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...warm night this summer Barney ordered the band to fanfare Loch Lomond. A chubby little Alice-in-Wonderland, carrying a pint-sized harp, skipped to the platform and hopped to a high yellow-leathered stool. A white spot picked up a white face, surrounded by carrot hair which fell halfway to the girl's waist. Said she: "This is an Irish harp. With it I will sing you a very tiny song...
...sending me that phonograph record of "The Star Spangled Banner" . . . we now have our public address system working much better at colors . . . maybe except for that chipped part that we covered with SCOTCH tape . . . once in a while on Monday mornings we can detect a bit of "Loch Lomond" blending in . . . or is it the scotch in me? . . . Speaking of music, Company Baker is having a bit of music trouble now with the thought of moving ashore next month for they will have to find a new place for the North Matthews "Swing Band" . . . anyplace that they do pick...
Most of the numbers are Basie's own compositions or new arrangements like his "One O'clock Jump," and feature plenty of his intense piano work. Basie's stubby fingers undoubtedly have the touch for jump rhythm. Maxine Sullivan does "Loch Lomond" in her own manner, of course. She also sings a very good "Saint Louis Blues." Both these performers deserve the name artist, because they both know how to eliminate frills. Basie doesn't hit any extra notes that turn so much hot piano playing into noise. And Maxine Sullivan does not slide around her notes after the fashion...
...Polish Army choir has further built up good will by adding a Slavic swing to the highland lilt of Loch Lomond and Bonnie Dundee...
sang her swing version of Loch Lomond at the Princeton Class of 1930 > reunion, beery old grads gave her one locomotive (Princeton cheer...