[Dixielandjazz] Movie reviews, etc. on DJML

[Charles Suhor]

Often there are topics on the DJML list that don't interest me--I just delete them! Speaking as one person, I found the reviews of PK's  Blues and of the Peggy Lee bios to be filled with interesting info and commentary on her and many artists in her life and in the movie. In the 50s I bought many fine records of the Ben Pollack Pick-a-Rib Boys--mostly, the same group as in the movie, but the latter had Nick Fatool on drums. Now I have a CD of the splendid combo. The tabloids cited headliners like Ella and Peggy, understandably, and stopped short of the non-celebrity sidemen. They wrote in a literate manner IMO, for interested popular audiences, not for jazz geeks (I use the term affectionately) like us. I hope we don't narrow the range of postings about jazz.

Charlie Suhor


On Nov 25, 2014, at 6:02 AM, Walter Dunn wrote:

> Re Pete Kelly's Blues and all the raves of Jack Webb, Peggy Lee ,et al--not one word about Dick Cathgart and the marvelous musicians that made the entire cast look good. Are we doing movie reviews now? Let's get back to the music and musicians and leave the actors to the tabloids.  Walt Dunn
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