Evening star., 1942-06-11
former Chicago lad admits to 81

His beginnings were of the
humblest sort and there was never
a time that he wasn't pounding on
something. AS a child it was his
mothers pots and pans. Soon the
kitchen utensils were to give way
to drum. Hence a career was in
the making. Even now the excitable
Abe goes in for bit of pounding
although this kind is more of the
verbal variety"
VOLTA! Another biography by the
historians of today.
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A profitable sjdeline of the Adri-
an Rollini Trio. currently in El
Patio. is performing for radio tram
scriptionS which receive wide ma
tional distribution for sprinkling
the air-Waves at frequent and
sometimes odd intervals during the
radio day.
In fact, a friend of Mr.. Rollini
unaware of the vibe maestro's new
branching out. was quite nonplused
about it all. and one day confront
ed him somewhat as follows:
Goodness gracious, Adria
where do you find time to sleep?
Here you are up at $50 this morn
ing playing for the Luscious Krunch
cereal time, and back at noon on
the Romance OF Maymie Hotzop-
fel, at pm. for the Slithery Soap
Corp, and, gracious, If I don't hear
you again at II from the Casino
del Munich. Where do you find
the time, repeat?"
But Adrian smiled just quietly
and shifted his boutonniere.
Petite and charming Marianne Ar
den-the more charming. Of course
because of her Viennese accent
is pianist by whom jazz comes
naturally. 1t came naturally to
Miss Arden while she was still liv-
ing in Vienna, as a matter of fact.
She had been laboring along with
the classic repertory-Liszt, Chopin,
Bach, MoZart-When of a sudden
the strains of Gershwin's "Rhap-
sody in Blue" fell upon her ears
With that Miss Arden's feeling for
American music was born. And
since that time she has been play
ing that music to the virtual ex-
clusion of all else, including Mozart
C"He is what you call 'dreepy' y
but excepting List. c1f he were
alive now, he would write jazz"D
Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and
Hart are her strongest musical
lights of love in addition to Gersh-
win.
Miss Arden works out her own
improvisations beforehand and
plays them from memory. They
may be heard in the Del Rio of
an afternoon or evening.
When First Violinist Jerry Rods
of the Barnee Little Symphony at
the Shoreham wound up for the
violent opening cadenza Of Gade's
"Jalousie" and proceeded to become
| lost in the maze of Mr.. Gade's
notes, a memory Of the same gen.
eral situation recurred to Dancer
Phil Console for whom the number
was being rehearsed. The more
Jerry struggled to keep the notes
in their proper places. the more
Phil chuckled.
Watch Jerry" he finally man
aged, I'll bet he ends up like that
fiddler on the West Coast-getting
his bow stuck in the strings.
We are inclined now to believe
that Phil Console dances to this
number for the secret pleasure he
derives from seeing ballroom violin
lists become entangled over it. But
Maestro Rods was contrary. He
had it pat long before the first show.
He also had it in for Messrs. Gade
and Console.
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There Is cogent reason for
doubling the prize money in the
"Y. F. B." contest of Burt's Trans
Lux. The contestent has to do
twice as much. Not only compose
the best phrase but state his best
reason for composing it.
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Shipping News:
Should you board the S. S. Mount
Vernon you may listen and dance
to the music Of David Crocker's S
Orchestra as you are carried gently
down the Potomac to Marshall Hall
and /or Mount Vernon.
Should you board the S. S. Poto-
mac you may listen and dance to
the music of Johnny Messner's Or
chestra as you are carried gently
down the same stream to Colonial
Beach, Va, the first of which
cruises will be made Sunday. The
shorter jaunts are already in prog
reSs at this time.
Street Sounds Heard While Pas
sing in a Street Car:
Those emanating from Andy
Neptune Room" Padova's Stream
liners as they stood yesterday look
ing rather uncomfortable but
smiling bravely In the press OF the
mob about War Bond Post No. 1
on G street.
Those STRIPPING squeaks emanating
from the Spotlight Guild, which
shudders under the caress of broad
daylight, but proves daytime
haven where the band boys can
test a horn every now and then.