[Dixielandjazz] Woody Allen

[Steve Barbone]

You are perceptive, Steve. You caught the tongue in cheek tenor of the post
and the reference to what Woody Allen is attempting to do. He is not trying
to be a Benny Goodman or Artie Shaw clone. He is trying to play "folk music"
jazz, or what many call "Uptown New Orleans", played by untrained musicians.
The earliest form of Jazz?

Cheers,
The other Steve

PS. Now, check out the Jazz-Rap music genre. Give it a listen.

on 12/16/06 9:27 PM, Steven Holzer at slholzer at iquest.net wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> This brings to mind a quip attributed to Bobby Hackett. Notorious for
> his unwillingness to say anything bad about anyone, Bobby was reportedly
> challenged to say something good about Adolf Hitler. He came up with,
> "Well, he was tops in his field", or something similar.
> 
> Steve Holzer
> 
> Steve Barbone wrote:
> 
>> Gee, give the poor guy a break. He is a white man, trying to sound like the
>> early Uptown New Orleans black clarinet players. Considering that, and
>> having heard some of them in the 1940s, IMO, he succeeds admirably.
>> 
>> He is the best, at what he does.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Barbone