[Dixielandjazz] Fred Astaire

[David Richoux]

Another surprising good pianist is "House" star Hugh Laurie. He is a  
real OKOM multi-instrumentalist going back to his "A Bit of Fry and  
Laurie"  and "Jeeves and Wooster" days on British BBC TV.  When he  
plays blues guitar (or piano) on House, that is the real deal! IMO,  
his singing is a bit like Hoagy - not his strength, but sufficient to  
get away with it ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laurie

Dave RIchoux


On Oct 8, 2008, at 5:39 AM, Russ Guarino wrote:

> Just saw something that blew me away.
>
> Fred Astaire playing a hot piano.  The movie was "Roberta" produced in
> 1935.
>
> There was a long close up shot.  There was no doupt about it. It was
> Fred and he was moving along playing a very hot swing tune at about  
> 250
> bpm. And he was darn good.  He could have made a living playing  
> piano in
> a big band.
>
> He then did a major "hot" tap dance after singing.  Was A talent !!!
>
> Junst in passing,  a couple of other tunes were "I won't Dance" and
> "Smoke gets in your eyes". I then turned off the TV as I had other  
> stuff
> to do.
>
> Russ Guarino
>