Word: jazzed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Conductor Wallenstein pored over 120 operas, picked what he thought were the most artistic, entertaining, representative. To start the series, he shrewdly selected the best-liked U.S. folk opera: George Gershwin's jazz-flavored saga of Charleston's Catfish Row, Porgy & Bess, now a smash hit in its Manhattan revival. To get the Broadway cast, headed by Anne Brown and Todd Duncan, arrangements had to be made to hold the theater curtain until...
...result that today these lines will be devoted to a plain round-up of unrelated items rather than to any central theme. First of all, I want to call attention again to the symposium in Winthrop House Junior Common Room this evening, at which most of Harvard's active jazz players will congregate to display their talents. I don't know just what procedure will be followed, but probably there will be a small band or two formed, so that each soloist will have solid support during his innings. The entries are not closed yet, and even if you play...
...program will, of course, be broadcast over the Network, but the presence of a large, lively, and appreciative audience is here and now requested, as appreciation is something a jazz musician should receive in good measure. The opening chorus will begin about 8:45, in order to have everyone properly warmed up by 9 o'clock...
...parted company with his partner, the drummer Ray McKinley, who now has his own band. I, heard the revamped Bradley group on the air a few nights, ago, and found it a nice, pleasant orchestra, not greatly different from a bevy of other orchestras. They didn't play much jazz that night, but their numbers were delivered smoothly. I doubt if Adams House will go hog-wild over them, but as I have observed before, the orchestra isn't everything at a House dance. I did like his theme song very much, and hope he plays...
Most of the University's leading swing soloists will complete this evening at 9 o'clock in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room for the title of Harvard Jazz Champ and for the chance to play an entire set with Andy Kirk's band at Dunster House on Friday...