Word: rhythms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...embodying what he said was a new melodic line, full of "new curves" because he thinks that modern music must be melodic yet not reactionary. The work was a suite from a ballet, Romeo & Juliet, which Prokofieff conducted with precise beat and knees that wobbled curiously but in accurate rhythm. The audience, cordial but not unrestrained, found Romeo & Juliet a sly, elusive projection of its subject, more lyric than Prokofieff's early works have been credited with being, but less so than the composer's talk of curves had suggested. This week Prokofieff conducts the St. Louis Symphony...
...vague "Vatican Voices" of anonymous prelates to whom newshawks attributed contradictory stories, the statement in precise terms detailed the Pope's ailments as: "a diffuse process of arteriosclerosis, with prevalent localization in a lowering of the heart's functions and consequent disturbance of the cardiac rhythm." In what most doctors decided was an understatement of the fact that the Holy Father will probably not recover, the statement concluded: "There is reason to hope that [the] local complaints may continue gradually to improve and even be completely removed, whereas the heart condition counsels a certain prudence of judgment owing...
...Victor) Smoke Dreams and Goo! But You're Swell*** by Benny Goodman. What! No swing from the "king?" It seems that he is leaving that so the jigs. This is still the best dance band to be heard and on this release Krupa's powerful rhythm with Helen Ward's singing help keep it at the top. O Benny! where is thy swing...
...Bluebird) The Count*** by Benny Moten. The fine piano beat from Bill (Count) Basie is an example of his work at its best. The band itself, although not full of individual stars, has that swing peculiar to colored orchestras, giving a good, solid rhythm. Benny's brother, Buster, spells a bit of this disc with his lifeless accordian, but the damage is more than repaired by "Lips" Paige's trumpet work. Keep on the lookout for Basie's Kansas City Orchestra...
Duke Oliver, the colored maestro, is returning with his Rhythm Manor Orchestra, and the Deacons will dance from 10 o'clock until two in the Junior Common Room and the Dining Room, which will be decorated in the Yuletide spirit. An ample supply of mistletoe is being laid in, and a midnight supper is planned for the intermission...