Word: jazzed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They are Copenhagen and Jazz Me Blues, Milenberg Joys and Sugar Foot Stomp; a pleasant new tune (Falling Star) which shines brightly in the mellow orbit of Songstress Connie Boswell; spirituals from the Hall Johnson Negro Choir; a jitterbug jam session by instrumentalists Benny Goodman, Harry James, Gene Krupa and others...
...they also include a fine 12-inch instrumental pairing by Bob Crosby's band, a two-part version of the blues "Outskirts of Town" by Jimmy Lunceford, and an album of blues and other folk songs by Libby Holman. Decca seems to have cornered the market on jazz for the time being on its new fifty-cent black label, except for the Commodore Music Shop, whose most recent products under Eddie Condon and Mel Powell compare favorably with almost anything in your collection...
...will find the atmosphere, though in the Libby Holman records. It's just a guitar that accompanies the Moanin' Low Voice, and the music is very simple and, yes, sincerely done. It is the sort of thing that he who doesn't generally appreciate jazz will find easy and satisfying to listen to, and I suppose this album will make the blues fashionable among what's left of the carriage trade that used to love Libby...
Last week was somewhat of an eventful one as far as this column was concerned. It was the week in which Harvard and Kansas City joined hands in mutual admiration of their respective jazz-playing offspring. First on Monday at Winthrop House, then on Friday at Dunster, our undergraduate virtuosi displayed no signs of nervousness at performing with two of the greatest colored band leaders in the country...
...over he had his publicity man at work spreading the tidings among the trade papers. One of his stunts, of which he has now ample photographic records, was to have the Count presented with on honorary degree of Doctor of Swingology....Sally Scars, the Boston debutante who just loves jazz and everything about it, has been singing at the Cocoanut Grove this past week. No coniment....The newest Dccca Gems of Jazz album, though marred by horrible record surfaces which disintegrate at the touch of a fibre needle, may well be the best so far. It includes several records made...