All-Star Cast...
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Just happened on this snippet... a truly all-star cast!
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Thanks so much for this amazing history lesson! I had the great pleasure of playing behind Louie Bellson playing lead trumpet in a big band backing him up during a Rocky Mountain tour. I had the best seat in the house, standing on a riser standing just above the master drummer. An experience and memory that is one of the most special in my music career.
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I bet that one scene cost 25% of the movie's budget. Loved it. Had my feet tapping , too.
1960s King Super 20 Silversonic, 1940 Olds Recording, 1942 Buescher True Tone 400 ,1999 Conn Vintage One Bb trumpet, A 1952 Selmer Paris, A 2020 Getzen 400 and a Manchester Brass ACB custom pro Bb trumpet, a 1962 Conn Victor 5A Cornet.
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@georgeb It's a whole movie with that cast... I think the most expensive thing must have been the exemption fees (at that time, there were still fines in place if white and coloured musicians appeared in the same scene).
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Another clip from the same movie...
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Thanks for enlightening me, Barliman. I did some research and found the name of the movie, the full cast and what not. The movie was called A Song Is Born and was released in 1948. I would have been 12 years old then so that's probably why I had never heard of the movie before.
