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On Your Radio—By John B. ThomasThere are thirteen r%ulaY members ofFreddy Martin's band. Freddy himselfplays the saxophone quite a bit, and severalmen are added to the band for the FridayNight Waltz Night festivities.The personnel of the orchestra is as follows : three tenor saxophones adeptlyhandled by Elmer Feldcamp, Russell Klein,and Joe Poretta—with the first and third%man doubling on the clarinet. Freddy plays the C Melody sax and an occasional bit of clarinet.There are three violins and the men weilding the bows are Bruce Yantis, Dave Polakoff, and Fred Heward.The two trumpets are played by Mike Renzhlli and Harry McKeehan, and that “wah-wah” trombone by George Jean.Presiding at the twin keyboards are Terry Shand and Jick Fina. Shand is one of the most famous composers of the day, and Fina is an arranger of note.Bob White is the drummer and George Green the bass violinist.Elmer Feldcamp and Terry Shand, in addition to playing in the orchestra, are vocalists. Elmer sings ballads and Terry the rhythm songs. A recent addition to theband is Pat Casey, young Irish tenor, who bids fair to become another Morton Downey.On Friday night the band adds five men because of the waltz night celebration in which each alternate dance is a waltz. For this effect Martin adds three violins, a cello and an oboe.Freddy Martin's present contract expires on the first of June. However, in a recent letter Freddy stated he expected to return next fall.Another young Chicago Maestro is rapidly advancing in public opinion. He is Phil Levant, perennial favorite of the patrons• I • * * t* v * *of the Walnut Room of the Bismarck Hotel. His band, always gootf, continues to improve, and his two vocalists, Groetchen Lee and. George Wald, are very popular. Phil gives his boys quite a few opportunities to play the lighter operatic type of music. However, they seem equally at home with the popular songs of the day.If your faculties are musically aesthetic%at all, don't fail to see Deanna Durbin’s “Three Smart Girls”. Observe especially her song and how she puts it over in the police station scene.big dimiddlthirty fourt cars ; Aint run?An us te Whatanyhlt; first us te prices i t:forceifareswaddrande minn: She i: fotch Poitew 1 stude work and c he co ter ripashi and 1 out o:
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Auburn Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama, US
Fri, Mar 19, 1937
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