Saturday, November 25, 2006

Something for everyone on YouTube

It's just amazing what we've found on YouTube. I guess the youngsters are more interested in the original videos but we've found loads of great footage of musicians...Reinhardt and Grappelli, Aznavour, Josephine Baker, Trenet, Piaf, Nina Simone, Simon & Garfunkel, Dylan, Rolling Stones and on and on. Jim found a 30 minute interview (in three 10 minute parts) with Aldous Huxley that he hadn't previously seen.

Some of this stuff is obviously from commercial movies and performances but I guess the copyright isn't infringed because of the idea of "fair use" and using only a small part of the original. Rather curious about how the copyright thing works on YouTube.

For Donna and Neil (and all you other Dixieland Jazz fans)...nice to think of that warm summer evening last June when we saw the Preservation Hall Orchestra!