[Dixielandjazz] Woody Allen: an appreciation?

[TBW504 at aol.com]

I understand that Woody Allen didn't go to Hollywood to collect the  Oscar 
for Annie Hall because it clashed with the night he was due to play with  his 
band in New York. It is also true that he paid handsomely to record in  
Preservation Hall for his film Sleeper, and afterwards Percy Humphrey said, "He  has a 
wonderful ear. He did what you should do when sit in with another man's  
band. He played along with what we played. He didn't try to be a celebrity."  Both 
Albert Burbank and Jim Robinson congratulated him: "You're real good …  "
Brian Wood