[78-L] FW: Jazz solos on film

[Cary Ginell]

Comment from Mark Cantor, the last word on jazz musicians in film.
Stay tuned!
Cary Ginell

To: soundthink at live.com
Subject: Re: [78-L] Jazz solos on film
From: markcantor at aol.com
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:45:19 -0500

Not familiar with this film, but I found a copy on line for $2.50 so I can check it out.  My guess is that they used either some pre-recorded music, or less-than-name musicians.  Wood did the same in a scene in the earlier Glenn or Glenda.




Mark






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From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>

To: Mark Cantor <markcantor at aol.com>

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Subject: FW: [78-L] Jazz solos on film

















Know anything about this, Mark?




Cary






> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:44:02 +0000

> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk

> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com

> Subject: [78-L] Jazz solos on film

> 

> Just been watching a 1956 movie called "The Violent Years", with a 

> screenplay by Ed Wood, but fortunately not directed by him. The 

> background music includes some milk-and-water rhythm-and-blues and 

> boogie woogie, but in one scene there is some decent jazz being played 

> at a party, which is appears to be emanating from a blue label Decca (!) 

> on the radiogram. Actually, the R&B appears to be coming from the same 

> source. It features  pretty decent tenor and baritone sax and piano 

> solos (not all complete). I don't recognise any of the soloists. The 

> tenor sounds a bit Getzian, but the baritone doesn't sound like any of 

> the usual suspects of the time like Serge Chaloff, Leo Parker, Cecil 

> Payne, Sahib Shihab, Mulligan etc. I don't know if it comes from a 

> commercial record or not.

> 

> I was thinking someone like Brew Moore or Herbie Steward for the tenor, 

> but the baritone has me puzzled. Presumably, they were all West Coasters.

> 

>       Julian Vein

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