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...medicine shows and circuses. Some time between 1910 and 1914 he went to Manhattan, where he sang with the late James Reese Europe's historic Negro jazz band, which was a feature of the A.E.F. during World War I. When Jim Europe was stabbed to death by his drummer after the war, Dooley Wilson formed his own band abroad, toured from Paris to Casablanca and Port Said...
Backing up the pair will be Stu Grover '45, the College's outstanding drummer. The event will be aired by the Network from 7:30 to 8 o'clock. The rest of the time they will improvise freely and sitina are solicited...
Another real veteran is drummer Kaiser Marshall, who started drumming for Fletcher Henderson over twenty years ago. He was with Fletcher for over eight years, during which time the band reached its zenith and became the greatest jazz mer. He doesn't drum for the listeners, he drums for the band. He has a fine, crisp beat, and never get in the way of the soloists...
...finding WAAC life dull, she had posed as a stranded showgirl and landed a job in the Casino's chorus. Four days later she had been upped to "Samoan Love Dancer" (the drummer beat a tomtom while she wiggled in a lei) and stripteaser (blue lights followed her around the stage as she teased off a gown borrowed from Mrs. DeCenzie). By Nov. 28 WAAC authorities had discovered where she was and quietly hauled her back to Fort Des Moines. Last week the news leaked and reporters persuaded the Fort's genial commandant, Colonel John A. Hoag...
...Tunesmith Oliver Wallace for a picture originally entitled Donald Duck in Nutzi-land, skyrocketed so fast that Disney decided to change the title of the picture to that of the song. Also rocketing to fame on the song's beer-barrel phrases was a hitherto obscure drummer named Lindley Armstrong ("Spike") Jones. Jones, whose band, The City Slickers, first recorded Der Fuehrer's Face, found himself suddenly thrust up among the top U.S. bandleaders. Until then "Spike" had been modestly playing what he calls "society music" (jazzed up Chopin and Debussy) at Los Angeles' Jonathan Club...