NOT THAT IT MATTERS

[Guest youmustbe]

I was watching the beginning of the movie The Odd Couple, great Neal Hefti score...there's a shot of the awning of the hotel where Jack Lemmon checks in to jump from and commit suicide...Hotel Flanders...that was a hotel that a lot of Jazz musicians stayed in back in the 50's...along with the Bryant, Forrest and the Alvin (or is it Alwyn, can never rememeber)

[Randy Twizzle]

The Hotel Flanders seems to have been a good place for ending it all

Edited January 20, 2007 by Randy Twizzle

[Harold_Z]

The opening scene also has a shot in The Metropole, a one time well known jazz joint, but by the time of "the Odd Couple" the had cut the jazz policy and had bar bands and go go girls.

[sheldonm]

The opening scene also has a shot in The Metropole, a one time well known jazz joint, but by the time of "the Odd Couple" the had cut the jazz policy and had bar bands and go go girls.

...what's wrong with go go girls???

[Man with the Golden Arm]

I was listening to a 'Hefti in Gotham' "share" a while back and noted how the tune "Mother Gotham" was right outta the Odd Couple. Forgot to check his discography.

So, who was the go-to organist Hefti used?

[Harold_Z]

The opening scene also has a shot in The Metropole, a one time well known jazz joint, but by the time of "the Odd Couple" the had cut the jazz policy and had bar bands and go go girls.

...what's wrong with go go girls???

Not a thing !!

I worked at the Metropole during the summer of 1968 and I remember the girl that's in the opening shot.

[Guest youmustbe]

The Metropole was a great hang for Jazz musicans in the 50's, 60's...great story re Woody and Trane re Metropole, Birdland...but you have to read my book!

[rockefeller center]

The Metropole was a great hang for Jazz musicans in the 50's, 60's...great story re Woody and Trane re Metropole, Birdland...but you have to read my book!

Written by Nick Hornby?

Edited January 25, 2007 by rockefeller center