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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stubby, Ohio-born Earl Wilson calls himself the "Saloon Editor" and his job the "Booze Beat." For six months he has written the New York Post's "It Happened Last Night" (nightclub column). He writes in a refreshing, conversational style. Last week, he refreshingly wrote...
...risk of being called a blankety-blank purist, I have changed the name of this column from "Swing" to "Jazz." As one of my many belated acts, I hope to removes the stigma of a name which has, of late, become thoroughly unfitting to the contents...
...today and the Goodman of yesterday is strictly accidental. "Swing," as typified by Harry James today is superficial music, fit only for mass consumption and crowd pleasing. There is none of the taste, imagination, and sincerity that makes jazz worthwhile listening to; there are only the externals. It this column concerns itself with such music, except as a bad example, then the Bookshelf department might as well start reviewing Faith Baldwin, and the editorials be copied from Bill Cunningham...
...Magazine that Ralph E. Gates, chairman of the Republican party in Indiana and father of Bob Gates in the Senior class, has finally promoted a picture of Wendell Willkie for the Hoosier State's Hall of Fame. After Willkie's book began nearing the million mark in the sales column . . . Indiana has decided to accept him as a prophet at home, since he has become one to the rest of the world. His book will be the third non-fraction book since 1901 to sell over a million copies...
...today and the Goodman of yesterday is strictly accidental. "Swing," as typified by Harry James today is superficial music, fit only for mass consumption and crowd pleasing. There is none of the taste, imagination, and sincerity that makes jazz worthwhile listening to; there are only the externals. If this column concerns itself with such music, except as a bad example, then the Bookshelf department might as well start reviewing Faith Baldwin, and the editorials be copied from Bill Cunningham...