Word: sbarbaro
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could get. The bigger the purse, the more eccentric their variations. Shields would take a phrase, play all around it on his clarinet. La Rocca would pick it up for a few "licks," pass it on to Eddie Edwards' trombone. Henry Ragas' piano set the tempo. Tony Sbarbaro's drums rattled a furious counterpoint. Other New Orleans bands had similar technique but none developed it so highly as the Dixieland, whose members rehearsed so often together that each player could almost mind-read the others' musical intentions. In 1916 they were offered $125 a week...
...heyday, the personnel of the historic little combination will be the same, although a few extra players may be added. Russell Robinson, Ragas' successor, who composed Margie and Palesteena, will again be the pianist, after four years on the Horn & Hardart (Automat) broadcast. Edwards and Sbarbaro, who have had spasmodic club jobs in Manhattan, are glad to get in regular harness again. Plan is to tour this summer, probably through New England and Pennsylvania. Observed canny Drummer Sbarbaro last week: "With all the old soldiers getting their bonuses there ought to be big money on the road right...
...Chicago, dismissing the complaint of Fruiterer Allen Brill that Customer A. E. Banks had hit him on the head with twelve melons. Judge Sbarbaro ruled: "If the melons had been good, they would have hurt. Since they didn't hurt, they must have been bad. And since they were bad, the customer had a right to be angry...
...Chicago, one James Webb earned a good living by fainting on street cars, elevated trains, platform, sidewalks, etc., until kind-hearted bystanders took up collections for him. "I made an average of twelve faints a day," James Webb told Judge John Sbarbaro. Judge Sbarbaro fined him $200. James Webb fainted...