Benny Goodman Live in Stockholm Sets Swing Standards
Benny Goodman and his band performed to an eager Stockholm audience in a 1970 jazz session. The clarinet remains central as Goodman’s precise, crystal notes drive selections like Sing Sing Sing and Sweet Georgia Brown. The release spotlights Phase 4 stereo and a two LP set titled Benny Goodman Today featuring major tracks and solos. Selected singles by Paul McCarthy, The Osmond Brothers, Al Martino, and others appear alongside tape deck retrospectives.
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William D. Laffler
New York
UPI
Benny Goodman
Benny
Goodman
Stockholm
London
Georgia Brown
Gene Krupa
Paul McCarthy
Apple
the Osmond Brothers
Uni
al Martino
Capital
Sundance
Soundsville
Erroll Garner
Mercury
Las Vegas
Tony Christie
Kapp
Motown M
Diana Ross
the Supremes
Jackson 5
the Isley Brothers
Martha Canfield Library Adds New Adult Titles in March
The Martha Canfield Library welcomed new adult titles in March including Treasure Hotchner The Fire Engine That Disappeared Stowall Time Out For Happiness A Question Of Negligence The Merry Month Of May Wartime Journals Of Charles A. Lindbergh Lindbergh Photographic Principles And Practices Asher The Antagonists Gann A Joyful Noise Gillespie Song And Garden Birds Of North America Wetmore Atlas For The Home Rand McNally The Crock Of Gold Stephens plus music entries and a tape release. Artur Rubinstein discussions cover spelling of his given name and new reissues of Chopin Beethoven Brahms and concertos with noted orchestras.
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Martha Canfield
Hotchner
Stowall
Johnston
Gilbreth
McLeave
Jones
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Asher
Gann
Gillespie
North America
Wetmore
Rand McNally
Stephens
New York
UPI
Artur Rubinstein
RCA
Chopin
Arthur Rubinstein
Artur
Rubinstein
Brahm
Beethoven
Brahms
Boston Symphony
RCA Symphony
Tchaikovsky
Grieg
Rachmaninoff
Boston
Chicago
Alfred Wallenstein
Stratford prep for Electra revival at 17th season
UPI drama editor notes the 17th season at American Shakespeare Festival Theater in Stratford Conn will feature Eugene ONeill’s Mourning Becomes Electra. Lada Thompson and Jane Alexander lead as Christine Mannon and Lavinia, with a long, possibly cut, running time. The season also presents The Tempest and The Merry Wives of Windsor, plus other Stratford staples and a changing Broadway lineup.
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Jack Gaver
UPI
New York
American Shakespeare Festival Theater
Stratford
Theater Guild
Broadway
New England
Lada Thompson
Jane Alexander
Miss Thompson
Miss Alexander
Christine Mannon
Alla Nazimova
Lavinia
Marion
Alice Brady
O’neill
Electra
Morris Carnovsky
Prospero
Don Zanuck biography shows power, ambition, and Hollywood
Mel Gussow’s Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking profiles Darryl F. Zanuck, "the last of the great movie moguls," through four years of interviews and 600 films. It traces his rise at Warner Brothers and Fox, bold achievements, costly flops, and the mystery of his next move at age 69, with vivid Hollywood detail and a sharp, ironic eye.
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Michael Curtiz
Darryl
Hollywood
Doubleday
Mel Gussow
Darryl F. Zanuck
Gussow
Newsweek
The
New York Times
Zanuck
DFZ
Warner Brothers
20Th Century-Fox
Myra Breckenridge
Richard
Zanucks
Five Easy Pieces dominates two local theatres again
The film draws crowd and critics alike as Harte and Manchester Cinema echo its omnipresence. Readers are urged to form their own view, while other offerings include The Great White Hope double feature with Ali and Frazier, Ninotchka at Manchester Cinema, and a Greta Garbo revival at the Southern Vermont Art Center. Time clocks list showings: Harte 8 pm, Manchester 7:30 and 9:15, Williamstown 7 pm.
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Harte
Manchester
Jack Nicholson
Cue
Williamstown
Martin Ritt
James Earl Jones
Jones
Ali
Frazier
Garbo
Stilwell and the American Experience in China reviewed
Barbara W. Tuchman’s study draws on Stilwell diaries and Roosevelt papers to argue Chiang Kai-shek bore bulk of blame for China policy failures. It traces Stilwell’s 1911 to 1944 career, his clash with Chiang, and the late civil war outcome, noting Chennault and Hurley’s roles. Walter Logan highlights the work’s scope and conclusions.
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Mao Tse-tung
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
United States
Barbara W. Tuchman
Stilwell
Joseph “Vinegar Joe’’ Stilwell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chiang
Kuomintang
Patrick J. Hurley
Claire Chennault
Flying Tiger
Japan
Roosevelt
Sun Yat-Sen
Chennault
14Th Air Force
Stillwell
Burma
Mao
Walter Logan
UPI
Best Sellers Compiled by Publishers Weekly
A list of top fiction and nonfiction titles highlighted by Publisher's Weekly. Notable works include QB VII by Leon Uris and Rich Man Poor Man by Irwin Shaw, with numerous classics and modern titles spanning crime, history, and social analysis.
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United Press International
Publisher
Leon Uris
Irwin Shaw
Ernest Hemingway
Ross MacDonald
Frankfurt
Agatha Christie
Erich Segal
Saturn Allen Drury
Vaccares
Alistair MacLean
God
R.F. Delderfield
NEW Centurions
Joseph Wambaugh
America
Charles Reidh Khrushchev
Alvin Toffler
Kenneth Clark Stilwell
China
Barbara W. Tuchman
The
Third Reich
Albert Speer
Ramsey Clark
David Reuben
William A. Nolan, M.D
Die Zauberflote live recording praised by Solti
New York review lauds the music as the magic of Mozart’s Die Zauberflote. Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a complete version with strong vocal turns from Prey as Papageno, Talvela as Sarastro, and Deutekom as the Queen of the Night.
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New York
Tamino
London
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Hermann Prey
Marti
Talvela
Sarastro
Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau
Gerhard Stolze
Monostatos
Stuart Burrows
Metropolitan Opera
Hanneke van Bork
Yvonne Minton
Hetty Plumacher
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Macmillan
David Brion Davis
Cornell University Press
David Brian Davis
Davis
U.S
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