Hi, new member here. trumpet player too. Still trying to sound like Chet thirty years later. Here's a couple websites with chet info and transcribed solos...
Somewhere there's a comment by someone who played with Chet - about how Chet - in contrast to many other jazzmen - seemed to spontaneously generate solos from...
Chet could read notes, but he couldn't read chord symbols. It's in my book, but will undoubtly be in one of the newsletters too. Like Charlie Parker, he had...
J de Valk
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Jul 2, 2004 11:03 am
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in Gavins book on page 307 it says "Getz's playing had all the icy-smooth perfection of his youth, but it was as guarded as ever and, according to his former...
Many thanks - particularly to Paul for the brilliant recall of 'a specific'. Regards Peter ... and, ... spontaneous. "Stan ... in was ... was ... paul...
your welcome, i didn't get the first message. I made a note of that in Gavins book because it fit with something on the Strollin' cd. On the first cut, Sad...
Marlon (with an o) Brando had died? He recently played a good role in The Score, and there were plans for a documentary, to be made with his cooperation. J. ...
J de Valk
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Jul 2, 2004 6:39 pm
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Huh, Chet the Marlon Brando of music? I can't see that at all, not even character-wise. James dean or Monty Clift, maybe, but I admit I'm not a fan of Brando....
Brando was sent to hell, initially. Because of his bad temper, and his fights with directors. But he went straight to the doorman of heaven, whispering: 'I'm...
J de Valk
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Jul 2, 2004 7:26 pm
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To those of my generation he represented an important breakthrough in acting,eversince he first appeared in "Waterfront" and "A streetcar named Desire":then to...
Cecco, you saw Monty? Where and when? That really makes me jealous, I've always had a weakness for him, ever since I saw him play in "The Search" as a child (I...
Brando at his peak could act the pants off Dean and Clift, as they would acknowledge. He was less self-consciously 'method' than they were. He was more...
Peter,I agree 100% with your appreciation of Brando's qualities,I couldn't find the right words to express the same concept:see also my reply to Alexandra...
Alex baby,Clift had come to Rome to co-star with Jennifer Jones in "Stazione Termini"(In the USA:"Indiscretion of an American wife"-De Sica had betrayed ...
Peter: Brando, Dean and Clift were entirely different actors and people. I think each was great at what he did (the particular movies). I prefer Dean and...
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Jul 3, 2004 1:41 pm
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Of course you're right, Bert. I was referring to a comparison made in a previous post. People shouldn't argue about colours and constellations. I, too, admired...
I don't get the Baker-Brando analogy either. Baker is more like Monty Clift--very subtle, nuanced, elegant, in their art. Brando was big and obvious--he made...
Montgomery Clift came before Brando. He was a theater star before Brando. He was a movie star before Brando. He was acknowledged as a groundbreaker before...
Cecco dear, who needs a mother-in-law when you can have MY mother? I'm not surprised by Monty's queer behaviour - see also "Beautiful Loser", a well-documented...
Peter, I take your points, except for Brando being good-looking (but taste is taste) and there being no Clift without him. Clift's (early) career pre-dated...
I agree about Monty, Charles. I think for many people his acting style is too subtle, too hesitant - it never explodes in your face, it is all in detail, in...
I have the opposite idea, after seeing the Godfather series - Brando holds his own between the other name actors, just by moving his eyebrows, making small...
J de Valk
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Jul 3, 2004 11:31 pm
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Jeroen, as far as the minimalist acting goes, I think I just saw the wrong scene on the news: the Godfather dying in a rather lively and arm-mowing way while...
Monty was from my early teens. He was very cool (before cool was invented). Like with John Wayne in Red River - Wayne was explosive - Monty was just cool....
bertw@...
Jul 4, 2004 2:49 am
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I think Jerone is right. I think Brando's godfather has to be the most imitated thing on the planet. Worth seeing the whole movie for. Jeroen, as far as the...
I read a book on the local mafia. The author was a detective. They had bugged their offices. The author said after the movie came out the leaders were talking...
Yes, Alex - Dean once said that he had Clift in one fist whimpering "Help me.." and Brando in the other screaming "Fuck you!" (sounds like the story of my...
This must be "your" week,Bert,younger brother,I "ti auguro" all the best for your future with your wife and pianist granddaughter:is she improving?I'm sure all...
Strangely, Bert, Dean and Clift were not from my teens at all - still they were the ones I was crazy about, rather than any pop or movie stars from my own...
