[Dixielandjazz] One reason to watch the new "Great Gatsby" movie

[dixielandcrackerjacks at dixielandcrackerjacks.com]

I went to see the movie,

Selena and I have seen the 3D version.
The 3D effects are really stunning, but at a certain point you get the  
feel that it is overdone a bit.

Music wise it does play Louis Armstrong's opening of his record of  
Ain't Misbehavin for a while, and another Armstrong record is shortly  
done, but I forgot the title.

It proves how unique Armstrong was, since it is the music that has  
most to tell in the entire movie.
It also does part of Rhapsody in Blue, which sounds so perfect, that  
one gets the impression it is recorded with computer corrections on  
every part. Or maybe the musicians are all simply extremely gifted.....
But Rhapsody remains a fantastic piece of music to my ears.

What is really disturbing is that quite a lot of the music that should  
give a sort of 1920's feeling is well, I have no others words for it,  
is being raped by a kind of house beat, that is really totally out of  
context, ugly and tasteless.
Another negative is that the musicians in the movie are only actors,  
who really have no idea how to hold an instrument.

So I would not say that you should not go, but to me it has mixed feelings.
In a way they gave a lot of effort, like in the 3D.

There are other points that could be improved. But at least it does  
have Armstrong and it does have Gershwin, 2 very important facts from  
the tims....

Kind regards,

Bert Brandsma



Quoting Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>:

> Dear Friends,
> I can understand some of our listmates' objections to the soundtrack  
>  of the new Gatsby film.
> It seems to be another lost opportunity to showcase OKOM.
> However, perhaps we are wrong to even expect it.
> The Will Friedwald Wall Street Journal article (posted by Bob   
> Ringwald) lists a few of the songs incorporated in F Scott   
> Fitzgerald's writings and I suggest that there will not be too many   
> of them on DJML bandleader's playlists.
> Mr Friedwald also cites a 1977 essay by Ruth Prigozy.
> My research reveals that the chart accompanying Professor Prigozy's   
> study, 'Poor Butterfly. Fitzgerald and Popular Music', contains 71   
> tunes.
> But, despite all my efforts, I have been unable to locate this chart  
>  on the internet.
> I am intrigued. What else is on it?
> Do any of our listmates have access to a copy?
> Perhaps, my countryman Baz saw the list when planning 'The Great   
> Gatsby' and decided that, apart from "The Love Nest" and "Silver   
> Dollar", there was little else worth using in his new fillum.
> 8>)
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
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