Word: dixielanders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Feel for the Beat. Eventually, Marian toured as an entertainer for ENSA, the British version of the USO, and then switched to the USO itself. She landed in Normandy soon after the first troops, and a few months later in Belgium met Dixieland Cornettist Jimmy McPartland, a private in the 2nd Division. They were married in Aachen, and two years later had their own Dixieland band in Chicago (TIME...
Marian's music has never been in the same style as Jimmy's. Although she can sock out a solid Southern jump when she wants to, she prefers the subtler, post-Dixieland style which aims to "feel" the beat instead of landing on it with both feet. Two years ago she formed her own trio, has been touring and .recording (for Savoy) ever since. Pianist McPartland loves it as much as her doting sidewalk superintendents. Her contented sum-up: "It's just not work...
...intercom: "Good morning. This is your friendly boatswain's mate. It's oh-nine-hundred and time to turn out. If you are hungry after your long sleep, there are coffee and sweet rolls waiting for you in the galley." Whereupon the ship's Dixieland band crashed into a rousing version of the reveille call...
...usual, at this week's performance, Papa Celestin was blowing Dixieland hot and strong. Sometimes it was St. Louis Blues. Other times it was Muskrat Ramble, When the Saints Go Marching In, High Society, or one of the other old standbys. The blues were played as blues, the marches as marches. The fans kept yelling for more...
...panel tried to answer the questions: "What is jazz?" and "Why do students favor dixieland instead of the new, modern forms...