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...Ager Helene Stanley, who was jilted by Peck in consideration of a new rifle and an assured income from Uncle Leo G. Carroll. Next comes Paris, which gives Director Henry King a chance to create an evocative scene of a hot jazz concert of the 1920s, featuring the alto sax of Benny Carter. Here, Peck finds liquid-eyed Ava Gardner who admits to sometimes "posing in the altogether" and is forced to whisper such sentiments as "Will you be kind to me? I think I'm a little afraid of you." Finally, there is blonde Countess Hildegarde Neff...
...racing his 20 thoroughbreds, swimming in the palace pool, playing Monopoly with his friends and producing such slapstick comedies as Two Murders in the Maginot Line. As a special treat for visiting VIPs, His Majesty plays one of his own compositions (e.g., Love Without Hope) on the alto sax, accompanied by his private jazzband...
Classics in Jazz (Capitol, 18 sides, LP). Well-picked samples of the wide variety of jazz styles of the past half-dozen years. The nine platters: Piano Stylists, Sax Stylists, Dixieland Stylists, Trumpet Stylists, The Modern Idiom, Small Combos, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Bobby Sherwood...
...friend became more insistent. "Listen, Jack," he said, "the joint will really be rockin! It'll be crazy. Jacquet blows a lot of sax...
...records: Benny Goodman Trio (Clarinetist Goodman, Pianist Teddy Wilson, Drummer Gene Krupa); Lionel Hampton; Earl Hines-Bitty Eckstine; Metronome All-Star Bands; Sidney Bechet; Jelly-Roll Morton; McKinney's Cotton Pickers; Great Trumpet Artists (Louis Armstrong, Bunny Berigan, Roy Eldridge, Bix Beiderbecke, Bunk Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie); Great Tenor Sax Artists (Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, Bud Freeman, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, Charlie Ventura); Artie Shaw Favorites...