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Ir WAY AGAIN.!! .... Next week
I I - -^Por^y and Bess" at the M?jW-ZTjnQZi
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[ FOOTLITE
. FLICKERS
^ By ALVIN MOSES \
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?-?NEW YORK (AND *- Edith Wheeler,
a Wisconsin school marm,
writes us this week anent the hap? .
f penings to two . leading Negro
: hunrismrn (Jommentlne on CAB
CAfcfcOWAYL_and the stabbing incident,
the erudite teacher avenTSJThow."eternally
we live and re?
main the sterotype. Why must our
leaders (in their respective fields),
resort to such stupid' things as
brawling (I distinctly refer to Calloway
showing off through some
.prowess of 'the fists), and ...why
so called - he-men ? earrv- weapons
of destruction in their
jfv.- pocjcets like unlicensed thygs? lie
?? ? you think you carr spare the spade
; In your splendid 'Flickers!_culumn
- to voter my sincere ind'gnation
K over, this type of shameles'j exhlbi-'
-? tion, that 1? precisely whrtt jt Bar- ~
rows down to?" ? _
Commenting on the unfortunate
i accident of JIMMY luncejford,
W who crashed in his private 'plane
K Miss Wheeler says, ''Thank God, ,
we did not.lose him. for he is a ,
^ real artist and Re^ti^an wnn't.
p-'' you suggest to Lunceford for me,
b~?that. .he content himself
r/v" With train., traveling until pianos become
foolproof, for when the ne- .
GRO RACE loses a -genius, it is a
'definite loss usually not replaced
- within a quarter century or more." 1
. N. B. (Miss Wheeler, letters like |
yours compensate writers for the
amount of energy they expend fn" n
- attempting to aervlcc the public fif ^
an UnuSUal mAnner?It Wftfi a plpns. j
ure toTffnd apace for such a letter.) 1
THINGS WE MISS GREATLY J
* ' PROVOCATIVE fand she's nil of j
that). . . .K^therlne Dunham, drop- |
ping into that, a Wank?hill speak. ?
sipping a cold drink, and swapping
v tales about" Haiti and the West In- j
din natives?whom?she?studied
tttelr calyso sinplng^aTid^pnee (
No Discrimii
~"~ln some quarters, it is being
*, plhced on the prices ot products
tr :Jt is difficult to spa ho <m frfcia
rupting a largo segment of the
Annuity strict controls wer
^_^_4JCat*:far materials and labor.
Farm labor, for instance,
-y^torjt, and is extremely difficult t
"y 1lkf? everyone else's, are shootinj
^ t?y for practically everything t
^ ?-- A coiling Bhould Hbe^ptaced
.Only when, equitable ceilings ar<
^Any other course would be rank,
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2GERALD ; "
a*ie," it fittingly memorialized by
latter whidt hat the bcfys all r%?- |
quailed, Ella continues, to click i
le by "finert guy*" when abe fell
it ori^kestra,
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IsTCALVIN
?y and BoSs" TO HIT BROADls
revival of Gershwin's famed
ilewood Theatre (N: Jr)~ with
adtng to a Broadway engageSWIttG
OUT THE NEWS ...
The Louis-Nova bout took honors
of having the 3rd largest radio audience
of any championship event;
....54.1 heard the scrap. 'T.All-1
time record for fight broadcast audiences
is held by Louis-Schemellng ;
?.n tiunc, tww? ioj.o; wrun Louis- j
Conn mixup of June 1941,v. fSl-1
ed.a second (58.2) . .. Reports come
from?Co-operrtive A!halysiti f
Broadcasting
Our?Wt- C. Handy. .along, with
author Steward Holbrook will be
guest at the Philadelphia Book
Farm t.hig lvepk . . ."UliOi nf 11 if
Blues" with MSr. Handy's composition
will soon hit Broadway ,
Louis Armstrong w\-?s in AUgUSta,
Ga. last week resting before Orlando,
Fla., engagement . . .He'll
then work his .way to Hollywood
to join the lights, cameras and stars
for his. new film' all about himself,
on this thing ~ called jazz . ,
"Stories of toe Underground Railroad"
by Miss Anna L. Curtis deals
with the pre-War days and the migration
of slaves to the North ... .
It's published by tne Island Work*
shop Press, N-. Y. , *. . . .
ITj cl\N'T HAPPEN /IERE
Recalls the headlines loaned Edlie.
(Pochester) Anderson .vhen he
was supposedly sued fbr $500 on a
"fish story". released by ANP! ...
Well Rochester?'did go fishing and
aid miss his staa?o show 40
But be didn't pull $500 bucks out
of his pockets . . .The fish just
, ... ~tt also just can't happen to
3airney Josephson. who licked the
Jinx of 128 E. 58th street, where
bhere had been ar String of club
failures before C^fe Society set up
housekeeping, can't lick a pesky
appendix this week -which will '
to^mlss "the -grand first
anniversary of the Uptown branch
)f. his 2-edition plte club . ; , But
lis stars and friends will probably
elebrnte so heartily that he'll know
>rrd hear how grand n timn thpv'ii
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UISC OF THE WEEK
"Hot Eiano'' Is the titTe of n new
ilbnm of?Victor's in which Earl
rimes. Fats Waller. Dnka Fllinftton dnnd
Jolly^-Roll r. syncopptons out
}? &4929 rMordoift sensation-"- .* ;r|
nation
: urged that rigid controls be
of all kinds. *
could be done without bankagricultural
population, une
placed oyer the farmer's
! at the higheflt level in hlsOl
obtain, TVw? farmo?-'a fovoo
w. - fV' mvi O UIAVO
(? up. And the price he must>e
bufls ia rising,as well.
On farm prices when, and
? applied to all other prices,
ruinoug discrimination. .
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Henson. Count
BasieyJSkegee
Clioii In Show ?
program To Be
Heard on NBC
Sunday at 12:30 __
WASHINGTON, D7C. ? lit.
George Washington Carver, the
ilstinguished Negro scientist 'Who
ntroduced the, peanut as a Southnin
crop and then developed from
it 90 by-products bf coTTirnerelal'
value, headlines the second broad'cast
in the "Freedom's People" series
over NBC's Red network Sunday,
October 19. Time of the^broudcast
is312 :30 to 1 p. m., EST.
This broadcast in the "Freedom's
People" series, sponsored by a. na
tionai advisory committee of white
and Negro leaders in inter-Vacialrelations
in cooperation with the
U. S. Office of Education, will dramatize
Negro activities in the fields
of science and discovery.
Dr. Carver, born a slave, is now
head of the . research laboratories
he founded at Tuskegee Institute,
in Alabama. His work in solving
many of the South's agricultural
problems has lessened its dependence
upon dotton and improved
the South's economic status by
opening new Avenues in farming
and manufacturing. The broadcast
will giretrh his life s^orT ?*? ><*?ha
himself wIIT speak briefly from Tuskegee.
Matt, Honsort. Robt. JR. Peary'v
aide in -eight expeditions* to reach
the North Pole, will toll of his experiences
in Pearl's severe failures
and final success H<c
att^llipr Only Henson remained
with Peaty when thoy completed
the finals stage *of"ihe expedition,
a trek of 406 miles {icrasaJLhe fraz?
en Arctic, to plant the American
flag at the Pole in April, 1909.
TOpay, Henson, a retired postal'employee,
is the -only living American
jvho has set .foot 011 the North
True;; " '
Count Basie and his orchestra,
recently voted first place among
Negro swing bands, will open the
sho#. The nationally known~Tm*
kegee choir, directed by William L.
Dawson, will flank Dr. Carver's
words from the deep South, singing
"Climbing Jacob's Ladder." The
Leonard De Paur chorus and the
-35-pieCe -NBC orchestra round out
the show-from New York.
Grants from the Rosenwald Fund
and the Southern Education Foundation,
together with broadcasting
facilities offered lay NBC and network
stations, have made the series
]>ossible.
Acting for the U._S. Office of
EdUcatforT in cooperation with the
.. special"committee are Dr. Amhione
Ojtlivcr, senior specialist in Negro
I education, and?William D. Bout[
well, -chief of the radio service.
Irve Tunick. veteran radio author,
-writes -the scripts, Oilglhal music
l and arrangements are prepared
by Dr. Charles Cooke.
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N. C. '
DURHAM, N C.?(SNSv?North
Carolina College began its 1941-42
series of lyCeum abactions. last
Monday evening "With a concert- by
Paul 'Robeson.- celebrated baritone,
soloist and actor. - ? -Mtr-Robesun'y
pi'ogiam consisted
principally of English. American
NegVo. ana Hussion folksongs. Included
among these were: Water
Boy, Ole Man River, Joshua Pit do
Battle of Jericho. Among the Russian
songs veer several compositions
by Mmtssorgsky, late ninefonnth
r?nh"v?Russian?crmrpBSeF
and adapter of folk songs.
A special feature on the program
was Robinson-La "youcho's Ballade
for Americans, a patriotic and challenging
cantata for baritone solo
and chbrus. In this number Mr.
Robeson was admirably assisted by
As Robeson
" Paul Rofmion, Internationall]
Ion? is ihowri her? as he tang Rob'
ttnllad for Americans with the
State College chorus (he school'
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LrGHTHOUSK AN
NlW Radio Star
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One of the - radio's newest star!
> is New York City's ten-year-old
<Joyce Michael. She was heard'
the .Columbia network on "Burl
Ives Coffee Club" last Saturday
Youngest of a family of five
children, Joyce has already appeared
op such programs as-"I>r." Christian",
Colgate "Spotlight," where
she won the first prize, and "We,
the People". She sings without
music and has perfect pitch and
rhvthm. Tills?time on Columbia
Joyce sitng "Yes-Indeed"
Kayiunham4n
Concert Dance
Tour Thru West ~
Gay Danseuse -?~Carries
Troupe
Lit Mallet Dancers
LOS ANGELES, Cal.?The west
that is this far-off section that if
most captivating and enchanting
exposition of, the higher techniqu<
employed in the art of undulatini
movement ever seen in the peelection
of primitive dancing sin^e th<
glittering,magi ieiterKatherlhe TTunham
started her cojicert seasoi
here.
Miss Dunham openecT her concert
season at CacmeT, Cal.; m Sun
set theatre October 10. Besides hei
original troupe of ballet dancers
Miss Dunham augmented the
group with several. ndditiorroL-girlf
gathered locally.
From C.liUH'l. llK' Dunham rlnnr.
ers moved into |,San Fianciscc
--where they?am n ?t th<
Curran theatre on October 12th
Santa Barbara. Calif, .was theii
| third fcnce'rt date whore they per
formed at the Labero Theatre. Thf
Dunham group concludes its con
i Opener Of
s Season
.a chorus of sixty-two students ol
.North Caroliua College under thf
--direction of Samuel Hill of the Dei
partment of Music. In the sole
Lparts of this-hnlhrdo -the, range rmd
[ volume?fo?Mir KODeson's voice
were especially noticeable, and in
i hi* interpretation uf the recitatives
| there were evinced both i,he teen
' nique and the sincerity of the
j great actor.
The piano accompaniment for
this number, as for thf n thorn nnnr
by Mr. Robeson, was played by
i Lawrence . Broton. A 'distinguishedf
pianist,' Mr. Brown was once acfumpmilM
tor KAIflTtd Hayes and
has been Mr. Robeson's accompanist
since he began his cateer as a
poncen singersomefifteen years
I ag-0
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in.on-LaToacha'. the mu.ica,
North Carolina | Hill, dilator o
auditorium * OroVn > at the
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l_ CIA MP EDWARDS, Mass
tofrid tdnmpet, pierced the co<
note faded into space and soft
a quartet ~of saxophones were
though a battery pf machine
death, the rolling of a drum wa
louder until a riiighty crush c
I c?i icnuvru^N to an ernt.? ,
p It was?the?famed?369 th?Const ?
j Harlem?a band rbdogniicd as the
{ greatest military "swing unit organiaod
in any- U n 1 ted Slat fa ^ h I np "
V ?Completing* its morning jam ses'
slon. ' , ??
? "One mure mtrnber and then
' 1 we'll "call it quits for the morn1
I ing", said Warrant Officer Russell '
1 Wooding- of Washington. D. O v di?j
' ?rector of the band. i
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PRIMED TO SWING
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i Propped 6n foot lockers, bunks
and chairs the 369th jive artists
were <primed to "give out1*?The
numbqr was "Anitra's Dance". Op |
, the d/'vvn ^pal --hot??4ryt-hm-M-arted >
1 ! pouring out from every .instrument j
. 1 and after a few notes one could :
readily observe that the boys wer'c _
"in 1h" groove -?The bonii's"T>ar:
rack could hr.ve been easily mis'
taken for one of Harlem's jive J
j joints or rhythm rendezvous.
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When the number was-completed r_
and the men prepared to leave for
noon mess. Mr. Wooding said: .L
i , "TIiliu'U ur -plenty inore"after
j dinner", indicating that the 369th j
musicians were in for a lone aft|
ernoon of jam and live. I
; AlthoQfih. the men practice all J
day, they enjoy it?ajl of them be- ]
t irtg members of famous Negro ?rT
cnestras in civilian life and' accustomed
to long practice .sessions.
^ jCQLOKFL'L history
? ' The 369tlfs bdnd has a colorful
i imd^itttorestThg history which date?
r barh - h. the' dflys of World War i
. I. At that time' the Harlem reg}2.
ment wa.s the 15th New York in5
fantry and the leader of its band
was the famous ' .fames Reecc
- Eifrone?known tiv'thp ja2z world j
. as one of. the greatest musicians
1 of ?ffe# time. j
' When the 15th 1 infantry-, went s
..across Europe, assisted by Noble I
- Sissle. directed the bond. When
" the . band started ^laying canyon- \
. lionni American marcVies the sol- 1
diers were. fftft. dnze.-i and stop1'- -*
5 fied. What they heard were 1
marches In timf\ .Tome's I ?
' lated convention marches ip swin lj
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-( . v>i.T?n i-ruirniii(r to top united |*
~ States Hindoo became eneneeci in *
* i fight and was fatally wounded | *
Before ho died-he srnd to Sissle. j"f
" v.-ho war at his beside:
"Gnvrv on as J- have outlined".*
' And inn* is the tradition which f
t-h!L -1^f>tlL_band is. todav foHnwrmr-"
Tn later years Siscle o'uit to form
his own band. Th^ -'Sfifhh baud J
* ho\ee<-o~: rom^'ned *" intact. but it
jvosn'rrtiiitil- Ifl.Tfi Mr-Wooding be ' '
F enmo bandniast'T that it once j.
f| again started its upward climb. ^
f TN* THREE EXITS 1 . j!
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, t'ofi is divided linU>three unTTs j (
First, there is the regular- nrmv | f
- bend1 nf?upprhXllhnToly fin men. *
' Chosen from this unit are 15 mu- j ,
cert season here at the Phllhar- 1
I monie Auditorium or> October 17. t
i Following the ermrrrt rintr'i filler,
'f IJUimitm Ahd her dancers will go
immediately into rehearsings for
' their opening as headline stars in j
1 the new all-sepia. show a4 Holivi
wood's famed Tvoccodero cafe. The
i Dunham group are favorites here
-i since their wonderful performing in j
| the recent Ethel Wathers starred
: light opera, "Cabin in the Sky."
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?The wailing of iT
ol morninipr air. .As the last
And niore?stfbt)e warblings ot
audible. Thp? muldpnly, __i
.Kuns apt/.ted forth notes of
if cymbals bought the musi
ii'i.iiis who I'oji impose the swin^' or
vhestra. ? Five trumpets, five sax
ophories, two trombones, a basT |
orum and piano make up this out- J
flEzrrmany;: tiicre is a groups?i
five or six men who_ play solely
boogie-woogie and swing music.
rated" as the best at Camp Edward
and probably'in most army camps 511
it js the swing orchestra which j1?
holds the interest of soldiers und 'n
Outsiders as well . ;
V^arrant- Oiycer Wooding "hfer
been swamped with offers from
Camp Edwards' Service club and
outside organizations seeking hi; J
-famous- swing bnndr From-Buzzards
Bay to the tip of Cape Cod ^
lhC wnrd has 'H'pn p-inn.x4--ttTffy~ni?r
369th band has., members who in
civilian life played- with' such re A
ranrned-Neiinx-baod-lt'iuli'i s ;i.g CiTh ~
and Blanche Calloway. Willie Bryant,
Noble Sissle, Don faedman.
P.enny Carter.. Louis Armstrong.
Claude Hopkins and many others
itr?swing circles. . V(
name nuci ill ?>,
New film With?|
Joan Blondell \
. Sa
Republic ^iudips ; ?
Keep Policy Of ~
Using Race Sta^s^
' NEW YORK? (TYP) ? Delayed L
wo weeks because Joan Blondelt'
was stricken with a throat ailment I
lepubllc's "Lady For A Night," the EI1
>750.000 ,de iu*e production. went t
>eforc the. cameras this week. of
Leigh Jasdn directs the cast aid
vhich is headed by lovely Joan to
31ondell, John -WnynCr-Bay?Mid- ?777lletotr;
-"Blanche Yurka, Hattie rj
^oel, Edith Barret, Philip Merivale cui
jelebrated dance director, had lots j- bei
o dp with some of the new steps Tfl
hat will be featured in the latest | BA
if Republic's films. Walter Plun- ] in
cett, well-known costume designer ^
#ho had plenty to do in fitting the a
;tars-for "Gone With The Wind," 5
eml did his job well, is responsible (jis
or the gowns worn by the fem&le rat
itars in "Lady For A N'ight."
'Lady. For A Night" is definite ^
>ro<>f That Republic Pictures is con*- bi?
inuing its policy to give Negroes vtK
in. otfporLunity to show their tat- TtT;
>nts in motion pictures. , I
A lung Ust of the sepia_^"^whe--u-j^
mve?brrrr seen-In Republic, films j
nclude, among others: Daisy Lee | rer
VIothershed, Willie Best, Leigh I mu
.Vhipper.-Ernest. Whitman DorOthy ^
3aiuTridt:e. Man tan Morelandt Clin- j j
x>n Rosamond, Lfllie Yarbo, Flor- t ti,
?nee O'Bilen, uarny Joiaes, Fred 1
Toynes and Irving Smith; along J
with Charles Moore, Billy Mitchell.
Jesse Graves and Mildred Gover. m;
flattie Noel is the latest to be feat- cor
tred in a Republic Picture. ???
Andy Kirk Opens i
'm ' . ' ' * "tpUl
At Apollo ]?
fhealre^??-j1
ng them In nightly at BrondWay's
rlebrated nitrly The Famous Door, j
Lttdv Kirk and His Dark Clouds of j
oy next embark on the first leg
fla tour that will e'ftrfy the Dana | "/<
-country .when tl?Cy plav Har- |
"n <? Anntl.f Thi.tina 1 j
Mary Ixmj Williams, June Rich- j
ltmd, Flovrl Bniitih. miii lf>nrv i
hlA f t ?%.UW I i
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iusJmI aggregation. - ~T __r <>
1ANQCET NKW SECRETARY
CHICAGO ? (ANP) ?O. Morris
no now Executive secretary of tho
/abash Avenue Young Men's
hiistinn Association hnr, war thei a
uost of honor at n welcoming banuet.
stuged here Saturday evening
y the bonnri of director of Jthe^ . j
rgonimtifflv Mr MorHsT who forlorly
was secretary of tho Pino St.
MCA at St Louis, succeeded. the *
to George H. Arthur. '
OP CHAIRMAN VISITS 1
HIPAGO
OHTCAOO, ?(ANP)? Joseph W ,
fartin, Jr., chairman of the Re- "*01
ibliran National committee,, was a ~upsftor
to Chicago last week as 4te j?U
turned from" a survey of politico] thii
ndtttons 1n Hie western states,
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Tlie ling ''em 'n' iwipg 'em S
litarist and vocalist with dynami
ally making a hit all up and dow
gs are still some of the most pop
Rocheste
By TED
NEW,. YORK? (T YP) ?L(
idn't have to call on the god.-^
?teran producer had an abund;
idT'
The result: This week Harlem
eatrpgoers are enjoying one of
e zippiest, funniest and most
neful musical comedy "stage prorrtrrrnr-Tit-tjH'
AF^ta~-'"?t-.-hit^thirt=
ale, 100 plus. .
Radio arid screenlajid's Eddie.
Rochester") -Anderson, of Jack
?nny fame, is top billed. The
tvoy Sultans?render the musical t
d - uf ani_e.lhmlHcking' funfest.'
RAflNCnrHE
By Frank Marihall Davla i
GUT BY SHAW, BV GOSH! '
Victor this week, gainers eight ^
Artie Show's most- "successful!J
es on this label ancToffers them I
you in a special album. The" i
imtVf?i"? 'I'Urn?u.-ith qpvnrni (
h i : ri'rpnt hnnHe iipim- +<* ?Tv/TT"l
rent aggregation 'which , has I
7 Tit.es are FRENESI, BEGIN i
IE BEG U INF/,?STAR DUQT. i
CK BAY SHUFFLE. DANCING l
THE DARK, TRAFFIC JAM I
r>ONFLOW and SERENADE EO ]
SAVAGE. ?J
Shaw's "Beguinc" was the first, i
c to bring him fame and it stiH '
iks as one" of his best perfor- i 1
His '; E'en es i-'- "s t a it ed the i ]
^UlPilTyTif that piece and info- i '
:ed his new style band with the \
string section. There are no i
:als. and the performances rain |-j
m the moody "Datrcing ' in the i j
rk," to thr boiling ''Serenade." ]
5 clarinet gets plenty of play on ! ,
eight sides. This is a fitting -And | ^
iresentative collection' of . the }isic
of one nf the lending prr-i'rnt j~;
V hot bands. (
)efeli s e jobs
circ ulation, and "more ~ money <
*nn8 more records being
xght today than jit any time in- i
my years The result is thai the *]
npanies are swamped with back!
Icrs. Doera nlrpndy h.n" mirirri i
eases for two' weeks and Cohim- i
has missed one iri1 an effort to
et the demand. Accordingly, ]
Vt be surprised ff this column 1
n crimes falls to mention the out- , ;
L of one djTnie companies o-' talks F1
a phxtTer thaf you've . already i
ight or have been hearing for \1
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b?k The orchestra ti a'ftvwTu
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t the line these days. -Her recordul^^n
the^rnarket.
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Babe Lawrence, is the tap dancing
star, and he dees remarkably well "
with sonfe very difficult steps.
?There-ere a coupla uf auriftmta .
in the Ploriday AHstottftte?thjey're . "
excellent A whiff of comedy by
Alberta Perkins and Sporteodee and
a back-to-the-originai line -of pretty
gals 'n' piggies round out this
week s-offering. >WelI done. - -
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several weeks, for sometimes the reviewer
has to wait. *v a
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Such a disc Is the Decca by the
iuk Spots of I DQNT WANT -TO -?? SET
TH.E WORLD ON FIRE. at:eady
a best seller, and sung ac:ording__ixi?fchetr
patented success
Formula. _xhpQV6r Ls -HED DQC In
:heir old h f. jive style, which makes
[qfr- a ' : l" , biscuit ....
Sonnv *junham An vi..^ niotm
m twu Mvlrs. Out hi.' : M
mantle. AS WE WALK INTO THE
SUNSET ho is in a Glen Qiav vein.
particularly?the trombone? cfaotr.
SOuplcU is MEMORIES OF ~ YOU
Tnd Dimham Is on a Lunceford
tick here as the :n$ phraseology
will show. His sweet, high opfen
trumpet is excellent and far inore
uirressinl than his Varsity -waxing - ??
if some_inonths ago.
In a _ relaxed, vein. Duke Elling- ~
ion's Victor of JUST A-SETTIML- ?
\ND A-ROCKTN srnrnds just like
its nnme. Blantori's bass leads off
ind there are solos by. Webster, . .
fiance. Bigard, Nanton and Duke.
rhts is happy HmUc ut ?7"
inly the Duke can play it. On the
ither side is a new composition by
hmn Tiaol about Ills native--land
called MOON OVER CUBA In "
which his rich artistry.Is turned in- I
to an exotic rhumba. Hodge's so- ; J
prano sax \s heard on this haunt- f
fag composition , Wnnriir L
Tn\n Tries his band on a classical - . /
number for Decca,'CONCERTO NO. /
l.'B -FLAT; MINOR, OP, 23. , A
played father straight halfway *nd -3*Z
then bouncea lightly out. Other- '
EVERY . DAY a popular ballad
served with some heat in a slow
vein. . ? *
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