Sweet and Lowdown: Music from the Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

Dick Hyman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000034D03
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,187 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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105 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Howard Alden Swings, May 21, 2000

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S Buckingham (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sweet and Lowdown: Music from the Motion Picture (Audio CD)

What a pleasure to see a movie featuring the hip early jazz guitar stylings of Howard Alden emulating greats Eddie Lang, Karl Kress, and of course Django. The soundtrack is a nice collection, but I was greatly disappointed that my favorite parts of the movie -- Emmett Ray's solo musings without a band -- were completely ignored. Some of Eddie lang's and Django's best recordings were sans band. Howard Alden's solo forays in the movie really mined that vein well (who can forget the "talent show" scene, or "I'm forever blowing bubbles" played by Emmett to his girlfriend), but are missing in action on this soundtrack. I give it 3 stars because the music is still good. I'd love, however, to see Howard Alden release a CD of solo pieces in the same style as he played in Sweet and Lowdown. Until then, I'll bide my time with the great new 5 CD Django anthology of Hot Club recordings with Stephane Grapelli (including some of the above-mentioned solo pieces) "Classic early Recordings in Chronological Order", which at less than $25 is an absolute steal!

69 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of period music, December 18, 1999

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Ted Graham - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sweet and Lowdown: Music from the Motion Picture (Audio CD)

This soundtrack exists quite independently of the film. Both, however, are excellent, although not all the music on the CD, I believe, was featured on screen. I personally like the renditions of "All of Me" and "It Don't Mean a Thing." There are a few tracks of actual period recordings, and numerous reorchestrations and rerecordings, done by Woody's longtime collaborator, Dick Hyman. This is 30's jazz at its best, as depicted by "Sweet and Lowdown."

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent movie and soundtrack with one flaw, April 13, 2000

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Marcelo Teson (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweet and Lowdown: Music from the Motion Picture (Audio CD)

The soundtrack as well as the film are excellent, especially for Django afficionados who want to hear more of the "hot music" style of the era. The only flaw I find is that the beautiful solo chorale so important to the film (the one that Emmett plays for Hattie all the time, which is also the last one he plays before the ending) is not on this CD. Instead we get a different, faster, full quintet version of the same song ("I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles") that's almost a cruel tease. Despite that one amazingly large hole, this CD is spectacular.