[Dixielandjazz] Re: The Gig - was Dixieland Music Taught in Schools

[Stephen Barbone]

Yes a fun movie. Near the end, the band gets hired to back a top flight
singer after their first gig is over and the bass player has to hire some
professionals because some of the guys in the band can't cut the parts.

Very poignant moment when he tells the trumpert player that "loving the
music is not enough" for him to play the back-up parts and has to replace
him with a trumpet player who can do it.

Neat movie about a group of guys who love OKOM, and play in a rehearsal band
for fun and then after many years they finally get their first gig at a
resort in the Catskill mountains. (New York State) Some very funny bits too.

Cheers,
Steve

Randy Fendrick wrote:

> Steve and the List:  A great example of what you are talking about is
> illustrated in the film "The Gig"  The bass player dies, a new one, a
> modern player is hired to make the gig is riding to the job with the
> band and he says I have never played any of this stuff before.  A fight
> ensues and he jumps from the van takes out his bass and blows everyone
> away.  Well worth watching and a lesson for many of us,
> later,
> Randy Fendrick
> Southside Chicago Seven