Word: swing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...records, are not yet on sale in the U. S. Only similar records now available are Linguaphone Institute's (30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan) 3; recordings, made by the Rothschild Quartet-one of whom drops out in each series-which include selections from Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert. For students of swing, British Decca Records of London has made 14 records of rhythm accompaniment to such standard hot pieces as Dinah, St. Louis Blues, Tiger Rag, Dardanella. U. S. Decca Records plans to place them on sale in the U. S. within two months...
With the New York mayoralty race in full swing, with Roosevelt still holding the political spot-light and the country alive to every national and international current coursing through the land, it is interesting to glance at the political stage for 1940. Roosevelt is still without question the biggest political figure among the twenty-five million people known familiarly as Democrats. That he will accept a third nomination is officially doubted but that he will designate and bestow his blessing upon his successor is unchallenged by all political seers. And from the ranks of the elect he will probably select...
...Solitude," "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," "It Don't Mean A Thing strongest factor in making a song a hit. (if it ain't got that swing)" are the most successful tunes among the 200 that the Duke's written. He isn't at all conceited about his success--he maintains that good publicity...
...really well-developed swing piece and those jazz critics will pan it right off. Why, they don't even understand it!" he said indignantly. The Duke holds that a fine swing tune can be interpreted in exactly the same way as classical music is delved into. He said, though, that it was too much a commercial thing. "They's a lot of money being made out of it." Used too much in an elementary form, too, he said...
Duke was asked to define swing, if he could. He didn't ponder very long over his reply. "Swing is an emotional element that happens after the music has stopped," he observed, "and it happens in both the audience and in the players." The Duke stopped speaking for a moment and shook his head sadly, "They's a lot of people who don't know anything about...