July 1. m Chicago July 1.1940 FEATURES DOWN BEAT ‘Hog Mouth Was So Sad Kick BY JOE LANC, JR. Indianapolis—Finest kirk of the week, during ill« AFM con- Powerful He Could vrnlion, was running arrow* Bub Crosby and Oxzie Nelson in llic Hotel Claypool bar rrying into iheir beers with their hair hang­ Play Your Name’ ing in their eyes. They were discussing ihe Ger­ BY ONAH L SPENCER man push into Paris. Chicago—Jasper Taylor ia the man who first used a washboard in a jazz band. Big Names for And he waa and still is a good drummer. Starting with W. C. Handy in Memphis in 1913, Taylor came to Chicago in 1916 and made records Delavan Lake Spot for Paramount and other labels with Jimmy O’Brien, Jelly Roll Morton nnd others. In France, during the war, Taylor played drums in the Delavan Lake. Wis.—Following Usher, DI «65th Infantry band. Later he*—- Bill Carlsen’s opening for nine hroeder m j65th Infantry band. Later h_ played with Will Marion Cook’s orchestra was playing in. days at Oriental ballroom, Don now-famous combo at the Clef “I also saw Jelly Roll Morton Wallace’s Northwestern U. band ual nig^ Club, New York. read a piano manuscript he had takes eight days opening July 7, Later, he played with Dave Pey­ never seen, upside down, and he Th® Down Scot Club, a program conducted by Ruth Royal after which Les Hite’s band cornea ton’s Grand Theater ork here, and plaved it without halting.” (center in picture) on station KCKN, Kansas City. Kansas, featured in for a week. The spot is being also at the Plan- Taylor knows hundreds of stories corn-ct maestro Henry Busse, left, and his vocalist Billy Sherman on managed by Eddie Gilmartin, for­ Hack tation with King like those. And he has witnesses to a recent broadcast. The show has a huge following. Phot» courtesy mer manager of the Savoy ball­ Oliver, in 1925. prove ’em all. Randall Jeurr. room in Chicago. Here are some ree of Taylor’s prize idolph IK memories: Some of the “In 1917,” aaya « I« Mia GLENN : June 11 he, “a clarinet­ top-notchers selected ist named Wil­ MILLER e of B« from the latest lists Hack, th« liam Phillips came to Chicago dee, i» St cs old. Siu to play with rged that Jasper Taylor John Wreck- VICTOR RECORDS 75c • I 1 a e k liffe'a orchestra. ack her. They called him ‘Hog Mouth’ be­ 26640 Shake It and Break It »uel Roff, cause his lips measured an inch Wild Man Blues a, her at- end a half in thickness. Because Sidney Bechet and hts ney, sail his lips were exception strong it TOMMY had ae- wu possible for him to execute DORSEY New Orleans Feetwarmers unusual tones and sounds, both 26626 *Blue Lovebird lement ot harsh and beautiful, from his 700, a me. clarinet. So remarkable was his ‘How Can I Ever Be Alone? control that he would, or could, Larry Clinton and his Orchestra call out person’s names in an au­ ART» dience on his instrument. He is the SHAW 26641 *When the Swallows could ma originator of the expression 'That s Come Back to Capistrano AW that was used by bands in the tatemeaL ♦The Breeze and I band far twenties. This term was used to ■ign off or end a dance. All bands Xavier Cugat and his used this at that time. But the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra remarkable feature was that Phil­ 4^^ lips not only originated it but ex­ 2662* ♦I’ll Never Smile Again pressed these words on his instru­ Marcheta tin ment when others depended on verbal expression of the term. Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra “Phillips also originated the 26598 Concerto for Cootie ‘jackass bray’ in such numbers as rtin, stir Livery Stable Blues, etc. It hap­ ♦Me and You rinet mn pened thus: Duke Ellington tang, “One day when featured with 'A. G. Allen’s Minstrel Band,’ he 26627 *Meet the Sun Half-Way an Savitt was doing a solo out front of the Shine most brilliantly on ♦The Girl Who Took a lan Hotel tent show when a farmer's jack­ Second Look d, it was ass interrupted with a long and Hal Kemp and his Orchestra n auction loud bray. Phillips replied to the F donkev with a clarinet bray that 1, Barmt brought laughs and applause. Re­ 26614 *Mister Meadowlark but then mit, he kept the braying in his Victor and Bluebird Records *My Fantasy h an ev« solo. He played New Orleans and Artie Shaw and his Orchestra bbed it later used his jackass bray in here. Ue Livery Stable Blues. 26617 *Hangin’ Around lineaa waa “I also saw and heard William iroadcasto Boudon Grant Still on the spur of the I’ve Found a New Baby I WENK moment change Aunt Hager's Chil­ ■st chair dren Blues on cello to a religious Dicky Wells and his Orchestra the band background. And so majestic was r Dorsey, this solo that he had some of the apton on audience in tears. 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