Word: dixieland
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...musical fringe that is bop; but the fright passed as Armstrong stuck to his two-beat last and gave no ground to the banana-split-and-beret coterie that haunts the "bars" in bop halls. It would seem that there are still people who prefer the easy phrases of Dixieland to the jolts and bumps of the new form...
Considerable credit for the continued popularity of honest jazz goes to a few small record companies which have pressed more and more Dixieland sides as demand increased-established houses like Commodore and Blue Note, and newer ones like Circle...
Switzerland's studious, bespectacled Hazy Osterwald led a "moldy fig" (bop-eese for Dixieland) combo into town, proclaiming that his life was devoted "to imposing good music on the Swiss dance hall." He got more sympathy than applause. But French Clarinetist Claude Luter, who learned his style from old King Oliver records, got his usual stamping raves. And when Gösta Törner's All-Star...
...Dixieland consistently breeds good baseball teams. In its 1948 swing, the Crimson won its first game (Johns Hopkins), lost twice (George Washington and Temple), and tied Maryland. Two games were rained out. The teams on this spring's trip are almost all new ones. The entourage leaves South Station at 9 a.m. tomorrow and is due in Charlottesville at 9:13 p.m. The team will not stop at any hotels along the way but will be put up by each of the schools it plays. Batting practice will be held every morning...
...Crimson Stompers, a Dixieland band, will play at the jazz concert. Trumpeter Paul Watson of the Vinal Rhythm Kings has promised to join them...