Evening star., 1942-08-11
After Dark
News and Comment Of the Night Clubs
BY the Spectator.

by Tie
No one would expect bandsmar
TO divide his time into playing his
instrument, eating and sleeping ano
to let life 60 at that. After all, q
bandsman is human despite those
other worldly habits of his, such as
the working hours, the breakfasts at
2 am. and the chronic expressions
of congeniality which they wear
Most outsiders realize this and SC
can feel kind of pity for the clar-
inetist who raises cactus. the bass
fiddler who fancies bullfrog farm
ing. the drummer who reads Chaucer
or the trombonist whose pet hobby
is just standing for a change.
At the same time, there must be
bounds within which a musician's S
relaxation devices must remain, but
We can think of at least one lad on
whom this moral has been wasted
He is Chauncey Cooper, saxophonist
with Barnee at the Shoreham.
Mr.. Cooper couldn't conflne his
activities to guppies or something
equally inoffensive. Mr.. Cooper had
TO adopt physical culture as his avo-
cation. Well, even physical culture
has its niceties, and Is perhaps
harmless if restricted to few hand
stands or back-f1ips during rehearsal
h1termissions, or modest bit of
weight lifting at home. But Mr..
Cooper has let the thing get out of
hand: he has been trying to convert
the rest Of Barnee's men! That one
or two have. willing or not. already
fallen prey is beside the point, other
than being commentary on their
psychological fiber. The whole idea
Is plain preposterous: The bounding
Mr.. Cooper reporting for rehearsal
with a springy step to his walk,
beaming brightly on the first vio-
hnist he sees slouching there in his
chair, mumbling over his indiges-
tion, rubbing his bleary eyes, won-
dering whether he'll be able to
make that walk to the bus stop
tonight.
Wake up, pal" Mr.. Cooper will
below virilely. IT know just the
thing to pep you up, cure your pains,
put meat on them bones. Here, grab
! weight and stand on your head !"
There is countermovement afoot
In the band. We indorse it whole
heartedly.
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Collins and Arlo, besides being
entertainers in the Neptune Room,
are composers. Shortly after their
arrival at that spot they received
royal commission to write an an
them honoring a certain beverage
that the bar division had, itself, Just
composed, the Rhythm Rickev."
We hereby offer you-"The Rickey
Rhythm" (sing to tune Of II Got
Rhythm" don't forget:
Lets have rhythm
hickey Rhythm
Trickey Rhythm
Who could ask for anything more?
At the Neptune, It's our pep tune
You get hep soon
And you order Rickeys galore.
Z From the first sip to the last sip
Here is my tip
It's the right zip -"
We can't go on. We can't 4!
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It's this Friday that the Cross
roads Ralph Hawkins and band
open a weeks engagement on the
Earle stage. Every one being en-
thralled, the hungry press will be
staked to free dinners tonight, and
told all about the situation. The
situation being that Ralph and the
boys will double back from the thea
ter to the Crossroads after each
nightly show, that a get-together
instrumental quartet will perform
during their brief absences and that
6ongstress Carol James will remain
inseparably q part of the Cross
roads scene for the weeks duration.
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This is hardly the time to say
whether Ruby Foo chow mein (and
those dozens of Oriental dishes
which are far more intricate and
far, far more difncult to spell) has
all that's coming to It, since the
place won't be open for couple of
weeks. However, it can be said that
the Ruby Foo murals are exquisite
pieces of decorative art. In delicate
rose-and-white swirls they depict
Chinese love-feasts. feasts, hunt
scenes and other things Of a restful
nature Fellow named Mordi Gass-
ner painted them.
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With the engagement of q new
group Of entertainers. jules James
promulgates policy for his Restau-
rant 400. New entertainment every
two weeks, unless popular demand
demands holdovers or cut-shorts.
The present outfit is the Ray Rafols