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New York
Showfronts
BY DON DE LEIOHBUD
TIIK WHITE VIRAIIOSOS IN
SWING Ml SIt
NKW YORK -- In ii previous col-
nii, I talked about virtuusus and
sciloiiiis who uro boinu brought out
f the jan’ si.*s8iuns and swing con-
ciTls of New York's 5nd Street and
from the various clubs where the
realty top musicians piay. This
week, I'd like to cimtinue the dis
cussion. but with attention paid the
vocalists with bands or those who
uro stars in theii own right.
White musicians ha\e picked up
le idea from Negroes and are
apidly going in for solo or concert
appearances. Among the pianists
Would be such players as Alec
Templeton, the great tilmd artist;
Johnny Guurnicri, who won
full of breath-taking
n;. ill 1 e.-liiig tin- immediate at-
Ilioii ot tile ei.iir.- world
y l.lt-p inri:.t of ^ 11, ditto I if
a imlineil I., ..1I..W OIUM Iv.-V
O dull into Iiioiitit.iiiv. ilie lindoiy
‘ • k- of liiiMiMow, Iiierature. art
tid niuic will si.iitlv sub C(jii« It
ti'.lo iiiip'.iim W‘iiid«T-
. the Woild
Confer* nci- . the imw .iti-
u’loi, .,1 W.„, Mo-toii tin-
b'aek m.iikei m m i juf.t a fi w
.t> 111; that will long linger in our
fiiKhtfiil iririd^, anil n«"*s peaks
I flilj I follow
OiM f. u.'on that n).rke> New Yoik
Mil' ;.'ie..teit city in thi' world i- i-y
toe t.iU It n. \ a- all.'- - Itself to gut
Ihe •bhie.- ' rei;iirdtess of whiit hap-
; r. N.%v Yoikei alw,.\s fn.d
roiiiage III niiister up gaiety, fun
and f.iOev and then ar alway.-
III. I , willing In join ni th«' delight
KI.ASH . . Noble Sissle famous
maestro, mu-iical coinefiy star hik'
musician :n the old l.’ith Hei^inten'
band of World War I in a huddle
’ h hi - ,1 Ijick Campbell,
director of colored USO show
' m: Ill stake a revival nf
■'Shiiffl.' -Mong," hi.s first love for
. - as fiiu ri.iinm. n* of OI Joe in
tie liberated countries. Tondaleye
.. i !i I t‘.niie teaie have been in-
'.ind to join the east. Rehearsah
In at once Tlie Negro Actors
iiiilH of .Xmenr.i. Iiif 8ih uniui.d
h.ll at Ihe SuV'iy ilaihooin hrough'
o.eti 1 ii'.iii V famous personalities
of - tio;.,. - ..Ml ;,iid I adio.
T nd.dey. . yiinn of Niuht Cluo.-
oi. Hroadway, oYj. public
favii
lean
has
the
blue
'iitn
flco
L
Mezz Mezzrow
he Ksquire All-Amer-
ge.s; Art HudgeK. who
n Ihe nod ns one of
e boogie-woogie and
and .less Stacy wno
frnni in the Benny
d. Clarinetists would
Innii Artie Shjiw and
W
Mut
Ban
Tt 111
Klin
Kul
ml
won
W.il
thoi
puK
..nd
1 io«j
M
[jett;rs are .scarce, but
Mux Kaminsky iiiid
er. Harry James is a
it a virtuoso. Drum-
e Igive Tough ami
ith Benny Goodman
inisls iis seen here M e
ind Georgia Auld .mci
would include Herbie
vith Lionel Haniplon
Barnei. Ouiturists
no Palinien. Ti'ddy
Eddii- Condon, al-
s place might be dis-
so-called "expirt;
liici .so|oi°t. Tromlx.ii-
whilei. Would be Jai-k
id Ray Cmiilf. Bass
tiosos would Ih' Chub-
with Woody ilerm.iii
[iernslein. one tune
ored pianists anniiul Chicago
South Side. Jack Teagiirden hi.
made many records wilii colore
combinations. Max Knmin.«ky an
Mui'K.sy Sininier have beJii stecjic
in the Negro Iraditinn.
Without Ihe so-called "Negro in
dilion," jazz mii.sie couki not exii
today. The trend on the part t
colored musicians, and ii tiend thi
is iionnal and without outside it
fluenc'' or inspindioii, toward soi
work has lu'eri copied by whli
musicians Slowly they are movir
ill and soon they may be expeett
to take llu' lead as they have i
all phases of commercial ja?7 musi
LEARNED FROM EARL HINES
Speaking of Alec Templeton, oi
leealts that the great British virti
oso gained much of his .style ur
ideas I'roni listening to Karl Him
So did .lej-.s Stacy, Joe Sullivan, iir
sevt'ral others among the whi
piano players.
Tommy Dorsey, Ids brother, Jii
my. Bonny Gnoriinan, the late
Biordcbei-k, and other great wh
swing inusician.'-. got the idei
in the ll>:jl)': when Hiey. ns kl
catm* hi Chieauii';. Veudome '1
tie to lislin !.■ Kiskine Tale’s
o^che.^t^ll. And in listening ti"
learned from one of die gi
coinbinalion i.f stars ever assentb
in one baud Tin le were .such
as I.oiiis Aitnsuong on trump
tlie late .Ston fiv Evans on sux: Bi
ter Bailey on elarinel: Jimmy B
traiid on drums, and. i f course, t
miglily Teddy Weatlierford
idami, to be I dej' followed by Et
Hines and. sul)se|iieiilly, Jer n
Carrington, now playing nightly
a Club in Wasliingloii, U. C.
In those day: one hud to si
acrur.s Ihe color line lor such u
.latl
lop wliile ja/z stylists
gel tlu-ir iiispii .dioii
ti playing with .Negii.
listen.ng to then,,
ery tine of the musi-
k1 above have played
outfits either by sit-
ricordings. etc.
;ht now is a member
ur piece band headed
j» Slmo Baliyi Moiae
mtly drawing raves at
^'afe Socielv. Downtown
HERBIE ElELDJ FRODI’CT
1»;
by
hi
'IF
Klip Phillip-^' treatncKs comes
■om an emula'.lon of Coleman
'lawkins. considered the greatest
i f tenor saxophoni.sts, Merl>ie Fields
i; e to the reahn of the gn at play-
' jam .session in which colored
musicians arc featured.
Benny Goodman’s greatness was
•ldeI to by such Negro musician*
as Lionel Hampton on vibraharp;
driv Wilson, piano: Flecthcr Hen
derson. piano and arranger; and the
'ate Charlie Christian, guitar wiz-
ird.
Art Hodes learned all his blues
nd boogie-woogie piano from col-
Lou Swarz Returns To
'.law In N. Y. Plav
9iiP|.lisniu oiilt.w >e s'iUi>.\.) |o pin.
playing with Negme: and, as a i
suit, the jam st !-.-.ioii. so free ai
wide optoi today, was almost u
heartl of. However, tli«‘ results a
there. The Dorseys. Ihe Goodmar
•iiid the other''* leiiriied and went 
to establish Ihenisi lves mure fiim
as the tojjs while ether.s fell by t!
wayside and wnui.il up in smt
(ombinations.
fiieidentally. Goodman has doi
mueli to repay Ncgroe.t the debt
owes them. So have Tommy at
Jimmy Dnr.sey. hoih of whom ha
Ni-grti arrangers.
PIANIST IN CONCERT AT
N. ( . COLLEf.E
DUHHA.Vl Miss H..zel Harrisc
dislingui.shed Negro iinuutt pij
ist. appeared in recital in Duke AI
ditorium at North aroiina CoPf^
Thursday night.
Oeee winner of the Bose Groinf
scholai.-^hip award, Miss Harris
studied with Egon Petri in Muni
and Berlin and appeored us solo
with the Berlin Symphony urcht
tra.
I TIMFIH. SAX KING >
McRAE HAS OWN BAND
mi at the IMlii ore. d l‘>|
lai-t year's pr. sonlalion at the Phil-
huimoiiic. I.'ndentally. Kay Ilarl.o
field, a local lass has joined the
tt^pc. Would you believe Ihat
Bei\v Davis .md Humplirey Bogart,
early in tluir tait. r w* re both ad
vised to give ii() the fhcaire on a;*-
c.Liit Ilf iheir adviror (lidnl ue-
live thev h.id lh« m liilitv'
Eva LiCalieiuie i-.kl lUiW to fm-
get it all wliile Alexan ui Wool-
rotl w.e Ihe one vho advised
Iluiniihivy to gi. ami h*' a bank
link or driv: a ti uei. aiiytliing
bul the theatre.
Ram Raniniz anti Jolm Kirby .uc
about to come to a (larting of the
ways. Ram, .*oii know* i> Kirhy's
pianist Kirby will sec.u he off t.'
Rio for a Ihre- nientli> .stand with
an option on an additional three
Speaking ..f curves, donf fail t '
dig tho.se on Dolores Moigaii ilu*
Tliey Sliallrr An A»t‘'
01(1 Pnlicy A:aiiiisl
Ncfinics
l.o.s ANGELES vCl — E.ir IhP *
first time in it.s liistoiy, the
Mu.stc Association of Jvfcfr.son Cilv.
Mo., has uvCLplcd cvlored members.
Heretofore, this lias not been uoiie
because there are no reserved seats
and anyonr can sit nea'* anyone el
The colored Jiiiveisity nearby
'I.itico' ; has asked every vcui for
the pasi seven years to iniiUire
whether it eould buy ineinherships
Jor Us students, and every year iho
piiviU-ge ha.s been denied. lloweV''!'
this year Ihe Civic Music Associa
tion engaged Louns Kuulinun, bril
liant young film violinist and hi.s
wife, Ann-'Ui Kaufman, pianisi, foi
a eoiK-ert and it w.is vwdcly aiiver-
tised in the iNe'gru ncw.spaper.9
thill Mr. Kaiimman IS all admirer
and performer ol the music of Wil-
liatn Cii.mi Still, distinguished No-|
gro cornop.ser, !
As a lesall, the colored people
again inquired whetlnr they eould!
buv niembeiship*. This lime, the;
Cliilfs I'r.sidtni, Ml, lliciiurd Arens,'
>aid. ' Well, they're going to lie.tv-,
en with us and there s no rea;?on!
why they ean't hear music witli us!" ‘
'The .•■Vs.soeialmn graciously gave
Its permisMon, and approximately'
while the rest of tin white member; ^
came and enjoyed Uu concert on.
April lllh and alterward crowd'd'
backstage to congratulate the Kauf-
man.s, wiiu were most cordial and
glad to see them.
It wa;. interesting to note th.it
the As.suciation itself feels veiy
hupp.v over the deeismn, as many,
of il member.*- are broadnnnde'l
and frnndly people. Only tw-' wom
en catwelled tlieir membership.^ af
ter this prccrdent-sha’tering event,
whil ethe rest "f the white members '
heaitily eonBralu'utod Mr. Arens on •
his deri>;iun. The.*' tel*, tney said.'
that miilual unde-standmg would
make their city* a better place in
which t'l live.
Ml*, and Mrs, Kaufman liave been
touring the United Stoles In a series ;
1-1 more than forty concerts cram
med into a few monliis. Tlieir out
standing musician.'hip has been ac-
cluimed m the N rth. East. W’est
and South, and it Is clear that thev
are being ambassador.; of goodwill i
as well as line nuslciane. *
l‘;r Deep River Boy# who recertly
rLtu.'ned from an exteniive tour of
the west coast and Canada were
featured for the second time within
foor months on the Philco Hal' of
Fame radio program la record I-
Appearing also in A $.-iliite to the
late President Rooseveh on the
Blue Network this outstandir j ’ju.ir.
let tiad the distinction of appe-tnng
on the Mutiiai Network on a coast
to coast hook-up the very same
»ighi. Having signed a contract
«vith General Amusement you can
ook to seeing these boys at your
-iT'bo.-liocd theatre soon.
KAlIrllANIC.. -.ci.'- gave
(ivi'r ilic w( k end '2 days and
r . • ijiick t(i 1l*.«' city preil.v
>i«l hi'iii-viMi! that no!
even a li'Ci grows in Hrooklyn She
.1 inca'-ir crowd but
thev wlii>tlcfl aiio :ippl.mdtd to ac
claim her The co.stiime-j. esperially
t'le .stiiimiii one in red. white iiiid
hliie fill her GI luiinlin*. were done
' ;.* her dre.-smakev. rtaplielia Sim-
iniiii' v.lm worked mlo the '
hour.-- tile: ready. Coach
Wally Hun'e r jokint-ly said he was
.'U riejieted he wanted 'n jump in
the river -• only he ’ t want lo
U'o III Bi'i-oklyn! 'riic William Grant
Stills on 4he coast received a letter
fnin. arti.'.t Sarguant .Johnson which
!!icy iniciul 111 irarre .someday. It
i.-^ on thin, pnrehment-like paper
•d from Oaxac.T. Mexi-
[■ . S*e*;o;int is staying for
Uhorl tun". He drew plctiire.s of thi
r.*i1li'(lral on the letter and of the
liei'ple, til' ll roloved them. The re-
;:iy. is that llie letter Is
.' real Ucasiire.
JOKE OF THE WEEK* A sailer
' *'o;.- ‘lazil Scott, ciineiitly at the
Roxy 'nioatre. lo write him twice
Youthful Dancers Claim Apollo
Theatre Bad Luck To Them
-MANHATTAN DEBS I.O.SE f.’OS-
TUMES ON RETURN DATE
^ AND MRS. KAUFMAN
BY DOLORES CALVIN-
NEW YORK CITY -CNS' - Ifj
a jinx and that's all tnere is to it
c.\eiy nine ine .vlanhattun Debs, uii
attractive pair nf modern tap|ji.sls,
jilay the Apollo Theatre here, suinc-
ihiiig happens. The first time on
October I3th of lust year ion u
Iriday. too). Ann Henry was ro
.eared she couldn't sing a note and
Dori.: Banks, her parlnor, started
dancing and fell Hat on her face.
Thun, wiien they returned recently,
;h.' two were rubbed of 6 pairs of
shoes and $3I8 worth of costumes
they "worked hard fur" Now. they
wonder what will happen un their
third dale.
The girls have been in show bu>-
iness only 8 months. .\iin ‘ju.iior)
and D'Tis iDinkyi are both 19.
They aren't related but feel like si-s-
ters since neither have any. Thev
began in Chicago and while in En
glewood High Scho.l, rehearsed
dance rtrp.s in friend.s' husimeiit and
fcietoly planned a big dancing
career, against their parents' wishes.
After graduation, Junior and
Dinky got jobs and saved for their
first costumes — each paymg *27
nil* a stiort black sequin^ number.
Sli.a.*) for tap shoes and SlOo for
white garb-irdine suit.-; They work
ed three days in j Chicago club
hf.use on their first job and were
thrown out
pacing the sidewalk, they decid
ed to crash the gate.- at General
Amuscmi'ni Corporaiion and as a
rcMilt. were booked int'i the Plan
tation Club in St. Louis There, --if-
ter a week, they were again thrown
Hit The fault wasnf entirely theirs,
rather their mi ic. Jerry Valentine
of Billy Eckstein’s band had .scored
Ihe beautiful semi-classieal music
that nobixly underUoixl Noble Sis-
sle' band at t’ e Plantation couldn’t
play it. TTic rhythm changed ID
timc.s but had a smooth ballet haik-
ground. The Debs were trying to do
.something different, as onlv youtn
will gamble with — V, routines at
the same time — every other beat
mreting.
Yet. with their keen imagination
of modem rhythm, thev were still
out of the PLantation with no place
to go. Sam Diaugustino, who lud
booked the Debs, happened to like
them. He got them into the Rivera
in Ihe same city and hud his friend
Berle Adams from Chicago to see
Ihe mistreated act. Adams signed
up the kids and inked Hum into
Chicago's Rhumbongie before they
realized whnl h id hajipeiied. From
there, Adams attached them lo the
Lotii- Jordan unit •aid that’s when
■ ey debutt ri at the A|)ollo on Bad
. uck Day and caire olf the stage
in tears. But because manager
Frank Schilfiiuui. loo. happened to
like thefii, they finislied their week
and lost their neiv(iiisr‘'S'.
'Tiicy believe their biggest Ibnll
wa.s dancing with Louis Jordan to
'he fin.lie i I "Caldoni.i” during the
unit’s engag'.nieiit at the Parumounl
Theatre on Prnadwoy. l.ouie ha.s
given the girl.s many points on the
game and much sound advice. To
him, the Debs are extremely grate-
' fill.
Junior and Dinky both have en
livened but siiieere pci.-onulilies.
They do practically i verylhing to
gether -- except one, their biggest
hobby. Junior i.s a vleruii horse
back rider wiiile Duiky* would rath
er do differently, st'mts on roller
skate.s Both love lo cat ice cream,
soda, candy — all the food tlioy can
find. And both love to entertain the
servicemen and expect to go over
seas soon for the USO.
Their favorite artists are the
Nicholas Brothers, Paul Diaper,
Lena Horne, the Deltu Rhythm
Boys, Mnriei Eniitli and Sabii. But
Hiey admire oldtimers like Bill
Robinson and BuHerbcans and
Susie.
Dinky is a Catholie; Junior sa.vs
-he’s trying t" bicom'- a good one
, Yet their parent: .dill object to their
i'little girls’ in show business Tlu-y
.'«• ;ifiaid it will harden tlierr.
But the Muiihaltan Uebs aren’t
Hie type to hardi n. TTu v’rc too
, busy ngKin£ up big ideas. The girls
have already pl.mned to build
, homes for their paiient parents and
underprivileged Negro families.
That, of course, comes when lliey
I. t lo Ih‘ wealthy movie stars. Tlieir
ambition is lodanie in a Hollywood
major film on black gla.ss flo-r
And Dinky and Junior as.sure -m
d’11 be soon Tbev’ve pinned them
hopes to cloud.s of confidence. Thai’s
i youth (or you.
s '•licce.-soi* Dick C:impbell.
director of colored USO show:
iiaiiii.ng to .".take a revival of;
■'ShtiffU* Along,’’ his fir.st love foi '
•v ; .*-. as enu rtainmint of GI Joe n:
tic liberaleil countries;, Tondaleyo
:iii-i h' r d.mee teiiir have been tn-
vHcd to join the cast, Rehenrsnli ,
'legin at once. The Negro Acioia'
Guild of Arrerica. Inc, 8lh annual
ball at Hie Savoy Balliooin brouxh*
oi.eh' r man yfiuimus personaliticf
of ;:taiji'. .'creeu and ladio.
Tondaleyo, Qi.cm ..f Night Clui).-
c II Broadway, re r;ivir'g her public
ne\s thrills. The faslnon show and
dance this Tiusday May 1h|. wa.s a
'thio. of beauty and a joy lo rc-
niembei” and it required no par-
liciilar .-.age lo judge such token:.
Luxury stepped off its high pedes
tal and tool; a walk with charming
glamour girls and boys that added
to the many tone-rich feQlure.s.
NEWS AND VIE’^VS — "Anna
Lucasta.' eui rcni Broadway play
commeiiLs a iioUd criUc* which win
siib-sequenlly brought down from
the Amci'iciin Negro Theatre in
Harlem into the commercial thea-
he -- ;ind for a .signilicuntly pros
perous box office run i.s essentially
almost any way you he k at it. coni-
mirc'i.illy rather than experimcn’.al
goods. Grigiiially a play dealing
with Polls, It was transformed into
(iiH* about r.^ce folk, n process which
to the crittical mind would seem
largely akin to transf irming "Run,
Little Chillun" in turn to pl:iy
about Poles.
Aiideison. well known song'
.slre.ss who for many years was the
highlight of Duke Ellington's band
i.s back in Harlem at the Theresa
for a fortnight giiostiii'i with friends
- with her husband Marque NeaL
bti&iness manager.
'll', jam session in which coioreU
mu.siciaiis are featured.
Benny Goodman’s greatness was
Ided to by such Ne.gro musician*
as Lionel Hampton on vibraharp;
ddv Wilson, piano; Flecthcr Hen
derson, piano and urraiigcr: and the
'ate Charlie Christian, guitar wiz-
ird.
Art Hodes learned all his blues
nd boogie-woogie piono from col-
Lou Swarz Returns To
llage In N. Y. Play
-1 n I n?. .■•-7T175 ‘IW.aTTI,—TTHT—nHTTT
Studied with Egon Petri in Muni
and Berlin and appeared as solo
with the Berlin Symphonv ui
tra.
' TUNEFUL SAX KING •
McRAE HAS OWN BAND
BY DfcXORES CALVIN
NEW "YORK Cl — Lou Swarz.'
the dynamic bombshell of expres-1
O', who arrived from St, Louis;
r'ccntly will star In "Night Mi'-it|
Fall" with the Negro Drama Group;
•Vlay 7th at Carnegie Chambers Hall.
A.S Mrs. Terrence, the wltU'S.s
hou.sekecper. Miss Swiirz makes her
Eastern theatre debut. Although she
•a:. ]>luyLd CluL.-i and Concerted
in the midwest, this makes her first
ippcruncc in a legitimate play in
downtown New York.
Perfect diclioned Miss Swarz
known the country over as "ihe
..ne woman show" i.*: a diomatic
song styli.st who studied at the li‘-
tle theatre of Chicago Musical Col
lege and Iowa University theatre,
one of the best in the country.
When Lou is not working at the
theatre, her hobby is still the thea
tre. She enjoys Broadway plays,
making scrapbooks, and above all
painting in water color- and oils.
But the main reason why La
Swurz came to New York was to
“work in the tlieatrical profession ”
and from the bxiks of it Lou Swarz
IS set to "take over.”
Teddy McRae, the aax king fw
merly with l.ouis Armstrong, Ca
Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald’s ore)
estra npw has his own band and Pa
launched on a successful car'*
The musical aggregation is set for
tour of one-night stands and the
tre play date*.
★ ★ lAr SUPERLATIVE BIG "3" UNIT SET FOB I'OUR
LUIS RUSSELL and his orchestra
"Hit 3and of the Year.”
SAVANNAH CHURCHILL
‘■America’s Song Favorite.”
"DEEK" WATSON’S QUARTET
"Singing Sensation of the Nation.’
H ere they are the gre.-ilenl hit show of thi^ IS-Hi
Sprinp >e:u'nn. the «li|u*r1ativp Big "3" Unit
wtiicli in net for a lour acrosH the country—north,
Month. -a*il anil uci't. .Savannah f^hurchlll. Amerlca’H
tuvoiile Mong Htylint. |in(iiilar Manor Records best
seller whose waxing of "D.addy, Duddy” and Irving
Berlins "All Abiiie," Is tops, will be feainred w*iHi
"iH'ek ' Walson and His Brown iJots, the quartet
that .N. Y. nines Imtleil us. "(be singing (avoilies of
the imUuu.’ The Browo Dou recently recorded (for
F.rtfHtii t le Ttd Yulrt Fuklifalio
"31 Miles For A Nlckle.” "I.^l’a
I Manor Records).
Oive I.rf)ve Another Chance. ” "For Sentimental Rea
sons." and "You're Heaven Sent. "
Luis Russell and His Orehestra hailed an the "Hit
Band of the Year." will round out this nlar-studded
show. Htisr.elt’R (Manor) recordings of "Boogie In
tile BriHemeiit." "You Taught Me How To Fml>
y\KHin.’' along with "St. Louis Holiday," and ”I Not'd
Vour Kind Of lyoving." Is first rale. MlUoa Uugg* la
tbe vocullat with the baad.