Word: trumpeteer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...audience for fall enjoyment it makes up for this evident weakness by fine Technicolor and of course by the presence of Harry James. The James band is not hidden away in the near distant scenery and plays nine songs. Maestro Harry cracks a few jokes and pushes his trumpet around the dance floor several times...
Betty Grable, seven-week bride of Trumpet-Tooter Harry James, announced she would retire for a while because she is going to have a baby next spring...
...program, it decided, should lead off with the "V for Victory" theme from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony blown on a trumpet, then fade in with the D Major theme from the Choral Finale of Beethoven's Ninth (played by low strings). After a break for announcement of the occasion, the orchestra should swing into the complete choral finale. The rest of the program should consist of music from various United Nations: China; Britain (represented preferably by German-born Handel's Hallelujah Chorus); France (represented in part by Belgian-born Cesar Franck's Pièce Heroique...
Using the same lineup of Jack Butler (trumpet), George Lugg (trombone), Mezz Mezzrow (clarinet), Jack Bland (guitar), and Kaiser Marshall (drums), pianist Hodes gave the Harvard jazz fans three solid hours of improvisation such as one can't buy for love, money, or ration points around Boston. Once again the highlight of the session was a splendid version of the blues, featuring Jack Butler singing his own lyrics and then leading the band out on a series of ensemble choruses which were so superb as to overshadow everything else heard during the afternoon...
...Love," by S.O. Pete Francati. O'Neill of the Welfare and Recreation Office was responsible for this initial success, but was aided by the originators of the band, Jimmy Oliver and Merv Lysing. Featured in the band were "Skins" Walthour, producer of cacophony, Paul Liden on the trumpet, and Melvin Otterson on the bass strings...