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A tremendous controversy has been going on for years among record collectors as to whether the famous Bix Beiderbecke, trumpet player extraordinary and kingpin of jazz history, played on this record. Since a very Bixian horn is to be heard on the record and since Bix was a good friend...
Lyle Ring will direct the Simmons College Glee Club of fifty voices, the two soloists in the "Stabat Mater," and an a capella group of 14 voices, which will sing the other solos.
One thing unusual about the band is the way they picked up a rhythm style right away that very few white bands can ever do, and that Gene Krupa's gang has taken over two years to learn: namely, a nice easy bounce on the Jimmy Lunceford style. Good swing...
"Swing Stuff" is a clarinet concerto written by Robert McBride, who also does the solo clarinet work. The point is that the thing is supposed to be an approximation of swing, only being arranged. I have always thought that writing solos takes something away--and here is the proof.
While on the subject of piano solos, there was a very good one turned out for Commodore Record Shop by Jesse Stacy, formerly the Goodman piano ace, now with Bob Crosby. Both sides are blues, one quite slow and the other in a faster, more clipped tempo. Slow side, like...