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When I read a book on British jazz in the 50s and 60s, they had a huge picture of all the top jazzmen in England, and standing with the pianists like Gordon Beck, was Dudley Moore.
Unlike the moonlighters mentioned here (other than 'joe Doggs' who was named after a brutal mafioso!), DM could play well enough to be considered an important up and coming jazz pianist before he went into acting.
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03-25-2022 03:09 PM
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Rock'n'roll had faded away while Elvis was in Germany. He had to do something else.
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03-25-2022, 06:26 PM #53joelf GuestOriginally Posted by Woody Sound
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Natural born actors can be better frontmen than natural born singers. Sometimes.
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Originally Posted by emanresu
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
I think about myself as musician (not anything exceptional at all) but have 0 pleasure when it comes to performing. Even if everything is alright.
One time, in schoolyears, the acting students made a concert-type performance. It was part of a course of course.
This was sooooooooooooo different than what our singers did for grades . Very exciting.
I mean... seriously. If you need a new rock or pop singer in your band, go look for them in acting schools instead.
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What if Jimmy Page were putting together Led Zeppelin and found a singer who was much better than Robert Plant, but had no stage presence?
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Originally Posted by Litterick
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03-27-2022, 02:32 AM #59joelf GuestOriginally Posted by sgcim
A sad end for a wonderful talent...
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Moore was as much a musician as a comedian. He died in 2002, from progressive supranuclear palsy.
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Dudley Moore could really play. There’s a video of him playing that tune:
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Originally Posted by joelf
Dueling basses with Christian McBride
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Originally Posted by Litterick
Originally Posted by Litterick
I remember when his career went downhill (he was fired from a Streisand movie for forgetting his lines). It was attributed to alcoholism, when in fact it was his neurological condition. This is the same condition that took the life of Johnny Cash and is affecting Linda Ronstadt. Unfortunate, but he had quite a career.
This is rather funny. Too bad no close captioning LOL…
”Isn’t there a lot of poverty over there?”
”Yes, but luckily it’s all been concentrated in the slum areas. It’s beautifully done, you’d hardly notice it.”
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
As for Jeff Bridges - Beau Bridges commented in a documentary, that him and Jeff used to perform informally as a duo, when they were young, and mentioned how Jeff gave Beau's guitar (a 50s or early 60s Danelectro) to friend as a gift (to Beau's ire)!
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As mentioned before, John Lurie, as well as Tom Waits in Down By Law.
Also Dwight Yokam.
And Robert Downey,Jr. is a very good pianist.
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03-27-2022, 02:24 PM #66joelf GuestOriginally Posted by NewNewcastleBud
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by sgcim
For me, the worst of these remakes was Mel Brooks' production of To Be or Not To Be. The original, with Jack Benny and Carole Lombard, was made during WWII, and has lots of poignancy and is terrifically funny, and is about something serious that was about current events.
The remake was just about jokes, and although it was filled with funny people, was not really very funny. But I think Brooks and Bancroft saw it as a tribute, not a ripoff, and that has its positive side.
Disclaimer: I adore the original film, so I took it personally.
And of course, Jack Benny played the violin. After a fashion.
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Steve Allen had many talents;
Here is a song he wrote as played by Grant Green:
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
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He also wrote the lyrics to the theme from Picnic, a contrafact of Moonglow, and often played as a medley with it.
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04-01-2022, 04:59 AM #74joelf GuestOriginally Posted by Ukena
Why? For the sole reason of when the Nazis made the troupe ditch the Naughty Nazi sketch they substituted a clown act. Just so the following stupid line could be uttered: (C'mon, everybody say)
'SONDHEIM, SEND IN THE CLOWNS!!'
Now THAT'S dedication!...
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
But as stand-by-themselves lyrics; not.
Soul Serenade
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