The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-17

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will forever be indebted to Co
lOred Americans"
BING CROSBY.
AMERICAN JAZZ which orr
ginatedN mostly with the Afro
American and native Indian
Americans, will have an old
fashion outing July 17-18, this
weekend, Saturday and Sun
day, at the once famous Nee
ca of Millionaires at Newport,
Rhode Island. Billed as a Jazz
Festival" the event will feature
many of the great bands and
singers of the nation and there
will be full scale discussion
groups as well as the concert
music.
THE DUKE of Ellington will
head the Royalty of Rhythm,
which will draw admirers from
New England, New York and
elsewhere. And, the Duke will
be joined by The Duchess, Ella
Fitzgerald; the Lady Day, Miss
Holiday; tn Divine, Sarah Vag-
han, and of course the always
esteemed Count Basic. don't
think Earl Hines or King Cole
will make this one. But, as you
can see, most of the aristO-
craCy will be there.
STAN KENYON will be pre-
sent with his great band and
the Keyboard Kings of jazz
dom will be present including
George Shearing, Enrol Garner,
Art Tatum, and Teddy Wilson,
d treat in itself. Eddie Condor,
Leo Konitz, Lennie Tristano
will be there. So will Gerry
Mulligan. And Oscar Peterson,
Charlie Yardbird Parker. Les
ter Young, Dizzy Gillespie, and
Roy Eldridge will complete maxi
ing this the greatest show yet.
THE FESTIVAL fans will be
hard pressed to keep their usual
good behavior as is true at all
Festivals from Paris to Rio to
N'OrleanS. Even so, We pnblic-
ly plead that nobody become
Syncopation saturated or falls in
a jazz-jag. Let us not rock
Rhode Island off the map. If
the music gets too hot, leave
and come home!
THE DANCE musician, from
earliest times, has been an his
tOrically strong factor of bring
ing peoples together beyond
race, color or creed. The Tan
Yank musician has been ma
tiOnal and international leader
in breaking down color bars.
Men like the Duke, the late
Fats Waller and Louis Arm
strong are international SYM
bOls of American music to-day.
Their recorded music is played
all over the world.
THE HIJTORY of dance
music would fill many volumes
and run through the ancient
civilizations as well as modern.
AL contain phase related to
the times. The current PRO
greSsive" music is said to be a
possible relation to the atomic
age and inter-planetary music
travel ahead. There will be
music students world wide at
Newport to discuss these phases
and techniqueS. BoSton'S Ar
thur Fielder will be among the
music mentors.
AT PRESENT a quiet debate
exists as to whether written or
original extemporaneouS jazz is
the best. The Britannica says
that music pleases US when it
seems most eXtemporaneous."
That is the way the original
jazz boys began, such as Louis.
But to-day, with jazz going
more scientific, the new school
of musicians want everything
written and developed with
opera-like precision. You will
hear both kinds at the Festival.
THE WORLD is better
place because of the peaceful
pursuit of the dance and the
men who play the instruments
for the music, whether it is
square, Jazz or the waltz. Many
dictators, including Hitler, fear
ed the democratic influence"
OF jazz music and banned 1t
entirely. But jazz is a part of
America and the twO-day festi-
val at Newport will be a fit
ting reply to the Soviet critics
who have banned jazz music