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Unlike earlier College jazz programs, which usually featured a single name artist backed by student players, Leverett's concert brings half a dozen professional jazzmen to fill in the background music...
...Leverett House plays host to the first University-wide jazz concert since before the war tomorrow, when a group of jazzmen topped by trombonist J. C. Higgen-botham breaks loose in the Dining Hall at 3 o'clock. The concert is sponsored by the House Committee in an effort to stimulate College interest in jazz and to round out Leverett's weekend entertainment program, which includes a formal dinner and dance Saturday evening. Some of the East's better known jazz artists will be featured...
Steve Connolly of the Savoy is giving Higgenbotham time off from the Boston music place in order to encourage a jazz revival at Harvard. Should Sunday's concert indicate a real College following for such entertainment, Leverett will plan similar programs next year...
Tickets are available at Leverett House for 75 cents plus...
Winthrop 7, Leverett...