[Dixielandjazz] Mel Brooks - "Blazing Saddles is Dixieland Jazz"

[Gary Kiser]

Is the farting scene just before Mongo's entrance considered jazz too?

Steve Barbone wrote:

>>From an interview with Actor/Writer/Comedian/Amateur Musician - Mel Brooks.
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>Cheers,
>Steve Barbone
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>"I look at it now, I say, 'My God, this is a crazy picture,' " he says of
>Blazing Saddles. "But when it came forth, we were just doing our things. We
>were like a small jazz group. I was Benny Goodman, and (co-writer) Richard
>Pryor was Lionel Hampton. We were like wild musicians on a tear, just
>playing some free-form Dixieland. Blazing Saddles is Dixieland jazz, where
>everybody gets up, has a riot or a solo and there's a fierce harmonic blend
>of joy and freedom."
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