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August 2nd- 1946: Stan Kenton records for Capitol 1954: Clifford Brown/ Max Roach Quartet with Harold Land, Richie Powell & George Morrow- session for Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Emarcy) 1957: Stan Getz with Lou Levy, Leroy Vinnegar & Stan Levey- Award Winner (Verve) 1960: Ornette Coleman Quintet- session for This is Our Music (Atlantic) 1961: Ella Fitzgerald- second session for Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (Verve) 1982: Joe McPhee- Oleo & A Future Retrospective (hat Art)

Yep. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...thelonious+monk

I wasn't complaining about using Spanish Key... more, please!... I was complaining about it being so blatantly fake in the context of the scene. I almost couldn't concentrate on the dialogue I was so distracted by it. I also wasn't complaining about miming as such, just bad miming. Mostly by actors who've plainly never handled an instrument in their lives. Of course most music is added in post. Though if memory serves, wasn't the music in Round Midnight recorded live? No miming there.

Yeah, they're conspicuous by their absence. Actually, joeface responded, back at post #40

Well, then he goes back on my list! Never seen New York, New York... love DeNiro but Minnelli puts me off. How's Bob's saxophone playing? IIRC he learned to play for the role.

Anyone remember the 80s comedy flick Throw Mama From the Train, starring Billy Crystal? Crystal's best friend in the movie was played by... er... Branford Marsalis. Doesn't pick up a horn at any point, sadly.

Although, oddly, inconsistantly. Other times he pronounces it correctly. Maybe he wasn't sure and was just hedging his bets.

If anyone should sue over that song surely it should be the estate of Bukka White?

GIMME AN F!...

Interesting! Thanks for that link, Michael. It doesn't surprise me that Hackman actually played for the film- he's that kind of an actor- but it still doesn't look too convincing. I guess that may be more a question of editing from different takes making it look out of synch. I strike Mr. Hackman's name from my bad miming list.

Just thought about this one... Francis Ford Coppola's fine (if now dated) thriller 'The Conversation'. Gene Hackman is the surveillance whiz and amateur jazz saxophonist. A few minutes into the film we see him 'practicing' tenor along with a record (which I can't identify). Gene Hackman. Great actor. Lousy mimer.

Had a listen to disc one and some fine things among its 18 tracks... Made some notes and am good to go when you give the green light.

Yeah, I was thinking of LA Confidential too. About an hour in, some lookalikes play 'Making Whoopee' and 'The Lady Is a Tramp'. Nice use of music in that film... and a great movie too.

Doesn't he sing on all his albums?

Yep, BFT's arriving in the UK today!

So that's three appearance for Tom Cruise in this thread... I've never seen it but I'm assuming there aren't any jazz references in Top Gun

Well now, jazz references in Woody Allen movies... where do we start...?

I also don't really see what all the fuss is about. Herbie has been doing this stuff for years and his jazz fans either take it on board or ignore it altogether. If you ignored Monster or Sound System then ignoring this one shouldn't prove too much of a stretch. That said, the lack of stright jazz recordings from Herbie of late does seem cause for regret. Even during his disco period in the 70s there were still some good straightahead releases (often through CBS Japan) and things from that period still seem to be getting unearthed. Maybe in about 30 years we'll get to hear some 'long lost' recordings from this period of Herbie's jazz career. I hope it doesn't take that long.

August 1st: 1955: Herbie Nichols- Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note) 1960: Ella Fitzgerald- session for Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (Verve) forgot this one yesterday, but it goes into today so it still counts... 1995: Dave Douglas- Five (Soul Note)

Figgis is supposed to be pretty handy with a trumpet.

I have never seen that movie, but that's gotta be worth it! I am reminded of a piece of crap movie I did have the misfortune to sit through (not by choice) that starred Moore's ex Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger. I think it was called Blind Date (I may have that confused with something else) and I'm pretty sure Blake Edwards directed. Anyhoo... at one point in the movie and for no apparent or logical reason, Willis takes Basinger to a recording studio where they spend a couple of minutes watching Stanley Jordan playing. Which must carbon date that movie to within six months. And that's one of the high points of it.

July 31st 1935: Teddy Wilson (with Billie Holiday) records for Brunswick 1946: Stan Getz & the Bebop Boys (Hank Jones, Curley Russell, Max Roach) record for Savoy 1956: Sonny Criss- Go Man! (Imperial)

Oh yeah! That's in 'Vanilla Sky', at a party scene. Another Cruise/ jazz reference. Hmmm.

Oh yeah, and I believe he plays 'Misty' for someone... -_-

Isn't that a scene at Newport or something? Been a few years since I watched that movie. Brief? It's about ten minutes isn't it?! You gotta love Clint. 'Bird' notwithstanding...