[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Documentaries on Netflix

[Mike Woitowicz]

I believe the movie by Woody Allen with the Howard Alden guitar work was 
"Sweet and Lowdown".

The movie has a terrific version of 12th Street Rag, among other tunes on 
guitar done by Alden.

Mike Woitowicz
The Banjo Barons Ragtime Band
The Dixie Barons Dixieland Band
www.banjomusic.biz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "Michael Woitowicz" <banjomusic at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz Documentaries on Netflix


> Dave Stoddard wrote:
>
>> I am a Netflix subscriber, and I once recall seeing a fellow Lister 
>> recommend some Benny Goodman documentaries on Netflix.  For that matter, 
>> I would be interested in seeing any well-done documentaries about jazz 
>> musicians.  Any suggestions?
>  (snip)
>
> Dave,
>
> While not a documentary, get Brother Low Down by Woody Allen, if you 
> haven't seen it.  Great music in it.
>
> Howard Alden played the guitar parts and worked with Sean Penn to make it 
> look as if he was doing the playing.
>
> It is a good film also.
>
> Of course there is The Benny Goodman Story.  Dumb story line and some bad 
> acting but great music!
>
> Of course, while the story line in Pete Kelly's Blues is corny, the music 
> is great!.
>
> The pianist Ray Sherman played in the band for the movie and also appeared 
> on screen.  Being not familiar with being on a movie set, he told me about 
> the following incident.
>
> At one point in the film, Jack Web, who was supposed to be playing the 
> trumpet, was handed a dollar bill as a tip.  He threw it over his shoulder 
> and Ray was supposed to catch it in a glass.
>
> Well, Ray missed it and yelled "Cut."  The whole crew fell down laughing.
>
> On a movie set, no one, and I mean, no one says cut except for the 
> director.
>
> Pretty funny.
>
> The Glenn Miller story has some good music also.  But the story line is 
> also dumb.
>
> Zeke Zarchy who is now 92, and who was Glenn's best friend in WWII and 
> played lead trumpet in the band, told me that the only two things that 
> were correct in the film was that Glenn was married and played trombone. 
> The rest is bull Hockey.
>
> I'm sure some other listmates will come up with other films to watch.
>
> --Bob Ringwald
>
>
>
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