Word: trumpeteers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hunk of rhythm. Now, however His Highness has stepped into the market and returned with several juicy chunks of swing--namely Chu Berry on tenor sax, Cozy Cole on drums, Milton Hinton on bass, Hilton Jefferson on alto, Kay Johnson on trombone, Jerry Blake on clarinet and a kid trumpet player named Danny Barker...
...bass work that will make Bob Haggert (Bob Crosby's band) look to his laurels as king-pin of the broken rhythm stylists, Hinton has a concerto, "Plucking the Bass," released last week on Vocalion, that will really make you sit up and take notice. Barker is the new trumpet man Calloway added only a short while ago and plays much in the manner of Roy Eldridge. Jefferson is the terrific alto man formerly with Fletcher Henderson...
Duke Ellington has done his first record for Victor, "Jack the Bear" and "Morning Glory". First is one of those esoteric stomps for which the Duke is famous, featuring marvelous bass by Jimmy Blanton. Latter has good trumpet by Rex Stewart. Recommended to those used to Duke's musical intricacies...
Once the Japanese Army, disgusted with its own trumpeting, sent a hundred of its worst buglers to practice at 6 a.m. in a park under Jimmy's window. Jimmy wrote to the Minister of War: would the Imperial trumpet corps please practice elsewhere? Next day a young lieutenant called on Jimmy, clicked his heels, demanded the letter be withdrawn. When Jimmy refused, he was told to pack his bags, move from his swank apartment...
What Is There to Say (Jack Jenney, Vocation). Good trumpet, good Vernon Duke tune...