Word: trumpeting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he was an undergraduate, Kennedy helped to organize the original Gold Coast Band, which was a local fixture until the war. He played trumpet and cornet, and until about a year ago managed to maintain his command of both instruments. During the war he was "in condition" enough to work with an outfit that played in Boston at USO dances and other social functions...
...same time that Kennedy was blowing his trumpet and cornet in Cambridge, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke were in the national spotlight on these instruments respectively. Both are among the cornerstones of Kennedy's record collection, which also includes nearly every now priceless record Bing Crosby made before he started to groan and ceased to sing with Paul Whiteman and the Rhythm Boys...
...made me fell right away I was with friends. A lot of the musicians asked me if it wasn't true that when I hit my high C's on the records I had a clarinet take the notes. They had not thought that it really was my trumpet getting up there on the C's" After a triumphant engagement at the French Palladium, the management presented him with a horn of solid gold...
...records, "Tiger Rag," is similar to an older American version, except that the final trumpet solo has the phrase "I wandered today to the hill, Maggic" instead of the earlier "Oh, the monkey wrapped his tail around the flag pole." Continuing in the community song vein later on are snatches from "Tea For Two" and "Pat On Your Old Grey Bonnet...
...conclusions could fairly be drawn from last week's vote: 1) the race for 1948 is wide open, and neither Republicans nor Democrats are in a position to coast; 2) politicians who trumpet about national trends are only talking politics...