The obligatory moon stuff (1)
“Why’s everybody asking ‘how high the moon’? The moon don’t ask how low we are” -Slim Gaillard.
Here’s Les Paul and Mary Ford, suitably “modern”:
July 18, 2009 at 6:46 pm (Jim D, United States, history, modernism, music, science)
“Why’s everybody asking ‘how high the moon’? The moon don’t ask how low we are” -Slim Gaillard.
Here’s Les Paul and Mary Ford, suitably “modern”:
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Bruce said,
July 19, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Is that Alistair Cooke they’re talking to? He was a jazz fan. An interesting cross between country and western and bebop – a path not taken probably for the better.
Love that Gaillard quote. Is there any material of his on You Tube – his version of How High the Moon where the quote comes from is hilarious. Once saw him on a bus going down Oxford Street.
Bruce said,
July 19, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Tons of Gaillard on you tube but no ‘Moon’ I can see. Try this:
Jim Denham said,
July 20, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Wonderful Gaillard clip: thanks, Bruce. Like you I searched on Youtube for his ‘How High The Moon’, but sadly it’s not there. The great surrealist of jazz: were you on the same bus, and did you speak to him? And, yes, that is Alistair Cooke.