Word: waxes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from the intention of this observer to wax political, but it was rather fitting that the future financial leaders of the country should meet the representatives of the government on a competitive basis. Big Business and the New Deal have hardly been the best of friends during the past decade. But there were no hard feelings on the diamond yesterday; in fact, through an intricate series of walks, the Harbus hurler presented the Navy with dis first run in the opening minutes...
...Lunceford's version of it on Decca shows such imagination and ingenuity that the tune, while recognizable at all times, is a secondary consideration. Earl Hines's "Jersey Bounce" on Bluebird is comparatively unknown, yet it is probably the most vivid and happily-conceived version ever put to wax. So try a direct comparison on well-known songs if you want to find the gateway to good jazz...
...Nonrunning waterproof wax for the cosmetic stockings...
...they tell their story of this fight simply and conversationally-how their six boats became an infuriating menace to Jap warships and transports, how they fought to keep them afloat even when hulls were ripped open by coral reefs, how their gas tanks were clogged with wax put in their gas by some unknown saboteur. Sent out on patrol from Bataan, to fight lone actions against enemy cruisers and destroyers, Squadron 3 sank "probably a hundred times [its] own combined tonnage in enemy warships...
...illustrated by Goodman's band at its peak. At this time he had just about the finest white soloists in the country, but his records concentrate on the arrangements and feature only scattered solos. Yet these records contain the most spirited playing any big white band has put on wax. Miller can only lay claim to Bobby Hackett and possibly Billy May as definitely first rate improvisers, although little of their work with him justifies it. The rest of the men in the band, and that includes Tex Beneke, are all facile soloists with few ideas and little individuality...