VOLUME VII JUMP NEWSLETTER MARCH-APRIL 1990 behind-the-scenes material. There’s a great deal of imparted in this 1974 book covering the early synco­ technical musical detail and record evaluation, making pated bands, the Chicago pioneers and pre-swing era it a tough read for non-musicians, but worth slogging bands, the territory groups, and Big Band jazz in Eu­ through to get to the human interest and carefully rope. Full of rare photos. The writing style is stiff but the researched facts. Author Collier is himself a jazz facts indicate considerable research. It’s the sort of musician. If you’re a long-time Goodman fan, it's an book you read a few minutes at a time, absorbing the enlightening insight into his early years, his success, connections between the scores of names tied-in with his family and his later activities. the development of Big Bands. Mr. McCarthy knows his subject and presents it in a straight-ahead style. OFF THE RECORD Joe Smith Warner Books - New York

Originally published in hardback in 1988, this book BIG BAND TRIVIA QUIZ consists of in-person comments from some of the key players in from through Billy The booking agency which arranges for the bands on Joel. Now that it’s in soft-cover, it’s worth the cost for cruise ships came up with a couple of trivia quizzes that Big Band enthusiasts to get just the personal views of are excellent. See if you can match the slogans on the such luminaries as Tex Beneke, , Art left with the band on the right. The slogans refer to Lund, Sammy Cahn, , , either the band itself, or in some cases the leader. Ella Fitzgerald, Billy May, Sy Oliver, Buddy Rich, Max­ ine Andrews, Sammy Kaye, Herb Jeffries, Ray An­ thony, Paul Weston, Jo Stafford, Jack Leonard, Les I. Brown, Peggy Lee, Patti Page, Margaret Whiting, Frankie A. Fashions In Music Art Kassell Laine, Henry Mancini, Ed Ames, Les Paul and Tony B. The Light Brigade Shep Fields Bennett. The rest of the book deals with more modern C. The Idol of the Air Lanes Guy Lombardo artists, just as important in their era, perhaps, but not of D. Tic Toe Music Ben Bernie much interest to Big Band buffs. Worth the price, E. Castles In The Air Mitchell Ayers though, to hear what the above personalities had to F. The Ol’ Maestro Kay Kyser say. G. Swing and Sway Enoch Light H. The Sweetest Music Gray Gordon JAZZ This Side of Heaven William Claxton J. Rippling Rhythm Sammy Kaye Twelvetrees Press - Pasadena, CA K. College Of Musical Know­ Jan Garber ledge It’s a coffee table book of moody black and white images of both well-known and unknown jazz artists II. seen in their own environment. From a New Orleans Kay Starr was a featured vocalist with which of these funeral procession to a dressing room shot of Joe three bands? Williams; from an animated Dinah Washington to a _ workmanlike Shelly Manne in the studio, the full-page _ Joe Venuti photos capture the sometimes ethereal nature of jazz. __ Charlie Barnet Jack Teagarden in a wide grin, the Kenton Band on the beach at Balboa silhouetted by the setting sun, George III. Shearing lost in creativity, a pensive Anita O’Day, a Jimmy Dorsey recorded six songs on May 26th, 1939. barefoot June Christy between takes at the Capitol Helen O’Connell sang two of them and so did Ray studios; it’s the visual reflection of varied jazz settings. McKinley. Match the songs with the vocalist.

BIG BAND JAZZ A. Home In The Clouds Ray__ Helen___ Albert McCarthy B. All I Remember Is You Ray__ Helen___ Exeter Books - New York C. Shoot The Meatballs To Me Ray___ Helen___ D. Show Your Linen Miss Richardson Ray__ Helen___

Albert McCarthy worked for various jazz and Big Band (ANSWERS FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE) publications in Britain; hence the depth of information