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Floridians for the last few weeks have been fed
on deluxe swing in a modern tempo by Walter

Barnes and His Savoy Ballroom and Recording orchestra, which began its tour of the ~Gator~ stale,

North Carolina.

Barnes.

following a triumphant swing through Georgia and

The Barnes outfit features both

sweet and hot numbers. and travels in deluxe style
in a $25,000 cream-colored bus, the property of Mr.

Rumor Va. Union Choir

~To. Sing For. President

Rating TheRecords |

JIM AND PETE

From Jim Yancey to Pete Johnson is a far cry. Jim Yancey fs
credited in some quarters with
creating boogie woogie pianistics
Pete Johnson is one of its greatest
current exponents. Solo Art Records,. 1600 Broadway, New York,
has réleased two discs by master
and ~pupil displaying the work of
each. ~ titles are THE FIVES
ys end JIMMY'S STUFF; Pete's pair*" ing is LET ~EM JUMP and PETE'S
BLUES.

Yancey, now a pleas a Re at
the Chicago White Sox park, is an
_,oldtimer. in ~technique and ~.play:
with great sincerity. Johnson displays modern technique and brilliancy, providing more sock and
lift on ~Jump~ than does Jim~on
~Fives.~ Both have a deep feeling
for slow blues, with Pete -playing
a fuller piano and Yancey being
more economical. Either record by
itself stands as an excellent example of pure jazz; together they
represent different but equally interesting approaches to similar subject matter.

I~m generally sold on anything
Ellington and
Johnny Hodges, This week Duke offers I NEVER FELT,THIS WAY
BEFORE, a sentimental number in
~Moog Indigo~ style. coupled with
WEELY. a stomp featuring Rex
Stewart's screwy but blazing trumpet, On Columbia. The Hodges~ gift

' to swingdom is MY HEART JUMP
ED UVER THE MOON, slow mel
- ancholis, and TRULY WONDER
FUL, truly lively swing, a Vocalion.
You'll be wild about both platters....For ga coupling that jumps for
Six minutes, get the Decca by
Harold Boyce of SO WHAT and

KNOCK YA~ SELF OUT, These
lads dish out some fine rhythm,
Wwitn a powerful alto sax that~

sounds like Pete ~Brown at his best.

Except for the worst vocal heard
this year, Lionel Hampton~s Victor
of 'M ON MY WAY FROM YOU,
new song written by Dan Burley,
sports and theatrical editor of the

Amsterdam News. is a tremendous |

performance. The tune itself has
hi~ possibilities; and the Hampton
version sparkles with Red Allen
brilliant on trumpet and Bassist
Bernstein and Drummer Catlett

Mas

bone is swell.~..Van Alexander
up. with a jitterbug special
of HO SA BONNIE, as

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vboly. The other side of this Victor
hows the rhythmic Zurke piano ir
op form with 4 vocal by the very
ippealing Evelyn Poe on YOU
HIT MY HEART WITH A BANG.

Joe. Sullivan, one of the greatest
of white keyboard artists, has one
one of the longest and best solos
ae~s disced recéntly in the Varsit;
Seven~s Varsity of A. PRETTY
GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY. Both.
shis ang the companion, SHAKE
iT AND BREAK IT, whith hoastr
2% grand Joe Turner vocal, lets Polo.
Hawkins and Carter strut their
nusical stuff....Tony Pastor, who
ecently started on his own, comes
up with a very promising new
sand for his Bluebird debut. On
WATCHING THE CLOCK and
DANCE WITH A DOLLY, the say
eam blends like the old Artie
shaw section and of course Passor~s tenor retains all its beauty: -
Nill Bradley~s best release to date
is JOHNSON RAG. easy _ flowing
swing, and HALLELUJAH, with.
Ray McKinley going mad on the
drums, It~s. a Columbia.

After raves from many critics
over Harlan Leonard, I expected
better things from his Bluebird
debut. CONTACT and*.ROCKIN~
WITH THE ROCKETS have a Jot
of Kansas City sock and the boyr
play well. but many bands are superior, Probably more distinctive
arrangements will help:,..Charlir
WAR DANCE, is. a poor successor
Barnet~s Bluebird of COMANCHE
to his marvelous. ~Cherokee.~~. Bu~
his other side. TAPPIN' AT THE
TAPPA, is an excellent example
of slow and gutty jazz with an out
standing guitar solo near the end.
For a straight rendition of these
evergreens. OUT OF NOWHERE:
and BODY AND SOUL, get the

~Royale~ by Johnny Green, the man

who wrote both...:Equally sooth:
ing are two waltzes by Glenn Mil.
ler, MISSOURI WALTZ anzé
BEAUTIFUL OTIO, a_ Bluebird
gem....Also on Bluebird is GIVE A
LITTLE WHISTLE and HOLi\
HOLY SMOKE, rendered typical
rhythmaniacal style by the sizzling
Four King Sisters.

On race lists, grab the Varsity
by Ivy Smith of WRINGING AND
TWISTING PAPA and. GOT
JELLY ON MY MIND. Quite spicy
although a. reissue__Booker T.
Washington....yes. that~s _hisname..makes his debut on Bluebird
with DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH

~ the entire

Being Primed
~For Tour Of

_Eastern Shore

RICHMOND, Va,~(S N S)~The
Outstanding Virginia Union University Choral Club, directed by
Mrs. Aldena Windham Davis, is
to be presented tq President
Roosevelt, in the near future, acoe to sources close to the

Since several Negro college
choirs have sung before the president, the news of the Union cnott~s |

Mrs. Davis the iivecizein, refused to comment on the rumor, de- |
claring ~the group would be very
pleased to sing before the President.~ If such an invitation does
reach the choir, Mrs. Davis assured reporters that the news
would be released to them = immediately.

The Union Choir is being primed
for an eastern seaboard concert
tour scheduled for the first week
in March. Appearances will.be
made in New York, New Rochelle,
Baltimore and Washington.

WHITES FOUND TO
HEAD POLICY RING
ST. LOUIS (ANP)~A state grand
jury last Friday indicted 10 persons, including three whites in the
first move of a ~clean. up
| gambling~ drive which is sweeping
country, The three
whites were accused as actual
leaders of the policy ring which
Operates the Lucky Strike; Memphis, Reck Island, Big Sun, Leader, Birmingham, FEagle, Owl,
Dreamland and Hyde Park wheels.

FIRST person to lose life in
Revolutionary War, according to
United States Department of Interior was Crispus Attucks, a Negro.

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companiment by Walter Davis is
breathtaking....Blue Lu Barker
sells HE'S SO GOOD and YOU
BEEN HOLDING OUT TOO
LONG on Decca, although she has
made better numbers....The other
race releases aren~t particularly
important, They include I'LL TRY
TO FORGET and READY FOR
RHYTHM, by Tampa Red on Bluebird; RAMBLING BLUES and
SNEAKING BLUES. by Scrapper
Blackwell on Varsity; BLACK
BOTTOM BLUES ang I CRAVE
MY PIG MEAT by Blind Boy Fuller, HOLD ME PARSON and HE'S

and JUST WANT TO THINK. He~s
a poor singer, but the piano ac
RED HOT TO ME, by Lizzie Miles
both on Vocalion.

By CARL ~

JUST TO CECILIA..
Dearest you wiil remember when June comes again that I am the

guy:

Who once told you it~s the month for moonlight ~n~ soft music
Why lie?

Then, your heart will go bumpety-bump and your eyes will show
brightness

Everything about you will be in nlown-~-9ven your ae wili
become sightless.

While I won~t be with you as I was last year (O, yes! Who can
forget THAT night?)

I'll be seeing the second edition of the N, Y. World~s Fair, alone.
Is| that right?

~| We~d love to have you come, That is everyone here would make it

pleasant for you
But, it so happens that you~d better not~I~ve got some unfinished
business to do.

Don~t worry I cannot bat help keep my promise
_ ~forever ~n~ ever~

You might hear tell of my going out with other girls~but, cheat
on you? Never!

to be faithful

~From A Columnist~s Scrapbook,
A REPORTER AT LARGE....

They were whooping it up at Jock~s Place the other a. m, and,
Bill Casmay (he~s the manager there) related how a cute young
thing came by one afternoon seeking a job as an entertainer,
Said Bill, ~We won~t be in the market for entertainment until
a fortnight you know, Miss..er, what did you say the name was?~
~Lill,~ came the retort, ~I~m billed, as Lill thee torch-singer.~
One of the yokels standing at the bar, a kibitzer, ejaculated,
~Can you whistle?~ |

~Oh yes.~ the entertainer put in.

~Pm sorry,~ Bill Casmay assured Lill, ~we don~t permit whist
ling.~

FIRST LADY diets ing, Phil..Dillard Brown Lasseter, of Atlanta, was recently ap
PA Fitzgerald ee "wo? | pointed Deputy Administrator of

She Declares Bankruptcy

Milas Lucile Swarz, St. Louis schoolteacher, nationally known
as Lou Swarz, the ~one woman show~ was declared bankrupt Saturday in a federal court hearing. She listed her liabilities~ at $12,115.38. She ~stated her annual salary is /$2, 700.

and nae as @ vocalist onal
rags Bes tear ert ee eee
mre Sav Savoy Ballroom. | sETTO VOCE..:.
ilde, publicity agent at Moe|. Jimmy Lunceford:
Gale Incorporated, was inform. me that you are actually wow-ing
ing a fe of reporters the oth- | ~em, Well, I~m not the least bit
er midday that, ~Ella will soon | surprised..Bishop R, R. Wright,
leave 7or Roseland Ballroom I didn~t know that FDR came to
where she will appear for two/| your rescue, Your son informed
weeks, Back to the Savoy until} me that your party had been sumApril and then ~ moned at the last minute to
One of the newspapermen in-| hoard a Dutch East, Indies steamquired, ~And then, what?~ er in the quiet of the night. From
~Al Wilde, just ~what now, lit-| the gazettes I learned that you
tle man,~ I put in. had been stranded in Africa.
~Ella,~ ~he_ said, Stranded when you put into port
the Famous Door. ~ in Boston the day the newspapers
~PAMOUS DOOR, feller?~ | carried the story???..Bob Dougquipped one of the reporters, | lass: We all feel as you do about
~Ella went into the famous door} Johnny Holt, the patrolman and
about six years ago when Sshe/| former Rens basketballer. Had a
played the Harlem Opera House | Colored copper been in that raand sang to win her plate in the | dio car, he would be all probabilsun.~ ity have recognized Johnny. A
JOTTERDOWNS.. -yecent column hit upon this subFLASH! Nina Mae McKinney, ject: ~Why no sepial patrolmen
the ~Hellelujah Girl~ made her | jn the radio cars covering Harband debut Thurs. (Savoy)... | lem~s Black Belt?~
EARL HINES and his ORCHES- HARLEM PRESENTS: The
TRA (rhythmpating musical ag-| smartest and most unique bar and
gregation) wow-ing ~em at the] restaurant is located on Seventh
Harlem Apollo here..BERNICE | Avenue on the southeast corner
CALVIN taking business course | of West 137th Street~almost
at ~the, Combination Business | within ten giant steps from the
School..JOE LOUIS, who can~t
do the rhumba, spotted dancing
with lovely Fredi Washington at
the Cotton Club the other evening! ~Poets~ ~Washington now
entertaining the dawn patrol at
the STROLLERS~ CLUB..JOHNNY! HUDGINS is the first sepia
to entertain at New York~s swank
Fifth Avenue Hotel..SOUTHERN
CONFERENCE Basketball Tournament underway at TUSKEGEE
Institute..A... Philip Randolph,
(International President of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters) pointed out, in his recent address at Symphony Hall,
Boston, Mass., ~..what the darker Traces conclibale two-thirds of
the population of the world and
occupy one-half of the world
space, and that some day we

~will go into

Colored Branch of the YWCA,

loveliest gals live~and, sometimes play:.Dick Wheaton~s cannot be classed as a grill. Nor can
it be ~ranked~ by would-be knowjt-alls who would term this. distinctve exclusive spot a nitery. It
is colorful! Unusual and gay in
decorations with a pleasant atmosphere. _In short: A modern
FO SLAVE DIES;
BODY LIES IN STATE

OXFORD, Mississippi. ~ (ANP)
~~Mammy. Callie,~ born Caroline
Barr in slavery just 100 years ago,
died: Saturday at the Faulkner
estate where she had lived since
shortly after the Civil war, Sunday she lay in state in the drawing room of William Faulkner,
noted southern novelist, who de
(meaning the darker races, of | scribed her as ~a fount not only of
course) will. e a blow for | authority and information but of
freedom and ~| ndents pe affection, respect and security.~
eet y n.~ Nice bar.

The following listing is in effect
for the week of February 25 only?| -
All time indicated is Eastern
Standard. Subtract 1 hour for
Central time; 2 hours for Mountain
time; and 3 hours for West Coast
fime. As is the unavoidable case
in radio schedtiling, all programs
= subject to ~ag aminute se
an

HOT picaamisread
AND VOCAL.

LOUIS pereiggye: Fog oof
Monday, 12 midnite. Cation Cla
mw Reh a in

pianist-vocalist.

' CARTER AND BOWIE at twin
pianos, MBS, Scattered schedule.

GHARIOTEERS ~ NBC Blue
Mon. 1:45 p. m., Tues, 8 a, m., Sat.
10:30 3. m.; MBS, Sun. 9 p. m., Sat.
6:45 p. m.; WOR 710k, Friday, 4:15

~JORNGON'S, ~HAPPY GOLDEN G A\T E JUBILEE

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~| ber songsations. Z.| NEGROES SPOTLIGHTED ON

By HAROLD JOVIEN:
The combined radio followers~
jazz lovers were given an: added
musical treat recently when ~The~
Hawk,~ sensational sax ride man,
Coleman Hawkins and King percussionist, Zutti (Singleton) perform@q over nationwide networks,

Coleman Hawkins, along with his
newly acquired swing band. gave
out in the solid fashion via Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 8 from the

ship...

Over Jordan~ program recently.

ment for printing of a stamp bearing ~the likeness of Booker T. Wash- -
ington, famous educator..

York. Highspot of -his half hou ' WO~ radio, told why
program was his _ splendid
treatment of the immortal song,
~Body and soul~, Record fans are
already well acquainted with this
particular arrangement.
Demon drummer man,:Zutti, was
offered with a small jam combination on the inaugural NBC airing
of the Lower Basin Street Chamber Music Society program. His selections inciuded ~Bugle Cali Rag~
and a series of improvisations on 2
them,by Jazzlo Brown,

This show has good possibilities
of replacing in favor the formerly
aired CBS Swing Club sessions. | feats in the 1936 Olympic games.

Dorothy Gordon after a dramatiza
JESSE OWENS TURNS
SALESMAN

Owens, triple Olympic winner 0

He is to be a clothing

This was the first time a fight. has Says e@seses~.ver been presented on short-wave
radio under commercial sponsor-~.Major R. O. Wright, presiient of the Citizens and Southern
Sank and Trust Co,, Philadelphia,
was| guest speaker on the ~Wings

Major Wright is leader of the sent }..DoroGolden Gate ballroom in New ~ thy| Maynor talented new soprano |

~Guiliver~s
_5ax | Ttavels~ was her favorite childhood
story when she was interviewed by

tion of the tale recently over NBC,

CLEVELAND, O.~(ANP)~Jesse

several years ago, has a new job.
salesman.
The ~fastest man in world,~ a title
ability. has worked as a dancer, 2
band leader, a whisky salesman,
and a political campaigner since his

NEW YORK~(A N
Bledsoe, the original ~~O}

| day in a recital that easily, stamp
and natura] vocal and interpretive gifts the
baritone of the Negro race. _

im,

~questa tomba,~ superbly done, fd
gaits ~Non piu and rai~ ~

~Nczzep di Figaro,~
ti~ ~Ah! non avea piv
from ~Maria ai Rudenz.~

del,~ D~Indy~s ~Lied Maritime,~
| Debussy~s ~Mandoline~ (which ~
to be repreated), Duprac~s ~Chaneon triste~ and Fourdrain~s
| vauchee Cosaque.~

Sibelius~ ~War Song of Tyrtaeus,~
Dvorak~s ~Biblical Song,
singers.own splendid
| Prayt~ were bet apart as
group for the ill-fated countries
~and~ peoples of the world, conclud| ing with Cherniavsky~s ~The Kaddish of My Ancestry.~

The recital came to an end with
the inevitabl. group of spirituals:
Kennedy~s ~O Mary! Where is
Yo~ Baby?,~ Harvey Gaul~s ~Wha.
a Tryin~ Time,~ ~Dere~s a Man
Goin~ Roun~~ by Clarence ~Cameron White and Mr. Bledsoe~s
version of ~Go Down Moses.~

Mr. Bledsoe~s large voite
grown much in. quality

he
way, often dangerously obscure

the clarity of his diction. Z
His personality is commanding

but we wonder why he has allow
out perceiving th. need of the

Doctor |

Sule Bledica
Called Fore-.
Most Baritone

River,~ returned to Town Hail Sun- e

ed him by virtue of his experience ~

In Italian, Mr. Bledsoe
Bonocini~s ~Per la gloria~
d~adoravi,~ Beethoven~s ~In
sod Tonia.~. lagrime~

In much les distinct French, the ~
~artist sang de Fontenailles ~Ron~" 2 F

~Che-" ~

and the~ _
~Pagan _
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through.
years of use and experience as has ~~
also his altogether uncommon in- ~
terpretive powers which by the ~

development of a robust top voice. ~

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ae ids,

foremost operatic~ ~ ~

ed the years to roll around with- ~~

| Townsena

| Only a few years
ago the nation

a

=~ closer to his markets. It is nearer to the than

strides toward better life.

price of gasoline has fallen, as well
as the cost of the automobile, which
replaced the horse and buggy. We
{| have never minded gasoline taxes.
They have helped us build more roads,
which meant more cars, more tires,
more glass~all meaning more work,
Here for-once we have a constructive tax~one to build wealth, pot

to destroy it... WILBERFORCE BROADCASTS

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Negro folk music, its historicai |
foundation and place in the Aimerican musical scene, was the subject
of a program broadcast over WLW,

Cincinnati, Ohio, Sunday, February 18, with students of Wilberforce |.
university participating. The program, produced by Mack Greene
dramatic director at Wilberforce,
wes. one cf, an annua: broadcast
series presetited between the birthGay anniversaries of LincoJn and }
won a first award at the éxhib:tion |:
Washington. Last May's k-roadcast
cf educational recordings at Colum
bus, Ohic.~
~THE TAPPER TATTLES
According to highly popular comedians Fred Allen. Joe Louis Res

~dune moe for sti. live on the
canvas than Rembrandt~.. The
Boston Symphory orchestra is

planning to uSe Duke~ Ellington~s
~Renuniscing*ii Tempo~ fer gn
early pop concert....Incidentally.the Duke's latest ballad number,
~Lovely Coed~ should follow in the
~footsteps of his previous slow num- |

AIKLANES

The currently popular ~Folkmusic Series~ of the Air~ de~ 4
itself to Negro spirituals during it~.
broadcast over the CBS network,

EYE CPENERS-~by, Bob. Crosby

5 ae

fand. moving him |

the telephone~yet it has made equal

These ribbons of concrete have been | en |
paid for by taxing gasoline~yet the -