Word: armstrongs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Solo (Fantasy LP), the first solo album in years by one of the granddaddies of the modern jazz piano. The selections-My Monday Date, Deep Forest, R. R. Blues-span much of the "Fatha's" career, starting with the late '20s, when he was jamming with Louis Armstrong in Chicago. The left hand is as bouncy and ebullient as ever; the famous "trumpet" right hand still shimmies over the keys and chops out the big, gaudy chords that have been the envy of a generation of jazz pianists...
...subject of integration, however, he stood squarely behind Louis Armstrong, who several weeks ago denounced the President for letting the Supreme Court's decision be flouted. "I feel the same way," he said in a leveled voice...
...they are treating my people down South, the Government can go to hell," trumpeted Jazzman Louis Armstrong, and announced that he was withdrawing from a U.S.-financed trip to the Soviet Union. Nightclub Songstress Eartha Kitt was of like mind. "The country is angry, and it will take a long time to settle down," she cried. "You can't have a strong country with a nitwit like that for President." And Harry S. Truman of Independence, Mo. told friends: "If this had happened when I was in the White House, I would have had Faubus in Washington...
...four Frank Capra-produced Bell Telephone science shows had to move over to NBC. Splashiest of all will probably be The Du Pont Show of the Month, offering ten 90-minute spectaculars: Paul Gregory's Crescendo, a mishmash of American music with Ethel Merman, Rex Harrison, Louis Armstrong, Carol Channing and Peggy Lee; Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper; a musical edition of Junior Miss; and a Cole PorterS. J. Perelman musicollaboration on Alladin. To plug the Ford Motor Co.'s new Edsel, Crooners Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra will team up for the first...
...Pacing the U.S. Wightman Cup team, Wimbledon Champion Althea Gibson won two singles matches (against Great Britain's Shirley Bloomer and Christine Truman), paired with Darlene Hard to take a doubles from Bloomer and Sheila Armstrong. Result: U.S. women tennis players beat Britain 6-1, again won the Wightman Cup which they have held since...