[Dixielandjazz] Bob Roman's Question - Red Nichols

[Ron L'Herault]

If I'm not mistaken, someone commented earlier that the sound track was
recorded and dubbed to film.  I am pretty sure for early Vitaphones at
least, the sound track was recorded as the film was shot.  Often you can
pick out where they hid the microphones and you can detect when someone was
"off mic".   Don't forget, early Vitophones were supplied as a sound disk
that synced with the film via a special turntable and projector set up.

Ron L

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[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen G
Barbone
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:44 AM
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bob Roman's Question - Red Nichols


On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:15 PM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com  
wrote:

> "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
>
>
> The last tune of this clip shows Red putting his cornet down, but,  
> to me it
> sounds like a cornet is still playing! How on earth did the  
> recording studio
> do that in those early days?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSbryXNLZY

Nice clip Bob. I think it confirms the urban legend that Red Nichols  
taught Milli Vanilli how to lip synch.

What I really loved about that clip is that (I think) the clarinetist  
is Pee Wee Russell and the trombonist is Herb Taylor, both of whom  
sound wonderful. Regarding Pee Wee, this is how he sounded before he  
started experimenting. <grin>

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband





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