The Maltese Falcon, mystery novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, generally considered his finest work. It originally appeared as a serial in Black Mask magazine in 1929 and was published in book form the next year. The novel’s sustained tension is created by vivid scenes and by the pace and

Roy Del Ruth: Early films: …impact a year later with The Maltese Falcon, the first film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s famed novel, with Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade. Although initially praised, the movie was largely forgotten after John Huston’s classic version (1941) rendered it obsolete. Del Ruth’s success continued with Blonde Crazy (1931), an enjoyable…

Maltese lace, type of guipure lace (in which the design is held together by bars, or brides, rather than net) introduced into Malta in 1833 by Genoese laceworkers. It was similar to the early bobbin-made lace of Genoa and had geometric patterns in which Maltese crosses and small, pointed ears of

Maltese language, Semitic language of the Southern Central group spoken on the island of Malta. Maltese developed from a dialect of Arabic and is closely related to the western Arabic dialects of Algeria and Tunisia. Strongly influenced by the Sicilian language (spoken in Sicily), Maltese is the

Dom Mintoff: …British, and he led the Maltese Liberation Movement, which spearheaded the drive for independence.

Maltese, breed of toy dog named for the island of Malta, where it may have originated more than 2,500 years ago. Delicate in appearance but usually vigorous, healthy, affectionate, and lively, the Maltese was once the valued pet of the wealthy and aristocratic. It has a long, silky, pure-white

orange: …navel, and the Maltese, or blood, orange.

Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer who is best known for his theory that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply and that betterment of humankind is impossible without stern limits on reproduction. This thinking is commonly referred to as Malthusianism.

Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer who is best known for his theory that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply and that betterment of humankind is impossible without stern limits on reproduction. This thinking is commonly referred to as Malthusianism.

birth control: Early advocates: The Malthusian League, founded some years earlier by George Drysdale, began to attract wide public support. Similar leagues began in France, Germany, and The Netherlands, the latter opening the world’s first family planning services, under Dr. Aletta Jacobs, in 1882.

population ecology: Calculating population growth: This is known as the intrinsic rate of natural increase (r), or the Malthusian parameter. Very simply, this rate can be understood as the number of births minus the number of deaths per generation time—in other words, the reproduction rate less the death rate. To derive this value using a…

Malthusianism, economic theory advanced by the English economist and demographer Thomas Malthus (1766–1834), according to which population growth will always tend to outpace the supply of food. First presented by Malthus in his anonymous pamphlet An Essay on the Principle of Population as it

Maltese language, Semitic language of the Southern Central group spoken on the island of Malta. Maltese developed from a dialect of Arabic and is closely related to the western Arabic dialects of Algeria and Tunisia. Strongly influenced by the Sicilian language (spoken in Sicily), Maltese is the

beer: Malting: Malting modifies barley to green malt, which can then be preserved by drying. The process involves steeping and aerating the barley, allowing it to germinate, and drying and curing the malt.

Dravidian languages: North Dravidian languages: …the speakers of Kurukh and Malto. Several shared sound changes in these three languages suggest a common undivided stage deeper in history. Brahui has been surrounded by Indo-Aryan and Iranian languages for many centuries, and only 5 percent of Brahui words are said to be Dravidian.

maltose, organic compound composed of two glucose molecules linked together. The compound (C12H22O11) is a disaccharide formed during the breakdown of starch. It occurs naturally in sprouted grains, such as barley, corn (maize), and wheat, and is found in malted foods and beverages, particularly

amylase: Beta-amylases are present in yeasts, molds, bacteria, and plants, particularly in the seeds. They are the principal components of a mixture called diastase that is used in the removal of starchy sizing agents from textiles and in the conversion of cereal grains to fermentable sugars.…

Malton, town (parish), Ryedale district, administrative county of North Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, northern England. It lies on the River Derwent opposite the town of Norton and just northwest of the chalk hills of the Wolds. The site of an early British settlement and later a Roman

maltose, organic compound composed of two glucose molecules linked together. The compound (C12H22O11) is a disaccharide formed during the breakdown of starch. It occurs naturally in sprouted grains, such as barley, corn (maize), and wheat, and is found in malted foods and beverages, particularly

oligosaccharide: Maltotriose, a trisaccharide of glucose, occurs in some plants and in the blood of certain arthropods.

collapse of the Soviet Union: The coup against Gorbachev: Igor Maltsev, commander-in-chief of the Soviet Air Defense Troops. Both Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, later stated that they had fully expected to be killed. Although outside communication had been cut off, Gorbachev was able to get word to Moscow and confirm that he was…

Hollywood Ten: , John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo.

São Paulo: From metropolis to megametropolis: The conservative Paulo Salim Maluf, who served both as appointed mayor (1969–71) and indirectly elected governor (1979–82), extended water and sewer services, removed favelas from central areas, and built public housing complexes on the periphery. With his eye on the presidency, he built the Inmigrantes expressway and…

Maluku, propinsi (or provinsi; province) consisting of the southern portion of the Moluccas island group, in eastern Indonesia. Maluku embraces more than 600 islands, the most prominent of which are Ceram (Seram), Buru, and Ambon, as well as the larger islands of the Banda, the Wetar, the Babar,

Moluccas, Indonesian islands of the Malay Archipelago, lying between the islands of Celebes to the west and New Guinea to the east. The Philippines, the Philippine Sea, and the Pacific Ocean are to the north; the Arafura Sea and the island of Timor are to the south. The islands comprise the two

North Maluku, propinsi (or provinsi; province) consisting of the northern portion of the Moluccas island group in eastern Indonesia. North Maluku consists of nearly 400 islands, fewer than 70 of which are populated. The largest island is Halmahera, spanning an area of 6,865 square miles (17,780

Molucca Sea, portion of the western Pacific Ocean, bounded by the Indonesian islands of Celebes (west), Halmahera (east), and the Sula group (south). With a total surface area of 77,000 square miles (200,000 square km), the Molucca Sea merges with the Ceram Sea to the southeast, with the Banda Sea

joint disease: Degenerative joint disease: …where it is known as malum coxae senilis. Osteoarthritis of the hip, like that of other joints, is classified as primary or secondary. In secondary osteoarthritis the changes occur as a consequence of some antecedent structural or postural abnormality of the joint. In about half the cases, however, even rigorous…

fracture: …in a poor position, or malunion, may occur when realignment has been improper or when injuries have destroyed large portions of the bone so that deformity must be accepted to salvage it. Sometimes the bone is therapeutically refractured so that proper alignment may be achieved. Injuries to the growth centres…

passeriform: Annotated classification: Family Maluridae ( Australian fairy wrens or wren-warblers) Small-bodied birds, 7.5 to 25 cm (3 to 10 inches), that carry the long tail cocked up over the back. Bill small, weak; wings short, rounded; legs and feet medium. Emu-wrens (Stipiturus) have rectrices reduced to 6 loose-barbed…

fairy wren, any of the 27 species of the songbird family Maluridae (sometimes placed in the warbler family Sylviidae). These common names, and bluecap, are given particularly to M. cyaneus, a great favourite in gardens and orchards of eastern Australia. The male has blue foreparts with black

bluecap, species of fairy wren

fairy wren: The splendid fairy wren (M. splendens) of Western Australia, unlike the bluecap in the east, avoids settled areas.

crabapple: Major species: ioensis), and southern crabapple (M. angustifolia).

crabapple: Major species: spectabilis), Siberian crabapple (M. baccata), Toringo crabapple (M. sieboldii), and Japanese flowering crabapple (M. floribunda). Among notable American species are the garland, or sweet crab (M. coronaria), Oregon crabapple (M. fusca), prairie crabapple (M. ioensis), and

crabapple: Major species: …species are the garland, or sweet crab (M. coronaria), Oregon crabapple (M. fusca), prairie crabapple (M. ioensis), and southern crabapple (M. angustifolia).

apple, (Malus domestica), domesticated tree and fruit of the rose family (Rosaceae), one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Apples are predominantly grown for sale as fresh fruit, though apples are also used commercially for vinegar, juice, jelly, applesauce, and apple butter and are canned

crabapple: Major species: sieboldii), and Japanese flowering crabapple (M. floribunda). Among notable American species are the garland, or sweet crab (M. coronaria), Oregon crabapple (M. fusca), prairie crabapple (M. ioensis), and southern crabapple (M. angustifolia).

crabapple: Major species: coronaria), Oregon crabapple (M. fusca), prairie crabapple (M. ioensis), and southern crabapple (M. angustifolia).

crabapple: Major species: fusca), prairie crabapple (M. ioensis), and southern crabapple (M. angustifolia).

crabapple: Major species: baccata), Toringo crabapple (M. sieboldii), and Japanese flowering crabapple (M. floribunda). Among notable American species are the garland, or sweet crab (M. coronaria), Oregon crabapple (M. fusca), prairie crabapple (M. ioensis), and southern crabapple (M. angustifolia).

crabapple: Major species: Outstanding Asian crabapples include the Chinese flowering crab (M. spectabilis), Siberian crabapple (M. baccata), Toringo crabapple (M. sieboldii), and Japanese flowering crabapple (M. floribunda). Among notable American species are the garland, or sweet crab (M. coronaria), Oregon crabapple (M. fusca),

Étienne-Louis Malus was a French physicist who discovered that light, when reflected, becomes partially plane polarized; i.e., its rays vibrate in the same plane. His observation led to a better understanding of the propagation of light. A member of the corps of engineers, Malus accompanied

Maloti Mountains, mountain range, northern Lesotho. The term as generally used outside Lesotho refers to a particular range that trends off to the southwest from the Great Escarpment of the Drakensberg Range, which forms the northeastern arc of Lesotho’s circumferential boundary with South Africa.

mallow: …of the genera Hibiscus and Malva. Hibiscus species include the great rose mallow (H. grandiflorus), with large white to purplish flowers; the soldier rose mallow (H. militaris), a shrub that grows to a height of 2 metres (6 feet); and the common, or swamp, rose mallow (H. moscheutos).

musk mallow: Musk mallow also refers to Malva moschata, a perennial European plant with pink or white flowers, deeply cut upper leaves, and kidney-shaped basal leaves. It has hairy black fruits.

mallow: …white flowers in summer, and high mallow (M. sylvestris), the leaves and flowers of which have been used medicinally. Another musk mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus (H. abelmoschus), is widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its musky-smelling seeds.

Malvaceae, the hibiscus, or mallow, family (order Malvales) containing some 243 genera and at least 4,225 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees. Representatives occur in all except the coldest parts of the world but are most numerous in the tropics. A number of species are economically important,

Malvales, medium-sized order, known as the Hibiscus or mallow order, mostly of woody plants, consisting of 10 families, 338 genera, and about 6,000 species. The plants grow in various habitats throughout much of the world, and a number of members are important commercially. In the Angiosperm

Álvarez Quintero brothers: …“The Love That Passes”), and Malvaloca (1912), a serious drama that received the prize of the Spanish Royal Academy. Several of their plays were translated into English by Helen and Harley Granville-Barker (1927–32); their complete works were published in Obras completas, 7 vol. (1953–54).

Convention of Malvana, (1597), agreement made between the Portuguese and the native chiefs of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The chiefs swore allegiance to the king of Portugal and, in return, were assured that their laws and customs would be left inviolate. The convention also provided that the Ceylonese

Monemvasía, town, Laconia (Modern Greek: Lakonía) nomós (department), southern Greece, on the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos). Monemvasía lies at the foot of a rock that stands just offshore and that is crowned by the ruins of a medieval fortress and a 14th-century Byzantine

Benevento, city and archiepiscopal see, Campania regione, southern Italy. The city lies on a ridge between the Calore and Sabato rivers, northeast of Naples. It originated as Malies, a town of the Oscans, or Samnites; later known as Maleventum, or Malventum, it was renamed Beneventum by the Romans.

Great Malvern, town (parish), Malvern Hills district, administrative and historic county of Worcestershire, west-central England. Great Malvern was formerly the largest of several villages and hamlets on the eastern slopes of the Malvern Hills but has since grown to incorporate them. Malvern Chase,

Malvern Hills, district, administrative county of Worcestershire, western England. The district lies almost entirely within the historic county of Worcestershire, except for a small area between Leigh Sinton and Acton Green that belongs to the historic county of Herefordshire. Its dominant physical

Herefordshire: The core of the Malvern Hills, with an elevation above 1,300 feet (400 metres), comprises Precambrian gneisses and volcanic rocks. Those hills form the boundary with Worcestershire. The Forest of Dean plateau lies to the southeast. In the west, along the Welsh border, lie the sandstone Black Mountains, which…

Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern was the prime minister of Southern Rhodesia (1933–53) and architect of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which he served as its first prime minister (1953–56). After practicing medicine in London, Huggins migrated to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, in

Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern was the prime minister of Southern Rhodesia (1933–53) and architect of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which he served as its first prime minister (1953–56). After practicing medicine in London, Huggins migrated to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, in

Monemvasía, town, Laconia (Modern Greek: Lakonía) nomós (department), southern Greece, on the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos). Monemvasía lies at the foot of a rock that stands just offshore and that is crowned by the ruins of a medieval fortress and a 14th-century Byzantine

Rajasthan: Population composition: …in the east and southeast, Malvi in the southeast, and in the northeast Mewati, which shades off into Braj Bhasa (a Hindi dialect) toward the border with Uttar Pradesh.

angiosperm: Annotated classification: Malvids The following 8 orders. Order Brassicales Families: Akaniaceae, Bataceae, Brassicaceae, Capparaceae, Caricaceae, Cleomaceae, Emblingiaceae, Gyrostemonaceae, Koeberliniaceae, Limnanthaceae, Moringaceae, Pentadiplandraceae, Resedaceae, Salvadoraceae, Setchellanthaceae, Tovariaceae,

Falkland Islands, internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies about 300 miles (480 km) northeast of the southern tip of South America and a similar distance east of the Strait of Magellan. The capital and major town is Stanley, on East

Falkland Islands War, a brief undeclared war fought between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982 over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated island dependencies. Argentina had claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, which lie 300 miles (480 km) east of its coast,

Falkland Islands, internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies about 300 miles (480 km) northeast of the southern tip of South America and a similar distance east of the Strait of Magellan. The capital and major town is Stanley, on East

Silurian Period: Reef mounds and coral biostromes: …temperate zone, sometimes called the Malvinokaffric Realm, is represented by the low-diversity Clarkeia (brachiopod) fauna from Gondwanan Africa and South America. A northern temperate zone is represented by the low-diversity Tuvaella (brachiopod) fauna mostly restricted to Mongolia and adjacent parts of Siberia. The Tuvaella fauna also has been discovered in…

Monemvasía, town, Laconia (Modern Greek: Lakonía) nomós (department), southern Greece, on the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos). Monemvasía lies at the foot of a rock that stands just offshore and that is crowned by the ruins of a medieval fortress and a 14th-century Byzantine

Twelfth Night: …to undermine the high-minded, pompous Malvolio by planting a love letter purportedly written by Olivia to Malvolio urging him to show his affection for her by smiling constantly and dressing himself in cross-garters and yellow. Malvolio is thoroughly discomfited and even locked up for a time as a supposed madman—a…

Louis-Jean Malvy was a French politician whose activities as minister of the interior led to his trial for treason during World War I. Malvy entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1906 as a Radical; thereafter he served as under secretary under Ernest Monis (1911) and Joseph Caillaux (1911–12) and

Malwa, historical province and physiographic region of west-central India, comprising a large portion of western and central Madhya Pradesh state and parts of southeastern Rajasthan and northern Maharashtra states. Strictly, the name is confined to the hilly tableland bounded by the Vindhya Range

Mālwa painting, 17th-century school of Rājasthanī miniature painting centred largely in Mālwa and Bundelkhand (in modern Madhya Pradesh state); it is sometimes referred to as Central Indian painting on the basis of its geographical distribution. The school was conservative, and little development

Malwa Plains, alluvial plains region in central Punjab state, northern India. It lies between the Ghaggar and Sutlej rivers south of the Bist Doab (plain). The plains are bordered by the Siwalik (Shiwalik) Range to the northeast and range in elevation from about 985 feet (300 metres) above sea

Malwa Plateau, plateau region in north-central India. It is bounded by the Madhya Bharat Plateau and Bundelkhand Upland to the north, the Vindhya Range to the east and south, and the Gujarat Plains to the west. Of volcanic origin, the plateau comprises central Madhya Pradesh state and southeastern

malware, malicious computer program, or “malicious software,” such as viruses, trojans, spyware, and worms. Malware typically infects a personal computer (PC) through e-mail, Web sites, or attached hardware devices. Mobile malware, including spyware and ransomware, attacks smartphones and tablets,

Rajasthan: Population composition: …in the east and southeast, Malvi in the southeast, and in the northeast Mewati, which shades off into Braj Bhasa (a Hindi dialect) toward the border with Uttar Pradesh.

Sāmarrāʾ: Al-Malwiyyah, a spiral minaret that is a major tourist attraction, was slightly damaged in a 2005 bombing. In 2006, amid violence between Shiʿi and Sunni Muslims, the Golden Mosque was bombed and suffered extensive damage. In 2007 the archaeological remains in Sāmarrāʾ were designated a…

Lesser Caucasus, range of folded mountains in the southern part of the Caucasus region, connected with the main Caucasus Mountains by means of the Likhsky Mountains, which form the divide between the basins of the Rioni and Kura rivers. The range covers portions of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

Igor Ilinsky: …role in 1938 at the Maly Theatre, where he acted and directed until 1985.

Yenisey River: Physical features: …Mountains of Tyva, and the Little (Maly) Yenisey, or Ka-Khem, which rises in the Darhadïn Bowl of Mongolia. From the confluence the Yenisey River runs for 2,167 miles (3,487 km), mainly along the border between eastern and western Siberia, before emptying into the icy Kara Sea. If the Great Yenisey…

Volsk, city, Saratov oblast (region), western Russia. The city lies along the Volga River opposite its confluence with the Bolshoy (Great) Irgiz. Originating as the small settlement of Malykovka, it was made a town in 1780, first called Volgsk, later Volsk. Since the October Revolution (1917),

Hymenoptera: Evolution: According to S.I. Malyshev, a Soviet entomologist, the first hymenopterans appeared in the Mesozoic Era (252.2 million to 66 million years ago)—about the same time as the first butterflies, moths, and flies. It is his thesis that the Hymenoptera derived from the so-called Eumecoptera—ancestors of the modern…

Abramtsevo: …popular ceramics, the Abramtsevo artists—particularly Sergey Malyutin—crafted the first matryoshka doll (a wooden nesting doll) in 1890. Matryoshkas were then exhibited by Abramtsevo artists at the 1900 world’s fair in Paris, and they continued to be iconic of Russian culture into the 21st century.

keyboard instrument: The reed organ: …in mechanical instruments such as Johann Nepomuk Maelzel’s panharmonicon, first exhibited in Vienna in 1804.

Franciszek Bohomolec: …a wider public; they included Małżeństwo z kalendarza (1766; “Marriage by the Calendar”), which ridicules ignorance and superstition and is usually considered his best work, and Czary (1775; “Sorcery”), which also satirizes superstition. Pan dobry (1767; “The Good Lord”) is a social commentary on the relationship between the peasants and…

Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM), museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a wide-ranging collection of ancient and contemporary art. The MAM collection is of international standing. (Read Sister Wendy’s Britannica essay on art appreciation.) The history of the Milwaukee Art Museum dates to the 1880s,

Guatemala: Languages: …largest Maya groups are the Mam, who reside in the western regions of Guatemala; the K’iche’, who occupy areas to the north and west of Lake Atitlán; the Kaqchikel, who extend from the eastern shores of Lake Atitlán to Guatemala City; and the Q’eqchi’, who are

Terry McMillan: Literary success and readership: …her develop her first novel, Mama, published in 1987. A fictional work inspired by McMillan’s upbringing in Michigan, the novel tells the story of a Black woman who raises five children alone after she forces her alcoholic husband to leave. Because her publisher would not support McMillan’s going out on…

Television in the United States: Sitcoms: …most popular early sitcoms included Mama (CBS, 1949–57), The Aldrich Family (NBC, 1949–53), The Goldbergs (CBS/NBC/DuMont, 1949–56), Amos ’n’ Andy (CBS, 1951–53), and The Life of Riley (NBC, 1949–50 and 1953–58). (It is noteworthy that these last three shows featured—if not always respectfully—Jewish, African American, and lower-income

Jessica Chastain: Film debut, breakthrough, and rise to prominence: …starring in the horror film Mama (2013) and taking on a variety of roles in 2014, including in Liv Ullmann’s Miss Julie, from the August Strindberg play; the gangster movie A Most Violent Year; and Christopher Nolan’s powerful science-fiction drama Interstellar .

Miriam Makeba was a South African-born singer who became known as Mama Afrika, one of the world’s most prominent Black African performers in the 20th century. The daughter of a Swazi mother and a Xhosa father, Makeba grew up in Sophiatown, a segregated Black township outside of Johannesburg and

Aleta Baun is an Indonesian conservationist who was awarded the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for her successful efforts to halt the ecologically destructive practices of the mining industry in the remote forests of western Timor island. Baun, who was born into a poor farming family, was

Mama Cax was a Haitian American advocate for people with disabilities and a model with a rising career. She is perhaps best known for challenging the fashion industry’s standards by modeling with her crutches and making her prosthetic leg visible. Cax was born Cacsmy Brutus in Brooklyn, New York,

Mama Cax was a Haitian American advocate for people with disabilities and a model with a rising career. She is perhaps best known for challenging the fashion industry’s standards by modeling with her crutches and making her prosthetic leg visible. Cax was born Cacsmy Brutus in Brooklyn, New York,

Gloria Naylor: The critically praised Mama Day (1988) blends stories from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest with Black folklore. Bailey’s Café (1992) centers on a mythic Brooklyn diner that offers an oasis for the suffering. In 1998 Naylor returned to the scene of her first book with The Men of Brewster…

pre-Columbian civilizations: The beginnings of external expansion: The boy’s mother, Mama Mikay, was a Huayllaca (Wayllaqa) woman who had been promised to the leader of another group called the Ayarmaca (’Ayarmaka). When the promise was broken and Mama Mikay married Inca Roca, the Ayarmaca went to war with the Huayllaca and were defeating them. As…

pre-Columbian civilizations: Inca gods: …until after 1450, was called Cochamama (Mama Qoca), the Sea Mother.

pre-Columbian civilizations: Inca gods: Mama Quilla (Mama-Kilya), wife of the Sun god, was the Moon Mother, and the regulator of women’s menstrual cycles. The waxing and waning of the moon was used to calculate monthly cycles, from which the time periods for Inca festivals were set. Silver was considered…

the Shirelles: …the One I Love,” “Mama Said,” and “Baby It’s You” were all Top Ten hits. Following their most successful song, “Soldier Boy” (1962), cowritten by their principal collaborator, producer Luther Dixon, the Shirelles’ popularity waned—partly because of Dixon’s departure and partly because of the onset of the British Invasion.…

Lenny Kravitz: Career: …Kravitz released his second album, Mama Said. One of the album’s songs, “Always on the Run,” features Kravitz’s high-school friend Slash, who played guitar for Guns N’ Roses. Two other albums followed soon after, Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993) and Circus (1995). Through the 1990s he also wrote…

LL Cool J: …musically and thematically innovative album Mama Said Knock You Out (1990), which included several hits, including the title track and “Around the Way Girl.”

Randy Newman: …topped the charts with “Mama Told Me Not to Come”) and Harry Nilsson. Bringing his love for the New Orleans piano-oriented rhythm and blues of Fats Domino and Professor Longhair to the pop music tradition of George Gershwin, Newman released Sail Away (1972) and Good Old Boys