TEMPO di JAZZ

Radio Record, 4 September 1936, Page 10

TEMPO di JAZZ

BHRITIse musicians are eligible for unemployment pay if the profit (that is, after deducting expenses) from their band engagement does not exceed 3/4 a day. HE leader of one of Denmark’s best hot bands at the Swing Restaurant, Copenhagen, is a 20-year-old girl, Gerda Neumann, 4 grand vocalist of the Mildred Bailey type. "EVEN the best-known dance players of Portugal had never heard of men like Armstrong, Hawkins, Elling: ton or Fletcher Henderson."-Red Debroy, noted Dutch sax player on Portugese experiences.

(CHARLOTTE HALDANE describes "Spike" Hughes in her new book, "Music, My Love," as follows:-‘"‘A little, eagle-eyed, enthusiastic Irishman whose enthusiasms are tempered by a .shrewd and irreverent critical sense." MES. LOUIS ARMSTRONG, is said to handle the trumpet with asbestos gloves, being one of the hottest performers of her ser on this dificult instrument. A FRIEND of the "O.B." official of the B.B.C. ("O.B." by the way, means Outside Broadcasts), said he knew a girl with a wonderful voice. Some of the girls in a Manchester trading house always sing at their work, and one of them has a wonderful crooning voice. The friend was never able to find out which of the girls the voice belonged to, and the firm’s regulations made it difficult to make inquiries, Accepting the friend’s invitation the "O.B." official visited the warehouse, heard the singing and, in the way that is peculiarly his own, he spotted correctly the Manchester girl with the golden yoice, A radio appearance was the sequel,

Se ahahaha ae DANCE FEATURES 1YA, Thursday September 10: An hour with Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees. Saturday, September 12: Relay by Lauri Paddi and his Peter Pan Band, 2YA, Wednesday, September 9: An hour with Ambrose and his Orchestra, with interludes by Elsie Carlisle. Friday, September 11: New release dance programme. Saturday, September 12: Relay by Jack Coudray and his Dance Band. 3YA, Tuesday, September 8: "More Best Sellers," a programme of popular dance numbers. PTITTITTITITPPTTI ELL TEPRAAPULEROESEASERCEER SOG RRDEECLENELOTERUETEORUEEDL GOEDEGU ERODE RETEEEUEE SHUUSTUETESTHECELEES