Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meeting will mark the first appearance of the Freshman Orchestra, which was recently organized under the leadership of R. S. Bowers '24, and which will play during the spring and at the Freshman Jubilee. A Freshman Jazz Band, a Freshman Banjo and Mandolin Club, a Double Male Quartet, and several vaudeville performers will also join in the entertainment. There will be refreshments and smoking...
...feature of the program is the Instrumental Specialty. This will be done by the Jazz Orchestra, and include cornets, trombones and saxophones. The double quartet, a new feature of the Instrumental Clubs, also has two specialty numbers...
Next comes the act of Wilbur Swetman, the original and much imitated ragtime clarinettist, which although it shows Mr. Swetman to be a past-master at his art, does not elicit a great deal of applause from the audience. Perhaps however, this is because Boston people do not appreciate jazz music...
...Entertainment Committee plans for the first "get together" meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, March 30, at 7.30, instead of March 23, in Smith Halls Common Room, were approved. The arrangements include a large musical program in which the Freshman Orchestra, a banjo and mandolin club, and a jazz band, will offer selections. There will also be several vocal and instrumental solos and a vaudeville program. There will be refreshments and smoking...
Variety is the key-note of this week's bill at Keith's. The usual acrobatics, jazz, a monologue, skits, and a song-and-dance act of the old-fashioned type are combined to make up a light but very entertaining performance. The headliner is Nat Nazzaro, Jr., whose jazz band fairly makes the house rock in rhythm. The dancing of Viola May in this act is decidedly worthy of the Coconut Grove in New York...