Project Snoozer: Searching for the lost recordings of a Bogalusa musician Sep 9, 2009
Quinn, who died in 1949, was a Bogalusa native who played with the likes of Paul Whiteman, Jimmie Davis and Louis Armstrong. He was one of the very earliest jazz guitarists, and though he is obscure, he is considered to be one of the true greats by jazz-guitar aficionados, according to Kathryn Hobgood, a 31-year-old music grad student who has been researching Quinn for the past three years. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)
Imperial Theatre to rock with 'Jailhouse' screening Aug 6, 2009
Her father had been a trumpeter in the Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman bands, and her mother a Ziegfeld Follies dancer. It was on Halloween night 1957 that Jailhouse Rock had its "gala Southern premiere" at the Miller Theater in Augusta. (The Augusta Chronicle)
‘How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll’ looks beyond the pop charts Jul 3, 2009
In the sensationally titled How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll, he recasts history to spotlight unjustly overlooked figures like bandleader Paul Whiteman, smooth jazz godfathers Guy Lombardo and Glenn Miller, early crossover megastar Harry Belafonte, and Frankie Laine, a gruff, bluesy singer who came into his own under the guidance of Mitch Miller, the key Columbia Records producer of the 50s. And while Wald considers the Beatles a seminal group, he suggests that their retirement from... (Boston Globe)
Authors to talk about books dealing with suicide, the Beatles, and Satchel Paige Jun 30, 2009
Wald also credits jazz pioneers such as Paul Whiteman as rock s roots artists. He ll discuss his findings tonight at 7 at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge. (Boston Globe)
Johnny Mercer is the overlooked great American songwriter Jun 28, 2009
It was a style that took the crooning of Bing Crosby (whom he succeeded in Paul Whiteman s Orchestra) a crucial step further in the artistic relaxation of racial boundaries. Where Crosby nodded in the direction of black vocal style, Mercer ambled right on over. (Boston Globe)
Sacramento Jazz Fest May 7, 2009
San Francisco's , popular among those who like the dance styles of the 20s and 30s, draws inspiration from Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Paul Whiteman. from Orlando, Fla. (KCRA 3, CA)
Love is a many splendored thing: Local orchestra will blend jazz, orchestra, dance and Ol Blue Eyes in the name of love (19) Feb 15, 2009
He said the Valentine s Day concert includes a tribute to jazz orchestra conductor Paul Whiteman, who in 1928 staged a performance where his orchestra was joined by a symphony orchestra string section. In the first part of the Valentine s Day concert, the Muscatine Symphony Orchestra s string section will join Duffee s orchestra. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
