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...that his greatest success came as an arranger with Goodman rather than as a leader) collected the most extraordinarily gifted group of sidemen in jazz history, and most of them are on triumphant display-Trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge, Saxmen Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter, Trombonists J. C. Higginbotham and Dicky Wells. Among the treasures: Wang Wang Blues, Christopher Columbus, Henderson's own exuberant Can You Take...
...initiate of the famous trombone player whom Norman says was "having a wonderful time" are J. C., not J. "S." Higginbotham...
...that period in American history known as the Harvardian Age at which time scholarly James Bryant Conant was Chief Executive, Arthur M. Schlesinger IV proves as competent a chronicler of events in the nation's history as did his great-grandfather Arthur Meier Schlesinger, author and one-time Francis Higginbotham professor of history, Harvard; and grandfather Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., who carried off a Pulitzer prize for his book, The Age of Jackson...
Last week's deadline prevented getting in the news about the jam session at the Hotel Bradford this past Sunday. (It was half good and half bad.) Assets: Coleman Hawkin's superb tenoring, the tremendous drive of Pete Brown's alto, and J. C. Higginbotham's tromboning. Debits poor acoustics which murdered the ensembles, and Red Allen's attempts to be entertaining and run the whole show. Another session will be held soon, and we promise to let you know this time...
...Higginbotham was very off-and-onish. One moment he'd blow an amazing chorus, and the next would be the same old jive. From some of the weirder stuff, it sounds as if Higie is trying to change his style...