Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-26

the past season in Florida and the
CarOlinas.
The program that the orchestra
leader has prepared for the coming
week is said to consist Of a sparkling
group of melodies. played in the typi-
cal CARRIER fashion.
The orchestra at present is engaged
in a. tour Of the larger Loew's
theaters.
Some years ago q. slip of a lad
named Dave Schooler walked into
booking office and asked for a job.
He was told no Office boys were re-
quired and the lad replied that he
was not an Office boy. but an artist.
He was asked to play on the piano.
At that moment was the starting OF
Dave Schooler's boyhood career. He
was Immediately employed by a
| vaudeville company and billed as
THE Boy Paderewski."
Mr.. Schooler is at the Earle Thea.
ter this week in what he terms as
Music Hath Charms" musical AL
legory. 1t explains in prose, verse
and music the origin of music-mel.
ody. rhythm and harmony.
The Jazz war in London reached
its climax this month in a. savage
attack from Ernest Newman. Lon
don music writer and critic. Goaded
% frenzy by the recent public ac
ceptance Of Paul Whiteman. George
Gershwin and margarine d'Alvarez
who have succeeded in putting Jazz
firmly on the classic concert stage
of England. Mr.. Newman devoted his
entire musical column to his opinion
on the whole schoo, Of syncopationists.
THE brains of the whole lot Of
them put together would not fill the
lining Of Johann Strauss hat. de-
clared Mr. Newman. Jazz is already
dead from the neck up. No real
composer would touch 1t. because 1t
| is too feeble and limited an instru-
ment of expression for any one who
has anything to express
George Gershwin, who will appear
with Nine d'Alvarez on the New
York concert stage this Fall. replied
blandly to Mr.. Newman's diatribe. He
said: Mr.. Newman's criticism Is one
of the most important things that has
been said about jazz. Mr.. Newman
| is a. great critic, but l think he is
talking more about the alleged ir-
reverence Of iaZZing the classics than
about jazz itself.
"Of course. it can be argued that
| in iazzing the classics you introduce
them. even If in revised form. to many
persons who would not otherwise
come in contact with them. AS for
jazz itself, certain types of it are in
bad taste. but ! am sure it has ele-
ments that can be developed. l don't
know whether 1t will be jazz when
| il is finished but those elements. es-
pecially the rhythmic possibilities, I
! shall continue to try to develop"
4 new dance that originated among
| the Southern darkies is gaining pop
ularity among the country's jazz fans.
| The dance is called the Black Bot
TOM and is somewhat similar to the
| Charleston. The arms are bent at the
elbows and held stiffiy to the sides,
| then the dancer attempts vigorously
| throughout the dance to make his
or her hips touch the hands held six
inches away.
| Spencer Tuppman and his jazz or
chestra, we'll known to local fans for
the syncopated modern music, tempt
ed fate with a novelty in his program
| at the Rialto fhea;er last week that
was certainly startling to the ears Of
the lover Of classical music. The d.
rector took the themes Of the Tschai-
| kowski Fourth Symphony" and sent
them on fashion parade in 1926 jazz
costumes in combination with the
"Volga Boat Song" similarly attired.
| The present day modes in syncopa.
| ton suited the simple, heavily built
rhythms of the Russian folk song
much better than the symphonic mo-
tives. The experiment. however, was
quite interesting.
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