[Dixielandjazz] Stanley Kubrick & the George Lewis Magazine Article

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KUBRICK, Stanley     -
1928, Jul 26: New York,  NY     1999, Mar 7
>From the age of 12 he was  passionate about jazz, playing in a school jazz 
band, and dreaming of becoming a  professional drummer. His father, a 
doctor, gave him a camera for his birthday  the following year and this was to 
determine his subsequent career, eventually  becoming an eminent film director. 
Before that came about he was a distinguished  photographer for Look 
magazine and it was his photography accompanying a  sympathetic article in volume 
14, number 12 on 6th June 1950, written by Joseph  Roddy, "Dixieland Jazz Is 
'Hot' Again", that was instrumental in bringing  national fame to the 
George Lewis Band. Kubrick had been an early fan of  George's and had heard him 
at Manny's Tavern. It was Roddy's original intention  to write about Sharkey 
but Kubrick and others took him out to Manny's and won  him over. As early 
as 1949 George Lewis was considering giving up music within a  year or two 
unless things improved. The Look article and the subsequent ongoing  interest 
enabled Lewis to become a national figure and traditional New Orleans  jazz 
to be preserved in its birthplace. 
 
Brian Wood "The Song for Me"