[Dixielandjazz] Movie reviews, etc. on DJML

[Charles Suhor]

Yes, Marek, I agree that we have to be selective in accordance with our musical priorities and our pocketbooks. I've tended to build my collection (yes, CDs) over the years around a few areas that interest me most, with occasional purchase of an "outlier" CD that captures my fancy. So I've got a 20s jazz group of CDs, a postwar Dixie group, early bop through Max/Clifford/Rollins, great jazz vocalists, Swing Era, Bach & baroque, and some modern classical. Damn, we're all so lucky to have these things available!

I've reflected on the price of LP-length CDs this way: When I was a kid, most 78rpm records were, say, $.79, with labels like Jump prices at $1.05. In today's money, that would be a whopping amount. The Pollack CD has 20 tracks (ten 78 rpms) and sells online for $14.99 plus s&h. Comparatively, that's a great bargain. Some folks don't like the sound quality of CDs, but I'm blissfully unaware of the problem. In fact, the CD versions of my swing era 78s and LPs reveal much more of the rhythm sections' work, which I especially enjoy.

As you can see, I'm a glass half-full guy, so long as what's in the glass isn't poison.

Charlie


On Nov 25, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Marek Boym wrote:

> I consider an LP length CDs a rip-off and don't buy them as a matter of principle.
> I used to get Jazzology/GHB catalogues regularly (now they are on-line, which does not facilitte marking what you already have or have ordered), so I have seen this CD.  Like some others - fascinating, but deso not justify the price, not even the overstock sale price.
> Cheers
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> On 25 November 2014 at 22:08, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:
> Here's the main personnel in the "Pete Kelly's Blues" band with At the Jazz Band Ball. Nick Fatool Both Pollack and Fatool swung the band like crazy. To me, this was one of the most joyful Dixieland groups ever (though they did some pretty vanilla non-Dixie stuff too). [Trumpeter Dick Cathcart, trombonist Moe Schneider, clarinetist Matty Matlock, pianist Ray Sherman, bassist Walt Yoder, and Ben Pollack] Dig 'em.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm22xgUDuW4
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> You can buy the CD at
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>  http://www.allmusic.com/album/ben-pollack-and-his-pick-a-rib-boys-mw0000430247
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> Charlie Suhor
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> On Nov 25, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Marek Boym wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> Charlie Suhor
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>> On Nov 25, 2014, at 6:02 AM, Walter Dunn wrote:
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>> > 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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