Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
SERGE HOUSEWIFE
Polls (heuxecaay)
Sounding Brass


frequent. There are at least
~ 500 amateur orchestras play
ing regular engagements. and
many more that are not. Every
other day one hears of a new orches-
| ira. These amateurs in time gen
orally become professionalism is,
after they have been organized and
have played out enough to gain a
| name for themselves.
One Of the best jazz orchestras is
Al lannon's Swanee Syncopators. AL
has been playing for quite some time
at the Swanee Night Club, one of
Washingotn's finest dancing estab-
| lishments.
Here's what AL has to say about
orchestras:
Intelligent use of brasses is essen
tial in playing for large assemblages.
There is an enormous difference
between playing for several hundred
dancers in room of moderate proper
lions and supplying dance music for
a crowd of several thousand in a large
| ballroom" he said. I'm the first
case, the orchestra must be so assem-.
bled as to avoid undue resonance,
while in the latter instance an orches-
ira without resonance and volume
would be utterly inadequate and flu
tile.
"Brasses, used with discrimination
offer the most practical solution to the
problem of securing volume without
increasing the size of your orchestra
to any great extent. In the Swanee
Syncopators, which is a 10-piece or
chestra, 40 per cent Of the makeup
is allotted to brasses. We are thus
enabled to supply dance music that
will properly fill the very largest ball
room.
'The brasses we have selected for
the ensemble are two trumpets, a
trombone and tuba. The tuba is espe-
cially essential because of the depth
and richness of tone it supplies
Trumpets provide excellent high
lights and, in my opinion, should be
used in all orchestras to much
greater extent than at present. One
stumbling block, though, in this mat
ter is the great difficulty Of securing
good trumpet players. You can find
dozen excellent saxophone players
to one musician who has adequately
mastered the trumpet.
THE balance of the .orchestration
of the syncopators includes violin,
piano, two saxophones, banjo and
drums. While l usually play the vio-
lin, l endeavor to introduce a certain
amount of variety into the ensemble
by playing either tenor, alto or So
prano saXophones at intervals, also
the clarinet. This sort of thing seems
to appeal very much to dancers, who
register immediate interest whenever
director alternates from one instru-
ment to another"
Here's jaZZy group of new releases
for this week: I've Got the Girl"
tiya. M To
Marvin; Thinking of You,' George
Olsen and his music; when 1 First
Met Mary" Ben Pollock and his Cali
fornians Tell Me Tonight" Roger
Wolfe Kahn and his orchestra: "Ten-
derby Think of Me- Kahn and his or
chestra "Idolizing," Jean Goldkette
and orchestra; Il Need Lovin'," Coon
Sanders Orchestra; Every Little
While" George Olsen and his music;
Have You Forgotten" Jan CARRIER
and his orchestra; "Je T'Aime Means
l Love YOU" Nat Shilkret and his or
chestra; Where Do You Work-a,
John?" Warnings Pennsylvanians; II
Love the College Girls" Waring' s
Pennsylvanians: Wouldn't Your"
Roger Kahn and his orchestra: Tuck
in Kentucky and Smile" Edwin J.
McEnelly's Orchestral. "Ev'rything's
CitIiCoi jINlll6 AdIOHSOll anu MS
| commanders; Like He Loves Me" and
"Nicodemus," sung by Beatrice Lille;
MY Baby Knows How" Coon Sand
ers' Orchestra; "Brainstorm," Coon
Sanders; 1.-THE Riff Song" Nat Shil-
kret; "One Alone" Nat Shilkret; MAY
be-" Nat Shilkret; Someone to Watch
Over Me-" George Olsen and his
music; ''P. d. @. Blues" Thomas Nor
ris and his Seven Hot Babies; blues
From the Everglades" Thomas Nor
ris; THE Mess" Thomas Morris; my
Baby Doesn't Squawk Blues" New
Orleans Blue Five.
The above numbers are all fox trots.
Here are a few choice waltzes: Hush
aBye," Jean Goldkette and his or
| chestra; "cheritZa," Nat Shilkret and
his orchestra: Blame 1t on the
Waltz" Edwin McEnelly's orchestra.
and One Golden Hour" by Nat. Shil-
kret and his orchestra.
Colby Hartman, at LoeW's Palace,
has arranged another spectacular over
i ture for the Palace Concert Orchestra
1t is entitled AN Ode to Dawn" and
is described as a special composition
! of melodies from Grieg, Cadman and
| Nevin, with a Photographic obbligato
The Metropolitan Symphony Or.
| chestra's concert overture for this
week will be THE Opera Mirror"
| from famous grand operas, arranged
| by Tobani. The works from which
| these selections are chosen include
! Verdis I'll Trovatore" and "Rigolet-
to-" Gounod's Faust and Bizet's
Carmen"