Word: jump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...every time he weel about he jump Jim Crow...
...practice. There he has his work out out for him in the form of Don Blount who has reached 6 feet 5 inches. Ives and Pirnie in the broad and John Bunker in the high will also see some of Blount's artistry. Blount holds the Dartmouth broad jump title of 24 feet 6, 4-5 inches...
...news, as you all know, is Count Basie at Adams House on the 19th. Despite the fact that having the country's number one jump band for a House dance is something in the nature of a revolutionary move, I'd like to point out that fact that the Count, surprisingly enough, plays as tasteful a brand of sweet music as you could hear anywhere. If you'll listen to records like If I Could Be With You or Our Love Was Meant To Be, you'll hear popular ballads played the right way--completely devoid of the corny ornaments...
...12th, Teddy Powell will be playing at Kirkland House, and if you didn't hear him when he was at the Famous Door, Kirkland gives you the opportunity to dance to one of our better up-and-coming orchestras. Powell, too, has a nice jump style, and features a number of boogie-orchestrations, some of which (Teddy's Boogie-Woogie and Teddy Bear Boogie) you can hear on Decca records. He's got a gang of good soloists, and gives them ample opportunity...
...Hall audience. The evening ended in the loudest jam session ever heard in the hall, or perhaps anywhere. There were three bands-33 men in all, including six trumpeters, five drummers, nine pianists scrambling for places at three baby grands. The composition was announced as One O'Clock Jump, may well have been...