[Dixielandjazz] The Glenn Miller Story, The Film

[Marek Boym]

Well, confused again.  Should have checked in BG on the record.  But I
remembered that one musician was playing it, and another one shown on
the screen doing it.
Perhaps 11:35 AM was too early for me?
Cheers

On 14 August 2010 12:16, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Marek Boym wonders:
>>   Why the film showed Manny
>> Klein playing his famous "frehlich" solo on screen, but had Harry James actually play it, I have no idea.
>
>
> Dear Marek
> According to Jess Stacy, quoted in Derek Coller's 1997 Stacy biography 'The Quiet Man Of Jazz' (Jazzology Press) regarding the BG film session call:
> "Ziggy Elman was there, even if I knew him to have a bad lip so that he could only mime the original Elman solos that Manny Klein would try to approximate on the soundtrack."
> Kind regards,
> Bill.