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...trio sings broadly swinging, word-for-note versions of arrangements by such famed big bands as Count Basic, Jimmy Lunceford, Duke Ellington. Jon Hendricks himself composes most of the lyrics, which are supposed to approximate-in sound and sense-the instrumental feel of the original band arrangement. Example: last week Singer Annie Ross, cast in the role of "brass," opened with the line "Dig Count Basie blow Joe's blues away," was seconded by the "reeds" (Hendricks, Arranger Dave Lambert) with the line "Blow Joe's blues away." After that the two sections sang together in a bouncing...
...Azrou's 4,000 rug weavers, wood carvers and farmers were erudite enough to flavor their conversation with at least a few words of English-spoken with recognizable Tennessee drawls. And the strange rhythms of U.S. natives, as recorded in the waxings of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, are now familiar in a region where no American had ever lived until Hamlett came there six months...
Timex All-Star Jazz Show (CBS, 8-9 p.m.)." Just like the three previous all-star jam sessions. A real hep crew-Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Krupa-blasting out cool tunes...
...come to us as freshmen and are already working toward a Fulbright." Carleton has few distractions; Northfield is sleepily sedate, and the college bans cars, so socializing is mostly of the walk-and-talk kind. Even the occasional big stomp-and-holler has a cloistered flavor; last year Duke Ellington's band was hired, installed in the only building on campus big enough to hold both musicians and students. After a less-than-frantic first set, the Duke apologized: "The boys never played a chapel before. They're a little tense...
Died. Samuel H. Stiefel. 61, white man sometimes known as "The Father of Negro Show Business," who as a bigtime theater operator gave early breaks to such stars as Pearl Bailey. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Cab Galloway; of a kidney infection; in Philadelphia...