Word: basses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Army's summer Band Camp at Antioch, Ill., Drummer Burtenshaw was awakened one morning this week by a serenade of his favorite band tunes. From then on it was Brigadier Burtenshaw Day. Highlight: a concert featuring his famed bass-drum solo to the Army tune, Carry On (he has given it 6,000 times, in every part of the U. S.). Said one critic: "It is the first time I have heard a drum played as a musical instrument." Said the Brigadier with pious pride: "Well, I guess I'm just about the best there...
People claim that no good swing exists in Boston. We deny this, while pointing to Jack Hill's outfit, playing at the Little Dixie over on Mass. Avenue. Despite the foolish economy of cutting the band to six pieces removing Eddie Hawley's fine bass and Bob Chestnut's trumpet work, the band still swings. High Diggs (piano) and Dave Chestnut (drums) "kick" right along while Bill Stanley's trumpet and Daniel Potter's excellent sax work are worth catching...
...Cleaner Paolicelli celebrated his 38th birthday in notable fashion: at Jamaica, L. I., he was consecrated a bishop in "The Church of God of A. J. Tomlinson." Features of the seven-hour ceremony were vocal selections from the Sanitation Department's glee club (in which Bishop Paolicelli sings bass), an inspirational address by Deputy Sanitation Commissioner Matthew J. Diserio...
...played the French horn, became the orchestra's librarian and guiding angel. With a full concert strength of 55 to 60 musicians, the orchestra now includes music teachers, Wabash students, musically knowledgeable farmers and townsfolk. Ages run from 15 to 61. Some instruments, like the English horn and bass clarinet, are missing. So for its concerts the Symphony augments its ranks by hiring from four to eight professionals from the Indianapolis Symphony...
...Less agile than Acrobat Frees was A. L. Bedel, built like the beer barrels he formerly inspected for the U. S. Government. To attract crowds he hired "The Great Chandu," a magician. A Chandu come-on: to tear up a picture of a bass, unfold the torn bits to exhibit an intact picture of a bigger bass, and announce: "If you like this trick, vote for Bedel instead of the fish...