[Dixielandjazz] Re: If you knew Sousa & Miller

Tue, 7 Jan 2003 14:00:58 EST

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In a message dated 1/7/03 11:00:11 AM Central Standard Time, willc@nova.edu 
writes:

> 
> While there was a lot of Hollywood in the movie "Stars and Stripes
> Forever" (Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner -circa the 60s), there was also a
> great amount of marvelous music and splendiferous uniforms. It was a fun
> flick that probably contained some elements of truth.

Top studio and some jazz guys were in that movie portraying Sousa's bandsmen.
I remember seeing Warren Smith, the great dixieland trombonist, in the 
trombone section.  This was a great flick for tubaists with the young hero, 
Robert Wagner, playing a young sousaphonist in the band.

> I've just recently gotten a copy of The Glenn Miller Story. Once again,
> there's Hollywood in this Hollywood epic, but there's also a lot of
> super music and live Ben Pollock and Gene Krupa and Louis and other
> Miller bandsmen. Many players I know are sick of Miller charts, but as I
> listened to the sound track on headphones, I was stunned by the
> complexity and genius of the man's music. Swing ain't jazz . . . or is
> it????   
> Kindly
> Will Connelly

   After hearing so many bands trying to play Glenn Miller's music it is 
always a revelation to hear Miller's own recordings.  Nobody has ever come 
close to capturing the sound, the rhythm, the tightness, the right tempos, 
shading and on and on...that Miller had.   

  Jim Beebe

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<HTML>In a message dated 1/7/03 11:00:11 AM Central Standard Time, willc@nova.edu writes: 
 
 
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While there was a lot of Hollywood in the movie "Stars and Stripes 
Forever" (Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner -circa the 60s), there was also a 
great amount of marvelous music and splendiferous uniforms. It was a fun 
flick that probably contained some elements of truth.</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
Top studio and some jazz guys were in that movie portraying Sousa's bandsmen. 
I remember seeing Warren Smith, the great dixieland trombonist, in the trombone section.&nbsp; This was a great flick for tubaists with the young hero, Robert Wagner, playing a young sousaphonist in the band. 
 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I've just recently gotten a copy of The Glenn Miller Story. Once again, 
there's Hollywood in this Hollywood epic, but there's also a lot of 
super music and live Ben Pollock and Gene Krupa and Louis and other 
Miller bandsmen. Many players I know are sick of Miller charts, but as I 
listened to the sound track on headphones, I was stunned by the 
complexity and genius of the man's music. Swing ain't jazz . . . or is 
it????&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Kindly 
Will Connelly</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; After hearing so many bands trying to play Glenn Miller's music it is always a revelation to hear Miller's own recordings.&nbsp; Nobody has ever come close to capturing the sound, the rhythm, the tightness, the right tempos, shading and on and on...that Miller had.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 
&nbsp; Jim Beebe</HTML>

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