Word: tenors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tenor of reception of the bicycle racers at Smith College last Saturday, Smith will be excluded from the list of women's colleges in which the Bicycle Club will race next year...
...swing bands now making the rounds. The boys didn't play too many popular melodies of the day, as there was an ugly rumor that they were going to do. As usual, most of the arrangements featured a raft of solos, with Buck Clayton and Don Byas, the new tenor sax artist, particularly outstanding. The rhythm section suffered from the absence of Joe Jones from the tympani, which probably disconcerted the boys a bit . . . Decca waited until Muggsy Spanier had left the Bob Crosby band before issuing the first good record the boys made with Muggsy taking a chorus...
...mean that time spent in Cambridge will be filled to such an extent with course work that a student will be able to do little else. Five courses and a full load of tutoring are not conducive to long hours of bull sessions or to practicing up on a tenor part for the Glee Club...
...Basie musicale without engaging in any female entanglements, as well as the avowed wolves who inevitably infest such soirees. The Count may no longer be the wild and woolly nobleman he was in the days when Herschal Evans and Lester Young were attempting to outdo each other on the tenor saxophone, but he still packs more punch than any band that has reared its head around here this spring. Therefore, all things considered, Cue's reviewer says "Gird up your five bucks and your woman...
Married. Lieut. Cyril Patrick McCormack, son of plump, honey-voiced Tenor John McCormack; and Patricia Eccles; in Dublin. Tenor McCormack, now 56, emerged from "retirement" to sing two songs...