GODFATHER - Page 2

Alex Yates · 11-18-2005, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by gregc

Ok, so who was it?
That is my favorite movie of all time!
Much of it brings back memories of my family in Bensonhurst & Little Italy, NY, where I spent a lot o my youth. Ahhhhhh, the characters, the food, the song........ there was never a safer place to live, BTW...

gregc

Hey Greg, another fellow Bensonhurst person here. I share your sentiment and memories. The Godfather brought a lot of the little cultural things we grew up with to the big screen. I still love the movie. My dad made me play all fo the trumpet stuff from the Godfather before he would shell out the clams for my first trumpet. Needless to say, once he made that offer, I had it all learned immediately. LOL. To this day I still play it now and again.....just as a trip down amnesia lane. LOL.

Manny Laureano · 11-18-2005, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trompetvrouw

Needless to say, once he made that offer, I had it all learned immediately. LOL.

Alex...

You're not saying he made you an offer you couldn't refuse, are you?

Nah...

ML

RG111 · 11-18-2005, 04:37 PM

I had always heard that it was Gil Johnson. I watch it every time it's on TV just to hear that opening solo!

Roy Griffin

timcates · 11-18-2005, 04:48 PM

Jimmy Maxwell did indeed play it - Uan Rasey played the solo in Chinatown (I've gotten these two confused once or twice too)

TC

wiseone2 · 11-18-2005, 05:24 PM

Alex,
South Philadelphia was Bensonhurst, Philly style.
Everyone's name ended with a vowel. My first teacher Antonino DelCampo, was friendly with Frankie( Avalonne)Avalone's manager. He sat through one of my lessons. Mario Lanza was a DelCampo student. I played in groups with the Genovese family........the musicians, not the crime family

I did some work over at the Cameo-Parkway studios. That's where Fabian, Chubby Checker, Jimmy Darren,Frankie Avalon and many others recorded in the 50s and 60s before Sigma Sound took over the studio scene.

I can hear that melody now, thank goodness Jimmy didn't play it on his bagpipes

Wilmer

Alex Yates · 11-18-2005, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Manny Laureano

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Originally Posted by Trompetvrouw

Needless to say, once he made that offer, I had it all learned immediately. LOL.

Alex...

You're not saying he made you an offer you couldn't refuse, are you?

Nah...

ML <----- shadump boom. Good one! Dad also used to moonlight on the weekends as the chauffeur of a burgandy Rolls Royce for a mafia-owned wedding hall. No lie. I road in it once or twice.

Tessio : "Leave the gun.....take the canolis".

Alex Yates · 11-18-2005, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by wiseone2

Alex,
South Philadelphia was Bensonhurst, Philly style.
Everyone's name ended with a vowel. My first teacher Antonino DelCampo, was friendly with Frankie( Avalonne)Avalone's manager. He sat through one of my lessons. Mario Lanza was a DelCampo student. I played in groups with the Genovese family........the musicians, not the crime family

I did some work over at the Cameo-Parkway studios. That's where Fabian, Chubby Checker, Jimmy Darren,Frankie Avalon and many others recorded in the 50s and 60s before Sigma Sound took over the studio scene. <---- what a fantasic description......thanks so much for sharing. I can just picture it and hear it all.

I can hear that melody now, thank goodness Jimmy didn't play it on his bagpipes

<------ now that is just too funny! LOL.
Wilmer

tromj · 11-22-2005, 10:59 AM

Its Clemenza who said "leave thegun...take the cannoli'

Tessio said, "can't you get me off the hook, Tom? For old time's sake?'

Alex Yates · 11-22-2005, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by tromj

Its Clemenza who said "leave thegun...take the cannoli'

Tessio said, "can't you get me off the hook, Tom? For old time's sake?'

Yes, yes, yes! How could I screw that one up? Thanks Tromj! It sure is a great line though, isn't it? LOL.

tromj · 11-22-2005, 05:06 PM

Indeed. And we were discussing the beautiful Jimmy Maxwell playing at the beginning of the movie, but how about the guy practicing trumpet in the scene where Don Corleone gets shot?

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RG111 Piano User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 261	I had always heard that it was Gil Johnson. I watch it every time it's on TV just to hear that opening solo! Roy Griffin
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wiseone2 Artitst in Residence Forte User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brooklyn,NY Posts: 2,192	Alex, South Philadelphia was Bensonhurst, Philly style. Everyone's name ended with a vowel. My first teacher Antonino DelCampo, was friendly with Frankie( Avalonne)Avalone's manager. He sat through one of my lessons. Mario Lanza was a DelCampo student. I played in groups with the Genovese family........the musicians, not the crime family I did some work over at the Cameo-Parkway studios. That's where Fabian, Chubby Checker, Jimmy Darren,Frankie Avalon and many others recorded in the 50s and 60s before Sigma Sound took over the studio scene. I can hear that melody now, thank goodness Jimmy didn't play it on his bagpipes Wilmer
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tromj Piano User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Teaneck, NJ Posts: 317	cannolis Its Clemenza who said "leave thegun...take the cannoli' Tessio said, "can't you get me off the hook, Tom? For old time's sake?'
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tromj Piano User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Teaneck, NJ Posts: 317	Indeed. And we were discussing the beautiful Jimmy Maxwell playing at the beginning of the movie, but how about the guy practicing trumpet in the scene where Don Corleone gets shot?
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timcates Pianissimo User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Texas - USA Posts: 81	Jimmy Maxwell did indeed play it - Uan Rasey played the solo in Chinatown (I've gotten these two confused once or twice too) TC

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