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Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott

End Title, soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith

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The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) Cliff Owen

October 20th 2024

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The Trade Token of Lionell Newman (Dublin, 1664)

Date: 1664 The habit of coffee drinking first became popular in Europe about the middle of the 17th century. Soon, special rooms were established for the consumption of the new beverage. Debate surrounds the date of the first coffee house in England, the Angel in Oxford is considered first by some historians, set up about 1650, while others favour London as the first, with Oxford following…

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Best of Arthurian Queens

Seeking recommendations for media featuring the Queens of Arthuriana?

Here’s a curated collection of Retellings, Films, TV shows, and more ordered alphabetically by Queen and oldest to newest. Each recommendation comes with a brief synopsis and review containing mild spoilers.

All PDFs link to my Google drive, videos to MEGA drive, and can be found on my blog. Each passage adopts the unique spelling of character names as used in the media.

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Guinevere of Camelot

Books

The Defence of Guenevere by William Morris

In this famous poem, Guenevere gets to say her piece before the court and call out by name the individuals that wronged her.

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle

The Story of The Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle

The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle

The Story of the Grail and The Passing of Arthur by Howard Pyle

Queen Guinevere is regal, powerful, respected, & beloved in this series. The art featuring her is stunning.

Kairo-Kō: A Dirge by Natsume Sōseki

Japanese retelling with poetic prose that really sells the heart wrenching tragedy of Guinevere’s affair with Lancelot & the weight of her serpent crown.

Launcelot & Guenevere by Richard Hovey

A series of plays which showcase Guenevere’s marriage to Arthur & love affair with Launcelot facilitated by Galehaut. Numerous heart wrenching lines.

Guinevere by Sharan Newman

The Chessboard Queen by Sharan Newman

Guinevere Evermore by Sharan Newman

Follows Guinevere for her whole childhood, fleshes out her family, handmaidens, & friends, romantic first meeting with Arthur, magical unicorn, great chemistry with Lancelot, raised Galahad like her own son. One of my favorite portrayals of her ever.

A Camelot Triptych by Norris J. Lacy

A fascinating examination of misogyny’s part in Guinevere’s treatment concerning the Vulgate storyline. Guinevere gets the second of three chapters, but she’s integral to the entire collection. Her portion in the cold, lonely nunnery is heart wrenching & it really sympathizes with her situation to show her humanity & the forces acting against her.

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

A post-Camlann story. While first shown to be living unhappily at the nunnery, Guinevere later reappears as a participant of the Wild Hunt, & gets her own flashback chapter near the end. She’s an integral part of the plot resolution.

Movies

Knights of the Round Table (1953)

Elegant & queenly Guinevere with gorgeous styling & costumes. Childhood friend of Arthur. Gives her favor to Lancelot in exchange for a quaint necklace made from a coin she takes everywhere. Merlin is respectful & kind to Guinevere & has her best interest at heart, never talks about her behind her back to Arthur. Guinevere & Elaine on great terms, Guinevere gets to temporarily foster Galahad after Elaine’s death, & in the end, Arthur never entertained the idea of punishing Guinevere with death for anything.

Sword of Lancelot (1963)

Passion project of Cornel Wilde, who wrote, directed, & stared as Lancelot in the film. Cast his own wife Jean Wallace, to play Guinevere—the chemistry is fire. Many knights of the Round Table that adore Guinevere, including Dagonet who temporarily goes mad/missing after Guinevere’s sentencing to the stake. Well-meaning Arthur who nonetheless fails to uphold Guinevere’s agency & belittles her less than lady-like skillset including hunting, & ultimately loses her to Lancelot for that reason.

Camelot (1967)

Iconic Guinevere. Ride or die with “Wart” before she even knew he was her betrothed, Arthur. She shares in all his dreams & ideas, as a viewer you can feel how valued she is. Cherished by her champion knights, Dinadan, Sagramore, & Lionel. She wasn’t keen on Lancelot at first but obviously falls in love with him as much as Arthur did. Gorgeous costuming & many beautiful songs with her ladies & knights.

Excalibur (1981)

Sweet healer Guinevere who gets along with everyone including Morgan, has a seat at the Round Table, great chemistry with Arthur & Lancelot, beautiful costuming, talented acting.

Merlin and The Sword (1985)

Stunning Guinevere with an alluring deep voice. Awesome chemistry with all characters. Adored by Arthur who is animated & energetic but doesn’t quite “get” her & beloved by Lancelot who stares silently at her & throws himself into danger left & right for her. Pretty dresses & crowns throughout & her dilemma between the two men is especially tough here, which she’s able to explain in her own words which is a rarity.

Camelot: The Legend (1998)

Animated kid’s movie in which Guinevere is entirely devoted to Arthur & has her own interests & goals including gardening at Camelot. She’s taught how to sword fight by Lancelot which comes in handy later when escaping Morgan & Mordred.

Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020)

Powerful Guinevere in a story inspired by Alliterative Morte which leaves her stranded at Camelot with Mordred while Arthur & Lancelot fight in Rome. She refuses to accept Mordred as king & rebuffs his advances, intimidating him with her cold & direct rejections. She also banters with Antigone, Mordred’s accomplice, while remaining regal & poised.

TV Shows

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-57)

Guinevere appears in 11 episodes, has a seat at the Round Table, politically involved & valued by all. Confident & poised. Friends with Gawain, Kay, & Lionel. Great chemistry with Arthur & Lancelot. Matching costumes with Arthur. Socially progressive for the time, including an episode without Arthur in which Guinevere runs a market fair to trade with people from the East.

BBC The Legend of King Arthur (1979)

Young innocent Guinevere with a seat at the Round Table, loves Arthur as king but best friends with Lancelot. Framed for killing a knight with poisoned fruit & championed by Lancelot. Beloved by the knights but victim to Morgan, Agravain, & Mordred.

Starz Camelot (2011)

Guinevere in episodes 3-10, engaged to childhood friend Leontes but loves Arthur. Friends with Igraine & Bridget. Her opinion is valued by all, involved in the resolution of several episode plots & overall organization of newly formed Camelot. Advocates for the other women. Helps defend the castle from invaders.

Games

Camelot Crush: A Round Table Dating Sim

Guinevere is one of six characters the player can romance. Adorable art & fun, exciting storyline. Guinevere is lovingly rendered & has a sweet, loving relationship with both Arthur & Lancelot, & potentially the player!

Herzeloyde of Wales

Books

The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle

The Prioress, as she's called, isn't here for very long. Yet it's very sweet that on crossing paths with Percival, Lamorack was on his way to visit their mother at the priory. So they go together to visit her, receive her blessing, & talk with her into the night. She survives the narrative!

The Story of Parzival by Mary Blackwell Stirling

Abridged/adapted version of Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival.

Parsival - A Knight's Tale by Richard Monaco

This book has her pov, however briefly. It's very haunting to get her perspective on Parsival as he becomes increasingly violent with age & returns to her bloody from the hunt. Overall the book takes a disturbing turn I don't fully recommend it but the beginning is fascinating.

Spear by Nicola Griffith

This version draws on Welsh & Celtic mythology in which Elen has withdrawn from society with her daughter, Peretur, to avoid the wrath of the Tuath Dé after stealing the magic cauldron. It’s revealed later that Elen is the sister of Myrddin & he’s sustained despite Nimuë’s spells as a result of that connection.

Movies

Perceval (1978)

A French adaptation of The Story of the Grail by Chrétien de Troyes set on a stage. Perceval’s mother follows her exact role from the book, cautioning her son about the world, & dying of heartbreak on his departure. She returns at the end as Mother Mary to compliment Perceval as Jesus Christ at the crucifixion. Costuming is colorful & detailed. Bonus points for removal of racism & antisemitism from the text.

TV Shows

Rising Impact (2024)

A cheesy sports anime that stars Gawain—but in season 2, Percival is introduced & both of her parents make an appearance when Gawain comes over for dinner.

Games

Granblue Fantasy

Herzeloyde is the wife of Gahmuret & mother of Aglovale, Lamorak, & Percival. After her death, Gahmuret became obsessed with resurrecting her, which he then passed to Aglovale on his own death.

Igraine of Cornwall

Books

The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart

The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart

An interesting take on Ygraine who is married to an older Gorlois but actually consents to the affair with Uther facilitated by Merlin. Very noble & wise, she remains regal throughout her later life & maintains a relationship with Arthur.

Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch

Igraine in love with Gorlois & empowering to their daughters is always an amazing interpretation. She’s a pious woman doing her best by them despite all the forces of the patriarchy working against her.

Movies

Excalibur (1981)

Igraine is introduced during a celebratory party at Tintagel hosted by Gorlois where she dances for the visiting knights. There Uther desires her & conspires with Merlin to have her. She already has her daughter Morgana with her when Arthur is sired & born. The last we see her, she’s screaming for Merlin to return baby Arthur to no avail.

TV Shows

BBC The Legend of King Arthur (1979)

Loving Igraine & Gorlois are torn apart immediately when Uther takes a liking to her & demands Gorlois hand her over. When Gorlois refuses, he’s slain, & Igraine is chastised by young Morgan for “giving up so easily.” This Igraine has the saddest expression I’ve ever seen she sells the tragedy. After Arthur is taken by Merlin, Morgan is sent to live in a nunnery while Igraine flees to Orkney to live with her elder daughter Morgause, son-in-law Lot, & grandsons.

Merlin (1998)

Igraine is introduced with husband Gorlois & daughter Morgan after Uther defeated Vortigern. She wears beautiful matching red garments with her family & plainly loves her spouse & child. She’s heartbroken when Gorlois leaves her to fight Uther & freaked out when he “returns” after the battle to sire Arthur on her. Truly a victim of a tragic narrative.

Starz Camelot (2011)

This is the Igraine of all time. She’s in 9/10 episodes! A complex character that really highlights the struggles a woman goes through in her time caught between powerful men. Her approach is criticized by Morgan, her step-daughter, who berates her “weakness” in “allowing” Uther to kill her husband & take her to wife. Igraine tries to counsel Guinevere in her worries over marrying Leontes despite loving Arthur, befriends Ector after the death of his wife & the foster-mother of Arthur, & she does all she can to help Camelot succeed. Beautiful costuming & styling with intricate crowns & circlets to indicate her status as dowager queen. The acting is incredible especially during the magical body transformation that results in scenes portraying Eva Green’s Morgan pretending to be Claire Forlani’s Igraine. She ate. Phenomenal.

Comics

King Arthur: Legends of Logres by shoulderangel

Ongoing webcomic with a major focus on Igraine. She harbors a lot of anger toward Uther & trauma surrounding the ordeal which carried over to the relationship with Arthur. She slowly heals over the course of the story & rebuilds her connection with her son.

Isolde of Ireland

Books

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle

Belle Isoult is lovingly portrayed here & beloved by both Tristram & Palamydes. She's a skilled healer & raised by her bold mother to be an independent thinker. I love that she has black hair, it stands out compared to her other portrayals!

Restoring Palamede by John Erskine

Such an interesting & nuanced Isolde. She does switch places with Brangaine to avoid a wedding night with Mark but it feels less insidious here. Isolde’s relationship caught between Tristan/Palamede/Mark doesn’t feel misogynistic or as if she’s a plot device. Feels like a person who’s in an unhappy marriage, in love with Tristan, & great friends with Palamede. I especially liked that she was allowed to feel vulnerable, even depressive, & that Palamede was concerned enough to forego ceremony to make sure she wasn’t hurt. It’s a testament to their friendship.

The Ballad of Sir Dinadan by Gerald Morris

Not a particularly kind portrayal of Isolde considering it’s Dinadan point of view, but I still felt her love affair with Tristram was engaging & the ending did get to me even if the reader knew it would end badly. For some reason her manner of death shocked me. It was different & that stands out. It truly felt tragic.

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

Isolde the Blond only shows up in Palomides flashbacks, but his first encounter with her blew me away. Loved her description of having a slight overbite, we love normal teeth in historical fiction. But what really stands out is after Palomides slaughters a bunch of would-be rapists, Isolde is alone among the ladies undisturbed by the gore & cleans Palomide’s blade before handing it back to him. I understood in that moment. It would work on me too.

Movies

Lovespell (1981)

Isolt is introduced while hawking & gives some guy sass for trying to tell her what to do. Turns out that was Mark visiting Ireland & they hit it off despite the age gap. Later Tristan comes to pick up Isolt but he’s played by Nicholas Clay so obviously she falls in love with him. Bronwyn is a creepy sorceress hag who gives a love potion to Isolt to use with Mark but she uses it with Tristan.

Fire and Sword (1981)

Truly the most unhinged Isolde ever. The closest to her medieval counterpart I’ve encountered. The only person Isolde loves more than Tristan is Isolde. She’s also magical & sort of manipulates the story with that.

Shadow of the Raven (1988)

Icelandic-language film which follows the war between rival clans, one run by Trausti, the son of a Christian mother & Odin-worshipping father, the other run by Isold the witch and her father Eirick. When Trausti rescues Isold from a fire, they accidentally drink the love potion to quench their thirst. Now they're bound together for eternity & vow to unite their clans through love. No Mark! My favorite T/I movie.

Tristan & Isolde (2006)

Adorable Isolde who lost her mother young & hangs out with older matron in waiting Bragnae. Rescues Tristan off the beach like a rotting fish & strips naked to hold him for warmth. So she has some of that unhinged energy. Tristan kills Morholt & accidentally wins Isolde for Mark but since Mark is played by Rufus Sewell, & he’s essentially Arthur here, he’s too good. A legit love triangle without the excuse of a love potion to fall back on. Sucks to be them!

TV Shows

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-57)

In episode 5, Mark captures Lancelot. Isolde is vocally opposed to her husband’s methods & when tending Lancelot’s injuries in his jail cell, slips him a knife. At the end she is granted leave of her husband, & goes with Tristan to her new castle.

Morgan le Fay of Rheged

Books

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle

The Story of The Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle

The Story of Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle

The Story of the Grail and The Passing of Arthur by Howard Pyle

Morgana is the mischievous sister of Arthur, wife of Urien, & mother of Ewaine. She steals Arthur’s scabbard & returns it to the Lady of the Lake. She’s one of four queens who imprisons Launcelot & attempts to lay a spell on him to spite Arthur. At the end, she bears Arthur away on a ship to Avalon. The artwork throughout is beautiful. While antagonistic, she gets silly with it, threatening to curse the land with an evil worm after a magical ring doesn’t fit her finger. Despite her misdeeds, Ewaine always associates himself with his mother.

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck

The best Morgan with her own chapter! She’s cunning, ruthless, diabolical, & kind of silly when she disguises herself as a rock. It’s hilarious how blind Arthur is to her attempts on his life & blasé attitude about punishing her. Morgan tries to kill her husband, gaslights her son Ewain into believing he didn’t see what he saw, then still asks Guinevere’s permission to leave court. Goofy poltics. Later in Ewain’s chapter, he describes his mother most lovingly. It’s a compelling way to paint Morgan as a multi-dimensional character even when she’s off page.

Idylls of the Queen by Phyllis Ann Karr

Morgan helps Kay & Mordred in their investigation to track down the culprit who framed Guinevere for murder. She’s friends with Nimuë, who helps facilitate the meeting. Morgan’s an interesting mix of Christian & mystic, using magic to temporarily rewind time & show the knights events that took place the night of the murder. She’s manic & clever, I loved every word of her on the page.

Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch

Le Fay by Sophie Keetch

This series is yet incomplete with a third book to come, but the first two are solid. Opens with Morgan’s birth & follows through all the events of her life from losing her parents Igraine & Gorlois to Uther, both her sisters Morgause & Elaine to their husbands Lot & Nentres, & eventually her own freedom when she’s sent to a nunnery. By book 2 she’s married to Urien & has her son, Yvain, who she adores & attempts to do right by. But her bitterness toward Arthur & Urien poisons the relationship. A compelling Morgan with anger issues & a kind of stale but sweet romance with Accolon that ends in tragedy.

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

Complicated Morgan who got to speak her mind explaining where her complicated bitterness toward Arthur came from. She lives in the Otherworld with the fairies & Green Knight. She’s keeping Arthur sort of alive after Camlann in Avalon & participates in the Wild Hunt. She has an amazing end game situationship with Palomides. Biggest gripe was Collum pilfered her son’s backstory with the lion but oh well.

Movies

Knights of the Round Table (1953)

Morgan is the wedlock daughter of Uther, sister of Arthur, who believes her claim to the throne is stronger & wants Mordred to be king. She’s the ringleader for all of Mordred & Agravaine’s plans, coaches them on all they should do, & stirs the pot on her own whenever possible, purposefully putting Guinevere into awkward positions. The costuming is amazing, all her veils & dresses are beautiful. She’s so catty here & her rivalry with Merlin is funny.

Excalibur (1981)

Iconic Morgana. Starts with her as a child who witnesses Uther in the guise of her father come to her mother & knows him for who he is. It’s said multiple times she watches with her father Gorlois’s eyes, through her, he haunts the narrative. She learns magic from Merlin & eventually uses that to seal him away & beguile Arthur into siring Mordred. She then raises Mordred all while tormenting the grail knights. Stunning costumes, veils & crowns, even armored bodice looks. Sexiest Morgana ever.

Merlin and The Sword (1985)

Funky redhead Morgan with the most perfect evil laugh. Her black feathered costume hints at her ability to turn into a crow. Auntie Morgan, as she’s called, coaches her nephew Mordred on how to work his way closer to his father Arthur while he & Agravain antagonize Lancelot & Guinevere. She conspires with some Pict warriors to have Guinevere kidnapped. She holds Ninian’s father hostage to get her to turn against Merlin. She’s a powerful sorceress with many abilities including potion making & summoning a dragon.

New Adventures of a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988)

Russian-language movie following Hank Morgan, an American commercial airline pilot who crash lands in Camelot. Morgana is the mother of Mordred & conspires to take Arthur's throne through any means necessary. She's cunning, smart, funny, beautiful, & tragic. One of the best Morganas of all time.

A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995)

Morgan is an advisor to her brother Arthur & foil of Merlin, each of them giving Arthur conflicting advice. Morgan conspires with her accomplice to undermine Arthur's rule by removing those close to him, such as Lancelot & Hank Morgan, a time traveling teenager who combats her every move. She encourages Galahad, Hank's romantic rival, to fight him in the joust. She has cool costumes & she's a fun villain, smarter than everyone around her, for better or worse.

TV Shows

The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949)

Morgan is a magic user who aids Galahad on his quest to recover Excalibur. She helps him avoid Merlin’s machinations & breaks him out of prison with the use of quirky spells.

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-57)

Returning after many years of banishment by her brother Arthur, Morgan appears in episode 26 with her son, Rupert. She hopes that helping him cheat will guarantee him a seat at the Round Table & secure her return to court.

BBC The Legend of King Arthur (1979)

First episode opens with Morgan & her parents, Igraine & Gorlois, as Uther makes his untoward intentions known. Morgan loves her parents & never forgives Uther for killing her father & taking her mother. She learns magic from Merlin & kills Uther, after which she’s sent to a nunnery while her mother goes to live with Morgause in Orkney. She returns later as an inconspicuous nun Arthur never suspects of treachery & holds a seat at the Round Table after the death of Merlin. She teams up with Accolon to steal Excalibur’s scabbard & coaches her nephews Agravain & Mordred to stir trouble at court. Understated acting with subtle but intense emotion behind it.

Merlin (1998)

Morgan is introduced alongside her parents, Igraine & Gorlois, when they come to pay homage to Uther. She’s got a cute speech impediment she maintains into adulthood & has a heartbreaking Hector/Astyanax moment while wearing Gorlois’s helmet before he heads out to die against Uther. She formulates a long term relationship with the fairy Frik & eventually gets pregnant with Mordred by Arthur in an attempt to take the throne. She’s played by Helena Bonham Carter who ate the role up & looked like a stunning mall goth the whole time.

Starz Camelot (2011)

My favorite Morgan in anything ever. Immediately murders Uther. She’s ruthless & determined, evil & sly & clever while also continuously screwing up & having to recalibrate all her plans to undermine Arthur’s rule. Stunning costuming, styling of hair & jewelry. Eva Green’s acting is insane here. Morgan’s magic weighs on her like a curse, the generational trauma is palpable, & she maintains complex relationships with all the women in the story including Vivian, Sybil, Igraine, & Guinevere. She forms a temporary alliance with Lot that was very sexy.

Games

Camelot Crush: A Round Table Dating Sim

Morgan is an NPC character the player can encounter in game. Adorable art & fun dialogue!

Morgause of Orkney

Books

The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle

Margaise is minimal, but she & her husband Lot loves spoil Gareth rotten. Margaise brings Gareth to her bower where she tells him it's time he went to her brother's kingdom to join the Round Table with his brothers who "shine forth like bright planets in the midst of a galaxy of stars." She loves her children dearly.

The Marriage of Guenevere by Richard Hovey

Morgause is so sneaky here insinuating herself into Guenevere’s confidence to try & break apart her marriage with Arthur before it even begins. She tricks Ladinas, a knight of the Round Table, to do her bidding, dragging Guenevere’s brother Peredure along with them. Gawaine is only sixteen here & not yet fully assuming a position he can combat this. OC collateral damage be damned I support women’s wrongs.

Holy Isle by James Bridie

This play has an incredible Margause that rules the roost in Orkney. She’s “a tall, sinisterly beautiful woman” with no fear or uncertainty. Everyone except wifeguy Lot is afraid of her & she takes full advantage. Margause can read & Lot cannot so she directs him on how to handle matters of state. She ends up stowing away in a ship to a new island to insinuate herself into the goings on there. She’s dubbed “Queen” by the locals in lieu of her name.

The Book of Mordred by Peter Hanratty

Witch Morgause meets a tragic end rather quickly, but she loves Mordred & bends over backwards to protect him from her fate.

The Road to Avalon by Joan Wolf

Morgause plays a small part compared to her sister Morgan, but Morgause raises her nephew Mordred as her own to keep him hidden from Arthur. She’s kind & considerate. After Lot dies, she marries Pellinore, who helps raise her children. After Pellinore dies, she marries Lamorak. She survives the narrative! Gaheris, who had been helping his mother run the estate, arrives at the final battle to secure the victory.

Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch

Le Fay by Sophie Keetch

This series focuses on Morgause’s little sister, Morgan, but they have an interesting dynamic that Morgause teases Morgan by calling her “Morgana” to annoy her which inspired the series name. Morgause happily married young handsome Lot to become a queen which was refreshing. She also stepped up when Morgan needed protecting/explanation about Uther’s behavior toward their mother. Overall a rare positive portrayal.

Movies

Camelot (1998)

Morgause is one of the ladies of the lake whom Arthur meets during his childhood growing up in Avalon. She teaches him to dance & they fall in love & marry. It’s not indicated whether they are siblings at all, but it seems they aren’t. She’s the mother of Mordred who later comes to Camelot after Arthur had left to marry Guinevere.

Excalibur Kid (1999)

A plan hatched by Morgause results in Zack pulling the sword from the stone before Arthur can. She is ultimately fouled when Zack realizes the plot & foils her plans. Her costuming is cute & the actress is a pretty redhead with a sassy interpretation of the character.

TV Shows

BBC Merlin (2008-12)

Morgause is introduced in season 2 when she enters a tournament in full armored disguise. She summons Igraine’s ghost to explain to Arthur the true circumstances of her death & Uther’s culpability. Arthur doesn’t take this to heart & ultimately drives Morgause (& Morgana) to oppose him before the end.

Games

Granblue Fantasy

Morgause is the widow of Lot & mother of Gawain & Florence. She’s a powerful sorceress who developed a magical defense spell & took on trainees Florence & Lamorak.

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Non-Romantic Song Recommendations

familial/platonic- the lyrics are relatively generic; family or friends

child love- perspective of a child to a guardian

grandchild love- perspective of a grandchild to a grandparent

parental love- perspective of a guardian to a child

sibling love- perspective of a sibling to a sibling

lyrics can tweak platonic- the lyrics are explicitly romantic in nature but can become generic with tweaking

romantic video- the official music video is explicitly romantic in nature; lyric music videos are usually less romantic

(This is my favorite familial/platonic song) Tracy Chapman (familial/platonic): The Promise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-nqzwIvnZ0

Andrew Gold: Thank You for Being a Friend (familial/platonic)

Andy Grammer: Don't Give Up on Me (lyrics can tweak platonic)

A Great Big World: I Will Always Be There (familial/platonic)

Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Michael Lloyd: Love Survives (familial/platonic)

Alison Krauss: Baby Mine (parental love)

Alison Krauss: When You Say Nothing at All (familial/platonic)

Anthony Gonzalez: Proud Corazon (child love)

Avicii: Hey Brother (sibling love)

Ben E. King: Stand By Me (familial/platonic)

Bette Midler: Wind Beneath my Wings (child love, familial/platonic)

Bill Withers: Lean on Me (familial/platonic)

Billy Joel: Just the Way You Are (lyrics can tweak platonic)

Billy Joel: Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (parental love)

Boyz 2 Men: Mama (child love)

Brendan Shine: A Mother's Love's a Blessing (child love)

Celtic Woman: Danny Boy (sibling love)

Christina Perri: A Thousand Years (romantic video, lyrics can tweak platonic)

Crosby, Stills, and Nash: Teach Your Children (child love, parental love)

Cyndi Lauper: True Colors (familial/platonic)

Dan Fogelberg: Leader of the Band (child love)

Diamond Rio: One More Day (familial/platonic)

Diana Ross: If We Hold On Together (familial/platonic)

Dionne Warwick: That's What Friends are For (familial/platonic)

Donna Lewis: At the Beginning (romantic video, lyrics can tweak platonic)

Gabriella Flores, Gael Garcia Bernal: Remember Me (child love, parental love)

Imagine Dragons: I Bet My Life (child love)

Jim Croce: I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song (lyrics can tweak platonic)

Jim Croce: Time in a Bottle (parental love)

Josh Groban: You Raise Me Up (familial/platonic)

Katy Perry: Unconditionally (romantic video, familial/platonic)

Kenny Loggins: Return to Pooh Corner (parental love)

Lionel Richie: Angel (familial/platonic)

Luther Vandross: Dance with My Father (child love)

Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (lyrics can tweak platonic)

Mary Chapin Carpenter: Grow Old Along with Me (lyrics can tweak platonic)

Melissa Wasserman: Twenty Two (sibling love)

Miranda Lambert: Over You (familial/platonic)

Miranda Lambert: The House That Built Me (child love)

OK Go: I Won't Let You Down (familial/platonic)

Phil Collins: You'll Be in My Heart (parental love)

Phillip Phillips: Gone Gone Gone (familial/platonic)

Phillip Phillips: Home (familial/platonic)

Porter Robinson: Shelter (child love)

Queen: You’re My Best Friend (familial/platonic)

Rachel Platten: Better Place (familial/platonic)

Rachel Platten: Stand by You (familial/platonic)

Randy Newman: You've Got a Friend in Me (familial/platonic)

Regina Spektor: The Call (familial/platonic)

Rod Stewart: Forever Young (parental love)

Sarah Mclachlan: I Will Remember You (romantic video, lyrics can tweak platonic)

Savage Garden: I Knew I Loved You (romantic video, lyrics can tweak platonic)

Shania Twain: Forever and Always (romantic video, lyrics can tweak platonic)

Sick Puppies: All the Same (romantic video, lyrics can tweak platonic)

Sting: Fields of Gold (lyrics can tweak platonic)

Swedish House Mafia: Don't You Worry Child (child love, parental love)

Taylor Swift: marjorie (grandchild love)

Taylor Swift: Safe and Sound (familial/platonic)

Vienna Teng: Lullaby for a Stormy Night (parental love)

Will Smith: Just the Two of Us (parental love)

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Christmas Carol-cember, Day 24

A very Merry Christmas to you all as we finally reach the last day of this Christmas Carol challenge.

Throughout this month, I’ve covered many various takes on the Charles Dickens novel and the adaptations that came with them. From the classic films with Alistair Sim to musical adaptations with the Muppets to ponies to Ryan Reynolds to Mega Man, this is a story that finds footings with everyone in every genre or media.

So to end this properly, I wanted to dip into the historical with what might perhaps might signal the new form of storytelling that harkens back to old school practice: the podcast.

After Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol,” he began to go on tours where he would read the book aloud to listeners as well as discuss his book to eager listeners. With the advent of radio, it became a tradition of radio broadcasting to perform the tale much in the vein of radio dramas, with the most beloved and iconic being CBS’ “The Campbell Playhouse” which was directed and starred Orson Welles in multiple roles, but produced two different versions of Dickens’ story, one of them starring Lionel Barrymore in the lead role in the 1940 broadcast.

While film and television overtook the radio, radioplays never exactly went away as they evolved into the modern variety of audiobooks that would be recorded and allow for people to listen to them on vinyls them cassette tapes then to CDs before becoming digital. In that sense, the tradition of radio performers using the voice to play the characters in the story has evolved to the point you can go online and find fans recording their own performances to share to the world.

If radios are the spiritual successor to speaking tours then perhaps podcasts are just as vital to that evolution, for good and for bad. Luckily today we turn to a podcast that has no Rogans or hate speech but is a format to educate and entertain in a way that does not diminish or dismiss education. The award-winning history podcast, “The Rest Is History” by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.

This podcast episode, recorded in December 2021, takes a unique approach where the two historians are not sitting down in a coffee shop or a studio but taking to the Covid-19 lockdown streets of London where they seek to track down the actual locations Charles Dickens used for his 1843 novella.

They begin in Newman’s Court just off of Cornhill Street to try and guess where Scrooge’s counting house might have been situated as the two establish the history behind this street for London’s financial history as well as establish how much of the original London was lost in the Great Fire of London. They also take the time to explore Charles Dickens’ early life having to work in dangerous jobs as a child before making a living as a writer for his publishers, often using elements of the times around him to inspire his novels, much like “Oliver Twist.” They also point out the same time Dickens published this book was the same year Christmas Cards were established during this era.

The duo comment on how far Bob Cratchit must live as they detail Bob lived on Camden Town (which, according to Google, is not anything to laugh at as the walking distance between Camden and Cornell is over 3 miles) before they move on to Bengal Court where they go about looking at several historic inns (all closed because of the Pandemic) where they consider taverns like Simpsons and the Old Jamaica as possible locations before they land on the George and Vulture Inn as a bust of Dickens resides outside and it being used by Dickens’ descendants as a meeting spot every year.

As the two arrive at White Lion Court, admiring the historic homes around while discussing the parallels between Dickens’ novel and the Bible. 

Scrooge is met by the ghostly Jacob Marley to herald the arrival of 3 ghosts, Mary is met by the archangel Gabriel to herald the coming of her Son which will result in 3 Wise Men to come. A parallel I had never truly considered before listening to this which shows these two have done their homework, even when it’s clear from their podcast they are pretty skeptical of the Bible but are not mean spirited or hard on any Christian listeners. They just take issue with how the word of Jesus has been misappropriated for untold cruelties across history, but that’s for their other podcast episodes.

After discussing the Ghost of Christmas Past, Dominic makes a joke about Tom being alone on Christmas as well as debating the emotional connection people have with Scrooge’s past of feeling alone on Christmas. They then discuss the Ghost of Christmas Present, recognize that A Christmas Carol is kind of a horror story before they move onto the Ghost of Christmas Future. After a commercial break, they arrive at St Peter upon Cornhill and to the Cemetery behind it to discuss Scrooge’s discovery of his gravestone, they reveal Dickens got the name of his character from a gravestone in Edinburgh from a party animal of a man named “Ebenezer Scrogugie” to the best I can spell out.

The duo then to Leadenhall Market, which was, again, mostly empty during recording, as the location where Scrooge got the Prize Turkey he sends to Bob Crotchet’s house. Dominic pokes fun at Tom for the year he bought a goose and left it in his car where someone broke in and stole it until the two finally get the main reason I wanted to spotlight this podcast as well as the episode.

After having spent the past hour sharing historical knowledge, making goofy jokes that show off that British wit and using references to current day events to are not difficult to understand, they get to the heart of the episode by asking just who is this story for?

As Dominic points out, “A Christmas Carol is a conservative book. The argument is there are tremendous inequalities in the world that affect the lower class but the answer to these is individual philanthropy. It’s intended for a middle class literate audience. It’s not a politically radical book, just give a little bit more at Christmas.” 

They even acknowledge that Vladimir Lenin saw a production of A Christmas Carol and took such offense to the bourgeois undertones he straight up walked out. 

That middle class appeal truly gets to the heart of why it remains the most adapted of Dickens work.

Dominic and Tom acknowledge the Muppet version, the Scrooge McDuck version, the Bill Murray version. A testament to the story being infinitely malleable and parodied as, from Dickens’ time to the present day, it’s a Victorian Era tradition that has remained as everyone goes out of their ways to uphold these ideals without truly considering where they come from and from the social cues they derive from.

I bring this up because every time I hear people complain about some “culture war against Christmas,” it shows a failure to understand that it’s not about trying to deny the significance of the holiday, but to recognize it’s commercialized traditions and give space to people who may not welcome Christmas into their homes but care enough about you to still extend in the same themes of compassion and generosity.

You can have your cake and eat it too.

It’s because of that insight and ability to connect it to the past to reveal our present and future is why this podcast episode of “The Rest Is History" feels like the perfect way to end this challenge of spotlighting A Christmas Carol for the past 24 days. We began looking over the various performances of Ebenezer Scrooge to see what different performers bring to the table, how the musical genre can be used to explore the themes of Dickens and how it can show the characters in a new light, a week focusing on the meta-narrative of people who know the story and still find ways to make it relevant and ended this challenge by exploring what will be the media of the future that will keep this story going for all the years ahead of us. If they are as informative, fun and engaging as how Dominic and Tom presented it, I’m certainly optimistic there’s a place for this story that will still appeal to us all.

“The Rest Is History: A Christmas Carol” is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, Overcast, Pocket Casts, iTunes, and Podcast Addict.

And with that, my Christmas Carol-cember challenge finally comes to an end.

I hope I educated and inspired everyone who followed these goofy little reviews to check them out and give them a chance to go outside your comfort zones to find these tales. If there’s a favorite version you have that I didn’t describe, share it below. Who knows, perhaps you might inspire someone else to find their next favorite Christmas special to watch next year.

Merry Christmas to you all and God bless us, everyone!

[andorshitdaily]

THE DEAD POLL - Semifinal

CHOOSE THE MOST ICONIC DEATH OF ANDOR SEASON ONE

Newman -- shot after immediately deciding to take part in a breakout on his first day of prison

Sparta -- presumably has to climb up a million stairs just to get kicked tf off the tower by Bert Lionel Hammer

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Don't Bother to Knock

I would guess that most of the supporting players in Roy Ward Baker’s DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK (1952, Criterion Channel, TCM, YouTube, On Demand) are better actors than leading lady Marilyn Monroe. In her film debut, Anne Bancroft, as a hard-luck saloon singer trying to break it off with pilot Richard Widmark because he doesn’t have a heart, makes a lot out of an underwritten role and is a knockout lip-synching her songs (dubbed by Eve Marley). But none of them command the camera the way Monroe does (Bancroft would learn to later in her career). Monroe’s role as a mentally disturbed woman whose elevator operator uncle (Elisha Cook, Jr.) gets her a job babysitting at his hotel is the Hollywood version of insanity, which basically means she can do anything they need her to do — dress up in her employers’ things, bully the little girl, mistake Widmark for her dead fiancé — as long as it moves the plot. And what a plot! Basically, Monroe’s Nell suffers dreadfully so Widmark can become a better person. I suppose if you remade the film today she’d have to be gay or a person of color. Anyway, Monroe has effective moments, but it’s all bits. The character as written is an array of tics anyway, but because of Monroe’s bad memory, nerves and reliance on acting coach (and possibly lover) Natasha Lytess, she can’t tie it together. There’s no throughline to her performance. Yet it’s fascinating to see how easily all the mannerisms that made her a star in comedies lend themselves to her role as a psychotic. With all the problems dealing with Monroe, Baker can’t give the film much tension, though there’s one effective scene with the little girl (Donna Corcoran) leaning out the hotel window to spy on other tenants as Monroe fights the urge to push her. Baker and cinematographer Lucien Ballard get some effective shots, particularly some off-kilter close-ups of Monroe. But they also have to include some cheesecake, which now feels exploitative. Widmark is good as ever and makes his character arc clear, and there are nice bits from Gloria Blondell as the hotel lounge’s photographer, Willis Bouchey as the bartender and Verna Felton as a nosy hotel resident. The film also has a terrific score by Lionel Newman, whose opening title music promises a better movie than this one.

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Birthdays 1.4

Beer Birthdays

Charles Deulin (1827)

Denis Holliday (1917)

Derek Walsh (1958)

Kevin Pratt (1962)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Les Brown; big band leader, jazz musician (1912)

Albert Camus; author, existentialist (1913)

Matt Frewer; actor (1958)

Jakob Grimm; fairy tale author (1785)

Michael Stipe; rock musician (1960)

Famous Birthdays

Henri Bergson; philosopher (1865)

James Bond; ornithologist (1900)

Tom Borton; jazz saxophonist (1956)

Louis Braille; Braille inventor (1809)

Dyan Cannon; actress (1937)

A. E. Coppard; English poet & short story writer (1878)

Charles Deulin; French folk tale writer (1827)

Everett Dirksen; politician (1896)

Guy Pène du Bois; painter (1884)

Max Eastman; writer (1883)

Dave Foley; actor, comedian (1963)

Tito Fuentes; baseball player (1944)

Doris Kearns Goodwin; historian and author (1943)

Leroy Grumman; engineer & businessman (1895)

Marsden Hartley; painter & poet (1877)

Derrick Henry; football player (1994)

Sterling Holloway; actor (1905)

Nora Iuga; Romanian poet (1931)

Augustus John; Welsh painter and illustrator (1878)

Brian Josephson; Welsh physicist (1940)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck; German sculptor (1881)

Vesa-Matti Loiri; Finnish actor, musician & comedian (1945)

Patty Loveless; country singer (1957)

Ann Magnuson; actress, performance artist (1956)

André Masson; French painter & illustrator (1896)

John McLaughlin; musician (1942)

Lionel Newman; pianist & composer (1916)

Julia Ormond; actor (1965)

Floyd Patterson; boxer (1935)

Barbara Rush; actress (1927)

Benjamin Rush; physician, politician (1746)

Julian Sands; actor (1958)

Richard R. Schrock; chemist (1945)

William Robert Sherman; character in Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis

Don Shula; football coach (1930)

Tom Thumb; entertainer (1838)

James Ussher; bishop, calculated Earth began Nov. 23,.4004 BCE (1581)

Gao Xingjian; Chinese novelist, playwright (1940)

Charlyne Yi; actor, comedian, musician & writer (1986)

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Octobre MMXXIV

Films

Quartet (2012) de Dustin Hoffman avec Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Sheridan Smith, Michael Gambon, Andrew Sachs et Gwyneth Jones

Bob le flambeur (1956) de Jean-Pierre Melville avec Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble, Simone Paris, André Garret, Claude Cerval et Colette Fleury

Indian Palace (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) (2011) de John Madden avec Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel, Ronald Pickup et Penelope Wilton

Grosse Fatigue (1994) de et avec Michel Blanc et aussi Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Guillaume Durand, Charlotte Gainsbourg, David Hallyday, Estelle Lefébure et Gérard Jugnot

L'Air de rien (2012) de Grégory Magne et Stéphane Viard avec Grégory Montel, Fred Scotlande, Céline Milliat-Baumgartner, Michel Delpech, Martine Schambacher, Miossec, Jérôme Huguet, Benoît Belleville et Pauline Moulène

Code Mercury (Mercury Rising) (1998) de Harold Becker avec Bruce Willis, Miko Hughes, Alec Baldwin, Chi McBride, John Carroll Lynch, John Doman, Peter Stormare et Kim Dickens

Le Privé (The Long Goodbye) (1973) de Robert Altman avec Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, David Carradine et Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mon oncle Benjamin (1969) d'Édouard Molinaro avec Jacques Brel, Claude Jade, Bernard Alane, Paul Frankeur, Rosy Varte, Lyne Chardonnet, Robert Dalban, Bernard Blier et Armand Mestral

Le Tueur triste (1984) de Nicolas Gessner avec Guy Marchand, Edwige Feuillère, Michel Creton, Béatrice Agenin, Franck Olivier Bonnet, Jean Louis Richard, Jacques François, Amélie Gonin et Marcelle Barreau

Indian Palace : Suite royale (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) (2015) de John Madde avec Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Diana Hardcastle, Richard Gere et Tina Desai

Gremlins 2 : La Nouvelle Génération (Gremlins 2: The New Batch) (1990) de Joe Dante avec Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Robert Prosky, Robert Picardo, Christopher Lee, Haviland Morris, Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph et Kathleen Freeman

L’Été meurtrier (1983) de Jean Becker avec Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève, Maria Machado, Évelyne Didi, Jean Gaven, François Cluzet, Michel Galabru et Roger Carel

Baisers volés (1968) de François Truffaut avec Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Harry-Max, André Falcon, Daniel Ceccaldi, Claire Duhamel et Catherine Lutz

Key Largo (1948) de John Huston avec Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Gomez, Harry Lewis et John Rodney

Soleil rouge (1971) de Terence Young avec Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshirō Mifune, Alain Delon, Capucine, Bart Barry et Lee Burton

Le Chien des Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles) (1958) de Terence Fisher avec Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi, David Oxley, Francis De Wolff, Miles Malleson et Ewen Solon

L'Arnaque (The Sting) (1973) de George Roy Hill avec Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, John Heffernan, Dana Elcar et Dimitra Arliss

Au service de Sara (Serving Sara) (2002) de Reginald Hudlin avec Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Vincent Pastore, Bruce Campbell, Cedric the Entertainer, Amy Adams et Terry Crews

Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) de François Truffaut avec Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Serge Davri, Claude Mansard et Richard Kanayan

Séries

L'été rouge

Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 - Episode 5

Castle Saison 8

M. et Mme Castle - Meurtre a cappella - Témoin-clé - L'Espion qui venait du froid - Huis clos - Le Rêve américain - Escapade à L.A. - Le ver est dans le fruit - Le Cœur ou la Raison - Votre mort est un ordre - Trahisons - L'immortel - Beaucoup de bruit pour un meurtre - La Fin du monde - Tirs croisés

Psych Saison 1, 2, 3

Voyances et Manigances - T-R-I-C-H-E-U-R - Qu'il parle maintenant ou se taise à jamais - Esprit, es-tu là ? - 9 vies - Champ de bataille - La Maison hantée - Shawn chez les super-héros - Souvenirs, souvenirs - La Guerre de l'étoile - Coup de soleil - Avis de meurtre - Jeu, Set et Meurtre - Poker menteur - Esprits féminin - Les Nouvelles Stars - 65 Millions d'années plus tôt - Un médium de trop - Trop facile pour être possible - Petit… mais costaud - Un plat qui se mange froid - Les Petits Génies - Recherche nounous désespérément - Chasseurs de primes - Un mort au pied du sapin - Mariage en sursis - Coups de vieux - Un rôle de composition - Dans le secret de la loge - Fashion victimes - Une nuit au musée - Chasse aux fantômes - La Folle Soirée de Shawn - Le médium qui tombe à pic - La Chasse au trésor - Au pays de l'or noir - Henry les bons tuyaux - Comme sur des roulettes - Haut les mains !

Friends Saison 1, 2, 3

Celui qui avait un singe - Celui qui rêve par procuration - Celui qui a failli rater l'accouchement - Celui qui fait craquer Rachel - Celui qui a une nouvelle fiancée - Celui qui détestait le lait maternel - Celui qui est mort dans l'appart du dessous - Celui qui avait viré de bord - Celui qui se faisait passer pour Bob - Celui qui a oublié un bébé dans le bus - Celui qui tombe des nues - Celui qui a été très maladroit - Celui qui cassait les radiateurs - Celui qui se dédouble - Celui qui n'apprécie pas certains mariages - Celui qui retrouve son singe : première partie - Celui qui retrouve son singe : deuxième partie - Celui qui a failli aller au bal de promo - Celui qui a fait on ne sait quoi avec Rachel - Celui qui vit sa vie - Celui qui remplace celui qui part - Celui qui disparaît de la série - Celui qui ne voulait pas partir - Celui qui se met à parler - Celui qui affronte les voyous - Celui qui faisait le lien - Celui qui attrape la varicelle - Celui qui embrassait mal - Celui qui rêvait de la princesse Leia - Celui qui a du mal à se préparer - Celui qui avait la technique du câlin - Celui qui ne supportait pas les poupées - Celui qui bricolait - Celui qui se souvient - Celui qui était prof et élève - Celui qui avait pris un coup sur la tête - Celui pour qui le foot c'est pas le pied - Celui qui fait démissionner Rachel - Celui qui ne s'y retrouvait plus - Celui qui était très jaloux - Celui qui persiste et signe - Celui que les prothèses ne gênaient pas - Celui qui vivait mal la rupture - Celui qui a survécu au lendemain - Celui qui était laissé pour compte - Celui qui s'auto-hypnotisait

Affaires sensibles

La chute de Nicolas Hulot - Blur vs Oasis : la bataille d'Angleterre - Août 44, La Libération de Paris, Épisode 1/2 : Août 44, des Parisiens en armes - Août 44, La Libération de Paris, Épisode 2/2 : Eté 44, De Gaulle, la marche d’un président - Docteur Petiot, faux résistant, vrai tueur - Hitler l'insaisissable cadavre - Benito Mussolini, un cadavre en cavale - Le mystère des noyés de la Deûle - Les trois de West Memphis - "Naissance d’une nation" : Naissance d’une contestation - Little Rock, neuf lycéens noirs contre la ségrégation - Emmett Till, le lynchage de trop - Marseille 1973, quand le racisme tue en toute impunité - L'argent russe du Front National - Affaire Alstom : la guerre secrète - Le procès de Lady Chatterley - Les survivants de la Cordillère des Andes - "Tcherno-Blaye" : le scénario d'un Tchernobyl français ? - La tour Montparnasse ou la folie des grandeurs en direct des Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois - « Sans haine, sans arme, ni violence » : le casse du siècle de Nice - "La Grande Bouffe" ou le festin orgiaque - Taylor Swift, le phénomène total - L’abominable homme des neiges, une rencontre au sommet

Brokenwood Saison 9, 3

Comme chien et chat - En plein cœur - La mariée était en cuir - Le veuf noir

Le Coffre à Catch

#188 : La dernière avec UVA !

Les Brigades du Tigre : « Les Années-Folles » Saison 6

Les Princes de la nuit - Rita et le Caïd - La Grande Duchesse Tatiana - Les Fantômes de Noël - La Fille de l'air - Lacs et Entrelacs

Commissaire Moulin Saison 1

Le Diable aussi a des ailes - Intox - Fausses notes - Les Brebis égarées

Les Simpson Saison 3

Mon pote Michael Jackson - Lisa va à Washington - Le Palais du Gaucher - Le Petit Parrain - Une belle simpsonnerie - Tel père, tel clown - Simpson Horror Show II - Le Poney de Lisa - Un père dans la course - Un cocktail d'enfer - Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk - Vive les mariés - Un puits de mensonges - L'Enfer du jeu - Homer au foyer - Bart le tombeur - Homer la foudre - Le Flic et la Rebelle - Chienne de vie - Imprésario de mon cœur - La Veuve noire - Le Permis d'Otto Bus - Séparés par l'amour - Le Retour du frère prodigue

Belphégor ou le Fantôme du Louvre

Le Louvre - Le secret du Louvre

Nestor Burma saison 6

Panique à Saint-Patrick - Atout cœur

Rematch

Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 - Episode 5 - Episode 6

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Saison 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Halloween - Halloween II - Halloween III - Halloween IV - Halloween V

Le tribunal de l'impossible

La Bête du Gévaudan

Spectacles

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, Director's Cut (1972) d'Adrian Maben

Chers parents (2024) de Emmanuel Patron & Armelle Patron avec Elise Diamant, Bernard Alane, Emmanuel Patron, Rudy Milstein et Frédérique Tirmont

Stevie Wonder: Live at Last (2008)

R.E.M : Perfect Square (2004)

Bénabar : la tournée des indociles (2022)

Le Chien des Baskerville (1974) de Jean Marcillac avec Raymond Gerome, André Haber, Christian Alers, Jean Pierre Gernez, Bernard Musson, Christiane Moinet, Pierre Hatet, Colette Teissedre, Robert Bazil, Liliane Patrick et Jean Jacques Steen

Livres

Putzi de Thomas Snégaroff

Kaamelott, tome 10 : Karadoc et l'Icosaèdre d'Alexandre Astier et Steven Dupré

Lucky Luke, tome 28 : Le Pony Express de Morris, Xavier Fauche et Jean Léturgie

Philip Marlowe : Le Grand Sommeil de Raymond Chandler

OSS 117 : Agonie en Patagonie de Jean Bruce

Batman : Un long Halloween de Jeph Loeb et Tim Sale

[hauntingsoundtracks]

Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott

The Passage, soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith

[transparentcomputertidalwave]

Randall Stuart Newman (nato il 28 novembre 1943) è un cantautore, arrangiatore, compositore e pianista americano noto per il suo stile di canto con accento del sud , le prime canzoni influenzate dall'America (spesso con testi mordaci o satirici) e varie colonne sonore di film . [5] I suoi successi come artista discografico includono " Short People " (1977), " I Love LA " (1983) e " You've Got a Friend in Me " (1995) con Lyle Lovett , mentre altri artisti si sono divertiti successo con le cover dei suoi " Mama Told Me Not to Come " (1966), " I Think It's Going to Rain Today " (1968) e " You Can Leave Your Hat On " (1972).

Nato a Los Angeles da una famiglia allargata di compositori cinematografici di Hollywood, Newman ha iniziato la sua carriera di compositore all'età di 17 anni, scrivendo successi per gruppi come i Fleetwoods , Cilla Black , Gene Pitney e Alan Price Set . Nel 1968 fece il suo debutto formale come artista solista con l'album Randy Newman , prodotto da Lenny Waronker e Van Dyke Parks . Quattro degli album senza colonna sonora di Newman sono entrati nella top 40 degli Stati Uniti: Sail Away (1972), Good Old Boys (1974), Little Criminals (1977) e Harps and Angels (2008).

Dagli anni '80 Newman ha lavorato principalmente come compositore cinematografico. Ha realizzato nove film d'animazione Disney - Pixar , inclusi tutti e quattro i film di Toy Story (1995–2019), A Bug's Life (1998), entrambi i film di Monsters, Inc. (2001, 2013) e il primo e il terzo film di Cars (2006). , 2017), nonché James e la pesca gigante (1996) e La principessa e il ranocchio (2009) della Disney. Le sue altre colonne sonore includono Cold Turkey (1971), Ragtime (1981), The Natural (1984), Awakenings (1990), Cats Don't Dance (1997), Pleasantville (1998), Meet the Parents (2000), Seabiscuit ( 2003) e Storia di un matrimonio (2019).

Newman ha ricevuto ventidue nomination agli Academy Award nelle categorie Miglior colonna sonora originale e Miglior canzone originale e ha vinto due volte in quest'ultima categoria, contribuendo a rendere i Newman la famiglia allargata degli Academy Award più nominata , con un totale di 92 nomination in varie categorie musicali. . Ha anche vinto tre Emmy , sette Grammy Awards e il Governor's Award della Recording Academy . [6] Nel 2007, è stato riconosciuto dalla Walt Disney Company come una leggenda Disney . [7] È stato inserito nella Songwriters Hall of Fame nel 2002 e nella Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nel 2013. [8]

Primi anni di vita e istruzione Newman è nato da una famiglia ebrea il 28 novembre 1943, il trentesimo compleanno di suo padre, [9] a Los Angeles . È il figlio di Adele "Dixie" ( nata Fuchs/Fox; 30 agosto 1916 - 4 ottobre 1988), segretaria, e Irving George Newman (28 novembre 1913 - 1 febbraio 1990), internista . [10] Ha vissuto a New Orleans , in Louisiana, da bambino e ha trascorso lì le estati fino all'età di 11 anni, quando la sua famiglia è tornata a Los Angeles. Il lato paterno della sua famiglia comprende i nonni Luba ( nata Koskoff) (21 luglio 1883 - 3 marzo 1954) e Michael Newman (Nemorofsky) (1874-1948), e tre zii che erano compositori di colonne sonore di film di Hollywood: Alfred Newman , Lionel Newman e Emil Newman . [11] I cugini di Newman, Thomas , Maria , David e Joey , sono anche compositori di film. Si è laureato alla University High School di Los Angeles. Ha studiato musica all'Università della California, a Los Angeles , ma ha abbandonato gli studi un semestre prima di un BA [12] Nel giugno 2021, ha finalmente completato la sua laurea alla UCLA. [13]

I genitori di Newman erano ebrei non osservanti: lo stesso Newman è ateo . [14] Ha detto che la religione o qualsiasi senso di identità religiosa era completamente assente nella sua infanzia. Per illustrarlo, ha spesso raccontato nelle interviste un episodio di antisemitismo accaduto quando era giovane: fu invitato da una compagna di classe ad accompagnarla a un cotillion nel suo country club di Los Angeles, il Riviera Country Club . [14] Accettò l'invito ma fu successivamente disinvitato dal padre della ragazza, che disse a Newman che sua figlia non avrebbe mai dovuto invitarlo perché gli ebrei non erano ammessi nel club . Newman riattaccò il telefono, poi andò a chiedere a suo padre cosa fosse un "ebreo". [14] [15] [16]

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Newman suona il pianoforte nel 1972 Cantautore Newman è un cantautore professionista da quando aveva 17 anni. Cita Ray Charles come la sua più grande influenza durante la sua infanzia, affermando: "Ho amato la musica di Charles all'eccesso". [17] Il suo primo singolo come artista fu "Golden Gridiron Boy" del 1962, pubblicato quando aveva 18 anni. [18] Il singolo fallì e Newman scelse di concentrarsi sulla scrittura di canzoni e sull'arrangiamento per diversi anni.

Uno dei primi crediti di scrittura fu "They Tell Me It's Summer", usato come lato b del singolo dei Fleetwoods del 1962, "Lovers by Night, Strangers by Day", che portò a ulteriori commissioni da parte dei Fleetwoods e anche di Pat Boone . [19] Altre prime canzoni furono registrate da Gene Pitney , Jerry Butler , Petula Clark , Dusty Springfield , Jackie DeShannon , gli O'Jays e Irma Thomas , tra gli altri. Il suo lavoro come cantautore ha avuto un successo particolare nel Regno Unito: i 40 migliori successi britannici scritti da Newman includono "I've Been Wrong Before" di Cilla Black (n. 17, 1965), "Nobody Needs Your Love" di Gene Pitney ( N. 2, 1966) e " Just One Smile " (N. 8, 1966); e " Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear " di Alan Price Set (n. 4, 1967). Price, un tastierista inglese che all'epoca stava riscuotendo un grande successo, sostenne Newman presentando sette canzoni di Randy Newman nel suo album A Price on His Head del 1967 .

A metà degli anni '60, Newman mantenne uno stretto rapporto musicale con la band Harpers Bizarre , meglio conosciuta per la loro versione di successo del 1967 della composizione di Paul Simon " The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) ". La band registrò sei composizioni di Newman, tra cui "Simon Smith" e "Happyland", durante la loro breve carriera iniziale (1967-1969).

In questo periodo Newman iniziò una lunga collaborazione professionale con l'amico d'infanzia Lenny Waronker . Waronker era stato assunto per produrre i Tikis, i Beau Brummels e i Mojo Men , tutti sotto contratto con l'etichetta indipendente di Los Angeles Autumn Records . A sua volta chiamò Newman, Leon Russell e un altro amico, il pianista/arrangiatore Van Dyke Parks , per suonare nelle sessioni di registrazione. Più tardi, nel 1966, Waronker fu assunto come manager A&R dalla Warner Bros. Records e la sua amicizia con Newman, Russell e Parks diede inizio a un circolo creativo attorno a Waronker alla Warner Bros. che divenne una delle chiavi della Warner Bros.' successivo successo come etichetta di musica rock. [20]

Negli anni '70, Newman scrisse insieme a Jake Holmes il jingle "La bevanda analcolica più originale di sempre" per Dr Pepper . [21]

Nel 2011, Newman ha approvato l'album della cantante jazz Roseanna Vitro , The Randy Newman Project ( Motéma Music , 2011). [22]

Nel 2020, Newman ha scritto una canzone intitolata "Stay Away" per sostenere le persone durante la pandemia COVID-19. La canzone può essere scaricata e il ricavato va all'Ellis Marsalis Center per sostenere i bambini svantaggiati nel 9th ​​Ward di New Orleans. [23]

Le composizioni di canzoni di Newman sono rappresentate da Downtown Music Publishing DA Wikipedia

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LÉGENDES DU JAZZ

DEXTER GORDON, MAITRE DU SAXOPHONE TÉNOR Né le 27 février 1923 à Los Angeles, Dexter Gordon était le fils du Dr Frank Gordon, l’un des premiers médecins afro-américains de Los Angeles. Frank s’était installé à Los Angeles en 1918 après avoir obtenu son diplôme de l’École de Médecine de l’Université Howard à Washington. Parmi les patients de Frank, on remarquait Duke Ellington et Lionel Hampton. La mère de Dexter, Gwendolyn Baker, était la fille du capitaine Edward Lee Baker Jr., un des cinq Afro-Américains qui avaient été décorés de la Médaille d’Honneur lors de la guerre contre le Mexique.

Le père de Gordon était un grand amateur de jazz. Dexter avait sept ans lorsque son père l’avait emmené voir un concert de l’orchestre de Duke Ellington. Des années plus tard, Gordon avait déclaré dans une entrevue au magazine Rolling Stone: "The house lights came down, and everything was dark, and all of a sudden there was this pale-blue light shining on some kind of blue-turquoise translucent screen, and behind the screen was the Duke Ellington band... beautiful. They were playing the theme song, 'East St. Louis Toodle-oo.' And boy, it was magic. I never got over that."

Après avoir commencé à étudier la clarinette à l’âge de treize ans, Gordon était passé au saxophone alto deux ans plus tard. Il avait adopté le saxophone ténor à l’âge de dix-sept ans. Lorsqu’il fréquentait le Thomas Jefferson High School, Gordon avait étudié avec le multi-instrumentiste Lloyd Reese et avec le directeur du groupe de l’école, Sam Browne. Pendant ses études, il avait aussi joué dans des groupes qui comprenaient les futures vedettes Chico Hamilton et Buddy Collette.

Grand amateur de Lester Young au cours de sa jeunesse, Gordon consacrait tout son argent de poche à acheter les albums du saxophoniste. Dans une entrevue accordée au magazine DownBeat, Gordon avait décrit l’admiration qu’il avait pour Young. Il déclarait: "Lester... played very melodic. Everything he played you could sing. He was always telling a story and Bird [saxophonist Charlie Parker] did the same thing. That kind of musical philosophy is what I try to do."

Gordon était surnommé ‘’Long Tall Dex’’ en raison de sa grande taille (il mesurait six pieds et cinq pouces). DÉBUTS DE CARRIÈRE Durant sa dernière année d’études secondaires, Gordon avait reçu un appel du saxophoniste Marshal Royal qui lui avait proposé de se joindre à l’orchestre de Lionel Hampton. Gordon était demeuré avec le groupe de décembre 1940 à 1943. Dans l’orchestre, Dexter jouait aux côtés d’Illinois Jacquet et Joe Newman. En janvier 1941, l’orchestre de Hampton avait entrepris un séjour de six mois au Grand Terrace de Chicago. Les concerts étant retransmis à la radio, c’est là que Dexter avait effectué ses premiers enregistrements. En 1943, Gordon avait accompagné Ben Webster et Lester Young au Minton’s Playhouse. De retour à Los Angeles la même année, Gordon avait joué avec Lee Young (le frère de Lester) et Jesse Price.

En 1944, Gordon avait fait partie de l’orchestre de Fletcher Henderson et du groupe de Louis Armstrong (dont il trouvait l’approche trop conservatrice), avant de se joindre à l’orchestre de Billy Eckstine, qui était alors la source d’inspiration de plusieurs musiciens bop. C’est dans ce contexte que Gordon avait accompagné de grands noms du jazz comme Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons et Leo Parker.

La grève des musiciens qui avait duré de 1942 à 1944 ayant réduit les possibilités d’enregistrement avec les grands studios, les groupes de Hampton, Henderson et Armstrong s’étaient concentrés sur les enregistrements pour l’armée qui étaient ensuite retransmis outre-mer (les célèbres ‘’V-discs’’). En 1943, Gordon avait participé, avec Harry ‘’Sweets’’ Edison, à des enregistrements dirigés par Nat King Cole pour une petite maison de disques qui n’était pas affectée par la grève.

À la fin de 1944, Gordon s’était installé à New York où il était devenu un participant régulier des jam sessions du bebop naissant. Gordon était aussi un soliste vedette du big band de Billy Eckstine. Au début de 1945, Gordon a enregistré avec Dizzy Gillespie (notamment sur les pièces ‘’Blue n’ Boogie’’ et ‘’Groovin’ High’’) et Sir Charles Thompson. Il avait aussi enregistré avec Charlie Parker. À la fin de la même année, Gordon avait commencé à enregistrer sous son propre nom pour les disques Savoy. Ses enregistrements de 1945 incluaient les pièces ‘’Blow Mr. Dexter’’, ‘’Dexter’s Deck’’, ‘’Dexter’s Minor Mad’’, ‘’Long Tall Dexter’’, ‘’Dexter Rides Again’’, ‘’I can’t Escape From You’’ et ‘’Dexter Digs In.’’

Gordon était retourné à Los Angeles à la fin de 1946 ou au début de 1947 pour diriger des sessions pour les disques Dial. Après son retour à Los Angeles, Gordon s’était fait connaître pour ses duels avec le saxophoniste Wardell Gray, qui attiraient un large public et qui avaient donné lieu à plusieurs enregistrements entre 1947 et 1952 (notamment sur les pièces ‘’The Hunt’’, ‘’Move’’, ‘’The Chase’’ et ‘’The Steeplechase’’). La pièce ‘’The Hunt’’ était d’ailleurs mentionnée dans le roman ‘’On the Road’’ de Jack Kerouac, qui renfermait aussi des descriptions des jams des saxophonistes ténor de Los Angeles. En décembre 1947, Gordon avait enregistré de nouveau pour les disques Savoy. Du milieu à la fin des années 1940, il avait continué d’enregistrer avec de grandes vedettes comme Russell Jacquet, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Ralph Burns, Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Gerry Mulligan, Wyonie Harris, Leo Parker et Tadd Dameron. RENAISSANCE NEW-YORKAISE Dans les années 1950, Gordon avait développé une dépendance envers l’héroine, et le nombre de ses enregistrements et de ses apparitions en concert avait diminué. Après avoir participé à un concert et à des enregistrements de Wardell Gray entre février et juin 1952, Gordon avait été détenu à la prison à sécurité minimum de Chino de 1953 à 1955. Après sa libération, Gordon avait enregistré les albums ‘’Daddy Plays the Horn’’ et ‘’Dexter Blows Hot and Cool’’ (1955) et accompagné Stan Levey sur son album ‘’This Time the Drum’s on Me.’’ Gordon a fait de fréquents séjours en prison à la fin des années 1950 jusqu’à sa libération de la prison de Folsom en 1959. Avec Curtis Amy, il avait été un des premiers saxophonistes du big band d’Onzy Matthews en 1959. Gordon avait continué de jouer avec Matthews après avoir quitté Los Angeles pour New York, mais il n’avait jamais pu enregistrer avec le groupe car il était parti en Europe. À l’époque, Gordon jouait davantage dans le style de la West Coast. Ce n’est que plus tard qu’il s’était converti au bebop.

C’est également dans les années 1950 que Gordon avait fait ses premières apparitions au cinéma. En 1950, Gordon avait fait partie du groupe d’Art Hazzard dans le film ‘’Young Man with a Horn.’’ Il avait aussi joué le rôle d’un musicien dans le film ‘’Unchained’’, qui avait été tourné à la prison de Chino. En 1960, Gordon, qui assurait la relève de Jackie McLean, avait interprété la musique de la pièce de théâtre ‘’The Connection’’ de Jack Gelber. Deux morceaux de la pièce étaient des compositions de Gordon: ‘’Ernie’s Tune’’ et ‘’I Want More.’’ Les deux morceaux avaient été enregistrés plus tard sur son album ‘’Dexter Calling.’’

Gordon avait signé un contrat avec Blue Note en 1961. Après avoir initialement fait la navette entre Los Angeles et New York pour enregistrer, Gordon avait finalement décidé de s’installer à New York après qu’on lui ait restitué sa carte de cabaret qui lui permettait de jouer dans des lieux où on servait de l’alcool. Le contrat de Gordon avec Blue Note lui avait permis d’enregistrer plusieurs albums importants, dont certains étaient devenus de véritables classiques. Les albums ‘’Doin’ Alright’’ et ‘’Dexter Calling’’ avaient été enregistrés en trois jours en mai 1961 avec un alignement composé de Freddie Hubbard, Horace Parlan, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, George Tucker, Al Harewood et Philly Joe Jones. Les albums ‘’Go !’’ et ‘’A Swiggin’ Affair’’ ont été enregistrés en août 1962 avec une section rythmique composée de collaborateurs réguliers de Blue Note comme Sonny Clark, Butch Warren et Billy Higgins. Ces albums avaient contribué à démontrer à quel point Gordon maîtrisait le hard bop et le jazz modal, aptitudes qu’il avait développées durant son passage sur la Côte Ouest. Le séjour de Gordon à New York avait cependant été de courte durée, car il avait reçu des offres pour aller travailler en Europe. Intialement prévu pour quelques semaines, son séjour s’était finalement étendu sur quatorze ans. Gordon était parti en Europe après avoir enregistré l’album ‘’A Swingin’ Affair.’’ SÉJOUR EUROPÉEN Pendant son séjour en Europe, Gordon avait vécu principalement à Paris et à Copenhague. À l’époque, Gordon jouait régulièrement avec des musiciens américains en exil ou de passage comme Bud Powell, Ben Webster, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Drew, Horace Parlan et Billy Higgins. Francis Wolff avait supervisé les dernières sessions de Gordon avec Blue Note lors de ses visites en Europe. Le duo de Gordon avec Kenny Drew était éventuellement devenu un modèle de collaboration, et avait été imité par les autres saxophonistes et pianistes qui avaient suivi (Miles Davis avec Red Garland, et John Coltrane avec McCoy Tyner par exemple). C’est également de cette période que datent les albums ‘’Our Man in Paris’’, ‘’One Flight Up’’, ‘’Gettin’ Around’’ et ‘’Clubhouse.’’ L’album ‘’Our Man in Paris’’ avait été enregistré à Paris en 1963 avec une formation composée de Bud Powell et Kenny Clarke. Le contrebassiste français Pierre Michelot participait aussi à l’album. Le disque ‘’One Flight Up’’ a été enregistré à Paris en 1964 avec le trompettiste Donald Byrd, le pianiste Kenny Drew, le batteur Art Taylor et le contrebassiste danois Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. L’album comprend un long solo de Gordon sur la pièce ‘’Tanya.’’

Durant son séjour en Europe, Gordon se rendait occasionnellement aux États-Unis pour enregistrer. L’album ‘’Gettin’ Around’’ a été enregistré pendant une visite aux États-Unis en mai 1965, à l’instar de l’album ‘’Clubhouse’’ qui n’avait cependant été publié qu’en 1979.

Gordon avait particulièrement apprécié son séjour en Europe, car il était beaucoup plus agréable d’y vivre. Il y avait beaucoup moins de racisme qu’aux États-Unis et les musiciens de jazz étaient beaucoup plus respectés. Gordon avait ajouté que lors de ses séjours aux États-Unis à la fin des années 1960 et au début des années 1970, il avait trouvé le climat politique et social plutôt perturbant. Gordon expliquait: ‘’There was no racial discrimination or anything like that. And the fact that you're an artist in Europe means something. They treat you with a lot of respect. In America, you know, they say, 'Do you make any money?' If you're in the dollars, you're okay, you're alright. But over there, it's an entirely different mentality."

Il faut dire qu’en Europe, Gordon disposait d’une liberté de création dont il n’aurait jamais pu rêver aux États-Unis. Durant leur séjour en Europe, Gordon et Drew avaient composé et interprété la musique de la comédie musicale ‘’Pornografi’’ (1971), qui comme son titre l’indique, portait sur l’univers de la pornographie.

En 1965, Gordon avait finalement décidé de mettre fin à son contrat avec Blue Note pour signer avec les disques Prestige avec qui il était demeuéa jusqu’en 1973. Avec Prestige, Gordon a enregistré des disques de bebop comme ‘’The Tower of Power !’’ et ‘’More Power !’’ (1969) avec une formation composée de James Moody, Barry Harris, Buster Williams et Albert ‘’Tootie’’ Health, ‘’The Panther !’’ (1970) avec Tommy Flanagan, Larry Ridley et Alan Dawson, ‘’The Jumpin’ Blues’’ (1970) avec Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones et Roy Brooks, ‘’The Chase !’’, avec Gene Ammons, Jodie Christian, John Young, Cleveland Eaton, Rufus Reid, Wilbur Campbell, Steve McCall et Vi Redd, et ‘’Tangerine’’ (1972), avec Thad Jones, Freddie Hubbard et Hank Jones.

Certains des albums de Gordon pour Prestige ont été enregistrés durant ses visites aux États-Unis, mais d’autres avaient été enregistrés en Europe, y compris lors de ses passages au Festival de jazz de Montreux. Gordon a également enregistré pour l’étiquette danoise SteepleChase qui avait publié certains de ses enregistrements en concert à Copenhague. Parmi les albums studio que Gordon avait enregistrés pour SteepleChase, on remarquait notamment ‘’Something Different’’, ‘’Bouncing With Dex’’, ‘’Bitting the Apple’’, ‘’The Apartment’’, ‘’Stable Mable’’ et ‘’The Shadow’ of Your Smile’’. Ces albums mettaient en vedette des musiciens américains en visite, mais aussi certains musiciens européens comme le pianiste espagnol Tete Monteliu et le contrebassiste danois Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.

Lors de son séjour au Danemark, Gordon s’était lié d’amitié avec la famille du futur batteur de Metallica, Lars Ulrich, dont il était devenu éventuellement le parrain.

RETOUR AU BERCAIL ET DERNIERES ANNÉES

Gordon avait finalement décidé de retourner aux États-Unis en 1976. Gordon avait célébré son retour avec un concert au Village Vanguard de New York en compagnie de Woody Shaw, de Ronnie Matthews, de Stafford James et de Louis Hayes. Le concert avait été enregistré par les disques Columbia et publié sous le titre de ‘’Homecoming.’’ Gordon expliquait: "There was so much love and elation; sometimes it was a little eerie at the Vanguard. After the last set they'd turn on the lights and nobody would move."

Une série d’albums live avaient aussi été publiés sur étiquette Blue Note en 1978 et 1979. Ces enregistrements mettaient en vedette George Cables, Rufus Reid et Eddie Gladden. Gordon avait aussi enregistré les albums studio ‘’Sophisticated Giant’’ (avec un groupe de neuf membres en 1977) et ‘’Manhattan Symphonie’’ en 1978. Le retour de Gordon et les efforts constants d’Art Blakey au cours des années 1970 et au début des années 1980, avaient suscité un regain d’intérêt pour le jazz classique malgré la popularité croissante du jazz fusion qui mettait l’accent sur les synthétiseurs et l’influence de la musique pop.

En 1978 et 1980, Gordon avait été élu musicien de jazz de l’année par le magazine Down Beat. Il fut intronisé au Jazz Hall of Fame en 1980. Sur la recommandation du Congrès, le gouvernement américain avait officiellement institué une journée Dexter Gordon. La National Endowment for the Arts lui avait également accordé un Lifetime Achievement Award. En 1986, Gordon a aussi été nommé officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres par le ministre de la Culture de France.

Fumeur de longue date, Gordon avait contracté l’emphysème dans les années 1980, ce qui avait affecté la régularité de ses performances. Même si ses apparitions en concert et ses enregistrements étaient devenus moins fréquents, il était toujours aussi populaire auprès des amateurs de jazz.

Ironiquement, la plus grande réalisation de Gordon au cours des années 1980 avait été sa participation au film de Bertrand Tavernier ‘’Round Midnight’’ (1986), dans lequel il interprétait le rôle de Dale Turner, un musicien en exil à Paris à la fin des années 1950. Le personnage de Turner était inspiré de Lester Young, Bud Powell et Billie Holiday. Le rôle avait valu à Gordon une nomination aux Academy Awards dans la catégorie du meilleur acteur. Gordon était ainsi devenu le premier musicien de jazz à obtenir une nomination pour un Oscar.

La bande sonore du film ‘’Round Midnight’’, composée par Herbie Hancock, avait remporté le prix de la meilleure musique de film et avait donné lieu à la publication de deux albums: ‘’Round Midnight’’ et ‘’The Other Side of Round Midnight.’’ Les pistes de saxophone étaient exécutées par Gordon. C’était la dernière fois que Gordon enregistrait sous son propre nom. En 1987, il avait accompagné le chanteur Tony Bennett sur l’album ‘’Berlin.’’

Gordon avait aussi eu un rôle non parlant dans le film ‘’Awakenings’’ réalisé en 1990 dans lequel il jouait le rôle d’un pianiste. Malheureusement, le film n’était sorti qu’après la mort de Gordon. Avant la publication du film, Gordon avait aussi fait une apparition dans la série de Michael Mann ‘’Crime Story.’’

Gordon avait participé à son dernier concert majeur lorsqu’un concerto en son honneur composé par David Baker avait été interprété par le New York Philarmonic. C’est James de Priest qui dirigeait l’orchestre. Gordon était accompagné de Ron Carter et Tommy Flanagan.

Dexter Gordon est mort le 25 avril 1990 à Philadelphie des suites d’une insuffisance rénale et d’un cancer du larynx. Il était âgé de soixante-sept ans. Ont survécu à Gordon sa veuve Maxine (sa troisième épouse), son beau-fils Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III, six enfants (Robin, Deidre (Dee Dee), Gordon, Mikael Gordon-Solfors, Morten et Benjamin Dexter), sept petits-enfants (Raina Moore Trider, Jared Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Maya Canales, Jared Canales, Dexter Gordon Bogs et Dexter Minou Flipper Gordon-Marberger.

Depuis la mort de Gordon, c’est sa veuve, Maxine Gordon, qui était également sa gérante et productrice, qui administrait sa collection d’archives personnelle ainsi que son héritage musical. En 2009, Maxime avait permis que la collection privée de Gordon soit acquise par la Bibliothèque du Congrès. La collection de Gordon contient plus de 2000 photographies, de nombreux enregistrements audio et vidéo, ainsi que des documents écrits.

Au cours de sa carrière, Dexter Gordon avait influencé plusieurs musiciens de jazz, dont John Coltrane et Sonny Rollins. Il est considéré par plusieurs comme le premier saxophoniste ténor à avoir joué du bebop.

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An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Matt Calder: Robert Mitchum Kay Weston: Marilyn Monroe Harry Weston: Rory Calhoun Mark Calder: Tommy Rettig Dave Colby: Murvyn Vye Sam Benson: Douglas Spencer Minister at Tent City (uncredited): Arthur Shields Young Punk (uncredited): Larry Chance Prospector (uncredited): Chuck Hicks Dance Hall Girl (uncredited): Ann McCrea Bartender (uncredited): Ralph Sanford Prospector (uncredited): Fred Aldrich Surrey Driver (uncredited): Claire Andre Young Punk (uncredited): Hal Baylor Ben (uncredited): Don Beddoe Prospector (uncredited): Phil Bloom Council City Barfly (uncredited): Buck Bucko Prospector (uncredited): Roy Bucko Leering Man (uncredited): John Cliff Barber (uncredited): Edmund Cobb Prospector (uncredited): Cecil Combs Man in Saloon (uncredited): John Doucette Prospector (uncredited): Tex Driscoll Dance Hall Girl (uncredited): Geneva Gray Wagon Driver (uncredited): Al Haskell Gambler (uncredited): Ed Hinton Prospector (uncredited): George Huggins Prospector (uncredited): Michael Jeffers Prospector (uncredited): Dick Johnstone Prospector (uncredited): Mitchell Kowall Prospector (uncredited): Richard LaMarr Young Punk (uncredited): Anthony Lawrence Saloon Dancer (uncredited): Jarma Lewis Prospector (uncredited): Jack Low Council City Townsman (uncredited): Hank Mann Card Table Dealer (uncredited): Jack Mather Young Man (uncredited): Harry Monty Dancer (uncredited): Fay Morley Prospector (uncredited): Charles Morton Prospector (uncredited): Paul Newlan Blonde Dancer (uncredited): Barbara Nichols Prospector (uncredited): Anton Northpole Council City Barfly (uncredited): George Patay Prospector (uncredited): Jack Perrin Prospector (uncredited): Charles Perry Prospector (uncredited): Ford Raymond Prospector (uncredited): John Rice Prospector (uncredited): Robert Robinson Prospector (uncredited): John Roy Prospector (uncredited): Danny Sands Settler (uncredited): Lucile Sewall Pianist (uncredited): Harry Seymour Council City Barfly (uncredited): Cap Somers Council City Barfly (uncredited): George Sowards Prospector (uncredited): Charles Sullivan Prospector (uncredited): Jack Tornek Young Punk (uncredited): John Veitch Prospector (uncredited): Fred Walton Council City Barfly (uncredited): Bob Whitney Prospector (uncredited): Harry Wilson Trader (uncredited): Will Wright …: Joe Phillips Film Crew: Original Music Composer: Cyril J. Mockridge Editor: Louis R. Loeffler Producer: Stanley Rubin Art Direction: Addison Hehr Screenplay: Frank Fenton Director: Otto Preminger Sound: Roger Heman Sr. Sound: Bernard Freericks Assistant Director: Paul Helmick Costume Design: Travilla Director of Photography: Joseph LaShelle Story: Louis Lantz Songs: Lionel Newman Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott Set Decoration: Chester L. Bayhi Special Effects: Ray Kellogg Orchestrator: Edward B. Powell Choreographer: Jack Cole Makeup Artist: Ben Nye Stunts: Bob Herron Stunts: Bob Hoy Stunts: Harry Froboess Stunts: Bob Morgan Stunts: Helen Thurston Stunts: Harry Monty Stunt Coordinator: Fred Zendar Stunts: Tim Wallace Music: Leigh Harline Makeup Artist: Allan Snyder Second Assistant Director: Donald C. Klune Stunts: Dan Heather First Assistant Editor: Orven Schanzer Songs: Ken Darby Movie Reviews: John Chard: What are you chasing Calder? After a stint in jail, Matt Calder is reunited with his son Mark and sets both of them up at a riverside lodge. One day he helps aid a couple who are struggling with their raft down the river. It turns out to be a dubious gambler named Harry Weston and his saloon singer girlfriend, Kay, whom both Matt and Mark have already been acquainted with. Turns out that Harry is in a rush to register his mining claim that he has just won, and sensing his journey will be considerably quicker and safer on horseback, steals, after a fight, Matt’s rifle and horse. Agreeing to let Kay stay behind with the Calder’s, Weston sets off. Once roused and ready to tr...