Word: band
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chick is a deluding appelation for Mr. Webb. He is without doubt the most powerful drummer in the country. Vague resemblance to the Goodman brass section can be seen in his playing. Lately, however, he seems to have concentrated on backing the band, which is much better than the days when he used to cut loose now and then regardless of what else was going...
Star of the band is the Ella, or "Tisket A Tasket" Fitzgerald. Ella, besides being a nice kid personally, is a real showman and a marvelous singer. Heard her do an item, "Chew, Chew-something or other, which brought three encore demands from the crowd solely on the basis of the life that she put into the thing. Eila's singing is a lot like a good "dig" tenor sax player: she sings most of her licks ahead of the beat, so that you get a drive effect which packs power in quantity. Result is that she is just about...
...Smoker this year is musically something, for the Yardlings have, in addition to their other stars, secured four of the finest musicians in the country, backed by an excellent local band...
Star four is the previously mentioned Miss Fitzgerald, who will be backed by Jack Hill's band. The Smoker Committee has been diving in and out of every dance spot in the section trying to find a band good enough to back the notables present. Hill's outfit, from the Little Dixie, definitely fills the bill. Fine rhythm, with excellent brass solos, and a tenor sax man that plays Lester Young (Count Basic) ideas all go to make up a very solid swing style...
...William Orville Douglas, 40. As Franklin Roosevelt's fourth appointee took his seat at the extreme left, he rubbed his nose, smiled at his wife and nine-year-old son, Bill Jr. Deprived while on the bench of his usual cigaret, Justice Douglas nervously twiddled a red rubber band as Justice Roberts read two momentous decisions...