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A house is not a home…..

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KRISTIN CHENOWETH from Promises Promises.

Duck soup

Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Deal Lake on May 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Rain storm on Deal Lake. Paul Goldfinger photograph. ©

SHE AND HIM: She is actress Zooey Deschanel, and he is singer-songwriter M. Ward.

This song is from 1952, and Bobby Vinton and Mel Carter had hits with it; so did Connie Francis.

She and Him

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Medici Fountain (1630) April in Paris?

Posted in French Connection on Blogfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography Gallery France, Photography: Paris, tagged Singers Unlimited, The Medici Fountain---Paris on May 3, 2019| 3 Comments »

Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, left bank. Built by Marie de´Medici, widow of King Henry IV of France. Photo and silver gelatin print by Paul Goldfinger © Photo c.1995. Don’t know the month of the photograph, but can tell you the century. (20th) Click image to enlarge.

By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.

It’s April in Paris, right now. And it is a fine time to visit that most romantic of cities, but sometimes April there can dip down to the 40’s—sound familiar? And, despite Yip Harburg’s lyrics, chestnuts in blossom don’t happen till May, and nobody is setting “holiday tables under the trees.” In Luxembourg Gardens, blooms are starting to pop in April, and they have a bandstand there. However, choose May.

“I never knew the charm of spring
I never met it face to face
I never new my heart could sing
I never missed a warm embrace

Till April in Paris..

“Whom can I run to
What have you done to my heart”

This song, “April in Paris” was written by Yip Harburg and Vernon Duke for a 1932 Broadway show called, “Walk a Little Faster.” Harburg also wrote the lyrics for “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” So many have recorded “April in Paris,” but Count Basie made the most famous version.

ELLA FITZGERALD WITH THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA:

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Spring. Tomorrow.

Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged MUSIC. Are you lonesome tonight? on April 20, 2019| 2 Comments »

Chester, NJ. by Paul Goldfinger. © Silver gelatin darkroom print. Undated.

LEON REDBONE from his album “No Regrets.” Elvis had the big hit in 1960.

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Early morning rain..

Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography Gallery Scene on Blogfinger, Photography Jersey Shore, tagged Early morning autumn rain on April 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Ocean Township, NJ.. Paul Goldfinger © Nov. 6, 2018

EVA CASSIDY: “Early Morning Rain.” From her album Imagine.

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Micanopy Christmas

Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Micanopy series, tagged Micanopy Christmas 2018 on March 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Historic Micanopy, Fla. Christmastime 2018. Paul Goldfinger photo. © December 16, 2018.

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT at Carnegie Hall (From his show Rufus does Judy) “If Love Were All.”

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An undeniable advantage—-having a boardwalk

Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Blogfinger Jazz Corner, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Broadway Rose and Rose of WAshington Square, Rose of Washington Square in ASbury Park on March 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Asbury Park. June, 2014. Three is a lucky number. The lovely lady in the middle is Rose of Washington Square. Paul Goldfinger photo. © Do the math.

JAZZMEN TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT: Warren Vaché, Randy Sandke, Wyclif Gordon, Ken Peplowski, Joe Temperley, Howard Alden, Eric Reed, Rodney Whitaker, Joe Ascione and Scott Robinson at the JVC Jazz Festival.