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jaklumen
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The music and drama connection.
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May 9 03:19 UTC 2002 |
The connection is about as old as the oral storytelling tradition, I'm
sure, but it's interesting to see how the stage and musical
performance remain very intertwined.
In Hollywood, many actors were strong musicians because of the
heritage of vaudeville: it was necessary to do a little bit of
everything to survive. One example is comedian Phyllis Diller, who
was actually a music major at.. Juillard, I believe.
I'm not sure when instrumentalists started performing more like actors
on the stage-- but it's got to be well before rock stars. Elvis and
the movies was definitely a noteworthy spot, however.
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tpryan
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response 1 of 4:
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May 24 00:02 UTC 2002 |
During the Ken Burns "jazz' series, you could see showmen
like Gene Crupa (sp?) putting on quite the show behind the drums.
Then again jazz musicians got good at the showmanship of playing
down on someone else.
Spike Jones was also a big visual treat, in addition to
the fun music.
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jaklumen
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May 24 05:25 UTC 2002 |
I wish I had access to footage of Spike Jones.
I think the connection is the return to music and dance in the folk
tradition that Eurocentricism put aside somewhat.
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remmers
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response 3 of 4:
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May 24 10:48 UTC 2002 |
Re #1: Krupa.
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tpryan
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May 24 11:46 UTC 2002 |
The Dr. Demento 20th anniversarry *video* has a
Spike Jones performance piece in it. it is however, shot
as a video on a sound stage, as opposed to a filming of
a stage or radio studio performance. Very little of that
type of stuff survives, or in a condition to make it to
pop cultural re-release.
Bluegrass musician can also be very visual in their
performances, as a group or particulary individually.
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