watch?v=-LsI...
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Vinicius de Moraes & Tom Jobim at the Bar Veloso with their great song "Garota de Ipanema"
📷 Paulo Scheuenstuhl, 1960
youtube.com/watch?v=-LsI...
📷 Paulo Scheuenstuhl, 1960
youtube.com/watch?v=-LsI...
Coffee with Tom Jobim ☕️
📷 Nana Moraes, 1987
📷 Nana Moraes, 1987
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Coffee with Tom Jobim ☕️
📷 Nana Moraes, 1987
📷 Nana Moraes, 1987