Saturday, February 15, 1941

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

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-Hop Latest In Swing Styles

Who Knows What Moder
Is ... And Who Wani
The Jazz Bands And The Boogie-Woogie
Gave Rise To Whatever Is Swing
Out of all the potpourri in Amer-v
ican popular music-jazz bands, gowns against a background of din-
baogie-waagie, German Bands, drum ner music reminded me of dinner
and bugle carpsmand My Old Ken- music under unusual conditions and
tucky Home-something has evolved for odd people. Finally I got to
that is named swing. It is sweet wondering if even cannibals had
and sophisticated and involves such dinner music and what it would
terms as hot-lick and jam session sound like to a white man who ap-
and sock it and out of this world. proached their island just at a time
Nobody knows exactly what it is. when the cannibals were breaking
Three of the music's outstanding a long fast." That is the way he ex-
defenders, Goodman and Scott and plains it, and that is the way it will
Krupa, are in Ann Arbor this week- have to stand. "Some people may
end playing for the dance of the call my titles screwy if they like,"
year the annual J-Hop he says, "but I was never more seri-
ous in my life."
In the background you may hear King Of Swing
the music of some one of these men Goodman is the old conservative
now if you are at the dance, or at swing master, the man who made it
least you can look forward to hear- what it is today and defends it to
ing Goodman and his band tonight. the end. "People have forgotten,"
At any rate, you will be hearing says Goodman, "that there's good
the best there is in swing, and bad swing, just as classical mu-
Hybrid Of The Three sic may be excellent or poor, de-
The hybrid of the group of three, pending on the performer. The same
Scott, composes and plays his own purists who insist on having their
music, stuff that he titles mysteri- classical music pasteurized for their
ously and plays as though the notes ears by the New York Philharmonic
were thrown on the staff without or the Philadelphia Orchestra don't
any regard for form for the ears hesitate to condemn swing after
of his listeners. hearing it manhandled by some
He refuses, though, to admit that Grade Z radio band." Swing, he'
there is anything out of the way says, is just as good in its own way
about either his music or his titles. as classical stuff. Which may be
"What else could you call 'Dinner argued.
Music For A Pack of Hungry Can- Number three to appear will be
nibals?" he asks. "The music is Gene Krupa, titled in his press re-
intended to reflect just what the leases, "The Ace Drummer Man."
title implies. I got the idea one He took a lot of his ideas to Good-
evening while dining with my broth- man, for whom he originally played
er. The dinner jackets and decollete as drummer, and did them up in his
Her Voice Is So Sweet ...

a Swing.
Bridge System
ts To Know? Is Renovated
own style. "Swing", he says, "is the Iy Com m ittee
reflection of a restless, tense world. "The Michigan Bridge System"
It has excitement, freedom and in- was copyrighted yesterday by the
spiration. Today's boys and girls J-Hop committee as it renovated the
order of playing cards in an attempt
want that excitement to help them to glamorize the male species.
blow off steam. Lack of conven- The jack and king of hearts will
tion to dance music of today makes exchange places in order of import-
for greater originality and creative- ance to lend beauty to the Hop dec-
ness on the part of the dancers. It's orations. King was forced to cede
light, it's free and it's good clean his place because of his facial expres-
fun." sion which is not suited to a valen-
That's the story each of them tine's theme.
gives, and what they do you are King's comments were directed not
hearing. at his dethronement, but at the re-
decoration of his wife's face. "I don't
Price leveling effects of the corn care for the modern flippancy ex-
loan program have moved the cen- pressed in her features on the en-
ter of U.S. hog production eastward, larged photograph in the Sports
Iowa State College experts say. Building."

boy who started with nothing but
if up through Benny Goodman's
inence for his own type of music.

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