A Date with Diz

[Hardbopjazz]

This is the first time I've seen this.

http://vimeo.com/75008887

Who's in the band?

[CJ Shearn]

Me too. Great stuff, thanks

[John Tapscott]

It's listed at about the 40 second mark - Dizzy, Sahib Shihab, Wade Legge, Nelson Boyd, Charlie Persip.

[Hardbopjazz]

yes. I saw that the second time through.

[umum_cypher]

All kinds of WTF.

I love Charli Persip's shirt. The popcorn rap is pretty good too.

[duaneiac]

Was that an actual E-Z Pop Popcorn commercial? Do they still make E-Z Pop Popcorn these days?

I wonder where they would have shown a film like this back in the day?

Was the sponsor's name "Mr. Hemp"?

thanks for sharing this.

[Hardbopjazz]

Yes, Mr. Hemp.

[JSngry]

Always something to learn on the insternet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hubley

More Hubley/Gillespie. Who knew?

[JSngry]

Music by Phil Moore.

[dankarlsberg]

"A Date with Diz" -- That was awesome and hilarious. Thanks for sharing!

[AllenLowe]

never saw a picture of Nelson Boyd before this.

[clifford_thornton]

Always something to learn on the insternet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hubley

More Hubley/Gillespie. Who knew?

Yes, the Hubleys are the parents of Georgia Hubley, drummer/vocalist for Yo La Tengo (YLT are big jazz fans too).

[mjzee]

1) R.O. Blechman!

2) What was the first tune they played? It sounds so familiar...

3) Hubley and Dizzy worked together on "Voyage To Next." The film was released on VHS, but not sure it's made it to DVD:

and the music is available on CD; I believe this disc is comprised of soundtracks to the Hubleys' films:

Edited May 25, 2014 by mjzee

[JSngry]

2) What was the first tune they played? It sounds so familiar...

"Tour De Force", a contrafact of "Jeepers Creepers".

"Somebody's gonna get hung" HA!