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From the strictly traditional (Dinah Washington on “Silent Night”) to the commercially traditional (Jimmy Smith on “Jingle Bells”) to the decidedly un-traditional (Louis Armstong on “Zat You, Santa Claus”), there is hardly an errant note on their disc. Joe Williams, with his voice of liquid gold, oozes sophistication from every pore during “Let it Snow!” Sentimental and sweet without ever saccharine, Williams’ arrangement presents perhaps the best version of the song ever recorded. Pianist Bill Evans...
...late April, a museum searchcommittee announced laid-off Curator ofPublications Joseph Greene as assistant directorand University of Pennsylvania Mellon Fellow JamesA. Armstong as assistant curator...
...first game against Cornell remained scoreless until the bottom of the fifth inning when Harvard's Ann Kennon, with one out, started the rally for the Crimson by driving a base hit to center field. Beverly Armstong then reached first on an error, and proceeded to second base on another error. Yet a third error allowed Rachel Donaldson to reach first and Kennon to score from third...
...Armstong: Harvard Captain Steve Armstrong. You talk to any coach in the ECAC and he'll tell you how tremendous a job the Crimson captain has done for his team. He works hard and leads his team. Just ask Coach Bill Cleary...
...have always been obsessed with "paying dues," the tradition of enduring hardships and degrading work conditions in order to polish and purify their art. Much has been written about the handful of jazzmen who "came up through the tradition" to achieve international celebrity and artistic and financial success: Louis Armstong and Duke Ellington occupy a warm corner in our popular mythology. But jazz, financially speaking, is a marginal music, and America's margins can be narrow indeed. Ken McIntyre's frustrating experience--he grew tired of getting ripped off, he quit--is far more representative of the jazz life...