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Screen Action Jazz

Commentary and breaking news regarding the golden age of jazz soundtracks that supplied a swing backdrop for the suspenseful adventures of secret agents, private detectives, cops, spies and heist-minded criminals.

  • By Derrick Bang
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly six posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2020 4
2021 17
2022 4
2023 7
2024 6

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Fallen Angels and a wayward Fugitive
I covered Showtime’s marvelous film noir series, Fallen Angels, in my second volume. This anthology show delivered six episodes in the summer of 1993, followed by another nine in the autumn of 1995. Each playlet …
On , by Derrick Bang, 1,375 words
Recent discovery: Small Vices
I was a fan of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series from the moment I purchased 1978’s The Judas Goat, fifth in the series. I immediately snatched up its four predecessors, and then eagerly awaited each …
On , by Derrick Bang, 1,747 words
Recent discovery: Band of Thieves
This droll 1962 British item is a 69-minute music video disguised as a film.That’s overstating the case, but not by much. The Lyn Fairhurst/Harold Shampan script is a threadbare excuse for a dozen lengthy “live” …
On , by Derrick Bang, 1,420 words