Word: bands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When told that a prominent symphony orchestra conductor considered his band nothing but "a bag of tricks", Mr. Whiteman replied. "Well, tricks are all right too, if they're well done, ask Peggy Joyce...
...Whiteman added that the consistent success that his band met with throughout its European tour convinced him that American jazz is a language that everyone understands and feels. Going into Spain. Italy, Switzerland, countries in which they were unknown, he said they received hearty applause...
...trying to make a symphony orchestra out of my band. Why is it that every reporter annoys me with that same question? Jazz is my field. I only wish the symphonies would stay on their side of the fence. They're even writing symphony scores with saxophone parts...
...court when he crossed the Equator two years ago; also, that he had sunburned the tonsils of his illustrious father's se'" -: tary with a reading glass while the secretary (George Akerson) slept on deck. First he had to lie in state, lily in hand, while the band played a dirge and newsmen who had boasted about having dress clothes with them paraded in cutaways and silk toppers. Then, neck and hands in stocks, he was led before the judges (his parents) and made to kiss the Royal Baby (a thuglike gob clutching a gallon bottle of milk...
...Feng is Feng-and even Mrs. Feng is of the same pioneer stuff. He has never worn a silken robe that she could cling to, nor has she ever tried to restrain his bold and virile Daniel Booning. He leads and she presides over his private army-a band of 150,000 pioneering soldiers, each one of whom knows a trade...