[Dixielandjazz] Conrad Janis' New Film

[Marek Boym]

And I forgot the recordings Buck Clayton made with Condon, often
criticized in those days for the same reason.  By the way, Condon's
hiring Buck after the latter resigned from the Esquire jazz board
because it favoured Condon-style jazz (and Condon himself) that year
showed Condon was not vindicative!
Cheers

On 21/07/2008, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Steve,
> You say "It is a great pity that most of the Dixieland output of these
> > mainstream players was not recorded, possibly because the record companies
> > couldn't see the value of it.  (Black mainstreamers playing Dixieland)"
> Well, I remember the Wilbur de Paris Plays Cole Porter album (my
> favourite de Paris) being put down in the Jazz Journal on those
> grounds  exactly - "what are those mainstreamers doing playing
> dixieland!"   Another reason for discrediting that excellent recording
> was Lee Blair's banjo - why should mainstream musicians use a banjo in
> their band (while not a great banjo fan myself, I protested, arguing
> that, when played as Lee Blair did, the banjo was just great).
> Cheers
>
>
> On 21/07/2008, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com> wrote (polite snip)
> > >
> > > Please read the following announcement from Conrad Janis and his wife.
> > >
> > >
> > > We have an announcement, ON JULY 29TH AT THE REGENCY THEATERS IN WEST
> > HOLLYWOOD, Conrad & my film BAD BLOOD (Conrad both Stars and Directs with
> > Piper Laurie as his co-star and 10 gorgeous young up and coming Stars as
> > well as many of our regular B.H.U.J.B. group playing a totally original
> > > sound created for our film, including Doug Mattocks, Dick Hardwick, Raul
> > Reynoso, Brian O'Rourke, Westie Westenhoufer, Kenny Blackwell) which will be
> > Premiering at the WHIFF (WEST HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)  at
> > 8:30 p.m
> > >
> >
> >
> > Here is part of a note from Conrad Janis sent earlier this month. The first
> > part of it describes his experiences on the NY Jazz scene during the time Al
> > Levy posted about. The last paragraph explains a bit about his upcoming
> > movie:
> >
> > BEGIN SNIP. . . "the Dixieland chapter about all the great black musicians
> > (mostly from Kansas City) and their influence on Dixieland music has yet to
> > be written. I remember the first time Hot Lips Paige sat in with my New
> > Orleans Revival group The Tailgate Jazz Band. We were playing a steady gig
> > at Jimmy Ryans on 52nd street and Lips was playing at the Famous Door or one
> > of the 52nd street jazz clubs and he dropped in to hear our group and then
> > asked to sit in. I remember we played "That's A Plenty" and Paige's trumpet
> > was soaring an octave above the regular lead and it just blew my mind! It
> > was electrifying! And I made up my mind right then and there I would try to
> > work with as many of the great "Mainstream" players as I could.
> >
> > In the following years I was lucky to have in my band drummers Jo Jones,
> > Panama Francis, Sonny Greer, Baby Dodds,Kansas Fields, Hal West, trumpets
> > Roy Eldredge, Charlie Shavers, Rex Stewart, Herman Autry, Johnny Letman,
> > reeds Buster Bailey, Coleman Hawkins, Gene Sedric, and so many others. Their
> > concept of hot swing when applied to Dixieland was in my opinion
> > transformative! To hear Eldredge, Shavers and Hawkins play the Dixieland
> > book was incomparable (also Vic Dickenson, who was one of the great
> > trombonists in Swing, Dixieland or whatever!)
> >
> > At one time I had Autry on trumpet, Sedric clarinet, Art Trappier drums and
> > Wellstood on piano which we realized was really the Fats Waller Band! . .
> > .(snip to)
> >
> > I'm still playing, and my wife and I have just finished editing our movie
> > "Bad Blood" a sort of Hitchcockian thriller and we are concentrating on
> > getting it released! So that has occupied us for the last several years. .
> > ."
> >
> > ---END SNIP
> >
> > I am looking forward to seeing the movie. But I also look forward to his
> > playing again.
> >
> > Conrad Janis made a great contribution to the development of Dixieland when
> > he used those players above in his Tailgate Jazz Band. His music was indeed
> > electrifying. It is a great pity that most of the Dixieland output of these
> > mainstream players was not recorded, possibly because the record companies
> > couldn't see the value of it.  (Black mainstreamers playing Dixieland)
> >
> > IMO, this is a direction in which Dixieland could well have travelled but
> > for one reason or another did not.
> >
> > Hey festival directors, why not seek out Conrad Janis and his Beverly Hills
> > Unlisted Jazz Band?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve Barbone
> > www.barbonestreet.com
> > www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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