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...present generation of German students is skeptical to an almost pathological degree," Hermann Wein, research fellow in Philosophy, told a Leverett Forum audience last night. "The result is an end-of-the-world sense of humor which is fostered by Soviet propaganda...
...Wein, who has taught philosophy at universities in Berlin and Goettingen, spoke on "The Modern German University." He is here on a Rockefeller Research Fellowship...
Berg: Der Wein (Charlotte Boerner, soprano; Janssen Symphony Orchestra, Werner Janssen conducting; Capitol, 1 side LP). Berg's masterful concert aria extols the qualities of wine ("I make your wife's eyes sparkle and give fresh strength to your son") in twelve-tone style. San Francisco Chronicle Music Critic Alfred Frankenstein explains the twelve-tone language (with Bergian illustrations) on the second side. Performance and recording: excellent...
Turmpeter Davison, clarinetist Buster Bailey, and trombonist Vic Dickenson are all fine frontmen, and Art Trappier, Johnny Fields, and George Wein furnish a steady background. But each of the horn-players is outstanding on only one of the three qualities that make up a great jazzman--tone, imagination, and the indefinable "drive." Bailey, from years of playing behind Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, possesses all the taste and tone in the group, ensemble specialist Dickenson has the musical imagination, and Davison alone carries the unit along with his driving-and-rocking school of musicianship...
These include Johnny Fields, formerly with Wild Bill Davison, on the bull fiddle; trumpet player Rudy Braff, once with Bobby Hackett's band; and Al Navarro at clarinet. George Wein will be at the plane and Don Scott on drums. Contrasted against Higgenbotham's individual style will be that of Ralph Ferrigno, Boston trembonist now with Max Kaminsky...