Larry Kart Posted January 24, 2009 Report Posted January 24, 2009 of his own tune "What Is This Thing Called Swing?" from Armstrong-scholar Ricky Riccardi's blog (January 19 entry): http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/ They're both fine, but the second one, from a concert, with its perilously swift tempo and great drum work from Sid Catlett (behind Armstong and in an extended solo) is really something else. Also, as Riccardi notes, Armstrong's personality comes through with exceptional vividness, spontaneity, and "edge" in his verbal interplay with the band and the audience. Quote
Harold_Z Posted January 24, 2009 Report Posted January 24, 2009 Great! Pops is always wonderful to listen to and although I had heard the studio version and I had never heard the live version before. Ricky Riccardi's notes are good and he points out that the sax section (first up) gets through it's part OK. "Not an A+". Interesting to note that on the live version - tempo way up! - they are a lot more together. Definitely a testimony to the benefits of a working band that gets to play the tune often as opposed to that first encounter in the studio. Of course Pops is great and so is Big Sid. Nice to hear him take an extended solo. I can't really think of many others on record. There is an Eddie Condon Commodore where Big Sid takes a chorus. It's the date with Max Kaminsky and Benny Morton. Thanks for posting this Larry. I wasn't really familiar with Riccardi's blog. I could (and will) spend a lot of time there. Quote
Ricko Posted January 26, 2009 Report Posted January 26, 2009 Great! Pops is always wonderful to listen to and although I had heard the studio version and I had never heard the live version before. Ricky Riccardi's notes are good and he points out that the sax section (first up) gets through it's part OK. "Not an A+". Interesting to note that on the live version - tempo way up! - they are a lot more together. Definitely a testimony to the benefits of a working band that gets to play the tune often as opposed to that first encounter in the studio. Of course Pops is great and so is Big Sid. Nice to hear him take an extended solo. I can't really think of many others on record. There is an Eddie Condon Commodore where Big Sid takes a chorus. It's the date with Max Kaminsky and Benny Morton. Thanks for posting this Larry. I wasn't really familiar with Riccardi's blog. I could (and will) spend a lot of time there. Thanks guys for the kind words about my Armstrong blog. If you're interested, I re-posted the Carnegie Hall version "What Is This Thing Called Swing" again last night as well as Armstrong's other performance from that evening, "Ol' Man Mose." I also copied a long, but interesting review of the entire evening by Dan Burley. Thanks for reading! Ricky Riccardi dippermouth.blogspot.com Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 30, 2009 Report Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) don't know if you're reading this, Rick, but the Nina of Nina and Frederick, who recorded with Armstrong (as you mention on your blog), is Nina Van Pallandt who 1) got famously involved with Clifford Irving and the Howard Hughes diary forgery scandal and 2) later made a few appearances on the tv show Taxi, I think, if I recall correctly, as Judd Hirsch's girlfriend - Edited January 30, 2009 by AllenLowe Quote
Dan Gould Posted January 30, 2009 Report Posted January 30, 2009 IMDB says she made one appearance in the role of "Rich Woman" during season 4 of Taxi. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Posted January 30, 2009 don't know if you're reading this, Rick, but the Nina of Nina and Frederick, who recorded with Armstrong (as you mention on your blog), is Nina Van Pallandt who 1) got famously involved with Clifford Irving and the Howard Hughes diary forgery scandal and 2) later made a few appearances on the tv show Taxi, I think, if I recall correctly, as Judd Hirsch's girlfriend - She also had the main female role in Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye," playing the wife of Sterling Hayden's character. Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 forgot about that one - and that's one of my favorite movies - she was also a terrible actress - pretty, but a terrible actress - Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 forgot about that one - and that's one of my favorite movies - she was also a terrible actress - pretty, but a terrible actress - You think she was bad? Last night I saw May Britt in "Murder Inc." Goodness gracious! Peter Falk was fun as Abe Reles, though. Quote
Harold_Z Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 I love the Murder Inc. soundtrack. Completely anachronistic. Totally of the time the movie was made but not of the time the movie portrayed. Abe Reles: "I got used to it." Burton Turkus: "The canary could sing but couldn't fly." Quote
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