Word: playing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Latest arrival on the rapidly mounting Crimson injury list is none other than tailback Charley Spreyer, who turned up with a slightly lame right leg this morning. With Macdonald definitely out of the entire fray and Spreyer unable to play a full 60 minutes, Coach Harlow has a serious tailback problem on his hands. Bob James, skilled passer, will probably step into the feature role when Spreyer needs relief...
What he meant of course was that Barnet's outfit manages to play more colored style jazz than anybody else in the country. I'm not too sure that I agree with this. Barnet's band has many faults; but it is perfectly true that he has an unusual idea in band style...
What he is trying to do basically is to imitate Duke Ellington. Several years ago, before Barnet bad formed his present band, I heard him play, and even then he was trying to imitate the Duke's ideas. He told me then that he felt that Ellington was the greatest of the living jazz leaders, and that his music was extraordinary by anybody's standards...
...results aren't too amazing, for the simple reason that Barnet doesn't have the soloists to play Duke's stuff, and his fast Basic tunes fall apart because his rhythm section just isn't equal to the task...
...Victor announces that "in addition to his ability to play three-four tempos that American dance fans thoroughly enjoy, Wayne King's band is capable of real swing...