JAZZ AND CABARET

Shannon News, 25 September 1925, Page 2

JAZZ AND CABARET

CHAACJKS IN LONDON MUSIC HALLS. There is no keeping'pace with the demands of jazz (says the London correspondent of the "Melbourne Argu.s"). It is invading all departments of art. Not content with dictating the type of ballroom music season after season, jazz is now invading the music hall, not as an occasional visitor, but for good. The big group of 22 music halls known as the Moss Empires have just decided to introduce saxophones into all their orchestras at a cost of* £IO,OOO. Jazz music has been so successful in the form, of individual turns that the directors of the Moss Empires conclude that it answers to a real public need and will b\j an attraction for many years. Singers-, too, and dancers engaged on the Moss Empire circuit demand proper jazz accompaniment for their turns, hence the expenditure of i£lo,ooo. As for cabaret shows, jazz dictates the character of the whole entertainment.. Hongs, dances and dresses all conform to tiie broken rhythms of the music. By the way the most novel cabaret show in London opened only recently, and the admission fee is but 6d. It is associated with a sporting club in •Brixton Road, where 800 taxi cabs are housed, and the taxi, drivers' and their friends make up a goodly proportion of the IGOO members of the .-• : ;.uth London Sporting Club, though ..• classes are welcome. Thus the ji'iCUeters Fender, Abel and .Peach are members of the club,, elected by Surrey men who are proud of the heroes of the Oval. Old-time music had f av_ ourites such as Joe Elvin and Arthur 5 cohorts assist *in the cabaret' shows, i rejoicing in an opportunity to get in u,uch with an audience, which can .i.;d ail isf action in airs which know , not jazz. Indeed, perhaps the most noteworthy feature in connection with ihe Brixton Road, cabaret is the reli-.-.i.ce upon old-fashioned songs and uumour. The Sunday night cabaret * probably foreshadows the music hall ! entertainment of 20 years hence, when even jazz will be a thing of memory.