Sweet and Lowdown
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Film Soundtracks: 1999
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Although Woody Allen has been using jazz from the '20s and '30s on his soundtracks since Sleeper, Sweet and Lowdown is his first movie featuring the musicians of the period. The story is about Emmett Ray, who is a brilliant guitarist but is always being unfavorably compared to Django Reinhardt. Allen hired the guitarist Howard Alden and the Dick Hyman Group to play the music of Ray and his band, and they have done an excellent job of recreating the small band swing of the '30s. Alden has assimilated the music of such guitarists as Eddie Lang, Karl Kress, and Django to create a guitar style that is unique yet also sound
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Manufacturer: Sony
Release date: 23 November 1999
EAN: 0696998901926 UPC: 696998901926
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Release date: 23 November 1999
EAN: 0696998901926 UPC: 696998901926
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Film Soundtracks: 1999 (106 music items)