Word: goodmans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...almost every band has to have a "special" arrangement of is "Stardust." Since the palmy days of the late 20's when it was written, this song has defied any attempt to kill its popularity. Carmen Lombardo has whispered it (the acid test), Paul Whiteman concertized it and Benny Goodman swung it--but it still rates as the most requested standard number in any dance band's repertoire. In this day and age when the very best and worst songs are past numbers inside of three months, this is an amazing record...
...state of the hot is indeed deplorable at present, Dorsey, Miller, Goodman, et al. are quite incapable of even the most juvenile attempts at the righteous stuff. The hope of jaxx is the new string, reed, and brass ensemble of Artie Shaw. He plays strictly out of this world stuff. It is RELAXED and SINCERE. And that's what jazz needs, relaxation and sincerity. Artie informs me by telegram that Louis Armstrong may soon add depth to the orchestra by taking the second chair in the trumpet section...
...first-act curtain of Du Barry Was a Lady in Manhattan, Americans at Work cornered Betty Grable's understudy, a blondy, Albertina Rasch alumna named Ruth Farm; and a tall, taffy-haired trouper named Ann Graham, from Birmingham, Ala. Ann, the chattier, said she had sung with Goodman and Vallée, aimed at musicomedy stardom and then marriage with a theatre-world mate. Said velvety Ann, discouraging any number of unseen stage-door Johnnies: "You know the average businessman can't afford to stay up as late...
Gone With "What" Wind (Benny Goodman's Sextet, Columbia). Count Basic's piano joins this group for the first time with exciting results...
...sweet job besides furnishing the "flash" solos that any band needs these days to satisfy the customers. Stewie McKay, who used to dish out hot tenor, also occasional oinks on the bassoon for Red Norvo, is dispensing for Donahue, as are Sal Pace (alto), Johhny Martel (former Goodman trumpet man), and Miff Sims (trombone), all of whom are good. Paula Kelly and Phil Brito do the vocals, both being personable and good; the former has always been one of my favorite pop tune singers...