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"This here's Slick Jones, mah drummer," explained Fats, pointing toward a wavy - haired youth. "We calls him Slick because if you dean watch out, he'll sneak off with yo' woman. You tested indignantly, but Fats went on to know, Slick as in slimy." Slick prosay that his real...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Fats' Waller, Lightfooted Leviathan of Swingin', Gives Unsolicited Jam Session | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

Asked to give a concert, mostly of U. S. music, for the benefit of the Musicians' Union, Iturbi arranged his program with time out for solos by Radio Singers Lucy Monroe and Jan Peerce. Half the program was to be broadcast by NBC, and Iturbi understood, or so he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Turbulent Iturbi | 8/23/1937 | See Source »

Because he had written it expressly for the American Ballet, people took most interest in Stravinsky's The Card Party. Irene Sharaff's clever set represented a gaming table in perspective. Upon this table dancers costumed like cards appeared. While they were shuffled, the orchestra played a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ballets | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

At 28 Parker wrote Hora Novissima, his masterpiece, taking the text from Bernard de Morlaix' 12th-Century Rhythm of the Celestial Country. The oratorio was full of magnificent solos and broad, romantic melodies, showed unmistakably the young composer's German training. After a great success in the U...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Yankee Echo | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

The first meeting of the year of the Harvard Musical Club, originally scheduled for Wednesday evening, October 21, has been postponed because of the temporary withdrawal of Leonard Bernstoin '39 who was to play two plane solos.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Musical Club Adopts Plan of Playing Rarely Heard Music | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

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