Word: tatum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Slide Rule Symphony was the hit of the program. Ragtime Russell Tatum played the sax, Gut-bucket Githens played the clarinet, Phil LeCorbeiller slapped the dog-house, and Harry the Horse Stockman beat it out on the drums. Stockman beat it out on the drums. Stockman banged his cymbals in the best dead-pan style, but Tex Tatum nearly blew his eyes out. The rhythm really...
...asleep. Dream of a Saturday Quiz. Take up your pencil. That's right. Now with deft, steady strokes, play tic, tac, toe on all the odd questions and tiddley winks on all the even ones. Who knows, you might even get the right answer, and besides, won't Dr. Tatum be surprised...
...Gilhens will modulate a tuba, Dr. LeCorbeilor will filter a bass viol Dr. Tatum will amplify a saxophone, and Mr. Schwetman will blast away on a hot cornet. The faculty is combing the electrons out of its hair and students are invited to witness and heckle at the performance...
...LeCorbeiller has arranged a special band-pass filter for his cello and is planning to produce sounds never before heard by the human ear. Manager and Cornetist Schwetman has announced that Dr. Tatum is in his best saxophone trim minority plebiscite...
Four months ago a new musical organization. The Slide Rule Symphony, led by the versatile Professor Chaffec, appeared in Cambridge. It proved to be a true rival for the Boston Pops Orchestra. The soloist on the Saxophone was none other than Dr. A. (Amplifier) Tatum. The tall Texan brought down the house with a ballad from his home state, "Deep in the Heart of Texas". Other stars of the faculty made up the rest of the ensemble. We will never forget Dr. Le Corbeiller giving out on the cello...