Life With Feathers Jazz and the Integration Crisis
The piece argues racial demonstrations impact jazz and popular music, noting mixed race lineups in many bands and the NAACP push for inclusion. It cites executives avoiding Ellington due to sponsor concerns, critiques white musicians for inaction, and highlights discrimination in hotels, road tours, and unions. Album of the Week: Woody Herman Encore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Dave Brubeck
George Shearing
Gerry Mulligan
Charlie Byrd
Stan Getz
Miles Davis
Cannonball Atkerley
Dizzy Gillespie
Sonny Rollins
Charlie Mingus
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Maynard Ferguson
Stan Kenton
Benny Goodman
Harry James
Woody Herman
Les Brown
NAACP
Jack Gould
New York Times
Ed Sullivan
Brotherhood
A.F. of M
Belafonte
Sammy Davis Jr
Sesson
Basin Street West
Los Angeles
Michael Greene Stars as Marshal in The Dakotas
Michael Greene a six foot six newcomer to TV jumps to stardom as one of four marshals in Warner Bros The Dakotas after basketball at the University of California Berkeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Michael Greene
Warner Bros
University of California At Berkeley
Flower Drum Song Receives Rave Reviews At T Bird
Critics hail Monte Preser production of Flower Drum Song at Thunder Bird Hotel Theatre Restaurant as better with age. Praised performers include Jack Soo Arlene Fontana Juanita Hall and Romi Yamada with Nat Brandwynne and Glenn Holse lauded for production, while Phil Solomon and others predict extended run and landslide business.
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Monte Preser
Thunderbird Hotel
Variety
Forrest Duke
Jack Soo
Arlene Fontana
Juanita Hall
Patti Kim
Romi Yamada
Bill German
San Francisco Chronicle
Chinatown
Soo
Miss Fontana
Miss Hall
Miss Yamada
Ralph Pearl
SUN
T-Bird
Lis
Pearl
Nat Brandwynne
Glenn Holse
Phil Solomon
Joe Wells
Proser
Solomon
Strip Resort
Japanese Style South Pacific could star Romi Yamada in Las Vegas
Romi Yamada reveals potential plan to play Nellie Forbush in a Japanese version of South Pacific in Monte Proser's Flower Drum Song at the Thunderbird Hotel. She notes Japan's postwar showbiz boom and her return from Tokyo after Flower Drum Song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Forbush
Romi Yama
Thunderbird Hotel
Romi
Alvin Ing
Monte Proser
Kirby Stone
Teddy Randazzo
The
Corvairs
Vicki Frazier
Tommy Butler
Romi Yamada
South Pacific
Japan
Pacific
Nelle Forbush
Tokyo
Little Rock
Ark
Proser
Rami
U.S
Suzie Wong
Roimi
Jack Soo
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Bill Haley and His
Comets
Columbia Pictures
Decca Records
Sunny Spencer
Vanita Wess
Rusty Isabell
Princeton
Johnny Paul
Barbra Streisand
East
Versailles
Hotel Riviera
Miss Streisand
Columbia
Barbra
Liberace
Riviera
Louis Armstrong
Connie Haines
Beryl Davis
Jane Russell
Jack
Leslie
Jack Carter
Leslie Uggams
Flamingo
Mitch Miller
Billy Eckstine
Driftwood
Atti Kin
Eduardo Couson
Las Vega
Marty Heim
Tallyho & Country
Clus
Sid and
Marty Kroff
Has Vegas
Em Grable
Ow Jatley
Stubby Kkaye
Fisher
Tim Herbert
Slansie
Maxie Rosenbloom
Sammy Lewis
Children Welcome
Do Greenberg
Choreography
Roy Wilton
Bill Reddie and His “Orchestra
Ee Botte
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