Word: bande
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stanley Brown and His Crimsonians," a twelve-piece outfit composed of members of the University Band, will attempt to trace the growth of swing music in a program to be given in Sanders Theatre Tuesday under the auspices of the Widener Theatre Collection...
Last Monday night a tornado from out of Kansas City shuffled into town, settled down at the Southland, and proceeded to agitate all the window shades, rugs, and sundry jitterbugs gathered therein. Agitation was headed by Lester Young, tenor sax for the tornado, commonly known as Count Basie's band...
Many musicians consider the above to be a good description of the way in which the Basic band plays. There is a sense of almost overwhelming power about the band, due to its great rhythm section and general ability to relax, that creates immense swing without being noisy. This is typical of what is known as Kansas City swing (Andy Kirk and Jimmy Lunceford are bands of the same style); whenever you hear a band playing with that feeling of being just behind the beat, but not worrying too much about catching up, and brass with great solidity...
...absolute howl on the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Wednesday night Band Wagon is "Resident Comedian" Arthur Askey, who is a sort of British Joe Cook. Month or so ago Askey ("Big-Hearted Arthur") and his stooge, Stinker Murdoch, made a batter of mainly carbolic acid and turpentine for some cakes to discourage an unwanted guest. The batter was to be called Askitoff. In mixing it they professed to spill some on the carpet, whereupon the dirt magically disappeared. This was, Askey's cue to crack "Askitoff will take it off." Thereafter Askey began repeating the crack several times...
...blues singing by Johnny Mercer; but the rhythm section just can't stay with Basie's and no white man could ever sing the blues like "Rush" (Jim Rushing) can. Ella Fitzgerald sings a clever half-time chorus on Chick Webb's "Undecided" (Decca) ... Good sweet playing by the band and Bob Eberle's singing make Jimmy Dorsey's dise of his own tune "It's Anybody's Moon," successful ... Both "Mary's Idea" by Andy Kirk and "Shorty George" by Count Basie are examples of solid Kansas City swing...