The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-11-06
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JAM SESSIONS are those of
the-record meetings held by mu-
sicians Of every race, creed and
color SO that mixed" bands are
n, thing new and are staged
quite often. In the Danny Kay
film there is a brilliant array Of
stars; Tommy Dorsey on from
bone, Louis Armstrong on trum-
pet, Charlie Bartlett on saxo-
phone, Lionel Hampton on the
vibes, and Mel Powell on the
worries.
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BOSTON HAS had some spark
ling good musicians through the
years and the gifted GUARD
ANS music editor, Prof. o'Ban-
oun, could name them for you
at the drop of a hat. 1t makes
an interesting story and just re-
Gently 1 was talking about BoS-
ton musicians with the local
young HUH manager Henry Ty-
rell of Roxbury.
WILBUR PINCKNEY, a native
son Of Roxbury has been singled
out as fitting example Of
home grown talent. He plays
alto and tenor sax and the clar-
met. He starred with one Of New
England'S best known bands, the
always popular GEORGE TYNES
AND HIS ORCHESTRA. He did
the RKO circuit with that other
Boston Prime favorite, EDDIE
IDEAS. radio and recording star.
And he played the LITTLE DIX
IE.
THE INSTRUMENTS upon the
band-stand are often played by
men of interesting backgrounds.
For example, the Boston Band Of
Wilbur Pinckney features all
branches of the service. Lennie
Widdie at keyboard was years
a Leatherneck Sergeant with the
U. S. Marines in the Pacific, for
merly played with JACKIE
ORCHESTRA, and
was at the opening Of the famous
HI HAT here in Boston.
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THE ARMY AND NAVY, not to
be outdone by the Marines, has
Pat Patterson, Texas born trum-
pet player and N. E. Conserva-
tory student who played 8 years
as a bandsman in the U. S.
Navy. A Roxbury boy, Lennie
Johnson, a Schillenger student,
played 3 years in the U. S. Army
band. So you have an interesting
set-up IN brass.
HUB VETS make a good show
ing in the Pincknew unit, which
We are citing merely, as an ex-
ample OF other bands. Airforce
veteran Douglas Lee Of Roxbury,
a N. E. Conservatory student,
plays the tenor sax, Bill Tanner,
bass fiddle, another conservatory
student played 8 years in an
Army band. According to our
list, 5 of the Q men are vets and
all are schooling for greater per-
Torrance.
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BOSTON BAND followers need
no introduction to the real sea-
soned performers like Wilbur
Pinckney, or Buddy Pierson, alto
sax player who is also Schil-
lenger student; or trumpet play
er Buster Daniels Both Daniels
and Pierson have played for
years with name bands and are
local Roxbury musicians. The
young drummer. Allen Dawson
is also scholar. Tyrell is a live
wire leader with vision.
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OTHER ORCHESTRAS, I hope
will not write in and claim we
are favoring one band over an
other. The purpose Of this arti-
Gle is 10 pay honor TO all OF our
local and N. E. bands and We
have taken an UP and coming
local unit as an example. This
is not a judgment as to which
band is the best or who has the
best musicians. This can always
be settled in battle Of music.
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NEW WORKERS are always
Boosting of their superiority over
Boston in good musical talent.
Many New Englanders have
made a name in out-of- town
bands, both white and colored.
There is no reason why New
England can not match the rest
of the country and the purpose
Of this column is to lend en-
couragement to the effort.