PAGE SIX
Maroon and Gold
SATXTRDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1940
JOLTS and JARS
Let us start this column with
our grateful and appreciative
thanks for the deluge of mail that
followed our requests for sugges
tions. Approriated it — frankly,
we' were overwhelmed — Max
well staggered up with three arm
loads — well, two anyway — O.
K„ O. K., so it was only a box
rent due notice.
Anyway — so you don't think
The Duke has the best band. All
right — I don’t like carrots, may
be you do — I like spinach, you
don’t — Or even worse, you
wouldn’t trade one Lombardo,
Kyser, King, Kay, Barron, or
some other “schmaltz” band fo."
six Ellingtons, Luncefords, Good
mans, James, Hawkins or any of
the other good “kick” bands —
But we’ll still stick with The
Duke — By the way, have you
heard him lately broadcasting
from the Sherman in Chicago.
Ziggy Elman, ace trumpeter
with “Benny the Good,’’ before
Goodman disbanded, has now
signed to play with T. Dorsey —
this, after a month’s stay with
Joe "Hot Piddle” Venuti.
You Glenn Miller fans might
bp interested to know that the
“Moonlight Serenaders” will take
in a mere $630,000 this year at
the box office — which isn’t ex
actly hay.
“Hamrick’s Hipcats” — by the
way, its Hipped and not Hepped—
Well — Jimmy and the Gang were
reallv really mellow last Sat —
B'g brother Charlie — he of
whom there is no more — Sa*
in at the box, and “Blubber’
showed why he's one of the bet
ter 88 men in the state — Chollie's
now jobbine and arraneine with
Shelton Stubbing — played two
of his better arrangements. “In ?
Persian Market,” and “I Dream of
Jeannie, etc.”
It’s mighty pood news to hear
J. Dorsey’s Band is finally com
ing into its own — After five
years Jimmy is at last prenarer*
to reap some of the financial fruit
that had always gone to the other
guys. Two of this summer’s rec
ords “The Breeze and I’’ and
“Six Lessons,” seem to have set
off the spark and started things
breaking Jimmy’s wav — Now al’
Jimmy needs is a radio commer
cial, and when that comes, it wil'
pull Jimmy Dorsey out of tha*
“most under-rated band” classifi
cation he has labored under for
five years.
Jitterbugs Jubilee at the drug—
Bob Chester and his “Gee. I soun("
like Glen Miller, but I ain’t” band
on “Octave Jump” — Come all yf
faithful, come and hear the rea'
blues — The real stuff as played
by “The Band That Plays thf
Blues,’’ Woody Herman — You
can't lose for a jit, it's numbe’
is eleven and its title is “Bessif
Blues” — Give Barnett’s “'That'-
For Me” a try — you won't bf
sorry.
Down to Durham the othci
night to see Andy Kirk and “Hi'
Clouds of Joy’’ — Solid senders
all — especially, Floyd Smith or
Git-tar. Marv Lou Williams, piano
and Dick Wilson tenor man —
Missed Pha Terrell and June
Richmond. Kirk’s usual vocalists—
but Henry Wells, who recently
disbanded his band to play “tram-
bone" with Kirk, handled the ly
rics ablv —
Monday night went to Raleigh
where we had the pleasure of
hearing some very mellow music
— and mellow is the word —
cause this was a double feature
with Coleman Hawkins and his
Crew, plus Al Cooper and his
Savoy Sultans — And if you
ain't heard Hawkins play “Body |
and Soul" you haven't heard a'
tenor sax at its best — Hawkins |
band is shaping up better than it
did a few rrionths ago, and the i
Savoy Sultans, with their “Jump-:
in' at the ' Savoy” and “We'd ■
Rather Jump Than Swing.’’ made,
this trip definitely worth while.
BAND REVIEW OF THE WEEKj
Right now in marly musical;
circIcs, Harry James has the:
best white band in existence, orl
in history. There • are several
reasons for this statement, ; • First
there is Harry himself, who leads |
the band with his unsurpassed'
horn — His tempo’s are sharply
defined and with a natural beat,
easy to feel and hold — Harry’s
horn leads the drive and attack
of the band that is felt in every
note — Simple moving arrange
ments by Andy Gibson, who heads
a competent corp of arrangers —
There’s his fine rythm section,
which also plays simply, but with
a definite beat — ’There are such
soloists as Vido Musso, tenor, Dal
ton Rizzotti, trombone, Dave
Matthews, clarinet, and Sammy
Donahue, recently with Kruppa,
on tenor, and Dick Hyms, im
proving steadily, who takes good
care of the vocal department —
and finally there’s the whole en
semble feel, the rythmic touch of
the whole group, a quality found
in only the greatest of swing
bands —
Just a little about Mr. James:
He started playing drums at sik.
when his family was traveling
with a circus; then shifted to a
trumpet, which he blew around
Texas way with numerous bands.
He finally went to Ben Pollack’s
Band and then to B. Goodman’s
unit, which he left a year and a
half or so ago, to start this out
fit of his, which still contains some
of its original members — Future
plans for the band call for its
going into the Chatterbox in New
Jersey, while continuing to wax
for Varsity.
I Well, that’s the Jolts and Jars
for this time, but we’ll be right
back at you next issue. Any mail
^— or — fe-mail — any passes to
the show or football games —
food or drink — setups — or mo
ney will be gratefully received
and the senders will be honored
(?) with a personally autographed
photograph —.
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HAKRV jAMti
Pictured above is Harry James,
leader of the band which is some
times called “the greatest white
band in existence”. He is the sub
ject of this week’s “Band Review
of the Week” in “Jolts and Jars”
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