Word: soloings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Plot Thickens. In March, when one of these ships was spotted running at full speed with a deckload of oil drums, suspicion first turned on Gough. In April, when the ship docked at Cristobal, she was searched. One man was found carrying plans of the Coco Solo Naval Air Station...
Edwin Franko Goldman, 64, took up the cornet at 8, at 17 became solo cornettist of the Metropolitan Opera House orchestra. Goldman might have lived out his days as a virtuoso, but for his experience tootling in summer bands. Shocked at their slipshod playing, their lack of rehearsals, he bowed to an ambition-to bring orchestral nuances to band music. At the first rehearsal of Goldman's own band, the players found their parts a mass of hen tracks in red ink, detailed instructions for phrasing, etc. Said one musician: "This is just like a kindergarten." But one rehearsal...
...program is as follows: Choruses from "The Yeomen of the Guard Sullivan Solo: H. A. Joes '43 "Glorious Apollo" Webbe Written for the Glee Club, London, 1790 Two Bacchanales From "Belshazzar" Handel From "La Belle Helene" Offenbach Four Love Songs "Das Herz tut mir aufspringen" Hassler "Madglein im Walde" Arranged by Dvorak "Bird in Air" Brahms "From you hills" Brahms "Prayer of Thanksgiving" Netherlands Folksong
...remake stars Stacy again, but although it is an attractive, easily swinging performance, it has lost most of the expressiveness of the original, largely because now, with a rhythm section supporting him, Stacy can't vary the tempo, as he was able to do when he played the number solo...
...that each soloist will have solid support during his innings. The entries are not closed yet, and even if you play only a slide whistle, remember that Louis Armstrong has brought a new lease of life even to that unimpressive instrument, so that if you can coax a jazz solo from it, you are welcome...