[Dixielandjazz] Movie reviews, etc. on DJML

Marek Boym marekboym at gmail.com
Tue Nov 25 11:26:26 PST 2014


Not only "tabloids," Charles.  I was very excited to find a "Pete Kelly's
Blues Soundtrack" LP, and very disappointed that there were neither
instrumentals (if my memory serves me right, there were some) nor vocals by
any but ella and Peggy.  So I skipped it and got something else.
Cheers

On 25 November 2014 at 20:07, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:

> 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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