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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Alexander hasn't played much in this territory before. As a matter of fact, the band hasn't been outside of New York City--but at the Roseland Ballroom there, it played for some weeks this summer to very heavy crowds. And don't let anyone kid you--no band is a success at the Roseland unless they are good. It, the Glen Island Casino on Long Island Sound, and the Palamar Ballroom on the Pacific Coast are considered the band-making spots of the country...
Among others, a lot of Alexander's arranging was done for the old Chick Webb band. In fact, if you pin him down to it, he'll admit that he was responsible for the re-birth of. "A-Ticket A-tasket", plus a lot of Chick's really good arrangements. Alexander is justly rated as one of the best in the country at arranging, and his stuff for his own band is very good...
When I heard the band in New York, I was exceedingly impressed with the dancibility of the band, and their swing septet that really plays swing. In other words, they don't work out very flossy arrangements and then tell everybody that they made them up on the second. It's strictly ab lib, and soft, and very good...
Following a growing cry for "sex in the band," the CRIMSON this morning announces a competition for aspiring Drum Majorettes to come from near and far. Entrants to the "Gateway to Harvard" contest will be judged early next week...
...said an anonymous gentleman of the press as he watched the Harvard band last Saturday, "what they need out there is a woman." The Crimson agrees. The music was fine, but still the between-the-halves exhibition sagged in the wrong spots. The band acted like a Paris mob storming the Bastille, while the cheer-leaders gave a fair imitation of the English cabinet advocating action...