Jimmy Rushing, nicknamed "Mr. Five by Five" (re his stature),
was Basie's vocalist in the late thirties and forties.
jean-pierre jacquet http://www.jeanpierrejacquet.com
On Jul 23, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Ed Lynskey wrote:
> Goodis has Parry putting on a Basie record, "Sent
For You
> Yesterday And Here You Come Today", then:
>
> "And Rushing was beginning to yell his heart out
when..." (pg.
> 133).
>
> My question: Who is "Rushing"? A vocalist with
Basie?
>
> Ed
>
> > --- Harvey <
harveyj3rd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > One of the best noir jazz soundtracks is
Johnny
> > > Mandel's score for I Want To Live. The CD
(out of
> > > print but easily obtainable on the
internet)includes
> > > the music performed in the movie by Gerry
Mulligan's
> > > seven piece band which was released on
LP
> > > simultaneously with the sound
track.
> > > --- Richard Moore <
moorich@aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff
> > > Vorzimmer"
> > > >
> > > > <jvorzimmer@...>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Speaking about jazz, hardboiled
crime fiction
> > > and
> > > > film noir, I
> > > > thought I'd
> > > > > add that I think the best
soundtrack of any film
> > > > noir has to be
> > > > Ascenseur
> > > > > pour L'飨afaud (1958). The French
really got
> > > the
> > > > style and angst
> > > > down in
> > > > > their revival of the genre in
the late 50s.
> > > Having
> > > > Miles Davis
> > > > score the
> > > > > film was brilliant and I think
it stands as one
> > > of
> > > > his great works
> > > > of that
> > > > > decade. Interestingly enough
it's been on CD now
> > > > for almost 20
> > > > years and
> > > > > still in print I believe. If
someone on list can
> > > > think of a better
> > > > > soundtrack, I for one would like
to know about
> > > it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > Offhand I can't think of a better
one. It's
> > > > wonderful. I always
> > > > thought Charles Mingus could have
composed a great
> > > > noir soundtrack.
> > > > As I recall, he was supposed to do
the music for
> > > > John Cassavetes'
> > > > first film Shadows (1959) but most of
it didn't
> > > get
> > > > done for one
> > > > reason or the other. I believe some
Mingus
> > > remained
> > > > in the film,
> > > > although most was by other
hands.
> > > >
> > > > The Cassavetes television series
Johnny Staccato
> > > > (1959) also
> > > > featured some very good jazz. There
was a regular
> > > > house band in
> > > > Staccato's club and other musicians
had guest
> > > bits.
> > > > Red Norvo was
> > > > one and John Williams, later to
become the most
> > > > Oscar-nominated
> > > > composer in history, did a couple of
episodes as a
> > > > piano player. He
> > > > was billed as Johnny
Williams.
> > > >
> > > > Speaking of house bands in private
eye series,
> > > they
> > > > were rather
> > > > common in private eye series of the
late 1950s and
> > > > early 1960s. The
> > > > show that kicked off the private eye
boom was Roy
> > > > Huggins' 77 Sunset
> > > > Strip. When PI Stuart Bailey and his
cohorts
> > > needed
> > > > a drink, which
> > > > was fairly often, they would drop
into a club
> > > called
> > > > Dino's where
> > > > the Frankie Ortega Trio was usually
on the band
> > > > stand. They were a
> > > > real group and a pretty good
one.
> > > >
> > > > Richard Moore
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > RARA-AVIS home page:
> > > > http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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