Word: elliott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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TIME'S music staff is to be congratulated for fine stories on two comparatively unknown yet great musicians: Gesualdo, long dead and almost forgotten except by a handful of music lovers, and Don Elliott, long a musician's musician, whose star is just beginning to rise...
...Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell, expressed one typical fear when he said, "Anything that can be thrown the length of a corridor, is. They are ideal for field hockey and football...
...team's greatest depth is in the goal, where Elliott Finkelstein is first string, but not too far ahead of Jim Perkins and Arnie Singal. Finkelstein is not a showy net-minder, but has exceptional anticipation and a sure pair of hands, and may well be the outstanding goalie in the Ivy League this year...
Jazz came to Don Elliott through Pianist George Shearing, one of his idols. He wangled a chance to try out his vibes with the Shearing combo, remained with the group for 15 months. Followed a period of rough jazz training, during which he engaged in nightly "battles of vibes" with a cool-minded colleague named Terry Gibbs. He played with the Benny Goodman Sextet, eventually formed his own quartet. Elliott has no fewer than seven iT.P.s on the market, with three more coming soon, for he plays with an ingratiating style that appeals to jazz lovers without frightening record executives...
Divorced. Elliott Harold Paul, 65, bearded, portly onetime expatriate author (The Last Time I Saw Paris); by his fifth wife and former secretary, Serena ("Nancy") McMahon Paul, 39; after five years of marriage, no children; in Los Angeles...