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...good dance music) should never be strained and pushed in the "killer" style. Relaxed rhythm is imperative to any kind of good jazz--and Donahue has it. Junie Mays (piano--also some excellent arrangements), Bill Hoffman (bass) and Charlie Carroll on drums do a sweet job besides furnishing the "flash" solos that any band needs these days to satisfy the customers. Stewie McKay, who used to dish out hot tenor, also occasional oinks on the bassoon for Red Norvo, is dispensing for Donahue, as are Sal Pace (alto), Johhny Martel (former Goodman trumpet man), and Miff Sims (trombone...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: SWING | 3/23/1940 | See Source »

...printed by hook or by crook; the Harvard Press publishes the Annual Inglish Lectures, while Law School addresses appear in the Harvard Law Review. But even through these channels not enough lectures become available for popular consumption. All too many talks, discussions, forums, symposiums, and conferences flash briefly in the scholastic skies, and then disappear into the "unknown bourne...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VIRGIN TERRITORY | 3/16/1940 | See Source »

...Heard, in the Caribbean, how four days of pounding rain had sent northern California's Russian and Sacramento Rivers smashing down their valleys in a flash flood* that drowned four persons, damaged over $1,000,000 worth of property. Promptly the President approved a $130,000 emergency relief allocation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Point Blank | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...Flash" floods do not rise and spread steadily-they explode, like dynamite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Point Blank | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...tall blonde star of "Worth a Million," now playing in Boston leads a hectic life. Up at 11 in the morning, breakfast then the funnies and fan mail. "Flash Gordon's my favorite, he's so well drawn," Corbina confessed. Voice lessons and rehearsals take up most of the afternoon and then she takes a quick nap before the evening show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ritz Roof Alters Cobina's Opinion | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

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