Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Sweet and Lowdown

[Fred Spencer]

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From: "Fred Spencer" <drjz at bealenet.com>
To: <Tramette89 at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Sweet and Lowdown


> There is another movie (1944) with the title "Sweet and Low-Down" (UK 
> "Moment for Music") which may be more palatable to some. It features Benny 
> Goodman and his band but, even better, the BG Quartet (BG, Jess Stacy, Sid 
> Weiss, Morey Feld all solo) with some wonderful close-ups of BG's fingers 
> and Stacy's hands. The most endearing thing is that they seem to be 
> enjoying themselves! Cheers.
> Fred
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> From: <Tramette89 at aol.com>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 3:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Sweet and Lowdown
>
>
>>I saw Sweet and Lowdown a couple years back.
>>
>> Decent movie, but (I hate to say it) Sean Penn's fake guitar playing
>> really
>> isn't up to snuff. Maybe he should paid closer attention when Howard 
>> Alden
>> was
>> trying to teach him....
>>
>> The music's great though, and the falling moon scene is a riot. (Vince
>> Giordano also makes an appearance, as the bassist in Penn's band at the
>> beginning of
>> the film!)
>>
>> Are there any films out there where the actors portraying musicians
>> actually
>> do a good job at faking playing their instruments? If there are, I sure
>> haven't seen any of 'em.
>>
>> Lily Korte
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