Word: alto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Warner once explained that Ernie Nevers was a greater player than Thorpe because Nevers never stopped trying-rain or shine. Pop probably meant what he said, but he loved Thorpe because the old Indian shared his own uncomplicated love for football. Until the day he died, in Palo Alto last week, at 83, Pop never forgot Thorpe's excuse for failing to break up an opponent's pass: "It looked so pretty." Pop understood...
...Music of Duke Ellington (Columbia LP). Reissues of twelve matchless Ellington originals, ranging in style from The Mooche (1928) to Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (1947). Highlights: Kay Davis' wordless, sensuous crooning in the Creole Love Call, the elegant interplay of Johnny Hodges' alto and Harry Carney's bouncing baritone in I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart. Baby Cox's unforgettable vocal growl in The Mooche...
Jazz Goes to College (Dave Brubeck Quartet; Columbia LP). Collective improvisation (gathered on a recent campus tour), sometimes rowdy, sometimes reflective, by the greatest jazz combo on records. Brubeck's piano leads the new trend toward serious modern music while preserving true jazz feeling: Paul Desmond's alto sax sings with plaintive joy; Joe Dodge's unfettered drumming and Bob Bates's bass give the whole thing a driving beat. Last week this one was, to the squares' surprise, outselling Liberace...
Among the cities in which the Glee Club will appear are Buffalo; Oxford, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; Denver; Portland, Oregon; Seattle; San Francisco; Palo Alto, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Nashville; Louisville; and Cleveland...
Soloists in the concert will be Findlay Cockrell '57 and James A. Powers '56, playing the plane and alto saxophone respectively...