Word: quintet
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...this side of the '30s, Maestro Goodman husked It's Gotta Be This or That, was spelled by such other oldtimers as Trumpeter Harry James in King Porter Stomp, Singers Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford and Ray Eberle. But it was not until Benny meshed with his old quintet (including Teddy Wilson on piano and Red Norvo thrumming the vibraphone) that Maestro Goodman seemed to hit his old stride in syncopation so well arranged that it sounded like real jazz improvisation. His big band was helped little by a welter of panoramic views of its members, a well-intended...
...Roach Quintet, Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Woody Herman Band...
Floyd Wilson, closing out his fourth year as varsity basketball coach, will be looking on anxiously tonight as the quintet takes the floor against Yale in its last and most important game of the season...
...repeat performance of last month's 82-70 victory over the Elis would give the Crimson its first winning season in Ivy League history, establish a new record for most games won in a single season, and notch the first Big Three championship for a Harvard quintet. All this, of course, is mere addition to the satisfaction which only a victory over a Yale team can afford...
While the quintet has compiled a record of 16 wins and 8 losses overall, it has been somewhat less impressive in League play, winning 7 and dropping 6. Yale, with an 8-5 record, shares second place with Penn and Princeton. Dartmouth clinched the League championship and an NCAA bid with its win over the Quakers last Saturday night...