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...contest was linked to Playboy's annual Jazz Poll in which its readers are asked to select the top jazz musicians of the year. The balloting results in the selection of a hypothetical big band, made up of leading jazz artists, as well as the top instrumental and vocal LP's of 1965 and three outstanding jazz personalities to be enshrined in Play Jazz Hall of Fame...
...forced to accept the second option -- the Playmate caper -- as first prize. Together with his hosts, he will select the date and plan his own weekend, including an itinerary of restaurants, nightclubs, and public appearances...
...couldn't select one all-time great football player, but quickly butted out the names of Ben Ticknor '31. All-American center. Barry Wood '32. All-American quarterback, and Dick Clasby '54 as men to be reckoned with...
...audience in Manhattan's Philharmonic Hall was select - largely musicians, musicologists, music teachers and students. They were gathered to hear the neglected music of P.D.Q. Bach, the least-known offspring of Johann Sebastian. The opening Concerto for Horn and Hardart got off to a lively start when blaaaaaaat! It was Soloist Peter Schickele blowing on a duck caller attached to the "concert grand Hard-art," a four-wheel, coin-operated contraption that looked like a junkyard reject. As the music went sailing off in directions unknown, Schickele merrily blasted away on a kazoo, ocarina, bike horns, buzzers and doorbells...
...Council will not be able to select a City Manager until it agrees on a new mayor. The balloting for this office was deadlocked last week and voting will resume Monday