Word: jazz
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Entirely fallacious," said he, "is the popular conception of the average college student as a gin-drinking, jazz-crazy, sex-feverish iconoclast with communistic leanings who scoffs at the ideas of an older generation. . . . Repeal apparently has had a sobering effect on youth. The jazz age is definitely gone...
Also ahead of the ruck was a candidate with an astonishing record. He was John C. ("Iron Jack") Walton. Engine driver for Mexican President Porfirio Diaz in revolutionary times, he and a jazz band in 1922 got a larger majority of votes for Governor than had ever before been received. Thereupon "Iron Jack" became embroiled in a Ku Klux Klan scandal and was thrown out of office for corruption ten months after he was inducted. In spite of a mail fraud indictment three years ago, a repentant citizenry elected him State Corporation Commissioner...
These who think that a few good songs, some attractive females, a few feeble comedians and a handsome here spell a good movie will enjoy "20 Million Sweethearts." "I'll String Along With You," "It's Getting Fair and Warmer" are lilting melodies as jazz songs go but their popularity has detracted lots from their appeal. Bill Powell is fairly good singing "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" with dusted lyrics. Ginger Rogers is, we believe, sufficient excuse for seeing the film...
...over the CBS network every Saturday night, the Church of God of Elder Solomon Lightfoot Michaux is a lively Negro romp, noisy and syncopated as some white folks believe all black worship should be. Last week for the first time Elder Michaux took his choir of 40 and his jazz orchestra of ten out of Washington to capitalize their fame. For his first appearance he chose stolid Philadelphia...
...drifted to Europe, sang at the Scala in Milan until the War, during which he fought for the British in the West African Fron- tier Force. When he settled in Harlem in 1929 he was distressed to find that to the U. S. African music meant only Negro jazz. So he set to work on Kykunkor, singing it while a Harlem piano teacher wrote down words and music. No one attempted to score the intricate drum beats. Asadata Dafora taught the players by ear and after a recent performance, the drummers struggled to pass the lesson on to Leopold Stokowski...