John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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dance bands and the results in the music because of this deficiency. Dis- cussing this difference in the music it- self, he suddenly' declared, Why', even you could be a band leader!'l and then quickly explained as a soothing balm for any injured feelings that may have resulted, You see, all a band leader really needs are things that are easily accessible to mzgbody and er'ery'b0dy'. All one need do is go to the nearest music store and buy a baton go to the nearest clothiers and buy a fancy dress suit go to an arranger and have him arrange the music stand up in front of a group of men vvive the baton in the fancy dress suit tapping your foot to the music 1rr inged by your arranger and poo you re a bnfzzffcrzdcf ' However Mr Roth said thit many of our leading lcaders of binds are far more accomplished than this many of them being expert musicirns There are though miny who lcnow nothing whatsoever about music hold ing their positron only bcciusc of plcising personality and 1 nice smile those two seeming to be the only ncrr mms for a successful binclleider But in the cise of an orchcstir le rcler one must re illy study ind lcnow music usuilly play tn instrument him self before he cin conduct in oiches tri Wfhere the band inv tri rbly pl Lys the sime beat or rhythm the orchestrr const intly ch inges A leidcr must lvnow the range incl il litv of thc in stiumcnts in his orchcstir so th it thcn rcitv as wl ole c um Assimilating all this wide ind v ir T X if 74 sf l' 'Thx ' 'ir 1 X 157, W ly pg c, wrt' 1,-Ei!! wa' rf of education and experience, but in Mr. Roth's mind, and using band and orchestra music as a basis for this comparison of leaders, I think the orchestra music suffers much less as a result of this contrast! Of course there are many more mus- ical maestros you'd like to hear about, for instance your pulsating Professor of Musical Knowledge the smooth Southern Gentleman who introduces to his frittering floclc the novel idea of singing song titles which have been well received by many dancers and incidentally well copied by the other bands Another one of your pets is that drum beatin gum chew in yitterbug Gene Krupa Manys the shoe sole th its been worn out 1 hoofin to the rhythmic bombrrclment of this min with 1 music mania He represents in the minds of most the absolute em bocliment of true swing To its clas sical criticizing enemies it might be considered in not quite such a frvor ible light It has musicll v ilue or is the swing sceptics would sry with up lifted brow and tone of interiogrtion It h is music tl value? This is where Xlr Roth s strtement concerning svv eet ind swing differences lgdlll enters be c ruse this so cilled musicil value docs ve 1 apperl if not to hc ctr le ist to the feet However it would be an absolute impossibility to reach ill your favor ites so thcse few must sufhce Now th it vouvc receivcd more technicrl viewpoints in this much disputed and wrrnglcd over topic just lie in wart for some unsuspecting soul and snare sion of Sweet versus Swing Then ifter subtly working the argument to 1 pitch slvlv sniclcer and suddenly sn itch out the quotrtions herein en closed 7 , L I S . . , . c V Y S A L ' ' ' 4 4 L. f , 'z ' . . , Y . 7 . 7 ,. ., . L L ' , ' , .if , ' , , ' ' ' ' , L L ' , W . f z . ' ' 1 ' H 2 . s, 1 f 2 -- . , ' 1 7 , ' 3 Q 7 2 Y , Y T, 7 i 7 1 ' 1 ', - ' N 5 2 r - ' Y -' ' '1 ll L W . ' 'z , 1' L2 . Y g I . I Z .R . V. Q ,Q 7 2 Y, 1 1'ak- I .1 1 2 I 2 2 r . ' ' V U ' ' -2 . V 1 -1 y ' ' L , - . ' 1 , . y , r f , v' ' N - , , ' K , S C 1 K Q ' .., 2 , 2 , 1 .1 .,-,Z cy ,, , ,. 1 ' ' z 'a '- ha' ar . z , ' , t - tg , at 1. ' 'Q 'Q ' 1 ' L . 2 , Y - - L 1 v , . s ' 'L ' ' 1 r 1- 1 ' . i ' I i i ' . ' 1 ' 1 ' - . , 6 lv 1 2 ji ' u' . ' - Q - s- 1 ' - . . . . x . ' '. - 1- .L k- A .i- 2 f ' ., . ' ,, . . 'cl capr ' 4' ' a '1 be familiar to ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' S ' L ' 'I 1 ll ' I k iecl knowledge often takes long years him surreptitiously' into a hot discus- ,f lx X i v ' V L - . 1 A nf,-F f L Q' L -V V V L K cl if N fix' f .4 in fb , L ' - 1 - Y ' - - h Y sw 1? ,, 'f,af ' 1 1 S ' ' L - - - j jgxgv' X ,fig s 7 11,5 jj. 1,1 Q N x 1 V X' xx i ? N V' x ' ' N , - I 1. N. v 4 ,fx V, X, ,,f - gy, .gi ,,,,.j r 7 X . ' ' U ,U . -' N va 'Xe -,,f ,Q -V s s ' Sf 'A fir . 1- L ' Q. jj. - ,M 1 gif X . X f Ili- 'lip' ,Ii Va, I 1 ' A, ' 1 . - c..Qfi..

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music lovers as The Sentimental Gen- tleman of Swingf' Asked naturally what he thought of Swing, our Sentimental Gentleman seemed a little hesitant, seemingly afraid of something. Further investi- gation, however, brought to light his explanatory statement, I have a jit- terbug daughter at home, stated with such a droll and apprehensive expres- sion that he soon overcame his own sense of dignity, and laughing, ruined a perfectly-planned joke. My musical career, when I first started playing the trombone w as more in a classical mood My brother immy have you heard of him? he asked glibly hes an orchestra le ider too' At our acquiescence he beamed happily and continued This brother of mine also played an instrument the saxophone Mr Dorsey s theme song from which he received the noble name with which we commenced this interview is an import from over the blue Atlantic Merrie England to be exact M Dorsey spent a lot of time discussing his many friends and then brought in a very curious point You see he explained, my first name IS Tommy my middle name is Francis and my last name is Dorsey all of which is an accepted fact At this point his per turbation became particularly perturb ed can you see any azccoznzzfable rea son for all my friends calling me Haw? Our journey was halted next for an extended visit with Allen Roth the lulling yet lilting leader of the Schaef fer Rev ue Mr Roth and Mr Duchin seem somewhat suspiciously to have come together on their Swing and Sweet definitions for Al Roth dehnes Sweet natural rhythm and Swing as the embroidery of that melody, and he remarked rather wryly, Uembroidering it sometimes to a point of complete non-recognition, even by the composer himself! Delving further into the problem, probably a carryover from his teaching days at Wfashington University, he gave many examples to prove his point that age had much to do with people's taste for all cultural attain- ments. However, bringing it to bear practically also, he used the clothes liked and worn by jitterbugs. Wfould the same be either liked or worn by older people? he interrogated An orchestra lppeals to one of two things either the feet or the ears Very seldom do they appeal to both at the same time Mr Roths orchestra plays both types of music, leaning mostly tow ard the softer sweeter melodies A a vocalist Allen Roth features Karen Kempel a beautiful soprano who sings many semiclassical songs Another unusual fact besides the one that such a singer appears with a dance orches tra is the fact that Miss Kempel who has a much higher musical range than many other singers is very individual in that she is able to sing minus the use of one lung having had it col lapsed after a severe case of pneu monra There is an enormous difference between an orchestra and a band more than you might expect and he very entertainingly explained the sup pression of string instruments the vio lin which incidentally Mr Roth has mastered violas and cellos in the .x t f .FWXJ Q' 'ww 3 KN W P9 mix K 'X N 1 iffy! J 'Msg fffi r 04 W!!! if X 7 7 , I I ' ' . ' 1 ' If . 1 D! v, A J , . . . - me 1 I U - - , , . , L ' v , L L 7 4 , Iy, . 7 7 ' I . I l ,Y l 77 , , 1 7 ' ' - 7 , . . . , . 5 . . . . , 7 I . . . 7 7 I I , . r. , ' 7 - - U rn 7 - H , 7 ' 7 I I . . b 7 I 7 . . 7 . I I 7 . 7 . . , . . . - 7 rv V - I , 1 ' H - - , . . ' , ' 9 I A I Y Y 1 D I Y V . ' , 1 I I L-I I YI - ' Y ' ' - . . . . ' Y ' DS I 7 . Y. V X V, fi -51 ! ' ' ' f -r i? , , '- L ixf ,, 3 . . , J X' ll' , x Vlf! xp 'L' , I as the pure melody played in its Q. if , bfi - f yt ' .u,,' ff f X ' e u ' , I like: All? 4 - . -y f ,. .. ,. .X A xx .W .xx my ,lt . , .yy X- r 2:1- 9 -A qv , 4 , if ,' f -f-es vw. f if? ', ,fzf-'I ' XX 1 1 ' ,f . I' ' , fy -f X ff vL,f if 'K ,Q Q 1 -ff 7 ,ex , ' I 7' f -3 ! els ' 'Xu 'QQ X'

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i SE SLHAUDLR .fs w ax QE we vt' lk I LO : o O I W sz 5 Q 'I E S E Q HAVE you ever met hrm7 XWhy of course you have He rs the good fellow to all the boys The sympa thrzer to all the wrves The first love of the adolescent nreces The watch charm for all Squaw krng babres The catch for antrquated match makers The bulwark of famrly secrets The exceptronal example of frnancral fe lrcrty The pacrlist for all home drs putes The rrval rn Jealous affectrons The ear for old trmes You see I knew you knew hrm The Famrly Bachelor Hrs name could be anythrng from Joe to Stanrslaus but he rs always the same In case the paycheck has been lost truly and lrterally of course where does one go wrth hrs troubles? Not to hrs wrfe surely but to the good fellow, the swell pal Hrs rs the attentrye masculrne ear that lrstens to all the troubles of each wrfe Each one feelrng understood when she has finrshed Betty Lou rs growrng up now and suddenly her uncle becomes the drs trngurshedlookrng hero rn her day dreams When Aunt Em doesn t know what to do wrth the baby whrle she shops he rnevrtably gets the yob of knee rockrng When a secret has been locked up for just so long and rt must come out he rs most lrkely to be sought out as the most relrable I wrll probably be all oy er town wrthrn two weeks but meanwhrle he always knows first There rs always an rrre srstrble urge to marry hrm off to some one or other eyen though eyerybody knows hrs best grrl dred rn a trarn wreck or marrred hrs rryal or had buck teeth or an urge for teachrng So rt all the gatherrngs Aunt Trllre Aunt Mae and Aunt Sophre get to gether wrth a glrstenrng eye and long lrst of prospectrves He rs to all hrs srsters rn law the only good boy rn the famrly and hrs rmagrnary bank account good clothes car and so forth are the objects of constant exemplrflcatrons to all hrs brothers Although he was not en dowed wrth a marrrage lrcense h seems to be the only sensrble person when frmrly arguments reach therr prtch He rs always there for the extra lr md at prnochle and the boys would n t know w hat to do wrthout hrm when poker rs rn sessron Wfheneyer hrs youngest brothers second wrfe wants to get ey en wrth her husband she srts by our frrend and pours out all her complarnts for hrs sympathy and her husbrndsdrsapproyal Then too when exeryone has heard Grandpas storres for the tenth trme he moves to a quret corner and lrstens for the elev enth trme Ah, yes' Wfhat would lrfe be wrth out hrm' The sturdy plank rn a perr lous sea God grant that he may al w avs remarn a bachelor' Fozzrfeeu 1 V I T - - v - .. v . U, ' , ,K ' ,,. , - , ' ww F 7: I G lx - ' ' Z -- V Q-ef 4 X I h 7 v 4112... , I'-.QQ 5 . . 'jg' -. r . ' . 7 'X . '. f -R . Q' A r cw .rc - , .t 'INXQ-,I ' ' L: , . - . ly ,r K r : If t v -' A 5 A - 34 2 1 I, If.. 'ff . , , J, . . lar , , ,Q T l ' in 'A f r ' 1 . D - , ' ' 1 ' - 7 V 3 ' V . . I . , - . , ' ' ' ,. , a a I ' s ' ' 4 s 1 , - it I Y! ' l I 1, .rr f -' -1 Y f ll - ' ' 7 ' Q! 1, rc r, a a . - 7 7 7 . . . . . . , - . 1 , e C ' C . I 7 - . ' 2 Q . . K ' 1 ' - - . . y , . L . , ' 7 - .1 ,, rf - ,, ' 1 . , . . . . 7 , , . , , ' Y Y ' Y . ' . Y - - . . . , , 4 - v ' y' v . . Y r ' 3 Y v ' 7 I . v W , ' ' , y Y l 1 I I 1 v 7 9 9 7 1 - 7 7 v V , y , ' ' g . . v. Y , 9 7 , rr V rv rr ,, . . .