Word: lunceford
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...Decca releases include an album of dance records picked by Arthur Murray and called, of all things, "Arthur Murray Taught Me . . . etc." But they also include a fine 12-inch instrumental pairing by Bob Crosby's band, a two-part version of the blues "Outskirts of Town" by Jimmy Lunceford, and an album of blues and other folk songs by Libby Holman. Decca seems to have cornered the market on jazz for the time being on its new fifty-cent black label, except for the Commodore Music Shop, whose most recent products under Eddie Condon and Mel Powell compare favorably...
Blues in the Night (Jimmy Lunceford orchestra; 2 sides, Decca; and Dinah Shore, Bluebird). A song from the Warner Brothers movie of the same name which may start a trend back to the blues. Decca is betting that it is the most terrific item of its kind since St. Louis Blues. Three Decca discs of Blues in the Night have already sold 400,000 copies...
...thing.... Somebody by the name of Walter Cross has a piano solo called Creepy Weepy on BLUEBIRD. The label says it's boogie-woogie, but it's not. It's not anything at all, just a mess of inane runs and phrases that don't get anywhere.... The Jimmie Lunceford softball team, fresh from a victory over Benny Goodman's outfit, has challenged the Crimson to a game any time next spring. "You just name the day," says Jimmie...
...Wings Over Manbattan by Charles Barnet (BLUEBIRD), and "atmosphere" tune on the line of Rhapsody in Blue. Very imaginative arranging of sophisticated melodic patterns built around the 32 bar theme. . . For a girl vocal trio that really swings (Andrews Sisters please note), listen to the Dandridge Sisters with Jinunie Lunceford on Red Wagon and You Ain't Nowhere (COLUMBIA). Trio and orchestra work together smoothly in two fine novelty tunes. . . Frog voiced, one-armed jive artist Wingy Mannone cuts two sides of terrific undisciplined jazz Dinner For the Duchess and Wingy Mannene cuts two sides of terrific undisciplined jazzy Dinner...
...plays some almost unbelievable jazz. Jo Jones and the rhythm section are exceptionally good...Harlan Leonard and his Kansas City Rockets show a lot of clean ensemble polish on A-La-Bridges (OKEH), a slow tune featuring a long tenor chorus. It's typical colored orchestration, not unlike Lunceford, though a little less elaborate...