Evening star., 1926-10-17
Sounding Brass

ana dancer, VINO accompanied
Meyer Davis and his orchestra to
Mount Vernon. amused music critics
and patrons who We're there for the
Coolidge chamber music festival with
the BLACK Bottom" dance. The
BLACK Bottom" originated among the
darkies in the bottoms of the Southern
rivers The colored folks gathered at
night with their banjos and played
while one of their number danced.
The dancer, barefoot, would get in
the slippery mud near the bank of
the river and begin shuffling rhyth-
mically to a blue" crooned by one of
his companions and kept in time by
! the picking of q banjo.
George White witnessed the dance
and introduced it in his 1925 Scan
dals." The name was taken from the
piece called the BLACK Bottom"
The latest ballroom dances are the
Varsity Waltz and the collegiate
Half Time The former is a fast
waltz and the latter a fast fox trot
similar to the hop" but with a sway
ing motion of the shoulders and hips.
Albert DeCourville's international
revue. 'Zig-Zag," will be the stage
attraction at Loew's Palace .Theater
this week. The melodies used are by
field "Follies' scores.
Prominent in the company are Max
Cunningham and Hazel Clements,
dancing stars Of such George NJ. Co
han hits as The OBrien Girl" Lit
tie Nellie Kelly" and Mary"
Kate Smith. "iazz queen" is shar-
ing stellar honors with Ed Bowling
in Dowling's production Of Honey
moon Lane" now showing It the
knickerbocker Theater in New York.
Kate was formerly with Crandall's
Saturday Nighters" of this city. She
will appear as a special artist at the
Ell Fay Club, one of the smastest
night clubs in the metropolis. In ad-
dition she has received an offer to
make records for a leading phono-
graph concern.
Daniel Breeskin's Symphony Or
chestra at the Metropolitan Theater
will entertain this weeks audiences
| with melody hits from Harry Tier
neys score. kid Boots; THE Rain
the Swim at Miami" Polly, Put the
Kettle On" and others. Three of the
latest numbers are hits from Queen
High" and lie Mares Affairs" two
new Broadway successes. and Gas
ties in the Air" The Metropolitan
Ramblers" will play during the hours
that Rreeskin's orchestra is not in the
pit.
These are the Jazz hits for the COM
ing week: why Do va Roll Those
Eyes" melody fox trot. by Paul White.
man and his orchestra: ME, Too" fox
trot. by Paul Whiteman and his or
chestra: That's My Girl" fox trot. by
Ted Weems and his orchestra; Some
One Is Losin' Susan" fox trot by
Philip Stitalny and his orchestra: six
Feet of Papa" vocal, by Aileen Stan
ley: Looking at the World Through
Rose colored Glasses" sung by Aileen
Stanley: Mary Lou and Be
trushka." by b. F. Goodrich and his
Silvertown Cord Orchestra; Moon
light and Roses" fox trot. by War
, ing's Pennsylvanians: "Chick. Chick
Chick, Chick, Chicken" fox trot, by
Ted Weems and his orchestra. and
"Aint We Carryin' On" fox trot, by
Jan CARRIER and his orchestra.
w. c. Handy. composer of the IA
, NOUS EST. Louis" and Memphis
Blues" begins his program today for
the week at the Lincoln Theater. He
was born in Florence. Ala, and at
| tended a colored school there under a
/ teacher from Fisk University. None
| Of his family was musical. He start
| ed his musical career as a singer IN
| the Florence Quartet. which later
| sang at the worlds fair in Chicago.
| In 1903 he organized a band or dance
| orchestra in Clarksdale, Miss, which
was not entirely successful. Soon
after this he composed the Memphis
! Blues" that was wordless at the
| time. His composition. st. Louis
Blues" was published soon after.
| ward This originator of the blues"
also wrote an unusually interesting
| book on the subject, which is tllustrat-
ed by Miguel Covarrubias.
Happy Walker and his Jazz orchestra
| have completed the Summer season at
Glen Echo Park and three.Week
enga cement in Baltimore. They are
now at the Arcadia. where hearty
| welcome awaited them on the first
night of their Winter engagement.
Jack Mulroe and Billy Kuehling,
| local soft-shoe dancing experts. who
gave a good performance at the Palace
| Theater last week. are favoriteS here.
They took an important part in the
| Uncle Sans Follies" at the Presi-
dent Theater last season.
Tom Coiner, Eastern High School
student and formerly with Keith 8
circuit as a dancing comedian. will
take part in George Whites Scandals
| of 1925" after he has completed his
schooling. At the present time he is
| teaching dancing with Mr.. Simons at
| the high school.
Michael Curtiz, famous European
director. now under contract to War
ner Bros, last week devoted his time
to shooting the prologue of THE
-b;rd naOroe in which Dolores Cos.