Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-01-08


DUKE ELLINGTON gave two
sensational Carnegie Hall concerts
in one season was i'9a5urc in
Cabin In The Sky" JOE LOUIS,
fistic champ, won acclaim for
punching in the bags in This Is
The Army COUNT Basic did a
few movies made cross country
tours and ended uD as feature
in Top Man" ETHEL WATERS
has a stage show to her credit for
the year "Laughtime' which she
did both N san Francisco and New
York THE MILLS BROTHERS re-
turned to the scene with p revival
of Paper Doll'' which became an
overnight hit. CANADA LEE did
'Lifeboat' while living in Clarence
Muses. house. HAZEL SCOTT ran
off to Hollywood several times 10
do films namely Something To
Shout About as her debut then
came II Dood 1t" She recently
celebrated five years at Cafe So
ciety Uptown. after Hazel is
KENNETH SPENCER star CT
"Bataan and cafe Society Down
town. He gave to the theatrical
world a rich deep voice similar To
PAU Robson. Perhaps the dis
covery OF the year is Miss PEAL
PRIMUS modern dance artist APP
pearing at Cafe Society Downtown
and who choose between medicine
and dancing rs her career Miss
Prinnus is considered the best OF
the creative dancers.
The best bands of the year be-
long to LIONEL HAMPTON and
CAB GALLOWAY Hampton re-
Gently left the Famous Door which
opens next week as the New Cot
ton Club. Galloway complied his
famous. live Dictionary AL
SEARS showed promise in the be-
ginning of the year and kept
through asa new coming band OF
talent ELLA FITZGERALD. DON
RFDMON'S band and Maurice
Rocco hesdlined the Cafe Aanzi-
bar on opening date. Rocco is the
latest sensational jazz pianist who
plays while standing llp. LOUIS
JORDAN gets his Hollywood
break for Three Cheers For The
Boys the last month PHIL
MOORE Lena Hornes pianis.
wrote a nit song for her, "Shoo
Baby"
Marriages went TO MARIAN
ANDERSON, when it was finally
announced, to "Razz Fischer and
JENI LEGION Of early 70 Bed"
married Phil Moore. The RALPH
COOPER air show continued early
this year when 1T toured with
Patterson and jackson, Lillian
Fitzgerald, The -FOUR Blue Bon
nets, Vivian Harris, Louis jordan
and band and William Graham as
representative. The banner was
"Pabst Blue Ribbon and the
troupe entertained servicemen in
the U. S. A. The WILLIE BRY-
ANT Troupe that went overseas
for the USO, the first colored to do
so, returned recently. They we're
Kenneth Spencer, Roger Ramirez,
Betty Logan and Julia Gardner
They pleaded for more such units
to be sent over.
Finest stage show this seasoc
is CARMEN JONES' but we can
not forget "PORGY AND BESS"
which is still touring. w. c.
Handy's unfortunate accident in
october took him off the s"ene
for awhile, but the old master.
now 70 is rapidly recovering. Mu-
1iel Rahr in 1.-THE Pirate with
Lunt and Fontanne, later star as
Carmen Jones' Bill Robinson di
vorcing Fannie Robinson and re-
marrying.
Death stalked leislrely through
the country and took a handful
Of our greatest theatrical stars.
namely, Nathaniel Dett, Ruby Ely
Jules Bledsoe and lastly, Fats
Waller. Dett has just recently left
Bennett College to devote more
time TO composition: Miss El2y
was preparing for 2 grand concert
tour, Bledsoe resided or the coast
studying and Eats" was on his
way homo for Christmas
The Negro has lost some fine
musicians, and gained some. Many
tf those great last year are even
better for 1913. May 1914 bring us
even greater stars then we have
ever known.