Word: jazzed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...riffs as a member of Raymond Paige's "Young Americans" and several well-known U.S. dance bands. Never before (except in the case of one obscure drum & cymbal player) had the august Philharmonic unbent its classical dignity so far as to hire a former U.S. jazz artist...
...cheese and no water at all. He was with Uncle Joe's polyglot army of 400 all through the desperate 140-mile trek through the almost trackless jungle and over the head-hunter-infested mountains into India. He tended the wounded, chorused Christian hymns and American jazz with the Burmese nurses to keep up morale, escaped getting dysentery but lost so much weight the rings dropped from his fingers...
...time ragtime and jazz appear on the U.S. scene, Author Gilbert's heart is no longer in his work. He complains (choosing to ignore such items as Begin the Beguine, Stardust, Can't We Be Friends): "Melody is the blood stream of song, and for 25 years it has grown thinner and thinner." He catalogues Yes, We Have No Bananas not as healthy U.S. tomfoolery but as a sign of "sultry sophistication, jittery and befuddled...
...trumpeter to play here regularly. This is no idle statement, for Red Allen, Bill Davison, Max Kaminsky, Bobby Hackett, and Hot Lips Paige are no slouches. You can call it "Soul" and flutter your eyelids. Call it "Inspiration" and swoon. More directly, Newton is closest to the soul of jazz, in his sincerity, strength, tenderness, and disregard for convention...
...past few weeks this column has recommended Sabby Lewis, Bill Davison, and now Frankie Newton. Consider that in ascending order. All three bands play entirely different music: swing, Chicago jazz, and just plain jazz; but Newton's superiority is undeniable. Tonight he reopens at the Savoy with only Vic Dickenson, trombone, left over from the previous engagement. It is unnecessary to predict whether the present band is better or worse, as the presence of Frankie and Vic will assure you of good jazz. They have their off-nights, it's true, but if you've heard Frankie at his best...