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...they played. Duke Ellington is still ahead of his time, and because his contributions as a composer have scarcely been limited by Tin Pan Alley standards, the public has yet to realize the superiority of Ellington's music over the innocuous offerings of men like Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey. And then, of course, there's Jack Teagarden...
...like, and if anybody knows how to make those old numbers really kick, it's Hackett. Furthermore, there's Brad Gowans (valve trombone), the one musician Bobby brought with him from New York. It's not the kind of smooth staff which generally achieves public acclaim, but then Tommy Dorsey never played hot. Take your choice. Finally, it's pleasant to learn that the Versailles will have its first Sunday evening jam session tomorrow. Bobby will M.C., and Pee Wee Russell, of the rubber face and dirty tone, will play clarinet as featured guest...
Keeping up with that is now almost a Harvard tradition of sending bands on to the top--remember Artie Shaw, Tommie Dorsey, and Will Bradley--Leverett House is proud to present the Claude Thornhill orchestra at its Formal Dance on Monday, March 17--two days before its Glenn Island engagement...
Last week while the City Council's investigation weaseled along, Novik was busy with WNYC's second annual ten-day musical festival, which includes music by everyone from Metropolitan soloists to Tommy Dorsey and his band, all serving gratis. He and Mayor LaGuardia thought that one up last year to make everybody feel better in bad times...
...Xylophonist Red Norvo as a Goodman guest. Equally pleasant this week should be the famed Goodman trio, which will get together for the first time in over two years. Besides Goodman, it includes Colored Pianist Teddy Wilson, who has his own band, Drummer Dave Tough, lately with Tommy Dorsey...