Word: brassed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unfortunately, Glenn's record doesn't fit as well as it might. While beautifully arranged, with good sax and trumpet solos, and obviously painstaking rehearsal, the rendition is completely dead and lifeless. The reason is quite simple: Glenn Miler has an eight man brass section and a five man sax section. To provide life for a band that size would require a rhythm section of geniuses--and Glenn's rhythm men are just competent musicians, no more...
...some comparison, listen to Tommy Dorsey's smooth work on his recording, or Jimmy Lunceford's Deccording with its beautiful brass work behind the vocal. Then listen to Louis Armstrong's (Vocalion) disc for what most critics consider to be the greatest solo work on "Stardust," and Benny Goodman's (Victor) for the top orchestral rendition. Unusual versions are Art Tatum's fast but flashy pianistics (Decca), the binging of the one and only Crosby (Brunswick), and movie star Anita Louise's harp pluckings for Royale
...state of the hot is indeed deplorable at present, Dorsey, Miller, Goodman, et al. are quite incapable of even the most juvenile attempts at the righteous stuff. The hope of jaxx is the new string, reed, and brass ensemble of Artie Shaw. He plays strictly out of this world stuff. It is RELAXED and SINCERE. And that's what jazz needs, relaxation and sincerity. Artie informs me by telegram that Louis Armstrong may soon add depth to the orchestra by taking the second chair in the trumpet section...
...since 1924 no Democratic convention promised to be so exciting; since 1916 no election appeared to be so close. Of so many candidates, so many leaders, none was really inconceivable as a U. S. President. Buckle on the weakest the diamond-studded championship belt, surround him with patronage, brass bands and ceremony, show him intent up to his knees in a trout stream, give him powerful speeches to make-and there would go the 33rd President of the U. S., beloved of the people until he tries to do or fails to do what he promised. The visible possibilities, likely...
...kick with the band was that as soon as Cab stepped off the stage, there was nothing there but a rather noisy brass section and an exceedingly wobbly hunk of rhythm. Now, however His Highness has stepped into the market and returned with several juicy chunks of swing--namely Chu Berry on tenor sax, Cozy Cole on drums, Milton Hinton on bass, Hilton Jefferson on alto, Kay Johnson on trombone, Jerry Blake on clarinet and a kid trumpet player named Danny Barker...