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Gruff F. P. A. (Franklin Pierce Adams) opened his mouth, beat out a section of the William Tell overture on his teeth with a pencil. Rumpled John Kieran murmuring "where do you find the bass?" tremoloed Sleepy Hills of Tennessee on a borrowed accordion. Oscar Levant, somewhat nervous, sashayed through a couple of Gershwin preludes on the piano. Clifton Fadiman played pitchman...
Newly elected members of the Network staff included Robert Bass '46. William Flook '44, Brad Fisher '44, Kenneth Frankl '45, Joseph Kaplan '45, and Daniel Siegel...
Formerly Sid conducted a radio program of recorded symphonies accompanied by cultured comments in a lush bass. Hence his name Symphony Sid. On his swing show he has added a syrupy Harlem accent. Off the air he sometimes lapses into Middle High Bronx. Lady radio listeners insist Sid's voice has a rich, disturbing quality...
Featured at the dance, which will be held at the Hotel Plaza in New York, will be Ella Fitzgerald. Backing this well-known singer will be the Four Keys, a vocal and musical harmony group, offering Art Furness on the bass, Bill Furness on the piano, Slim Furness on the electric guitar and Ernie Hat-field doing the honors in vocal work...
...Signature records and to explorers of New York jazz spots. With these new releases, Hodes' piano is fortunately within reach of everyone's ear, and definitely worth the listening time of two records. With a rhythm section of Zutty Singleton, drums, Eddie Condon, banjo, and Earl Murphy, bass, the band achieves a colossal beat, especially on "Indiana." On "Georgia Cake Walk" they outdo the Yerba Buena band in the latter's own territory...