Anitra's Dance has long been a favorite of mine. In the 1948 movie starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, "A Song Is Born", there's a sequence where the music professors are talking about different kinds of music, and a couple of 'window washers' enter the scene, to ask some questions. During this, one of them sits down at the piano to demonstrate Boogie Woogie, and does an excellent improvisation of Anitra's Dance as its theme. I wish I could still find that sequence, but it seems to be missing from the parts of the movie still on YouTube. Too bad - it was one of the highlights of the movie for me. You really haven't heard Anitra's Dance until you hear it done Boogie Woogie style.....
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Now, some music!
Anitra's Dance has long been a favorite of mine. In the 1948 movie starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, "A Song Is Born", there's a sequence where the music professors are talking about different kinds of music, and a couple of 'window washers' enter the scene, to ask some questions. During this, one of them sits down at the piano to demonstrate Boogie Woogie, and does an excellent improvisation of Anitra's Dance as its theme. I wish I could still find that sequence, but it seems to be missing from the parts of the movie still on YouTube. Too bad - it was one of the highlights of the movie for me. You really haven't heard Anitra's Dance until you hear it done Boogie Woogie style.....
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