Woody Allen

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Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg, 1935) is primarily known for his wide involvement in movies. However, in the sixties he also had a brief career as a standup comedian. These performances show the same complex and twisted sense of humor as his movies, heavy on self-deprecation.

Allen is a passionate fan of jazz which is often featured prominently in his movies’ soundtracks. He has played the clarinet since adolescence and chose his stage name from an idol, famed clarinetist Woody Herman. He has performed publicly at least since the late 1960s, notably with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the soundtrack of Sleeper. One of his earliest televised performances was on The Dick Cavett Show on October 20, 1971.

Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band play every Monday evening at Manhattan’s Carlyle Hotel, specializing in classic New Orleans jazz from the early twentieth century. The documentary film Wild Man Blues (directed by Barbara Kopple) documents a 1996 European tour by Allen and his band, as well as his relationship with Previn. The band has released two CDs: The Bunk Project (1993) and the soundtrack of Wild Man Blues (1997). (read more)

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist The Vodka Ad	20
1	2	Add this track to your playlist Oral Contraception	19
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Vegas	19
15	4	Add this track to your playlist Bullet in My Breast Pocket	17
8	5	Add this track to your playlist After You've Gone	16
5	6	Add this track to your playlist The Great Renaldo	15
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2	9	Add this track to your playlist My Grandfather	14
9	10	Add this track to your playlist Mechanical Objects	13
3	10	Add this track to your playlist A Love Story	13
4	12	Add this track to your playlist The Science Fiction Film	12
7	12	Add this track to your playlist N.Y.U.	12
13	12	Add this track to your playlist My Marriage	12
7	12	Add this track to your playlist The Moose	12
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12	18	Add this track to your playlist The Army	11
6	19	Add this track to your playlist Down South	10
13	19	Add this track to your playlist The Lost Generation	10

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Vegas	327
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Second Marriage	291
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Oral Contraception	288
1	4	Add this track to your playlist The Great Renaldo	272
2	4	Add this track to your playlist The Moose	272
2	6	Add this track to your playlist The Vodka Ad	265
1	7	Add this track to your playlist Kidnapped	258
1	8	Add this track to your playlist Mechanical Objects	250
–	9	Add this track to your playlist The Science Fiction Film	246
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Unhappy Childhood	244
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Bullet in My Breast Pocket	233
–	12	Add this track to your playlist European Trip	224
2	13	Add this track to your playlist Pets	220
1	14	Add this track to your playlist The Lost Generation	218
2	15	Add this track to your playlist Brooklyn	210
2	16	Add this track to your playlist My Grandfather	209
2	17	Add this track to your playlist The Army	208
–	18	Add this track to your playlist My Marriage	207
–	19	Add this track to your playlist A Love Story	200
–	20	Add this track to your playlist The Police	189
3	21	Add this track to your playlist Summing Up	186
3	22	Add this track to your playlist N.Y.U.	182
3	23	Add this track to your playlist Down South	179
1	24	Add this track to your playlist After You've Gone	170
2	25	Add this track to your playlist Dippermouth Blues	166
4	26	Add this track to your playlist Lonesome Blues	162
–	27	Add this track to your playlist Eggs Benedict	156
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Last Night on the Back Porch	144
1	29	Add this track to your playlist Shake That Thing	129
3	29	Add this track to your playlist Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula	129
2	31	Add this track to your playlist Come on and Stomp, Stomp, Stomp	126
3	32	Add this track to your playlist Lead Me Savior	125
2	33	Add this track to your playlist Wild Man Blues	120
–	34	Add this track to your playlist Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again	116
–	35	Add this track to your playlist Private Life	115
1	36	Add this track to your playlist Swing Lullaby	113
2	37	Add this track to your playlist Martha [a.k.a. Mazie]	111
–	38	Add this track to your playlist Pappy's B Flat Blues	104
–	39	Add this track to your playlist Hear Me Talkin' to Ya?	100
–	40	Add this track to your playlist In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)	91
–	41	Add this track to your playlist Effs Benedict	90
–	42	Add this track to your playlist Eugene's, San Francisco (1968) - The Vodka Ad	54
–	43	Add this track to your playlist The Shadows, Washington, D.C. (1965) - The Moose	46
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–	45	Add this track to your playlist Caravan	34
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–	48	Add this track to your playlist I'm Through With Love	31
4	49	Add this track to your playlist Swing a Lullaby	30
–	50	Add this track to your playlist In the Evening	29

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GravelessSouls (Saturday 28 June 2008) Send a Private Message to GravelessSouls
Havn't heard much of his work but he is hilarious
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pahxcore (Wednesday 7 May 2008) Send a Private Message to pahxcore
best comedian!
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Mokami (Monday 10 March 2008) Send a Private Message to Mokami
He is very intelligent. You could to hear his philisophy on Comedy. He knows what he is doing, did his hoemwork.
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seanconn (Sunday 2 March 2008) Send a Private Message to seanconn
sleeper, is the best movie based on the future ever.
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buttgammon (Tuesday 8 January 2008) Send a Private Message to buttgammon
I think he's the epitome of humanity's artistic achievements. Woody Allen is probably deserving of the title greatest person ever. You could argue that his life has been less than spotless if you listen to the tabloids, but his films, prose and everything else are completely perfect when at their best.
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Spun_ (Monday 22 October 2007) Send a Private Message to Spun_
love and death is the funniest shit ever recorded on camera
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tom_dissonance (Monday 15 October 2007) Send a Private Message to tom_dissonance
what a fuckin' legend. music, comedy, i don't care - i just want masses of him streamable, now.
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celestekacesi (Sunday 29 July 2007) Send a Private Message to celestekacesi
yaaass love and death is the funniest movie i've ever seen!
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unpuercofeo (Wednesday 16 May 2007) Send a Private Message to unpuercofeo
funniest man alive
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Sniperofyamhill (Thursday 25 January 2007) Send a Private Message to Sniperofyamhill
The Moose!
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