Page 8 Monday, Daily Nassau Tuesday, March. 23, 1957
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OLD SATCHMO—gives his horn a rest and gives out with that golden smile before his admirers.
'Satch' Didn't Apologize, He Just Began To Play
By JERRY THOMAS
(Associate Editor of The Daily Kansan)
The audience in Hoch Auditorium began to get impatient. It was twenty minutes past the time for the concert to start and Louis Armstrong and his band had not yet arrived. The "Satch" stepped on stage. He offered no apology for being tardy. He did what would pacify everyone the quickest. He began to play.
"Satch" and his group played many of the Dixieland classics. They also played a number of things that art classic only when done in the Armstrong way.
A. Louis Armstrong concert is just that. Each of the numbers, except for those designed especially for another instrument, is arranged for the star. He is king of his show. The other band members are used primarily to back up that great horn. But all of the others could and did play brilliant solos.
Barrett Deems literally took over the stage with a 6-minute drum solo on "Mahogany Hall Stomp." Trumpy Young, trombne, Edmond Hall, clarinet, Billy Kyle, piano and Squire Gersh, bass, did excellent jobs of backing Louis.
Great Woman Blues Singer
Great Woman Blues Singer
Velma Midtleton, Louis' only woman vocalist for years, is probably, along with Bessie Smith and Ella Fitzzegerald, one of the three greatest women blues singers of all time.
But the star is Louis. Louie, Louis,
"Satchmo," Mr. Satch., Pops, Dipper-
mouth, Mr. Ambassador-he is the
great showman, the great trumpet
player, the great jazz singer.
Hasn't Changed Technique
Hasn't Changed Technique He is one of the few stars who has not changed his technique to
keep up with modern popularity He plays just as he always did, except maybe a little better.
For many, Dixieland has become something to be put on sheet music and play back exactly as it is written. This is not so with Armstrong. His programs say that "due to the ad lib quality of this
The din of nearly 2,500 screaming persons coupled with "When the Saints Go Marching In," greeted the KU basketball team at the Student Union Ballroom early Sunday morning.
And The Saints Came Marching In
The crowd had been in the Ballroom since midnight. The music was supplied by Louis Armstrong and his jazz band and who were making their second appearance of the night before KU audiences.
Deafening Roar
The rally reached a climax at 2:10 a. m. Sunday when the KU team was escorted to the ballroom bandstand. The roar of the crowd was deafening.
At midnight Mr. Armstrong had started his dance, which lasted until 1:45 a.m. when they took a 20 minute break.
Royal-Garden Blues" when a roar went up from the crowd as the team made its way toward the handstand. Mr. Armstrong immediately led the band into "When the Saints Go Marching In."
After the team crowded its way to the bandstand, Coach Dick Harp moved to the microphone.
The band was playing "The
"At times during the season I've sometimes felt too many people have taken the boys for granted, but not tonight."
"Man, I haven't got any finger-nails left after that game. You all really worked tonight."
Chancellor Lauds Coach
Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, chancellor of the University, followed Coach Harp to the microphone.
"KU has never been represented by a finer group of men than stand before you tonight. It has been their privilege and also yours to have coaching them Dick Harp, the great, young basketball coach of America."
Mr. Armstrong said earlier in the evening when he was asked to play for the rally, "Yeah, man, I like that cat Chamberlain, and we'll be there to play when they come in the door."
Mr. Armstrong presented albums of his music to the players and then said into the microphone,
Although a steady stream of cars patrolled the campus following the game, the campus and downtown Lawrence were a far cry from the night before. Friday night 30 to 50 cars had honked their way around the campus for nearly an hour.
"I didn't hear a horn honk." Joe Skillman, campus police chief, said Saturday night. "Things have really been quiet."
Biochemistry Talks Start Wednesday
Dr. Vernon H. Cheldelin, professor of chemistry at Oregon State College, Corvallis, Ore., will speak at the University on "Pathways of Carbohydrate Metabolism" at 4 p.m. Wednesday in 212 Malott.
The talk will be the first in the University's biochemistry lecture series this year. Dr. David Rittenberg, of Columbia University, will deliver the second lecture May 9.
Dr. Cheldein, who received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas in 1941, has been at Oregon State College since 1942.
His field of study includes work in terminal oxidative pathways, growth factors for microorganisms. and antimetabolites.
music, no formal program is possible. It is likely, however, that the following numbers will be heard." A list of 40 songs follows.
Few people deny the fact that Louis is a great trumpet player. This is not so with his singing voice, however. True, he does sound like a bullfrog with a sore throat. But his voice and his singing technique are his own. And his voice conveys just as much feeling as his trumpet.
Louis is clearly marked by his profession. Both his upper and lower lip are deeply indented from many years of playing. But the lip is still strong. His wind is still good. He can still use high C for a low note.
He was no better Saturday night than he has been in the past. He was his usual self-just about as close to perfection as any performer can get.
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TODAY
German department film, 4 p.m. 3 Belfast, with Marshall Wall, Christmas "with" English subtitles.
Undergraduate mathematics seminar meeting, 4 p.m., 203 Strong. Speaker: Miss Beverly Doig. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians." All interested students invited to attend these weekly meetings.
Mathematical colloquium, 4 p.m., 217 Strong. Speaker: PhoF. Wendell Flentz of Purdue University. "Two Dimensional Problems in the Calculus of Variations."
Seminar. 2 p.m., 3 Strong Annex E.
Speaker: Prof. Wendell Fleming, Purdue
University. "Generalized Surfaces and
Related Topics."
Episcopal morning prayer, 6.45 a.m.; Danofort Chapel. Holy Eucharist, 7 a.m. Episcopal study group, 4 p.m.; Canterbury House "Faith of the Church."
WEDNESDAY
Roger Williams Fellowship coffee hour,
124 Mississippi. Plans for
study tour.
C C U N. 8 p.m., Pine Room, Student Union, Debate on Eisenhower Doctrine, Participants: Prof. Ireland, Prof. Ketzel, Dick Stephenson, Bob Kimball.
Museum of Art record concert, 11 a.m.
Mendoni; Menotti: "The Saint of Bleecker Street."
Faculty Forum, noon, English Room,
Student Union. Speaker: Dean Thomas
Gorton. "The Music and Dramatic Arts
Building."
Zooloav Club To See Slides
Slides of the Canadian Eastern Arctic will be shown by Emil K. Urban, Milwaukee, Wis., graduate student, at a meeting of the Zoology Club 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in 101 Snow.
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