Word: oned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Manager Edward Johnson could claim with justice that his last opening night before Edinburgh's Rudolf Bing takes over next season (TIME, June 13) was "one of the best." But by the time the first week was over it was evident that the old Met had not noticeably changed its ways: it still had probably the world's best singing, some of the world's most outdated staging and acting...
...house lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as a burly Negro was led to the piano. He seated himself, cocked his head to one side and played three smashing chords. Then he was off in a cascade of flashing arpeggios which resolved themselves into the haunting strains of Jerome Kern's Yesterdays. After a two-year absence, Art Tatum was back in Manhattan...
...Although one of his biggest-selling records was made with a band (Wee Baby Blues with Blues Singer Joe Turner), Tatum's fame has come from his solo work. "A band hampers me. I hafta watch out for them." His solo records of standard tunes (Tea for Two, Sweet Lorraine), his jazz renditions of popular classics (Massenet's Elegy, Dvorak's Humoesque), and his showcase novelties (Get Happy, 9:20 Special) are part of most jazz collections...
...fans at the table exchanged pleased glances. As long as Art Tatum talked of new things to do, no one had to worry about his going into retirement...
...One new symphonic poem, On the Other Side of the Araks, was written to celebrate the struggle of the people of southern Azerbaijan "with the Anglo-American imperialists in Iran." A Sixth Symphony, by one Janis Ivanov, had been inspired by the "difficult past and bright present" of the Latvian people (no longer harassed by political independence since their 1940 incorporation in the Soviet Union...