Evening star., 1927-04-24
Sounding Brass

- merly Ted Newall's Jazz Band,
gave their first performance last week
with the st. Patrick Players.
Ted and the boys rendered bill
of snappy jazz music and added Zest
to the program with bits of comedy.
The comedy features were given by
Henry Goliath. violinist and Dick
NewaIl, drummer. They sang Where
Da va Worka. John?"
The orchestra struck up "Those
Black Bottom Blues" and George
Whitney, st. Pats dancer, presented
a. "pat" dance.
The members of the orchestra are
Ted Newall. George Miller, Dick New
all, Henry GOLIATH, Louis Fishman,
James Bibb, John Hefflen, George Kill
leen, Paul Garner, John Tefch and
Ellis Miller.
lie Paradis Is planning soon to
launch an unusual type of entertain.
ment novelties that will involve
Broadway artists, the use Of cleverly
conceived novelty nights and produc'
ton of the tabloid revues Of the LIE
Paradis jazz orchestra.
Dick Himber, production director
and violinist of the lie Paradis Or
chestra, has just returned from New
York.
The lie Paradis. always the
straight eight" Of dance music, is
taking on new versatility. Jack
Powers, saxophonist, has improvised
a string of ''torrid choruses" that are
making dancers sit up, or rather step
out. and take notice Jack is also
holding the lie Paradis palm for all
round musicianship by playing clari-
net, mandolin. the whole family of
saxophones and the violin.
Plans for an early opening of the
lie Paradis roof are being made with
the possibility that continued warm
weather will possibly advance the
date to May Is Manager Robert
Kehl is conducting ''paint-up, dress
up" campaign on the roof, which VIII
he completed in about 10 days. lie
Paradis tea dances will be discon-
tinued for the season after this week,
the last one taking place last night,
Vaudeville acts will highlight the
week end at the Villa Roma, while
Saturday tea dance is also announced.
Dance music full OF tantalizing
rhythms is supplied by the Moe Baer
Orchestra.
Leading lights of the vaudeville bin
Friday and Saturday are Tereta
Shaeffer, local dahcer, and Mamie
King, boy soparno, who will sing
both ballads and jazz numbers. His
program will include "Cheritza,
"Hello. Bluebird," and Indian Love
Call Several clever eccentric
dancers win also figure in the pro
gram.
An unusual treat is being offered
Swanee dancers in that they are, being
selected as a "try-out" audience for
a number of vaudeville specialties to
be incorporated into vaudeville act
10 be produced in the next month or
two in leading theaters. APPROX
n,ately thirty Of these specialties and
stunt numbers are to he tried out in
the course of the Swanee nightly pro-
grams. Those that prove popular
with the Swanee patrons viii be
adapted and fitted into the vaudeville
act of the orchestra, which is expected
to be top-notcher.
Bach is called the father OF jazz"
by Frederick Millar, the British bass
in an article published by the Ameri-
can Monthly.
Back of Jazz is long line of an
cestors. beginning with the folk songs
of primitive peoples, says Mr.. Mlliar.
Sebastian Bach is one of the
most outstanding of the old masters
who in their lighter moods turned to
jazz expressions.
"OId Father Bach must have been
in a. hilarious mood much of his time,
for so often the essential jazz spirit
creeps out, with it's lifting, swaying,
nh
Nor was Bach alone in his EN-
ployment of syncopation. In the duet
betweens Adam and Eve in Haydn
Creation" is an excellent example.
Give it into the hands of one of our
modern composers with instructions
to dress it up for the saXophone, traps
and trombone. and a. perfect piece OF
modern jazz will result.
Beethoven Sonata in A-nat With
Variations contains another specimen
of the earlier writing of jazz. There
are many examples of works in
which the old composers turned to
syncopation when in facetious humor.
Adapt any of them to the modern
Jazz orchestra and few could diff
ferentiate its form from the latest
syncopated hit on Broadway.
1.-The effect of the present jazz
music Will be 1elt not unly Dy Inc
composers, but by every American
who has a soul for music. For jazz
in any form is disturbing. II stirs
the emotions. sets some rhythm gong
within, so that a craving is the one
logical result. In time the individual
becomes fed up on the flambOyant
jazz, and once surfeited he can be
satisfied only by something of a more
exalted tone. Jazz is an intermediary
movement toward higher orders of
music
The concert overture at the Metro
politdn Theater for this week will be
"William Tell" played by Daniel
Breeskins Metropolitan Symphony
Orchestra: Zone Alone popular hit
from Sigmund Romberg's operetta,
'"The Desert Song" from which also
has been chosen The Riff Song as
the recessional.