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...novels on the New York Times's best-seller list, only two had a war setting; of the 16 nonfiction titles, only four concerned the war. The top song hit was a bouncy novelty for children, Swingin' on a Star; the three runners-up were sentimental lyrics, of which two (I'll Be Seeing You and I'll Get By) were years old. Manhattan, the very citadel of the new, reinforced the trend to the old and romantic: one night 21,000 people, the biggest crowd in two years, crammed Lewisohn Stadium to hear Oscar Levant...
...Curran brought out an official Dewey campaign song, to the tune of Yankee Doodle: Oh, Tom E. Dewey came to town A-ridin' on a pony He busted gangs and jailed the mobs And cleared out every phony. Tom E. Dewey keep it up You're swingin' sharp and dandy The White House is your home next year Our Yankee Dewey Dandy...
...Eddie Condon and various other top-ranking men were actually signed up, but after a few weeks the pristine enthusiasm over the idea faded and no more was heard of the matter. But apart from the brief appearance of Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman in a minor extravaganza entitled "Swingin' the Dream," which caught at best a fleeting glimpse of Broadway, jazz and its exponents have not since been given a chance to ennoble the buskin'd stage...
...Mill Blues. . . . DECCA has issued an album of "white Jazz," consisting chiefly of small band jobs done several years ago, and featuring pretty nearly every white musician worth listening to. Among the offerings are Panama by Jimmy McPartland, Jazz Me Blues by the Bob Crosby Bob Cats, Swingin' on the Famous Door by the Delta Four (how did Roy Eldridge get into this), Decca Stomp by Red Norve, and Tin Roof Blues by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings including Wingy Mannone and George Brunies. There's a small descriptive booklet with the album, written by Dave Dexter, Jr., Associate Editor...
...excellent technically speaking. The record compares favorably with an earlier one by Jimmy Dorsey in which Jimmy displayed his ability on sax for two choruses. Only quibble with the James version is that parts of it are swiped from the Dorsey--and we still don't think swingin' the classics--even something as dinner-musically as the "Bee'--is worthwhile...