TEMPO di JAZZ

Radio Record, 26 June 1936, Page 10

TEMPO di JAZZ

"CCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS," written by Chas, Berry for Fletcher Henderson, is one of the finest swing pieces out yet. [tz gets them all in time-the Principal of the British College of Accordion Playing is Mr. Al Davison, M.A., Mus.Bac, (Cantab), F.R.C.O, Phew! AL danee bands who broadcast for the B.B.C. are asked to furnish with every number not only the names of the author, composer and publisher, but that of the arranger as well, The boys at Broadcasting House weren't bo yesterday! ‘ "THE man who is responsible for the business organisation of the Billy Mayerl School, is Geoffrey Clayton, author, photographer, businessman and wit. Keep your eyes open for Geoffrey’s novel about the music business which is shortly to be published. HE tiniest saxophone stand imaginable is just out-tiniest when folded, that is. The stand is a full-sized affair when assembled, but folded, can be completely covered with the hand. It fits into the bell of an alto saw comfortably, or can be put into the crook compartment. Some rhymes are good, many are just plain rotten. Here’s an example :-"Was not a rocking horse left for me by Santa Claus." However rotten this may be in a rhyming sense, no one can deny it has at least a "kick" in it. MAvRICE ELWIN says: "You might even laugh at me if Y asserted that Richard Tauber, the beloved tenor, is a crooner. Can you not recall those delightfully sweet pianissimo notes? They are crooned-and crooned well because the great Tauber is a real singer. Trained singers make the best erooners," "No business searches for novelty so ardently and so fervently as ladies’ fashiens, This quest is almest perpetual. The future of musical presentation, it seems to mé, depends on a search for noyelty in much the same way."-Fred Hartley, of Novelty Quintette fame. "BY Any Otber Name... ."-Duke Ellington and hig Orchestra record under various pseudonyms, e.g., Harlem Footwarmers, Chicago YFootwarmers, Lonnie Johnson’s Harlem Footwarmers, Joe Turner and his Memphis Men, Memphis Hot Shots, Sonny Greer and his Memphis Men, the Washingtonians, Louisiana Rythmiikers and Ear] Jackson and his Musical Champions. Many other bands do it! ‘