Oodman, Miller Cling to Leads! Arnet Band Poll to Pick All-Stars in 608 S Dearborn Chicago, Illinois
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oodman, Miller Cling to Leads! arnet Band Poll to Pick All-Stars in 608 S Dearborn Chicago, Illinois Entered in teeond elate matter October 6,1939, at the poet office at Chicago Illinois. under the Aet of March 3, 1379. Copyright 1941, hakeup Due By Down Beat Publishing Co., Inc. Final Stretck Chicago—Benny Goodman New York—“Charlie Barnet is and Glenn Miller held on to teaking up his band.” VOL. 8. NO. 21 CHICAGO, DECEMBER 15, 1941 15 CENTS their lead positions in the “Most of Barnet’s men are on favorite »wing hand and sweet itice. Charlie may retire.” band divisions as Down Beat'» ■Barnet is adding a big string tion to his band.” Krupa Fined Big Blues Confab at Cafe Society 1941 poll of America*«« musi Those are a few of the specula* cians entered the final stretch ons being heard in New' York here. The contest ends on usic circles aa the year nears un Aftei Fight Dec. 17 and the final results n) The big tenor-sax playing will announced sder, plagued by troubles ever Over Eldridge Beat's Jan. 1 issue. 1 Down Beat that he would not York, Pa. — Gene Krupa However, Tommy Dorsey ak up his band and start out suddenly -purled ahead of h a small 8-piect jazz combo, used his fists two weeks ago declared he would add strings to subdue the operator of a Duke Ellington and Count January and attempt “some- restaurant here who refused Basie to grab second place in ng considerably different.” to allow Roy Eldridge admit the swing band section indi Weintraub Remain* cating a possible upset when the tance. Gene and his band final votes are counted. But even the boys in Charlie's were playing a one-nighter at Other upsets are also forecast as jehestru scoffed at some of Bar the Valencia Ballroom. the votes continue to flock in. Glenn lt’s statements to the press. Sev Eldridge famous colored trum Miller is crowding Clyde McCoy rai said they were dissatisfied peter who has been Krupa’s most for second place in the corn bard id would leave Barnet “very heavily featured .Rideman since he division, a phenomenon already on." At least five of Charlie's joined Gene last .-pring at Hotel baffling Down Beat’s judges as well ien put in their notice during Pennsylvania in New York, took as many of the readers. Guy Lom jeir Apollo Theater stint Charlie no part in the affair. bardo however holds a substantial Feintraub,. Barnet’s lawyer-man- lead f«r first place as King of was even ‘fired’ Made Unfair Remark* Corn. o weeks ago but the report was It was reported that the res error. Weintraub remains with taurant man made “unfair” and isrlie and acts as spokesman for ungentlemanly remark* regarding Back to the sweet band division. I leader, denying all reports of Eldridge, and then asked that Roy New York—It was Woody Herman “Blue* Night" ut Cafe Society Miller is closely folloved by Tom e break-up. Weintraub added leave the place. Krupa took offense. Downtown when Harold Stein «napped this pic, «howing «ome of the my Dorsey, Duke Ellington, nnd st the band was booked for a Words tumbled forth. Finally, nation’s “blue*- greats’* together. From left to right are Woody Her Jimmy Dorsey in that order. crative series of Christmas sea Krupa and the restaurant man man, leader of the "Band That Plays the Blue»;'* W. C. Handy, the Great interest also is being fo n parties. “mixed” with fists flying. Police Father of the Blues; Connie Berry, hot boogie woogie and blue« cused on the balloting for the “All Outside musician.-, agree that re were called, Krupa was arrested, pianist currently featured at Barney Josephson’- establishment, und American” band members. Only adies« of present rumors Barnet taken to jail and fined $10. Then Joi Sullivan, blues ivory-tower from 'way back. Herman, Miss Berry, (Modulate to Page 17) ¡11 have a great band in the fu he was released. and Sullivan are busily watching Handy write the first notes of his rr as he has had in the past, It marked the first time that the new number. Cafe Society Swing. e’s too great a musician to be color line had been drawn on Roy opped by this, they say. since he joined Krupa’s crew-. Oran (Lips) Page, colored trum Crowned for Bash ! peter with Artie Shaw, has yet to run into trouble and Benny Good Union Exec Nailed man, during all the time he cm o * ployed race musicians, never had c. a anng on real trouble. Musicians in the •fl > Krupa band applauded their boss •fl 2 On Sex Charges for his action, although both Roy lises After and Gene said they were “sorry as Angeles—Following a trial that lasted almost three weeks, Harold hell” the occasion arose where William Roberts, the former U.S.C. bund leader who had recently been force was necessary to maintain public relation** chief of the musicians' Local No. 47, right. dieted here on both count* of the moral-« charge*, brought against him Ten Years lu*t Augu*t. Roberts was arrested after aL ; ---------------------------------------------------------------- Planning Flicker lewd act was perpetrated on a New Y’ork—After 10 years of 9-year old girl a Pasadena Charlie Christian efusing to record his hand, Fred playground. Witnesses got the li Will Recover Faring capitulated last week and cense number of the car in which by BOB SMITH igned a contract to make records the suspect escaped, and declared New York—Charlie Christian is »r Decca Most of the Waring it was Roberts' car. recovering from tuberculosis. The Minneapolis —- With due sur atput will be issued in album slender, bespectacled guitarist for prise, Tommy Sheridan eyes the inn with his famous glee club Alvo Accused of Rape merly with Benny Goodman, but diploma nnd degree of "Doctor eavily featured, as well as the Later, Roberts was accused by out uf the band most of this year of Boogie Woogie,” just pre rganization’s battery of vocal a 15-year old girl as the assailant because of illness, is making “rapid sented him by Audrey Hines, star Hoists. who had raped her over a year progress" according to physicians vocalist at Sleiser’s Club 21 here. Waring last recorded for Victor. ago. at the Staten Island City Hospital The presentation was made just It had always been the leader’s Roberts' attorney, Willard Bur- where he is confined. after boogie woogie man Sher ehef that the making of phono gess, asked for a trial on For the first time last week, it idan had proved his metal in an latter* was detrimental to not numerous technical and statutory was reported, analysis showed early morning bash at this Cafe nly his band, but to all perform grounds. Sentencing post negative. That indicate: that the Society of the middle west. Pay « artists. Early in the 1930’s, poned pending hearing on the re critical stage of Charlie’s illness off is that Sheridan in his more quest for a new trial. Under Cali- is passed. Rest will cure him, doc lucid moments is the pianist iationa! Association of Perform ornia law the sentence might go tors said, although it may take with Lawrence Welk’s «ugar- ig Artists, an organization which as high as life imprisonment. many months. styled ork! intended that an artist should Meantime, Roberto' attorney al mJ the vested righto in record- so made a request that his client t and should be able to exercise be examined by medical authori sir use. He argued that a leader, Hollywood — Here are Duke ties to determine if he might be «ing discs, simply “competed Ellington, left, und Oraon committed to an institution for •tn himself.” Welle*, right, in informal con (Modulate to Page 3') T.B. Kills Dick Wilson, The increased ference discussing the proposed •rivate homes, coin oper- jazz picture which Welle* will produce shortly. In center ia the Andy Kirk’s Tenor Sax Ace wio . stations throughout North former Bronze Buckaroo, Herb Andrews Sisters ■»erica, and the inability of art- Jeffrie*, Duke’* singer. New York—Death came to Richard (Dick) Wilson, hand ■ to control their use finally Plans cull for Ellington to com On the Cover pose the score for the film. some tenor saxophonist with Andy Kirk’s band, in Harlem “ng with Decca came unex- Dave Stuart of Hollywood is a That’s Lou Levy, head man of Hospital here Nov. 24 just two weeks after another noted *dly in the trade. Waring and Leedn Music company, poking in technical director. the Sanla Claus suit with the An tenor man, Chu Berry, met death in an Ohio motor accident. •Rgrcgation were the last Wilson had been ill a year, but< Id-outs” from wax. drew« Siatere on the cover. The girls are now making $5,00(1 n did not leave Kirk’s band until Calvary Cemetery in Queens, L. I. Clini Brewer week in theaters, the highest October of 1941. On Oct. 18 he Dick was unmarried and had no sum ever paid a singing act. Top entered the hospital in a dangerous living relatives. ozola Joining Pleads Guilty money, the Boswell» got years eonditi >n, suffering from tubercu Born Nov. 11, 1911, in Mount losis. Until about two weeks ago hggsy’s Ork ? New York—Clinton P. Brewer, “go wan $3,800 a week. They Vernon, Ill., Wilson got his profes arranger und cvmnoHi, pleaded ju»t completed three week* at he appeared to be improving, ac sional start with Gene Coy’s ork.