Word: trumpeteers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...these defiant trumpet blasts he had established himself firmly as the champion of the people against what he loved to call the "banker-dominated railroads." The Department of Justice, blessing his efforts, had asked the Supreme Court to take away the Pullman Co. from 35 railroads which wanted to operate it, and turn it over to Bob Young...
...wretched, sick and snarling little man. But he had the voice of a brass trumpet blaring venom and racism. "I call upon every red-blooded white man to use any means to keep the nigger away from the polls," he had screamed. He had a name that sounded like the chugging of a bullfrog: Bilbo...
Kenton's bandsmen began making more noise than any except perhaps Herman's. Kenton arrangements included trumpet and saxophone battles, with each section standing up to play its inning. Kenton beat out grandiose piano phrases against an elaborately embroidered bass. He called it "artistry in rhythm...
...Twentieth Century foxes is one of the most puerile movies ever to mesmerize a squirming audience. Newly blonde Vivian Blaine, Adler-elevated Perry Como, and hat-heavy Carmen Miranda stumble through ninety confused minutes of political campaigns and corny musical numbers untempered by the inclusion of Harry James' fine trumpet and the funny gags of Phil Silvers. "If I'm Lucky" is a sleepy picture that certainly does not deserve its feature spot on the program...
...five years ago, the whoopers, pure white with black wing tips and four feet tall, nested in the Middle West. Early settlers told of their "air circuses." Spreading seven-foot wings, they would dance in airborne minuets, circling, diving, lining up on sides. Their powerful whoops, from five-foot, trumpet-like windpipes coiled within their chests, could be heard three miles away...