Word: ellington
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Australia's tiny eleven-year-old capital, Canberra, British Air Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, Inspector-General of the Royal Air Force, was recently invited by the Australian Government to inspect the Commonwealth's proud fighting air arm. Sir Edward came, saw and last week issued a pants-slapping report...
...Stadium, 23,400 New York City jitterbugs trucked in the aisles, clambered out of the grandstand, shagged across the cinder track, yelled "Floy Floy!" "Jive it, cats!" "Get in the groove!" The five-hour-45-minute concert was played by 25 bands, among whose leaders were: Rudy Vallee, Duke Ellington, Hal Kemp, Gene Krupa, Vincent Lopez. Absent was Killer Diller Benny Goodman (see p. 22), who will hold his own swing fiesta in Madison Square Garden, June...
...March, "Washington Post"Sousa *Overture to "Raymond" Thomas *Allegretto from the Second Symphony Brahms *Fantasia, "Madame Butterfly" Puccini *Legend from the "Indian Suite" MacDowell *Large from "Xerxes" Handel *Rhapsody in Blue Soloist: Jesus Maria Sanroma Gershwin *"Jolly Fellows," Waltzes Vollstedt *"Sophisticated Lady" Ellington-McBride *"Tritsch-Tratsch," Polka Strauss *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
...SONG Go RIGHT OUT OF MY HEART (Duke Ellington; Brunswick). Ellington at his pre-recession best. Probably more acceptable to lovers of melody than lovers of heat...
That is the key to Claude's tastes in music. He is more interested in the classical composers than he is in writers of jazz. When he plays for recreation, he prefers Bach to Ellington...