Word: trumpeteering
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...last week, without trumpet call or handout, the plan was under way. Leaders of Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are preparing to visit Pakistan. Shortly, the U.S. is expected to approve the first arms shipments to Pakistan...
...unifying Germany and signing a peace treaty. But they were confident that the Russians were neither able nor willing to pay the price of losing East Germany. Western strategy, according to word in Washington and London, will be to expose Russia's unwillingness to make a settlement, trumpet it to the world, then adjourn the conference in the hope that Europe might thereupon unite in firm purpose. But with the Russians, it has never been that easy...
Music to Make You Misty (Jackie Gleason's Orchestra; Capitol, 2 EPs). The third album of mood music conducted and produced by TV-Funnyman Gleason. Seductive strings are highlighted by the artful trumpet of Bobby Hackett and saxophone of Toots Mondello...
...time exploring the sentimental possibilities of Dad.* Last month, nonetheless, Victor picked up a sugary little number called Oh! My Papa, which had been written for a Swiss musical comedy, and gave it to Crooner Eddie Fisher. For good measure it threw in a lush accompaniment, including a gaudy trumpet obbligato. Sample lyric...
Shostakovich: Concerto in C Minor (Victor Aller, piano; Mannie Klein, trumpet; Concert Arts String Orchestra conducted by Felix Slatkin; Capitol). A barrel of fun, vintage 1933. It turns pretentious phrases into taradiddles, uncovers one ear-tickling twist after another, and includes a slow movement that is unfailingly melodious. Standout performance...