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p.iui ,1.V» » .« VVH t-J V«O'',0V* •: ■ i —Coliseum Has Bestor’s Band as Yule TreatDod ttestor. conductor of Che Eeuson orchestra of Chicago which* has been at the Coliseum before and is there again tonight heads j one ot the country's crack bands.' Their. Victor recordings leave little! doubt as to that. But the marvel!• 1 o* it is that in the mammoth dance j hail at the Coliseum they get ailjthe finer niceties o£ their extraordinary orchestrations across.The' Benson band's personnel permits Tor every conceivable musical combination possible and the variations that it accomplishes in its dance music are truly unique an rl ex tra o rci i nary. 'Don Besron tie lt;Urector-planist is responsible for uiost of the aura elements with Harold Sturr. the versatile reed export* contributing! for the phonograph records. Since ! the ir. a proI*£iijvr««oru. com*binjitiou, the. Sturr arrangements are generously represented. Sturr plays all saxu phones. flute, oboe, hassoon, clarinet.Dudley Dot) jInu handles all saxes, flute and clarinet. .ArL Kassel. saxes and c;Iarinet is Co*authur of Doodle-Ooo Doo,M a current dance hit. which the Benson band was chiefly responsible Id j making. . ,Waller Kurawski arid Walter Carlin and first and second trumpets respectively, also doubling Fhtegel horns and novelty instruments.Sieg JBarendsoUn plays a'vulgar trombone; Pierre Olker tuba and |string bass; Myron Fisher, violin,! ‘Jack Lundin, banjo and violin, and I Herb L. Quigley at tlie drums, lyra-! pan? and xylophones completes the* personnel. JFor uanee purposes the I3cstor; aggregation leaves • nothing want* j jag.” They are' Lhe featured and • favored band. f
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Iowa, US
Sun, Dec 28, 1924
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