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...regard to the above that I find Red Norvo's band to rank with Jimmy Dorsey and Bob Crosby as the best white band in the country. Norvo himself is superb, plays delicate expressive solos that cut right through you while at the same time managing to yield fine swing. The band itself has that colored lag, playing just behind the beat, that is so essential to good swing, while at the same time playing with a precision that few colored bands ever reach. Ray Noonan (trombone), Stewy McKay (tenor sax), and Buddy Christian (drums) all contribute to the fine...
...days after this rather unusual swing concert, the band went down to New York where, with a little persuasion, a famous band leader listened to her, dismissed the girl he had hired only a month before, and hired Helen O'Connell as the feminine vocalist for Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra...
...biggest thrill of his life by seeing Miss O'Connell make a tremendous hit with everybody. No one can be unaffected by the charm and beauty with which she sings. Add the fact that the lady is a genuinely good looking vocalist, and the sum equals another factor in Dorsey's rise...
...collection now includes selections played by various organizations headed by Tommy Dorsey, Paul Whiteman, Guy Lombardo, Duke Eliongton, and Skinny Enais. Widener will resound to such songs as "Thanks for the Memory," and "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby...
Participating players, almost a Who's Who of topflight U. S. jammers, included Clarinetists Joe Marsala, Milton Mesirow, Peewee Russell; Saxophonists Bud Freeman, Sid Bechet; Cornetists Bobby Hackett, Hotlips Paige; Pianist Jess Stacey; Trombonist Tommy Dorsey; Drummers Dave Tough and Zutty Singleton. Present also were No. 1 Swing Pundit Hugues Panassié, grey-haired Blues-writer William Christopher Handy (St.Louis Blues, Memphis Blues). This prime assortment of talent bumped slightly at the takeoff, but in the final ensemble lived up to its big names...