There was considerable evidence last week that big brassy jazz bands would have to pipe down or go away. After twelve years in which swing has been king, the crown is now passing to the sweet. Said ...
WHEN there’s a new film involving Fred Astaire, Brunswick seems to assemble Mr. Astaire, Johnny Green, a piano, an orchestra, and then turns out a resume of the score. Comes “Swing Time, ” comes a set ...
The women knew from the start they wanted to play jazz, swing and big band music, and they quickly found appreciative audiences. “A lot of great music came out of the World War Two era,” Dalton says. ...
At the age of 28, a Montreal Negro named Oscar Peterson is one of the world’s finest jazz pianists. As a touring star of the troupe called Jazz at the Philharmonic (TIME, March 2), he has fascinated ...
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