Word: phoney
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only male ballad singer who is tolerated by members of his own sex. The luscious-lipped groaners of the Ray Eberle variety may be all right for a few frustrated high-school girls, but for those who want to hear somebody just plain sing a tune minus the phoney, studied emotional decorations, there's only one Bing Crosby...
...they will go on to say that it's a kind of musical commentary on a great intellectual movement with all sorts of social implications thrown in. Be that as it may, and whatever jazz might represent, it's certainly deserving of more dignity than a few phoney press releases loaded with...
...Allen band at New York's Cafe Society, you won't hear better jazz in a small combination. Take, for instance, the way the band plays on ordinary pop tune. They open it with a light, bouncing piano chorus, and then Fats gives a vocal burlesque of the phoney Broadway sentiment voiced in the lyrics. After everybody digs a bit more, Gene Cedric (who, incidentally, is probably the most unappreciated jazz musician alive), slips in a tenor ride passage and Herman Autrey a trumpet. Finally, Fats takes the release, and by the time everybody else comes in for a terrific...