[Dixielandjazz] Re: best musician in The Gig

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

I got my copy from the internet several years ago.  I love the movie and
have viewed it many times with friends.  Every character, plot and sub plot
are real life people that I know and I can see them in the movie.  The
wannabe clarinet player -- I know a guy like this and I know some guys that
line up perfectly with the guy that gave up the road gigs for family.  Many
of the guys personalities that I know, at least in part, are in this movie.
I love it!!!
Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave at Creolejazz.com" <dave at creolejazz.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: best musician in The Gig


> 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
>
>
>
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