[78-L] Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks on Fresh Air

[Ron L'Herault]

I've been enjoying Miss Fisher Mysteries too.  Some of the "rear projection"
sets are a little obvious but the costuming and small sets are very
realistic.  Music is super.  Characters are fun.

Ron L

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On 11/6/2013 12:16 PM, victrola78s at aol.com wrote:
> On Fresh Air with Terry Gross on NPR her special guest is Vince 
> Giordano of the Nighthawks fame. I have just heard "Sugar foot Stomp"
> as the opener. He is speaking of Eddie Cantor now. Fresh Air is 
> repeated later at 7pm on many NPR stations. Good listening!
>
> Dennis "You'd Be Surprised" Forkel

Interesting to hear, yes. Vince is especially valuable for his encyclopedic
knowledge of arrangers and arrangements.

The musical examples were OK, but somewhat dubious where they have tried to
supply current singers. Can't they find anyone who can enunciate? I suspect
that these people would never have been allowed to record in the 1920's. But
this is American TV, more or less inept as usual.

For the real thing we have recently found "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries,"
a 2012 Australian series, compliments of Netflix streaming, a continual
source of unlikely gems. This is set in the late 1920's, Melbourne, Miss
Fisher the stereotypical British upper class wealthy amateur detective, in
her 20's, distinctly liberated, somewhat bohemian. 
The show has its own sound track, but when someone puts on a record it's the
real thing, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Duke Ellington, others less well
known; about half the sound track music is also from real recordings. A
liberating feeling, I find, to discover that someone has cared enough to use
the Red Hot Peppers' "Doctor Jazz."

--
David Sanderson
East Waterford Maine
dwsanderson685 at roadrunner.com
http://www.dwsanderson.com

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