Word: clarinet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...form of some nonsense about an old Hungarian violinist who played symphonies for royal families and his son who played jazz. Elements of mother love, fatherly pride, wealth that can buy finery but not happiness, fail to depress Jazz King Lewis. He excitedly and excitingly blows his clarinet and saxophone, juggles his high hat, croons odd songs in a hoarse voice. Best song: "I'm the Medicine Man for the Blues...
...Lewis was one of jazz's first jazzbos. He was playing the clarinet crazily in Earl Fuller's band in Rector's restaurant, Manhattan, when he began to make money. Until then his antics had always got him into trouble. His father made a good living running the ladies bargain store in Circleville, Ohio. Young Lewis went over to Chillicothe in the street car every night to play in the high school band. Of Hebrew descent, he joined the Episcopal church to sing in the choir next to a girl he liked. He was discharged from Henry...
...personnel of the band as far as has been decided is as follows: F. L. Anderson '29, tuba; G. W. Briggs '31, piano; James Marshall '31, trumpet; C. W. Eiseman '30, banjo; A. C. Ingraham '31, saxophone and clarinet; J. G. Douglas '31, saxophone; S. W. Burbank '29, trumpet and xylophone; and Roy Lamson '29, saxophone and clarinet...
Divertissement, Op. 6 Albert Roussel (Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon...
...Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano...