Newspapers / The Carolinian. / Dec. 22, 1945, edition 1 / Page 6
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PAGE SIX THE CAFiOUNIAN vvfj-:k ending Saturday. decrmbf:r 22.1945 Cast Guests At NAACP Luncheon NEW YORK — Leading membora cif the cast of “Deep Are The Ronlf^." r^5,dway hit on the race prablcnt, were guefts of the NAACP Lival IJcfciise and Educational Fund (ictober 30. Also present were otic oj the authors, James Cow, and t-n; lyo producers, Goorgo Heller anri Bloamgurdcn. Mr. Gow told l^e diners how he and his p.irtner. r^-- — Ariiiind d'Us-seau, conceived the play while they were in the army. ;-nd what they hoped ;t wou.d ac- (•'iiit.lih in directiiijt attention t'l what they coii.ddercd to be Ameri ca's nioii pressing poM-war prob lem. racial lcn: i. ns and misunder standings, A total of $2.43(1 wn.s col lected from the guests for support of the NAACP legal fund. ^^4 \ 'A Cv, il We bring you oui good wishes for o happy holiday. Carolina Hardware Co. 233 S. Wilmington St. Nitelife In New York BY ALVIN MOSES WHO IS THE VOICE? Duke Ellington And Band To Appear At Hampton a^n c/f/ IL-\MPTOX INSTITUTE. Va, — Sponfored by the Inral committee .'or the United Negro College Fund, a concert by Duke Ellington and his famoiKs nichestrn will highlight the first week of the new year a( Hamp ton Institute, it has been nnnruncerl at the coIloRP. The Duke. whon. critics have placed among furem .«t m'lrtcrn composcrh, will present a 'nil-length concert piogrum in Og- 'icn Hall on the evening of January 5, for the benefit of th. United Ne gro College Fund, Inc.. «if which Hampton Institute i.s a member. The event will bo the initial st-n n the 1- cnl eommitf''e's drive lor the 194(5 Fund campaign. Hailed by Constant Lambert, Per ry Grainger, and Le.jpuld Stokow Ki as one of the most original ^nd gnificant figures in contemporary im:>ic, Duke Ellington will com? to Hampton Institute dir»*ctly from Carnegie H.ill in Ne-v York City, •vlu'ic ho is scheduled to plav his •uurth c nrert .since IfMS. He has '•liijej smikir concerts at the Phil harmonic in Los AnK:lc.s. the Civic -ptra House in Chicago, and i host 'I oll'.er famous halls. Ucvi/U't:. of the Duke are aware ha’ ill a'lc'iiinn to hir pr wesus as a itadiiii: men.ber of Tin Pan Alley ne :s also the creator of a member •i Eirious compositions for the con- eri stage. Such works as “Black, tiown and Beige" and the more re cent "Perfume Suite' and "Blue- topia” are today recognized as sym phonic jazz at its best. Featured soloists on the Duke's' program at H npton Institute will be: Johnny Hodges. Rex Stewart.! Lawrincc Brown. All H.bbler ya j Sherrill, and Kav Davis 1 holds. Luring his i emcr’ 'n the stage ot the R lo in Milwaukee last i . ped into a local caic bitvieci Sonicune put u nickl-' .ii the juke box and played a B.r. record (The Count swear-s he dien l do it him self). Ann .stopped up to the juke box and started vocalizing to the rcc.rdcd music. Basic was impress ed with he- voice and ln\itcd her to visit him at the theater for an audition. At that time the female vocali-; spot with the Basic band was filled by Maxine Johmson. sti the best the Count could do was to take Ann's name and adertss for future refer ence. Finding the need for a new Vjcal- Kt less than two months later, Basie remembercHl that jukebox song.itress in Milwaukee and wired Ann t- join the band in New York immediately. Ba-ie think.s his Milwaukee Miss h.ns n lot on the ball, and predicts that “Jivin’ J c Jackson." whien she recently introdiic'-d to theater audiences, will skyineket her among the top rrnk band vocalists in no lime at nil. The new Columbia re lease is backed by “Oueer Street." one of the Count's latest jump spec- lab. ( I.uncel'ord and Eckstine To Piav Battle of Music NEW YORK — The mu.sical ag gregations of Jimmy Lunceford and Riliv Folr’itire lu.-n nf Ampri«a'« Frank Sinatiu by music lovers liv ing outside of New Ycrk. Current ly he Is being 'arred on the Mur rains Nigth club show, a hand.so.T.e. fair-skinned baritone whose real name is Morlro S. Tonato. Sound like the handle of an It.il- fan nobleman, now doesn’t it rea l- ers'f NATF E OF WEST VIRGINIA Tonato first saw the light of da." some 32 years ago in the famous coal mine state of West Virg.nia. Singing came as natural to this personable seiisution as nature's hid den mysteries were the playthings of the late beloved Mr. Carver. At the tender age of 12 he was an altar boy In one of the states most famous churches. St. Jam-.s Episcopal. A year at West Virginia State College, two years at the Bu--- ion Conservatory cf Music, and 12 months at Ohio State university rounded his musical os well as edu cational backgrounci. Death took his mother and dad away from him at an earl yage forcing iiini to work his way up the ladder of fame without parental guidance. An Omega fraternity member a- well as active in glee clubs and H:- Y crganizations, Tonat-^ never stop ped singing during the span that bridges boyhood and manhood n h as 21, Don Albert, na- 'wn orchestra leader, sc- .icd h ... lo be featu*'Cd vocalist of hb (opnotch band playing out of San Antonio. Tex. This was the break of his life for the lad whom tccn-age girls an dgrownup ladies literally swoon about when he opens his golden pi|>es and give- out in song. He remained wilh the Don Albert musical aggregation for five long years. JOINED HAWKINS' ORK IN N. Y Across the musical firmament flashed R band destined to hit the high spots in the hearts of millians of Americans of all colors. Its lead er was Erskine Hawkins, sometime Inter to become known as the “20ih Century Gabriel” and trumpet rival nf incomparable Louis Annstrung. His band, the ''Bama Slate Col- ItRians." was playing at the swank Uproar hou.se, .‘51st Street and B’way in this city. Well, the "Haw" and one Mortc Tonat. get into a I'ort of musical football hudic and out of this "T formation came the news (hat Hawkins had signed a » ew vocalist The figure five seems to have played a mighty ImporUint part in the young life of this sing ing sensation of the 1945 season, for again he sang five years with Err- kinct Hawkins even ts he had with Don Albert. THE VOICE OF HIS UNCLE CALLS '"am* the treachery of pearl Har- nato was hospitalized for eight folks. The Voice, whom you know months in New Guinea. For a long as Mortre S. Tonato (for the first time he despaired of ever singtns « » 4_4 .» tni.u .k... w ^ tune*, tears the joint apart board bor December 7. 1941, .™d not Ions „|,lch admit, no (ail-, ’>» '“’“‘I "'h™ *0 lls» I" »” “W 1 NEW YORK (ANP> The Ques- Uncle Sam reached out yj.g gg jf)„g gg jjjg lasts, Morte start- [Loved You,” song bit of he Broad- tion ihta has puzzled white and col- Tonato a suit of khaki ed driving a huge trailer-truck. Af-; way success “Carousel." an Oscar ored cabaret lovers of this city for fh.n/, would rteal away to rod'bTmr'' “■ llio volSThirSaflbSl.^t- nil.""'" •. n- ^“^58 thousands the nation over did no "'be”rn7u"e^ S’^an'^r, ^b ™ """ u.. ures like 1-2-3 and 3. master wolf hiiLK calls to pretty chicks, and hum the In a short wnue nis confidence hubba-hubbii hubba ditties every returned as did his strentgh after soldier boy knows by !.eart. Then 'S frightful battle and hospital ex- were sad, yea dcspei-nte moment .criences. Admirers persuaded him for this bronzed he man baritotu (o pursue the career which now after the part he played in four ma- pays off in such handsome dividends, jor battles for his Uncle. Theic but- Finally, he was booked for an en- lle scenes had names (Pacific thca- gagement at his present stand. Mur- tre of action) like Bougainville, rains. Saipan, Hnlandia and Kariwald Whon that emcee par-excellence lands (we may have pronounced or “Doc" Wheeler brings “The Voice" spelled this one incorrectly.) on with display of oratory wo- v Wounded in the indescribably of a Judge Hastie at his racenti r! wood hears of you, Morte, ere ai> fierce fighting .around Saipan, To best — he's not kiding a pound, other season foils around. “If 1 love you Time and again I would try to say All I want you to know.” Please hasten to your se&t for his offerin is a treat you'll wish to re call in )ur memory book (even as I do — os long as we live. As a dawn patrol .-eporter to an artist who figures to set hearts as well as mus ical forest fires throughout the i94i1 season, I can only wish that HoTiy- an c/r/ AMEEICAH CHRISTMAS ^/'(B /ftcfe H0 //tan ‘'•'4 M/^ *y1/at/mat/ ^/ttu/nta^ /b- Hi ^{//ei/. Roscoe-Griffin ne a atso me creator ol a member •t St nous compositiiins for the con- ert stage. Such work as "Black. Crown and Beige" and the more re cent ‘ .’erfume Stiile" and “Blue- topia" are today recognized as sym phonic jazz at its best. F'eatured soloists on the Duke's program at Hampton Institute will be: Johnny Hodges. Rex Stewart. Lawrence Brown. All H-bbler. Joya Slierrill. and Kay Davis. V-- - Loiiiii Basie Waves One Wilh His New Vneal l)ise((\evv NEV, YORK — Count Basic, the •'Jump King of Swing." presents his talk-nied new vocal discovery, Ann .Moore, on hi:; latest Columbia re cording of “Jivin’ Joe Jack-sem," sl.nled for release late tis month, which M:irks Miss Moore's disc de but. Ann. who i.s Just 19 years old, had never before sung wilh any band until she joined the Count last June. And. but for the fact that Ba.sic has an excellent memory, she might still be in lier home tov n ot Mil- w.niikee and only dreaming of sing ing with a big name band instead cf being in the coveted spot she n.'w lease is backed by "Queer Street,’ pan m me young iii« oi mis sum- one of the Count’s latest jump spec- ing sensation of the 1945 season, for iaLs. . again he sang five years with Er-;- * V—— kln^ Hawkins even as he h.ad with l.iihcefoni and lu-kstine ^Si; voice of To Plav Battle of Music; Came the treachery of Pearl Hnr- CHRISTMAS Bring out all the tinsel and tree trimmings! Sing out V the gayest of Carols! Have Christmas in your heart / and share it with everyone you know! ^ • Hellig & Meyers NEW YORK — The musical ag-' gregatlons of Jimmy Lunceford and Billy Eckstine. two of America’s forcm.'st uance band attractions, will ring in the n w year of 19W hy ••hatiling e:ii-li other both musi- rally and at the box office. On New Year's Eve the two great band have been bookrd for separ ate dance engagements at locations less th.iii five miles apark the "Lunceford Express" ni the .Armory in Orange, N. J.. and the hand.«ome singing mni-stro and his bandsmen at Graham Auditorium -n Newark. Lunceford and Eckstine will hold forth un opposite bandstands Satur day night. January 5, at the 13th Regimental Arm.ory in Brooklyn lo vib for supremacy in a • Balle of Music" sponsored by the Brooklyn Branch of the National As.sooiation lor the Advancement of Colored People. ’The Brooklyn Armory affair, which will bring the Lunceford and Eckstine bands together for the first time, is expected to draw the largest crowd of dancers ever at tracted to any musical event in that fam.ous New Ynrak borough. Biiddv .lolinson Plays For College Prom CLEMSON. S. C. — Biir.dy John son. the ynun ' Ca/olina Keyb ard Acc, who h.as been registering a solid click on his current tour of the Southland, saw his musical stoclc and prestige rise considerably as a result of the reaction to the John- .‘on band in its first college prom date at Clemson CvHogc here. Buddy’s appearance at Clemson. one of the oldest and best-known schools in the south, was a Inst- minute booking he landed after his current southern tour had already gotten underway. A white name hand the school had bonked to play the affair was forced t.o cancel nut because of a transportation prob lem. and it just so happened that an open date on Buddy’s schedule coincided perfectly with the date of the Clemson prom, thus afford ing the “Walk 'Em Rhvthm" maes tro the opportunity to demonstrate his musical w-ares before college dancers for the first time. ITie Johnson aggregation will again swing out for collegiate danc ers Christmas Eve at State Teach ers College, Montgomery. Ala. Morton Featuring J. fl. Heard At Cafe Soeiety J C- Heard, sensational drummer i« now being fcaiitrrd by Bonny '.Morton af Cafe Society Downtown in New Yurk'.s leading Greenwied Villogt nlte-ipot. He.ard just left Cah Calloway’s band .and Benny’s smolli sniiely sextette tmw includes ^••mmv Ilon-;kin oti niai.ii Billy Tay lor, bass; Prince Robinson, clarinet and Dick Vance on trumpet. Ar rangements are supplied by Vanre and his arrangement of “Couldn’t' Get In" Is .still the toast of the' smart' .and clever dinner "how vit I l.i4..J.,-- ■ i Vti'ihe holly high in every u indo w! Trim the tree and place the ~yvhere.il will bring the most cheer to everyone. For this is the Christmas season ' " Christmas ago. ^ '^^^^tv'^yjf'ends we say, "you’ve been wonderjtdly patient-and we wish youa wonderful Yiilelide!" Exkerd’s Drug Store
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