[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Documentaries on Netflix

[Robert S. Ringwald]

I stand corrected.

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Woitowicz" <banjomusic at charter.net>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz Documentaries on Netflix


>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
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>> 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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