Slim Gaillard is massively underappreciated. He was a fine singer with exceptional musical and comedy timing, and wasn't afraid of putting weird stuff on wax.
Slim Gaillard is massively underappreciated. He was a fine singer with exceptional musical and comedy timing, and wasn't afraid of putting weird stuff on wax.
Heard tell Slim G. not only put weird stuff on wax, he also put wax on weird stuff! Ba-ding...Works as well in Greek, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew and Armenian...Hope Ted G. does an essay on the 3-segments of the BBC TV Film documentary on Slim G. from their old ARENA series of doc films under title CIVILIZATION. My eyes hurt from so much alternation between crying and laughing hysterically. Not to mention singing in so many languages with such GONE NATIVE spirit. Slim G.'s childhood in Cuba then losing his Dad who was a shipping worker at a port of call, apparently never to connect with his folks again at such a formative age.... Yet it is the charm of the presentation and of Slim G.'s learning to live and thrive with such DISLOCATION in his childhood. Eventually being taken in by an Armenian family in Detroit after fleeing the genocide of their people in late Ottoman Empire Turkey with western WW I complicity. Yet, like the leitmotif of Milan Kundera's memoir of his own Traumatic youth in WW II, now a classic book in translation from Kundera's Czech: THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING....
All 3 segments of that BBC early TV arts before the cookie cutter mentality set in are now posted free to view by the world (for educational purposes, hee-hee, on U. of Tube:
Television Archive: Arena - Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
palimpsest2011
4.64K subscribers
9,773 views Jun 27, 2013
This is Part 1 of a 2-part profile directed by Anthony Wall; I do not have the second part. Apologies for the dodgy video quality. (c) BBC 1989. This does not appear to be accessibly archived elsewhere. Will rapidly comply with any takedown request. Revenue from the ads goes to Google and the rights holders of the music, not me.
Arena - Slim Gaillard's Civilisation: My Dinner With Dizzy
pdebee
267 subscribers
10,473 views Apr 6, 2016
"My Dinner With Dizzy" is episode 3 of 'Slim Gaillard's Civilisation', the 4-part documentary directed by Anthony Wall. This episode was aired on 5 November 1989. (c) BBC 1989. [Press SHOW MORE]
The four episodes were:
Episode 1: "A Traveller's Tale" (22 October 1989)
Episode 2: "How High The Moon" (29 October 1989)
Episode 3: "My Dinner With Dizzy" (5 November 1989)
Episode 4: "Everything's OK In The UK" (12 November 1989)
Arena - Slim Gaillard's Civilisation: How High The Moon
pdebee
267 subscribers
13,078 views Apr 2, 2016
"How High The Moon" is episode 2 of 'Slim Gaillard's Civilisation', the 4-part documentary directed by Anthony Wall. This episode was aired on 29 October 1989. (c) BBC 1989. [Press SHOW MORE]
The four episodes were:
Episode 1: "A Traveller's Tale" (22 October 1989)
Episode 2: "How High The Moon" (29 October 1989)
Episode 3: "My Dinner With Dizzy" (5 November 1989)
Episode 4: "Everything's OK In The UK" (12 November 1989)
I hope you will all enjoy it.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ;-))
"This video is for educational/research purposes only. I do not derive any financial gain from this video, of any kind, but will comply promptly with requests to remove it from my channel. Any revenue derived from the ads goes to Google and the rights holders of the music."
Slim Gaillard is massively underappreciated. He was a fine singer with exceptional musical and comedy timing, and wasn't afraid of putting weird stuff on wax.
Heard tell Slim G. not only put weird stuff on wax, he also put wax on weird stuff! Ba-ding...Works as well in Greek, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew and Armenian...Hope Ted G. does an essay on the 3-segments of the BBC TV Film documentary on Slim G. from their old ARENA series of doc films under title CIVILIZATION. My eyes hurt from so much alternation between crying and laughing hysterically. Not to mention singing in so many languages with such GONE NATIVE spirit. Slim G.'s childhood in Cuba then losing his Dad who was a shipping worker at a port of call, apparently never to connect with his folks again at such a formative age.... Yet it is the charm of the presentation and of Slim G.'s learning to live and thrive with such DISLOCATION in his childhood. Eventually being taken in by an Armenian family in Detroit after fleeing the genocide of their people in late Ottoman Empire Turkey with western WW I complicity. Yet, like the leitmotif of Milan Kundera's memoir of his own Traumatic youth in WW II, now a classic book in translation from Kundera's Czech: THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING....
All 3 segments of that BBC early TV arts before the cookie cutter mentality set in are now posted free to view by the world (for educational purposes, hee-hee, on U. of Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3MR4rWovro
Television Archive: Arena - Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
palimpsest2011
4.64K subscribers
9,773 views Jun 27, 2013
This is Part 1 of a 2-part profile directed by Anthony Wall; I do not have the second part. Apologies for the dodgy video quality. (c) BBC 1989. This does not appear to be accessibly archived elsewhere. Will rapidly comply with any takedown request. Revenue from the ads goes to Google and the rights holders of the music, not me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hr6q0GGNh8
Arena - Slim Gaillard's Civilisation: My Dinner With Dizzy
pdebee
267 subscribers
10,473 views Apr 6, 2016
"My Dinner With Dizzy" is episode 3 of 'Slim Gaillard's Civilisation', the 4-part documentary directed by Anthony Wall. This episode was aired on 5 November 1989. (c) BBC 1989. [Press SHOW MORE]
The four episodes were:
Episode 1: "A Traveller's Tale" (22 October 1989)
Episode 2: "How High The Moon" (29 October 1989)
Episode 3: "My Dinner With Dizzy" (5 November 1989)
Episode 4: "Everything's OK In The UK" (12 November 1989)
I hope you will all enjoy it.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ;-))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKwlETAQMLI
Arena - Slim Gaillard's Civilisation: How High The Moon
pdebee
267 subscribers
13,078 views Apr 2, 2016
"How High The Moon" is episode 2 of 'Slim Gaillard's Civilisation', the 4-part documentary directed by Anthony Wall. This episode was aired on 29 October 1989. (c) BBC 1989. [Press SHOW MORE]
The four episodes were:
Episode 1: "A Traveller's Tale" (22 October 1989)
Episode 2: "How High The Moon" (29 October 1989)
Episode 3: "My Dinner With Dizzy" (5 November 1989)
Episode 4: "Everything's OK In The UK" (12 November 1989)
I hope you will all enjoy it.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ;-))
"This video is for educational/research purposes only. I do not derive any financial gain from this video, of any kind, but will comply promptly with requests to remove it from my channel. Any revenue derived from the ads goes to Google and the rights holders of the music."
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