Evening star., 1942-02-26
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator.
Trade Mark REGISTERED, o &. Patent once

1t has always been Milton Davis
habit to peer with penetrating eyes
to each new sheet Of music which
finds its way to his bandstand. For
Milt is the kind of musicians mu-
Sician who regards tune, new or
old, with fatherly affection-that is,
If it's good tune and original. The
kind of affection, moreover. that
leads him to plug a new tune like
the most devoted Of publishers
agents. and to keep the hoariest of
melodies forever within easy reach
like the indulgent bandleader that
he Is.
As a result he has been instru-
mental in putting across to local
dancers such numbers in national
ascendency as "'Tis Autumn" and
"As If You Didn't Know" and at
the same time he Is fully prepared
to meet the WITNESSES of Rainbow
Room habitues who may ask for
Cant We Be Friends" or Song of
Love" at the most unexpected times.
Furthermore Milt is in complete
accord with any song-writer who
may decide to raid the larder Of
TSchaikoWSky or Grieg or any of
the classical fraternity who are by
now specialists in the feat Of turn
ing over in graves.
Regarding the latter, however, Mr..
Davis makes two reservations: (a)
The take-off must be tasteful, and
| (HN ~ 1tct h1 f.t1lyy onnra@ffnd RI
which ever party 1t has been taken
off.
If you want to see the blood of
Mr.. Davis boil, and to hear epithets
of scorn and riducule issue from the
vicinity of the Davis novachord,
just push a piece like the new Il Do"
before him. Undeniably a pretty
number, "I Do" has every reason
to be that way. Ninety-nine per
cent of which are due to an old
timer named Drigo, who happened to
write the piece under the name Of
"Serenade" upwards Of 20 years ago
You'd never know that by looking
under the mast head Of the sheet
music.
But Milton did, and as far as
ct Do" and Milton Davis are con-
cerned, passive resistance Is the
order Of the day.
While in the general vein OF
novachords. novachordists and what
they are doing, there's Sid Willough-
by. who has more than passing
fair for that instrument which he
exercises nightly in alienation with
the Hammond organ at Burt's
TranS-Lux.
AS a matter of fact, Eid enjoys
close communion with the tube
studded music box in the bright
light of day as well. He has been
demonstrating navochord's dulcet
tones in a professional capacity
ever since they were introduced
four years ago.
Mr.. Willoughby, incidentally. will
be working from his battery OF
keyboards in conjunction with Bev-
erly Stull who leaves sick bay either
tonight or tomorrow to return to her
old post.
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Ramon Of the Madrillon's Trio
Lyrico had been out of vocal touch
with his family in Cuba for well
over a year, so the other night he
decided to telephone, a decision
which still gives him cause to
shudder.
After the customary discussions
with local operators, information,
long distance and every member OF
the telephone company but the
president. friend Ramon finally de-
tected the faint voice OF his sister
in faraway Havana.
"Pepita was sure glad to hear from
me-" says Ramon. $50 glad, she
talked for minutes-and then she
put mama on the phone, and then
papa and then my brothers ana
other sisters"
There were also some uncles and
cousins who wanted to talk 10
Ramon.
"And while my family was jump
ing on and of the phone the opera
tor would come in and say. Five
minutes is up but I'd 60 on talking
to them all just the same. Finally,
I guess the operator just gave up,
and forgot about the time" And
that's where Ramon looks regret
full.
The bill was $5025. and 1t took
the Lyrico senior about three days
to decide 1t was worth 1t.
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Peter Macias, up at the Lounge
Riviera, sees eye to eye with a lot
of people regarding the talent OF
Princetonian Mark Lawrence, son
of Columnist David Lawrence. Mark
1t was who contributed a major
portion of labor on the latest
brilliant edition OF the Triangle
Show which came to town a couple
of months ago. Among other
things, young Mr., Lawrence wrote
three songs for the show, including
"All of a Sudden, Suddenly" Be
yond the Moon" and Keep En-
Rolling" over which MIR. Macias
shows keenest enthusiasm.
The material shane of this en-