These are the Top Ten Jazz Recordings by Nat Hentoff, jazz critic for Wall Street Journal.
Culture: February 2003 Archives
Ischia, Capri, Procida and Vivara Islands are located in the Gulf of Naples.
Scarperia is a charming Tuscan town in the Mugello, built high up on a shelf over the valley. The town has been renowned for its cutlery craftsmen since the 16th century.
A hidden oasis little seen by those traveling to Positano, Amalfi and Ravello.
Interested in Italian language sessions while visiting the Amalfi Coast?
The Vallee d’Istria, located between the towns of Putignano and Martina Franca in the southern region of Puglia, is extraordinary. It is the home of trulli, strange-looking round white buildings with conical roofs that are found nowhere else in Italy and some say, no where else in the world.*
It was one of those kinetic Saturday nights at the video store when all the new releases I had come for had already been rented. As I was about to leave, I spotted an Italian film I knew nothing about. Re-released in DVD I began to read the case notes. Yes, it was one of those old Italian films Lori and I have grown to love. A human story about a fisherman (Yves Montand), his work, family (son, Boré is remarkable) and people of his little fishing village.
Nevertheless, both Jonathan Demme and Dustin Hoffman had enough respect for the director, Gillo Pontecorvo, who also directed "The Battle of Algiers", to restore this 1957 classic and unknowingly rescue my Saturday night.
A great place for a straight razor hot shave and a haircut.
