Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-09-23
Stage and Night
Clubs

Visited the Harlem Kave last
Tuesday skid-dawning and the
mite life lovers of Detroit are real
ly going strong for the new club.
Am beginning TO wonder just how
well this mans town will support
all of the many different clubs.
beer gardent etc. Along the main
stem there is Magnus Clark's Cot
ton Club-the Russell House Grill
the ID. &. Club-The Musicians
and Entertainers Club-Buffalo'
Apex Club-and q few other minor
places. and now three new clubs
are preparing to open up. There is
also the Paradise Gardens and the
M. ID. l.. Club. 1t is going TO re-
quire cash and more cash to keep
the doors OF all these clubs open.
And again We wonder just who
will be the winners If ii does come
to a showdown--in the event that
such does happen here is the
situation at short close range
glance.
Some influential producer and
equally influential manager will
have to get together and give pat
rons q real floor show. Using
such talent as Bob Howe, well lik-
ed, highly respected and admired
by all. Joe Hubert and also Billy
Hit, certainly these three men
have prestige and influence
enough to stage and produce GER
tain type of show that will pay
heavy dividends. For instance, for
chorines there is Floye Johnson,
Bobbie Wilson, Hazel Echols.
Dimples Harris. Dorothy Lee, Lor-
raine Fuquae, Kitty Gresham, Flor
ence Duncan. Lena Curry, and
Camille Cavelle. And a stomp down
good chorus II would be. Full OF
pep, speed and color. For featured
stars there is Mildred helms. and
Billy Hit dancers; Glennda Bran
mock singer; Josephine Beck ana
Kid Williams, more dancers;
Clarence Hughes, NADIA jenkins
Joe Hubert (the Ebony Bling cros-
by) singers; and last, but not least
the Three Bad Boys. With cast
like this Howe, Hit or Hubert
should become famous over mite.
The NJ. ID. l.. orchestra or the Para
disc Gardens orchestra, or else put
both orchestras together -and
what a helluva show that would
be. Would fill some club to capaci-
ty every mite with such a galaxity
of stars. Color, speed, pep, vim
and action.
There is talent in Detroit anu
plenty of it. If some director want
ed a stomp down good orchestra 70
play dance and radio engagements
there is such talent as Erie MOSS
AL Jordan. AL Ferris and chick
Irving for the saxophone section
clarence Lee or AL Taylor or MIS-
Rozelle (Billy) Hit for pianist
Nathaniel Thomas. guitar ana pan
10 Eugene Trice on the drums anu
orchestra bells and Lawrence Es-
eerson playing trombone. Adu 10
these one trumpet and one cornet
and there you have some sweet
soft melodious dance music. These
boys know how to play music ana
make II sound like real music, ana
vet il will be jazz. Whether or not
Howe or Hit could handle an "g-
sregation like this is not known
hut maybe Hubert could, II not then
I know a man who could ana
would take them right now. Add
10 such an orchestra, the ever Drill
liant sweet voiced Glennda Bran
mock. pensive voiced, soft eyed
MAZDA Jenkins and the robust bari-
tone James Rutherford. ALLOW
these songbirds to furnish the vo-
cal harmony. Those of you VINO
travel nitely along the main stem
visiting the clubs. you know wha'
these three singers can DO. VI
course we must not forget Francs
Tate. She is another songbird VINO
can MARBLE and sing and chirp hK'
nobody's business. If you doubt me
Just hear her sing Smoke Rings
SO you producers and managers