Chicago. Chicago, November 1, 1939
Pii ol Bandsmen BY TOM HERRICK By the Light of the Silvery Moon Cost Two-Bits Each Piibb ibad tit Ramtek, Arr. by VI» School This is one of the finest stocks By WiU Hudson that has been published in a long By Dick Jacobs In this time. Remick ia to be complimented in the am the man f for giving Schoen a free rein in A sack of mail dropped in from readers wanting to know where they allowing him to express his own ean get pictures of their favorite bunds. The best place, gang, is to write The ae ideas. Outside of instrumental to the onisee and agencies which book the bands. Enclose 25 cents for ground a solos for 2nd trumpet at D and every picture you want. The addresses of these offices can be found .wing ch clarinet at F. this is mostly en in the band route department (page 22) of every issue of Down Beat. point wit about 60 r*r cent of all Ihe*' semble work. The brass and clar around a inet chorus at E in Casa Ixima Fruff Adams, Boston, wanU to time; this is the most famous. letten receive ask the same ques- ■ know what happened to Taft tion. How to take up the study of style is really super as is the last Louis Armstrong and Lil Hardin chorus at G which has brass on Jordan Ella Fitzgerald’s crew Kansas City, writes in to say his course or a private instructor. It’s at the Grand Terrace, Chicago. difficult to answer. Th« popular rangement. band ha> trouble with dynamics. thought seems to be the study of Running Through My Mind Savitt’s Lineup Listed Well, I’d suggest that you write arranging can bo accomplished Pnbltehad hy ABC, Arr. by ll«lniy Kraaa them in with a red pencil until the Combining the questions of Ben boys realize that dynamics are overnight, uith a minimum of A well arranged potential hit ny Bennett, Rockford, Ill., and money and effort. tune. Notice that Kresa has intro very essential to good band per Dick Gaiser: Happy Felton is at formance. Truth of the matter is, however, duced a new style of spread voicing the Baker Hotel, Dallas, at this Bob Chester’s band is sponsored like the study of law and medicine, to make the standard 10-piece bund writing. Bunny Berigan had his by Tommy Dorsey, but they are not arranging requires a great deal of sound much larger and fuller. I have old band (Auld Wettling, etc.) for using Tommy’s arrangements. The study and a certain amount of in about a year. Jan Savitt'i person nn orgai struction by a competent instructor. John Silver band is Glenn Miller styled. And also a I’ubltehad by BVC, An. by Toot» Cunarato nel includes Gigi Bohn, Ed Klau once again, time to close shop. First take stock of your finances sen, Frank Langone, Sam Snchelle, a tune s and income, and plan on spending Would-be Jiminy Dorsey bands Remember, if you want a personal incorpori struggling for an emulation of the saxes; Jimmv Campbell, Johnny reply, enclose a self-addressed nnne fii— oc.elly and try First Portrait Of ch.riie Here is a dreamy waltz for ball older than brother Ray with Glenn at Kimball hall in Chicago. Sweit tu make a deal with him whereb- you can Christian, guitarist starring with room bands from the pens of Pete Miller . . Goodman’s present reed zer authors a regular accordion take a tesaon from him «very week, or as Benny Goodman’s sextet, shows the Schwartz and Joe Mecanko. Noth column for Down Beat. often as possible- Get him to roeommend section is Toots Mondello and Buff Sood textbooks. Have him outline a course youthful Oklahoman pickin’ it out ing spectacular—just a nice tweet Estes, altos, and Jerry Jerome and for you to folk w it you can afford to see in anticipation of hia playing in a and full arrangement. Clarence Bassie, tenors King Make Your Own Orchestra Lun roly one« a month have him draw yon Broadway show this fall. The play, up a hour»« a, you can keet. bus- all the Oliver’s old jazz band from New Arrangements tin a At the end of the month, visit him an adaptation of A Miinaatr Orleans included King Joe on Tranupourr. Four part harmony for agan< and Lav» him clear up problems that Night's Dream, will star Louis Arm Court tills $50,000 trumpet; Johnny Dodds, clarinet; all instruments at a flash—-60c. Write have arlsar an« bother»-' you ovrinv the srong, Maxine Sullivan and the your own music with the new music Ed Ory, trombone; Ed Garland, writing device; celluloid stencil for time you were studyins Goodman sextet t—If there is a conservatory or university Al D’Artega Sait bass; Harry Zeno, drums, and Ed tracing musical symbols perfectly, Mar you. make it a point to meet the person 50c. Send $1 for both items. in chars«. Present your problems straight New York — A suit against Al Polla, violin. But remember the to him Nine times not of 1" you’ll find The Lowdown on D’Artega, band leader, in which the personnel changed from time to Spivak Music, that thee, people are kind and understand plaintiff alleged the maestro owed Inc. and will ciadly go out of their way to him money for commissions, was help you any way they eon. - Frank Teschninker s—M you I«« far away, write then,. The next issue of Dowa Beat, =—...... [The ProfessionaTs Favorite} rwith « Write tetters to everyone you ean think of dated Nov. 15th, will be high last month. Billy Wynne, the agent will be s < In your vicinity. Then, sometime when you who sued, asked for 150.000 Judge .. . The World’s Fastest Selling Pick . . . has writti ean so to the eity and make the round« lighted by a sensational and au has recen mrttint al! those who answered jour tetter» thentic article on the life and Aron Steuer presided. Spitalny'a do so. Choos» th« on« that you think ean work of the late Frank Tesch- THE NICK LUCAS PICK much rec< help you most. maker. Little known, except by A—Re mem tai Itai II te ImpssaiUo 1« I»1 Moore's 'Numbers' Crew for Banjo and Guitar It is his Chicago musician friends, New York—Gerun Moore, tenor PRICE, 10c EACH; 3 FOR 25c: DOZ. 90c Tesch stands aa one of the jail sax playing numerologist, is round and ph Leary Be Allan Sal pioneers whose Gargantuan eon- ing up a band. He is selecting his MANUFACTURED BY routine« tribution* to present day jazz men according to their birthdates, NICOMEDE MUSIC CO.. Altoona. Penna. Most For Loader Jobs have never been listed in print. tames, etc. Moore story on How because New York—Two vocal stars here Dave Dexter is the author. Numbers Affect Musicians was a hibition For the last year he has inter soon will latch out on their own feature of tne Oct. 15 Down Beat. with new bands viewed Tesch’s pals, looked for writing Ford Leary, tromboning baritone rare pictures, checked dusty umnist with Larry Clinton, is set to go court documents, and played In my < with Larry’s best wishes. Stuart Tesch’s records to get the real, be left Allen, a vet with Dick Himber, also untold story. Il starts in the selve? <1 is primed and ready. next issue of Dowa Beat.______"Compacto This to mon! 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