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Lootiag Up
This Thing Called Jazz-1
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walked into the Winnipeg Auditorium fur Norman liranz* Jazz at the Philharmonic concert.
The advertising for tht �how h�rf 6e�* terrific. For week* we had been told of all the jau greats Who were going to turn up� Buddy Rich, Coteman Haw-kin*, Wilhe Smith, Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Flip Phil-�lip�~-rto go down the ii�t on the billboard*.
My companions wert th* two Arts, one it clary player ol not*-, the other a trumpeter who blow* .a. nice-horn'.' The clary Art was interested in the feed men, of course; and the presence .of" alto Willie Smith, the $re.at Lancet lord and Harry' Jaiues saxman. the Hawk, acknowledged king of the tenor' sax. and Klip of the Woody Herman band, 'promised kicks. Trumpeter Art was c hi oily Kt>iii>? to lu-ar Hurk . .('lay ion. on�-of the Couni lUisit- greats.
.Me. bein^ a Herman Herd addict, was all exriu-u about Flip; and ��.Muddy Kic'hJs.one. of the few drummers 1 like.
So, the day of the concert, a little item appears in the papers saying   Rich  and  Phillips won't be  there.    Rich,  because he  i* re-forming his band, and Phillips for no mentioned reason. -.'.' I   started- 'cussing   just   before . supper, and ori entering  the Atur around S.lo I -was still thinking of all tlu- mean things 1 was going- to :say to Promoter Granz if I evei pot near him.    (We (^1* later.)
We sii, down and see that the place is two-thirds. tilled with some 3,00.0 .jazz fans:. Granz finally comes out a- Uule behind time,
ai>olov:izes  for last-minute substi-
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tulions,   etc.,   and   tells   us   that Clay ion.   the  trumpet    man,   has taken sick so he also will, not ap-� pear.- � - .'.'��'��. "'     : ��  � . ':  .'���'�'
This  is   rubbing  salt  into  our
;.    gaping wounds,   and   trumpeter-
Art sadly groans.   At the prices
we had to pay. is it a wonder?
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..:�; But the conceit; tho' *hort and sweet, Had its kicks. To ns ja//-starved addicts, Jazz .at the Philharmonic was a nice fresh gulp
' of water in an arid desert.. Only ..a. jazz' fan who .lives in ��hilly: billy" Winnipeg can -truly appreciate our .. feelings.
Willie Smith
After   all   was   said   and   done. Willie Smith and his alto was the highlight of -the '��concert.. -'\Ve hail. �heard -him on record's'1 ami .1:1 person" with    the    Luucetord-  band. �when "he-ami .Trnmm.y were .still iii there. Init this 'concert was the lirs'. time we had heard \Viliie open up ;;n.d show what. he Vou.Ul really do.
The. routine went  like this.    In the first 'por.ti.oi. the 'whole group oi "si\ Mhsii-uiijientalis.ts, � which in eludes   the  rhythm   .-ivtion.  is  on "the stage and they -st'eanv ih.rou.ch -what  the prograr-.v  �. ill's tour '"en;-"semblo"  iu:juiiers.                 .
Three o: these w <�:;�� cvovp r.um-btvrs:    I Hues ..'a?  the. Thiihai mor.it �". TV a "for   Two   aiul   Klyjr.g   Home. . lr. itll.o:" them Willie's aito solos-. tUnuinatei!. \\ith Colem.-.;-. llawkir.s .adding  h:s" tv-r   K;u h  in a:: -lOir.e* �in Io:   soios w.th ;;:,-' ihe rhythm Isjekinj:   bir.:   ar.d' Th�,-;! tht-   tn:;� ends up w-th ^ -ho; t lo;ul Mast on t^.^' o:\cir.ul  rift.   Very  simple  ;�: ar.d  :n   t.is'e  of  >
Trunimy Vour.^ the  founh  r.u
trombone mar. piayp.t ^t first sic* and !b-n hot. \Vrj-plf-aMni and r-^^h^f^* -t might luive b�*ea even better ;( on* of ifce
we had been/aW* to pick up <ome of ibe. low register stuff.
came thr- main portion of the progrnni Eai b tiian t anae on and play�?u Us >E�-.rialti*-f wltl; J0^1 a rhythm �=�.�' 'J on cpiano, ba.-*.-.. .drum-*) ba>.k:ug This rhythm set-lion wa? \�rry nice by the way.
Lot> of h�-at>:id not
Coleman Hawkins
He-idlinfi oi the �how was. naturally, (Vjl<-n3ari Hawkins. Nor man'Oranz iti! reduced him as "the st tipuiv iu jazz today." He considered head and shoulder-* all others irk the tenor sax department. 1 s?ay is thi* way
ise. sadly 1 have to admit, the Hawk leaves we c oH "His Luimbers were Hawk's, idea. You  <io  To  Sly  Head,   MCA 'La-. ment' (a. riff . zuunber), and Body and   So\j.     You've   'heard''   about Hawkins' 'I tody" ami  Soul,     h   is . supposed .'to' go   the   limit:     The farthest  anyone  ran/ go on   tenor .^a.v.   The gem ol' tenor jaxx. .-,'.'�� Hiit  1  have to eonress that my attention   wanders  about  halfway Uirouph.    For '4-'   ^oii Go To .My Heatl   was  the   b'/st   Hawk   piece. lhat -'nipht.
He is pretty .- cndcrfful. There is perfect -'�; 'control.' over his Instrument. like Goodman on the Clarinet; the tone is uriheliev-ably pure (especially when you compare it with '-the tenor sa* scheechings in. vogue today) .ana it is easy to understand why the Hawk is considered tops.
IHil 1 think 1 will have to grow . into .liking him:    A; this sia.ee he '.�doesn't excite mo. �" ' �� '���'� .-'.��   �'.    -'*'*.�..*''�-�'  ' '   � � ' ' :"
Trummy Young
Next uivan oil \vas the trombone
man. Trummy .Young.   Ti uminy, a tall slender < haraeter, plays Avhat is �' called "trumpet   style"   trombone.   Thar' is'-. 'he.', plays fast and hlrious  and  attacks  like a trumpet.    After   the  i-mooin   nice:ior-. Alancing-bui-otherwis.e-dull  flow of. Toiumy  Dorsey. et cetera,  Young is refreshing.          r      .-
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'; He. like-'-' Willie1 Smith, was one of. the ' o'rigiii.'rt Jimmy l.unceford ineii. and is featured in many, of that band's greatest records. ' He also wrote. "Wl.atehA Know, ;Joe,r' remember'?"-            ' .-
.�-..Trumuiy..'' played; ".Margie" as in the Lunceioi'd arrangement and then "sang n just as he did on the record. It was a mild sensation, The t'rowd lapped it up: .'�' .
Next eanu a vocal ami solo on Talk of t he 'Town". '.which as far as I \\as .eoiM-evr.ed" -didn't Jen .so .well. Hut tt v. as still. Vory nice. T rum my is a ' g'roat showman aiiil an always ir.u resting trombon�> player.              . :�         .         . .
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Willie  Again
Then .-eauie- "lie -star of the 'night's shov.. 1 "am" r.oi" beating, _
the" drums   t'or  Willie  Smith  just  .
bfciii'.st- .Uie Ih-v-k doesn't hit me: �:_t.-was "iusi -;h;-.:.;-:< far ;ts most in
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For an f-ccre he played a gorgeous Sophisticated Lady. For an-mctrvrnent hke the arlo saxophone Lacy 'a tailor-made. TalK abcot rrcaica' *en-app�a(. ttoa Had ft.                         .
To �h� -*   or.   -�>n:f�  �:ter �^Jre* to krt^  saj  ^�r* in   irUu.
Smith Deemed to o\'t?rdo his e mertial stozilrf, like'. hitUflg.a thin -htfij �et--��*^ ia A a-hUe Jusl lor <ffeet  (aJid the crowd roar#) and
'"uoing a yliirricg business iu Soph isucated Lady one time too much for me. .But these things are
. very minor Smith is a wonder on his alto and provides more excitement than Johnny Hodges, for example, whose style is limited to one kind of sound. But it isn't practical to Compare the two styles since they are not aiming at the sadf1 thing. Besides I think Hodges is preity
..��*� nsaiional/ too,   and   his   Sunny Side  of  the  Street  work   (Lionel .Hampton's -.version)   can   hit. me any time.         .
But I'll go into the ronceu further in a-second article. There will be-more about the^concert ar a whole and Norman XJranz and a backstage session that uiade up greatly lor Our feeling of being-gypped somewhat. .:
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Butch  Watanabe
�Keader.s  of the  Montreal   Standard   weekly   will   have   seen   a Canadian  Nisei jazzman  featured iii a pictorial wi iteup in the April 26  is.^uc  about  a-..'Montreal'' small band   led   by   colored  mimp.etei ..Louis   .Metcalfe  at   the   Cafe   St. Michel.          -          ",-'�..
The Centre double-iiage spread tells of how Metcalfe got together-a mixed jazz' group, including Negro, West Indian, French Canadian, Mexican, Swedish Canadian, and Japanese Canadian musicians.
Jerry "Butch" Watanabe .is the Japanese Canadian and only trombone man In the group. Photos show him wearing King Cole-style black-rimmed glasses and the article says of;"..the. �_ Nisei: "Japanese Canadian Jerry ' "Butch" Watanabe from Vancouver plays a Jack Jertney style of trombone. Young, he shows rapid . growth in mastering horn."' .
Butch is an army veteran 'who-, hailed from Eraser'- Mills. B.C., prior lo evacuation, lie trained at S-20 in Vancouver.
I've heard h.iilv play his trombone only! once, and that at an impromptu ;session in Toronto's Horse Palace when it was an army district; depot, but his I'm Confessing delighted us army, rookies. I recall. At that time he "was already a veteran of small band work in Montreal.
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does go on a tour through the country as suggested, Nisei music fans are advised n�t to miss. .Not only because of Butch Watanabe. but because this band may be the Canadian Jazz band we have been vainly looking for.
An Experiment in Dei
"Discussion"
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young speaker stated that family-teachings have helped to hold ba�-k the Niseis from getting to think as a Canadian citizen.. Keing lolti that .while his h.iir .:> .Ulaek and his skin uas yellow "A Jap is still a Jap." h;ts iiOi helped the Niseis               ' ' /
Blame was put on the system of the parent controlling the family purae completely foe the Nisei* being uncertain of themselves and unable to think as individuals. While the money they earned was not in their own contrxH. the Niseis coul.d not think of setting themselves up independently.
Both !<**: and Ni?*-; sp�>kt**nj�-T; t! that meetings like th:? one
(Fr�m TM ChHatlan Ac^nct Monitor^
There was no mass evacuation of Japanese in * during the recent war,   Th^re were no internment a There was no breaking-up of homes, no forced K�^ of shops and stores, no Tqle Lake, The   Americans..'of   Japanes*    �______
anceatrj- ii Tth on, lived under Army rule with their neighbors, as American eiti-iens. as they had alwaya. Despite their rari*l background, they lived without fear of serioie discrimination or worse, amidst the tensions of war    It is not Mirprtslng that the   ret-ord   now   shows,   notwithstanding  the many  ftri�e  rumors to the contrary- that there was ho serious   srahotage   nor   any   fifth rolujnn coming from their ranks to endanger the American war effort.                                . Did Full Share On the contrary, the AnieHcan-boi n Japanese in the islands, who in ,1941V accounted for three quarters of J he total residents of|Japa-nese ancestry, did their full slum-ii;  supporting  the  United  Stales. The i-ombat records of their sons on the battlefields of Europe com-jpare well with those of ihe'Cau-aslans.   As a  racial  group, they showed'- that,    in    a.  democratic � cou n try, which expected of them the   same   degree   of   loyalty   as from   other  citizens,   the   ties   ot 'birth'Aye're. stronger than the ties of ancestry.               ,       .   ..-�;     , -/ ��Hawaii's Japanese: An ICxperi-ment  in   Democracy"  by  Andrew \V.   Lind    (Princeton   :l'niversity Press)  is a"record of this test oT i acial   prejudice   and racial   relations.    It  is a record ihat sho.vvs a gieat victory for democracy, ioi racial  tolerance.- for, indeed, ron-
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doubt, and mistrust, You i .What you give., if yoy M>; respect you as, an Am�ritjn expect, you to act as an Am can,' that brings out thj ber a man'. . .The war has pr$ that American demo:ra:>- c work."                    ,
This iuiihomauvv :ev;ej democratiV- i-acial -vel'-iiior.; Ha\vaii is oiu- wiiirh 't-i: Am; should1 remember in .I'hir-f'or.ti .efforts to rediu-e. .and oiiniina �tolerance on t he mainia-'l; vyh it crops; up.in' racial.-'.voloV. ( ligioiis aspects. Profe.^or 1 work is a sociological >f.ydy a- valuable. souiTe-bjpbk: it is t.c.n" on the- basis of uiU'-h'e'r: res.e<>"r*-h fi'iinng"' IfMl-'-c. b>
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of the Golden Rule.       :                 Vniversity   or; Hawaii   of -
Policy-of Fair. Play         'Professor l.ind. Hi haiman:
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'Commanding General, Lieut. Gen.     for.20 year?.
B.C Views Via Jack Scott
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(From .The Vancouver Sun column, "Our Town," by Jack Scott are reprinted two excerpts from his .weekly "Mail Bag.")
Cast* System
"'A'teller froni "UBC.Veteran^' on tlR1 coiHiiiued <?egregation of Can-iulians of Japanese ancestry is one l.'ci like to run in full, but lack the space.
"Since there are in Canada (according .to the 194G Canada..Year iJook) something like. 30 different iacial groiVps, it is imperative that all Canadians, be inunertiatety classified according to the degree of danger they constitute to other Canadians," the writer suggests �ironically.'
"You might, therefore, publish a ;chart giving this 'informalion, not forgetting .of course, to take into due consideration religious
�?nd economic fat-tors before assigning a final grade-to each racial
.group.' The different castes could In- denoted by wearing of a' ring �in the nose, appropriateiy colore-1 as per ihe appendix to t-he chart.
".Finally.- as a tr.i.lVu.t.e to the Liheral and Progressive Con'serva-' t:ve inembevs.. to whose, v.igilaiu-e We Canadians owe cm; protection
"t'.jom Canadians of Japanese origin. I would, suggest that a fund he st:t!Jed to erect ' a ..-statue, to ?he l;U�- Ku.cene "T;�lmat!ge. � and that :�;>� .-riames of th^.l-.priorabl^ m>m-1-vrs bt: �->ngra\>-d or. its ?>.i^>.
"The /list .would h*> head�-d by T':;;>; . of . Vet�-ritr.s* Mir.i-'t^i Un
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� (ijscus'sion led to-.ra.i;i;t: :i; At   tha t ' . i i.ine. liat'iT'ii  v.-; where-, 'lu'irni'ng �;ajsai!:>'. ' iiese .a iul. all. 'Gonna:.-: friends, .wl'i'o  are  I'o^---tiie- ''largest', ami   hindv^ possible,  'sat � there -iu;-;. hate ahjiic-AViUi tiic"' ;:�-�'-; ..,';} turiiod .blue in ;>� :: ing   thiii   ynu   can't . c<r.: � entire   race   bt-i:au<o ��.(�! � system   govenVinj:   t!';jr and    that .-' people riv^v tv(iual, and   Ur.ii   i;0  o::-
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