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...thousand Swedish fans turned out in Stockholm last week to hear a rocking sample of the best brand of U.S. jazz, beaten out and bellowed by some of the best U.S. practitioners. First, half a dozen instrumentalists gave them a round of modern combo numbers, including C-Jam Blues and Perdido. Then Songstress Ella Fitzgerald stepped forward, let fly with Why Don't You Do Right? and St. Louis Blues. Finally, the stage was darkened and Gene Krupa, his face spotlighted from below, flailed away on the drums...
Dave Baum arranged and led a musical show with several freshman performers--a folk balladeer and a popular singer--plus Dickie Lee Hebert, Miss Radcliffe '56, who played the piano. The jam session was held in the Common Room of the Union Monday evening...
...Eisenhower Administration had got into and out of its first jam. The lesson: Washington had a lot to teach Detroit about how to handle appearances, just as Detroit assuredly had a lot to teach Washington about the realities under the appearances...
...Sleep Can Wait. Last June he walked into the Haig stony-broke. Somebody lent him a horn, and he began sitting in on jam sessions. Within a month he was leading the sessions and drawing customers. Pacific Jazz Records recorded an LP of the quartet playing a few jazz standards and some of Gerry's own compositions, e.g., Soft Shoe, Nights at the Turntable. The Haig put Gerry in headline position at $200 a week...
Although disappointed, William B. Van Lenner, curator of the Theater Collection in Houghton Library, refuses to believe that the sale was part of a publicity stunt. "She was in a jam and this was the only way out," he said...