Grinnell Boy Beats Sissy Label to Swing Fame
Floyd Bean of Grinnell, pianist and arranger, joins Jimmy McPartland’s band in Chicago and works with Louie Adrian’s group on a 13 week radio contract. His career spans Bob Crosby and Frankie Masters ensembles, with a featured piano role on sessions and regional stages. Bean credits early training, Bix Beiderbecke mentorship, and a love of symphonic music shaping his swing compositions.
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Iowa
Floyd Bean
Grinnell
Floyd
Jimmy McPartland
Panther Room
Sherman's College Inn
Louie Adrian
Eddie Howard
Howard
Vocalion Records
Bean
Bob Crosby
Johnny “Scat’ Davis
Joe Sanders
Frankie Masters
McPartland
Down Beat
Chicago
Paul Mares
Northside
Florence Shankle
Davenport
Lowans
Bix Beiderbecke
Russell Case
Centerville
Frankie Trumbauer
New York
Nathan van Cleave
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Gordon
Marion
Fabian Andres
Gordon
Andre
Carl Bean
Regretful Choice Behind Jazz Band Rise
The Chicago musician Floyd Bean reflects on his path from knee pants to a career in dance bands. He recalls how skipping college to tour the country shaped his education in music and he now plans resumed lessons and study to arrange more effectively.
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Chicago
Floyd
C N W Feeder Truck Line To Be Argued Tuesday
Officials of the Chicago and North Western railway will present their case for a feeder truck line between Clinton and Council Bluffs at the Iowa commerce commission hearing in Montrose. The session starts at 10 am Tuesday with objections heard Wednesday.
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Iowa Commerce Commission
Chicago and North Western Railway
Montrose
Clinton
Council Bluffs
The
North Western
Town Commission
Carroll County Auditor
Carroll
Chamber of Commerce
H F. Sundberg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Omaha
Linn Democrat Women’s Meeting Delayed One Week
The Linn County Women’s Democratic club meeting at C S P S hall Cedar Rapids is postponed to April 10. A picnic luncheon precedes the meeting with Theodore Hlubacek speaking and a panel by Mrs Paul Huston Mrs Emma Felter and Mrs Emma Janda. Mrs J S Bowdish will review Washington Nerve Center. All women invited. Attendees should bring sandwiches food dishes and silverware.
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Linn County Women’s Democratic Club
C. S. P.S. Hall
Cedar Rapids
Theodore Hlubacek
Paul Huston
Emma Felter
Emma Janda
Washington Nerve Center
Rosskam and
Black
J. S. Bowdish
Springvile
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Sissy
Frances W. Moore
Crosby
Bob Zurke
Peter Viera
Zurke
Three Deuces Club
Bob Cats
Viera
Riverside
Milwaukee
Mr. and
Mistra E. Bean
Newton
Start
George “Stick” Lyons
Hawkeye Melody Boys
Beiderbecke
Bix
Linwood Inn
Heinie Greiscenbach
Club Royal Orchestra
Walter Johnson
Muscatine
Bill Hogan
Fred Dexter
Pennsylvanians
WOC
Claus’ Dine and Dance
Johnny Davis
Pinky Tomlin
nSee O
Cedar Rapids Printing CO
W. T. Sands
Second St. NE
DIAL
Linn Democrat
Merchants Bank
Paramount Pharmacy
Paramount Theater
Studebaker
America
C.I.T
Kadlec Brothers, Distributors
P Motor CO
Second Avenue
McCaslin
Mechanicsville
Ning, Ta
Cornally Bros
Earl Lanning
Center Point
Mampton Motor CO
Whingwerson Motor CO
Sixteenth Avenue
Immer Motor CO
Lishan, In
Val
Pkr. of
OXF
Oxford
Aemely
LE Page
Horlick
Tin
Crisco
May
Fletcher
Sic, Val
Dubanay
Slawa Secues
Richard Hudnut Laboratories
Ats
Johnson
Segaley
DR. West
Rand
EAGLE
Griffin A. B
Peruna Health Tonic
Woodbury
Sayman
Are
Haarlem
Hoya
Thomandas
Mae
Rene
Natex
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