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...Lionel Hampton and his Band were scheduled to give a swing concert Sunday evening but actually nothing but a glorified stage show took place. From an entertainment viewpoint, the singing of Rubel Blakley and Dinah Washington, the comical acrobatics of Hampton and pianist Milton Buckner, and the valiant efforts of eight Boston Symphony violinists kept the evening from being a dull one. Musically, however, the band displayed merely the polish and intonation of any well-rehearsed name band and its sole distinctive feature was a seven-man brass section which could probably out blow even the Basic...
Only three numbers were impressive. They were "Chop-Chop" featuring a beautiful clarinet solo by Eari Bostic, Dinah Washington's rendition of Ellington's "Concerto for Cootie' now retitled "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me," and Hampton's superb vibraphone work ably backed by the Symphony strings on "Moonglow." There is no denying Lionel's artistry on this instrument and it is unfortunate that he neglected it most of the evening in favor of one finger piano solos and noisy drum exhibitions...
...Lionel Hampton, nimble-fingered Negro bandleader and vibraharpist,* joyfully admitted that he moans and grunts while hammering his instrument. Said he: "Some people say I sound like a billy goat...
...quickest stalematings of a secret weapon by a secret weapon was the celebrated battle of the ironclads in the U.S. Civil War. Less than 24 hours after the South's armored Merrimac had attacked the North's wooden fleet at Hampton Roads, the Yankee Monitor, an armored "cheesebox" invented by John Ericcson, hove into cannon range. They slugged each other to a standoff...
...North Carolina's Mayflower Cup, awarded annually by the North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants, for the best book by a resident of the State. This year's winner is 37-year-old J. Saunders Redding, professor of English literature and creative writing at Virginia's Hampton Institute...