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Neal Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and arranger.

He was perhaps best known for composing the theme music for the Batman television series of the 1960s, and for scoring the 1968 film The Odd Couple and the subsequent TV series of the same name.

"We'd see Basie in town, and I was impressed by Harry Edison and Buck Clayton, being a trumpet player.

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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:34 | DocJazz.com

Doc Jazz is coming back briefly to the land where he was born: the Netherlands. Just like in 2011, he is planning to attend an annual surgical conference there - and just like last year, fans and friends have made a start with organizing a performance in the country's capital Amsterdam.

In May 2011, Doc Jazz was featured in 3 shows on national Dutch radio; excerpts of these broadcasts (Radio 1, Radio 5 and Radio Netherlands Worldwide) can be listened to…

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Just look.

Same.

Even sounds like our Islamo "Prez".

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Poetry International, in collaboration with 3:AM Magazine, is pleased to showcase a  group of amazing young European poets. Steven Fowler, the Editor of the Maintenant Interview Series, began this project in January 2010 as a result of experiencing the differing, and inspirational, attitudes of European poetic cultures and how they contrasted to the UK. He said “I really thought it was a shame that poets from outside of the English language in Europe were never recognised until they had reached middle age and a certain ‘prominence’ in their own countries.

When Henri Cartier-Bresson initially read "The zen in the art of archery" written by the german philosopher Herrigel, he thought it was a book about photography !

He lately said that "Photography is just like archery...it is all about concentrating, targeting and shooting". To see the true nature of things, one has "to align the eye with the heart". No need for a brain to press the trigger at the decisive moment.