[Dixielandjazz] Re: best musician in The Gig

[Dave at Creolejazz.com]

As I remember it, the irony was that Vache's trumpet player character was a 
great musician, accepted by Clevon Little's bass playing character as 
"professional musician quality", but decides NOT to join the bass player in 
another gig after being invited. Whereas the clarinet player, who was a 
mediocre musician, really wanted to go play professionally with the bass 
player but was rejected. Basically, the guy with the talent decides not to 
use it and the guy without talent is forever frustrated. This was just one 
of the many little subplots and quirks in this movie that so often resemble 
real life. Great movie for jazz band fans and musicians. (Most musicians, I 
would think. Ha.)

Dave
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Dave Gravatt
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Custode at aol.com>
To: <jazzboard at hotmail.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:41 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: best musician in The Gig


>
> In a message dated 4/19/2005 2:17:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jazzboard at hotmail.com writes:
>
> Cleavon  Little is the bass player...Actually
> he's the best musician of the bunch.
>
>
> I think I would tend to disagree with this assessment.  I think he is 
> truly
> the only working musician in the group; making a living solely off of 
> music.
> However, if you remember the film, Vache is accepted by the  bass player 
> as
> "his" equal.  In fact, I remember something to the  effect that he gave up 
> his
> music career for his family.  The  scene with him practicing in the 
> kitchen
> shows that although he has left the  music business behind, he still is a 
> great
> musician.
>
>
> Lewis D.  Custode, Jr., CLU, ChFC, CASL