He Said/She Said Nov 18, 2008
Written for Paul Whiteman, the piece veers unpredictably between tight brass-driven two-steps and episodes of weirdly dissonant experimentalism, with the piano often acting as the agent of disruption. The performance nicely caught that spirit of impish perversity. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Richard M. Sudhalter, 69, jazz trumpeter and author Sep 21, 2008
Richard M. Sudhalter used the 1920s arrangements of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, in which Bix Beiderbecke played ... He shared a Grammy in 1982 for notes he and John Chilton wrote for "Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz)." He organized the New Paul Whiteman Orchestra; became an admired fixture on the classic-jazz scene, playing with groups that included the short-lived but highly lauded Classic Jazz Quartet; and recorded for Audiophile, Challenge, and other labels ... He discovered all the... (Boston Globe)
What's Orangeburg listening to now? Jul 15, 2008
We still have one or two swingers around Orangeburg who danced to 20s jazz on Victrolas -- Paul Whiteman s The Sheik of Araby kept them jumping. The just-before-WWII-75s-to-90s crowd think Glenn Miller played the best music ever on the boards. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Rhapsody in Blue Jun 13, 2008
He was considered one of the best in the world in the time of the Big Band Era, even lecturing at Julliard, playing with orchestras like Paul Whiteman, Joe Condula, Red Norvo, Mildred Bailey, The NBC Symphony and of course the Glen Miller band of World War II.. Actually, they drafted him right out of Paul Whiteman's Orchestra and put him in the Army Engineers. (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
Some reasons why we are the way we are May 2, 2008
Sam, one of the men at the stable, had taught me a song that was in style then; sung, I later discovered, by Bing Crosby with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Well sir, boys, I'm telling you. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
My life in lyrics Apr 1, 2008
The quiet titan of the American music business, Johnny Mercer sang with big bands from Paul Whiteman through to Benny Goodman before, as the founder of Capitol, he became one of the formative talent scouts. Of the countless songs he wrote with Harold Arlen, none beats this one. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bending the birth of the blues Mar 23, 2008
Preferring shallow emotion to authentic low-down, gut-bucket blues, the moguls of mass appeal cheapened and adulterated jazz, cast aside the brilliant black innovators, and anointed, among others, the aptly named Paul Whiteman. When the Popular Front gave way to the Cold War Red Scare, the romance of Storyville faded. (Boston Globe)
George Gershwin Jul 22, 2007
In 1924, Paul Whiteman commissioned a work for the Aeolian Hall concert of modern music. George Gershwin, hard at work on his music theater projects, nevertheless managed to produce Rhapsody in Blue. (Suite101.com)
A symphonic encounter awaits for the SV Orchestra's 2007-08 season May 25, 2007
William Grant Still (1895-1978), acclaimed as the dean of African-American composers, was born in rural Mississippi and studied at Wilberforce University and Oberlin College, performed with W.C. Handy and Paul Whiteman s orchestras, and was a gifted multi-instrumentalist. A composer of ballets and symphonies first performed at Howard Hanson s Eastman School of Music, Still was a busy composer, orchestrator, conductor and performer on Broadway as well the world concert circuit. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Felix the Cat sues Kit-Cat Klock Apr 11, 2007
Several manufacturers made Felix stuffed toys, and jazz musicians like Paul Whiteman recorded songs about him. The tune "Felix Kept on Walking" was one of the biggest hits of 1923. (Suite101.com)
'Jazz, Blues and Libraries Too’ set for Thursday at Little Falls Library Apr 3, 2007
Gallodoro earned the nickname Triple Threat when he held down the straw boss position, playing lead alto sax, clarinet and bass clarinet with the Paul Whiteman band for 40 years. He was regularly featured as soloist on live radio broadcasts from the 1930s through the 1970s. (Little Falls Evening Times, NY)
'First of the white soul singers' Feb 7, 2007
Dancing gave him the chance to see Paul Whiteman, Al Jolson, Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong. This rooted him in jazz but, as he said, he didn't then know that Jolson really wasn't a jazz singer, or what the blues were. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Sax legend swings through a lifetime of jazz Jan 23, 2007
Starting in vaudeville, he later played in the dance orchestras of Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman. Gallodoro has also performed under the batons of Arthur Fiedler, Arturo Toscanini, and Leonard Bernstein. (Boston Globe -- Living)
