TEMPO di JAZZ

Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 3, 24 July 1936, Page 10

TEMPO di JAZZ

URTON GILLIS, principal saxophone player in Henry Hall’s B.B.C, Dance Orchestra, is 6ft. 3in. high, and is keen on boxing. HERE are few sights under heaven funnier than the face of an impassioned crooner. A , howling dog has nothing on him, or her.-S, P. B. Mais. ‘FRITZ EREISLER has given Larry Adler permission to perform any three of his works. This authority Was given when the two met in Birmingham. Said Kreisler, "I’ve had. my works performed on everything, from a xylophone to qa zither-why not a mouth-organ?"

ERE it not for the gramophone. swing musit would never have reached this country (England). Out of rag-time we should have developed Similar dance measures to those in vogue to-day, but the more moving Negro jazz would have passed us by.Leonard Hibbs, editor of "Swing Music," — N INETY-FIVE PER CENT. of my "fan" letters contain requests for sentimental songs--hence my firm belief that the "batlad," even in modern form, will retain ils popularity for some time to come. It pleascs my public. What more can I ask?-Les Allen. AT GONELILA. trumpeter, and five ‘others, comprise the famous Georgians. He is of Italian ancestry, but British born. After he had rhéumatic fever at the age of 14, he developed a weak heart and was forbidden by his doctors ever to touch the trumpet again. Nat’s motto must be, "While I Liye, I Blow."