Dmitry Posted August 22, 2003 Report Posted August 22, 2003 The mighty Kareem A.J. thread put me on a tangent. I'll start off with the easy one - Woody Allen[has a band, made Sweet and Lowdown in which I heard the only reference to Buck Clayton in the movies] Quote
Free For All Posted August 22, 2003 Report Posted August 22, 2003 Woody Allen[has a band, made Sweet and Lowdown in which I heard the only reference to Buck Clayton in the movies] Have you seen "Wild Man Blues"? It's a documentary following Allen and his band on a tour. It's pretty funny and quite bizarre. Other celeb jazz fans: Kevin Spacey (as mentioned in my UK thread) Clint Eastwood Jeff Goldblum (plays piano) Chevy Chase (plays piano) Jackie Gleason Penn Jillette (plays bass) Malcolm Jamal-Warner (plays bass) Peter Weller (Robocop; plays trumpet) Harvey Korman (big jazz fan) Jack Lemmon (plays piano- once sat in on a gig I was on) I'm sure there will be many more..................... Quote
Jazzmoose Posted August 22, 2003 Report Posted August 22, 2003 Jeez, Free-for-all, what a party pooper! Take 'em all, why don't ya? Quote
Free For All Posted August 23, 2003 Report Posted August 23, 2003 Jeez, Free-for-all, what a party pooper! Take 'em all, why don't ya? Sorry. Got greedy. Conrad Janis. George Segal. Quote
catman64 Posted August 23, 2003 Report Posted August 23, 2003 I heard that Morgan Freeman is a Blues fan and also the owner of a club. Does anybody confirm that? CatMan Quote
Simon Weil Posted August 23, 2003 Report Posted August 23, 2003 Jenny Agutter (star of The Railway Children, saw her at a gig once). Spike Milligan (played trumpet) Kenneth Clarke (ex UK chancellor of the Exchequer) [From the UK] Simon Weil Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 23, 2003 Report Posted August 23, 2003 (edited) Along with Ken Clarke there's John Prescott. I'm not sure if they are celebrities...though given the state of politics maybe that's exactly what they are! The strange thing about these two is that Prescott (a Labour man) is the trady whilst Clarke (a Tory) is pretty up to date with his listening. I believe Clarke has been doing a programme on Radio 4 about jazz recently - havn't heard it. Isn't Julie Christie a jazz fan too? She's never sat at my table! Edited August 23, 2003 by Bev Stapleton Quote
Simon Weil Posted August 23, 2003 Report Posted August 23, 2003 Apparently there is a little group of politicos at Westminster. I did hear Clarke on JazzFM (when they still played a fair amount of Jazz) once, and he was pretty entertaining. Played some Coltrane if I remember right. I wasn't actually at Jenny Agutter's table, and perhaps I shouldn't have said gig - more like concert. It was at the QEH and she was just standing there having a drink (?wine) and chatting away. I think I would have melted if I'd have opened my mouth (or put my foot in it). So I just kept it shut and smiled at her. Simon Weil Quote
brownie Posted August 24, 2003 Report Posted August 24, 2003 The late Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov who headed KGB and was secretary-general of the USSR Communist Party from 1982 until his death in 1984 was a self-proclaimed jazz fan. So is the King of Thailand. And don't forget Alan Greenspan! Quote
sidewinder Posted August 24, 2003 Report Posted August 24, 2003 Apparently there is a little group of politicos at Westminster I heard that William Hague has started to frequent Ronnie Scotts Quote
sidewinder Posted August 24, 2003 Report Posted August 24, 2003 (edited) Jenny Agutter (star of The Railway Children, saw her at a gig once). Spike Milligan (played trumpet) Kenneth Clarke (ex UK chancellor of the Exchequer) Doesn't Jenny Aguter have a collection of NYC/W63rd St BN deep grooves and OOP Mosaics ? Kenneth Clarke's Radio 4 Jazz show is just being repeated at present (at some useless hour in the morning) and apparently he just 'did' programmes on Miles and Mingus. Sounds like he knows his stuff. Marty Feldman - once saw him get carried out of Ronnie Scotts half-paralytic with eyes rolling a la Mel Brooks 'Young Frankenstein' . Can't remember who was on that night. Wasn't Princess Margaret also a fan and occasional visitor to Ronnies (to see Oscar Peterson among others) ? Edited August 24, 2003 by sidewinder Quote
bertrand Posted August 24, 2003 Report Posted August 24, 2003 Matt Groening is apparently Mosaic's best customer (or something like that). Bertrand. Quote
jazzbo Posted August 24, 2003 Report Posted August 24, 2003 I hear Chris Albertson may be a big jazz fan. . . . Quote
BruceH Posted August 24, 2003 Report Posted August 24, 2003 Alan Greenspan??? If true, I wonder what type of jazz he listens to. Odd to think that the next jazz album you listen to may have been played in the background during a meeting of the Fed. Quote
brownie Posted August 25, 2003 Report Posted August 25, 2003 Alan Greenspan??? If true, I wonder what type of jazz he listens to. Odd to think that the next jazz album you listen to may have been played in the background during a meeting of the Fed. Alan Greenspan must still be a jazz fan. He was a jazz musician for a time. He studied at Juilliard (he was there several years before Miles). He played tenor saxophone (and also clarinet) with the Henry Jerome Orchestra around 1944. Then he took the wrong road... Sidewinder. First time I caught the Count Basie band live was at London's Royal Albert Hall back in 1956, Princess Margaret was there as a Princess and a fan. The Basie band ended the concert with 'God Save the Queen'. Quote
sidewinder Posted August 25, 2003 Report Posted August 25, 2003 Didn't Basie also record 'HRH' in her honour? Quote
David Ayers Posted August 25, 2003 Report Posted August 25, 2003 Bill Oddie (one for the English...) Quote
doubleM Posted August 26, 2003 Report Posted August 26, 2003 I stood behind Oliver Stone in line to see Sheila Jordan at the Telluride Jazz Festival in '92 or '93. He seemed pretty enthused for the show, but that may have had more to do with the babe that he was with. Quote
JSngry Posted August 26, 2003 Report Posted August 26, 2003 Orson Welles, if we can go deep, as in 6 feet under deep. Quote
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