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Discusses the complexities of modern music, as of March 1968. Evolution of the bass guitar; Proposition regarding the popularity of rock music; Rock groups and bands which made no secret of their admiration for soul music.

Focuses on Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band which had opened at the Stuyvesant Casino, down on Second Avenue near Ninth Street. Information regarding the physique of Johnson who is tall, lean man; Information that the New Orleans aggregation is built up from its seven stars of equal magnitude; Assertion that the band has an impact like a steam locomotive.

The $85 million program in support of American orchestras announced last month by the Ford Foundation is perhaps the most extreme instance of pure foundationism ever perpetrated on aching national culture. For of all foundation programs in either arts or sciences of which the author is aware, this one is most blatantly addressed to the maintenance of a certain level of activity without the least concern for the level of cultivation or responsibility on which it takes place. Given Ford's catastrophic experiences in some of its previous arts programs, notably in opera, where the various objectives, conditions and limitations that were enunciated resulted mainly in artistic fiasco, public embarrassment and undying professional resentment, one can understand attractions of a program of neuter ideological and critical content.

Describes a hunger march led in Washington, D.C., demanding for unemployment relief package. Description of the hunger marchers; Deliberation on finance of these marchers; Discussion of the appearance and composition of the marchers; Arrival of a senator to enter into the Capitol; Ambience in the Capitol; Situation in the square between the Capitol and the Congressional Library; Entry of a band playing various tunes; Banners and slogans in the march; Presence of cameramen and reporters; Attempt of the leader of the hunger marchers to enter in Capitol building; Response of Senators looking at the marchers; Ambience in the U.S. House; Election of John Nance Garner, a Democrat, as the speaker of the House; Activities of the ladies of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Washington; View that people got a sense of cheer out of the parade of the marchers; Meeting of a delegation of marchers with William Green of American Federation of Labor; Description of the final meeting of hunger marchers in the Washington Auditorium; Discussion of a dance marathon downstairs in the Auditorium.

The article focuses on the impact of music on workers. It mentions the reasons for the formation of the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Subway Band by the subway line's president Theodore P. Shonts including public service purposes and for the organization itself. It also mentions the benefits of the band to the bandsmen, who are also IRT employees, in terms of making them better employees, showing more respect and courtesy to the passengers and reducing the number of suspensions.

The article reports on the important role played by the cooperative organization Music Associates in the revival of the music industry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The organization's 17 bands played more than half the single engagements in 1963 in the state and other areas. Its gross surpassed 1-million U.S. dollars and more than 760 dances and parties have been booked for 1964. The advantages to musicians who are in the organization include higher wages and profit-sharing.

Presents a narrative of the efforts of the author to overcome an inferiority complex in being a musician. Formation of the Bob Crosby and His Dixieland Band; Members of the jazz band; Characteristics of musicians.

The article features the Chester, Connecticut Fife and Drum Corps music band. The band wear uniforms of the Continental Army and play tunes that inspired General Washington's army to battle. A meeting with the group which was arranged by the author reveals that some corps has already been inactive.

The article focuses on the U.S. Marine Band. The musical group has played for every chief executive since George Washington. The members of the band are specifically assigned to musical duty and are excused from formations and drills. A bill was introduced to abolish the band during the administration of President Ulysses Grant in June 1876.

The article focuses on jazz musicians. Clarinettist Woody Herman went back to playing jazz. Pianist Stan Kenton has decided to retire. It said that the involvement of marijuana in the breaking up of one of the great hot bands is one of the best-kept secrets in the band business. It is stated that the reputation of a Hard-Hearted Hannah is gradually acquired by every band manager.

The article focuses on circus bands, particularly with band leader Merle Evans and his band. One of the questions people ask from Evans is how he makes the circus animals dance to his music. To Evans, superstition plays a big part in his acts, songs he considers unlucky are not played and that is the end of that.

The article features African American pianist and jazz composer Duke Ellington. Musical arrangers criticize the compositions of Ellington. He learned music through self-studying. He played a part in the establishment of the band Washingtonians. Critics commended his performance at a concert held at Carnegie Hall in New York City in January 1943.

Presents an article about the challenges experienced by the author as a band musician. Estimated net income he gained in 1939; Commitment of the musician to his career; Decision to leave the band business.

Review a concert by the World's Greatest Jazz Band at Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado on March 1972.

Focuses on the career achievements of the British band, The Beatles. Recognition of the four members of the band; Narration of the experiences of each member; Identification of the career background of the each member before they got into band.

The article offers information on the evolution of American circus as a unique art form. Circus was characterized with parade including an ostentatious chariot, hundreds of horses, military bands, chimes of cathedral organs, wild animals, Shetland ponies and shimmering banners. However, the gentry refused to accept it as an art form and considered it worthless and vulgar.

Presents an interview with musician and band leader Lawrence Welk on his career. Description of Welk's musical style; Relationship of the musician with his band members; Concerns of Welk on the personal life of his musical family; Information on having his first accordion.

The article focuses on the Jackpot and Little Reno casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada owned by Delbert Wayne Conner. There are fifty-nine slot machines at the Jackpot while Little Reno has 269 machines. Numerous supplementary enticements are being offered by Conner at bargain rates. A name band and a floor show are occasionally featured at the Little Reno.

The article presents a list of bars and music lounges opened every night in New York City as of December 1958. Freddy Alonso's rumba band and Joe D'Orsi's orchestra play at El Morocco. Chauncey Gray's orchestra entertains visitors at the Sheraton-East. The Rainbow Room at the Rockefeller Plaza presents Joseph Sudy's trio.

The article discusses issues surrounding the jazz music industry in the U.S. It was mentioned that the final collapse of the big-band era in the late 1940s left a permanent hole in jazz. The three distinct types big band are the milky, unabashed dance band, the semi-jazz dance band and the out-and-out jazz band. Verve Records has issued no less than 14 records which was made in the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

The article presents a calendar of events in New York City from July 1957 to September 1957. The musical revue "Theatre Under the Stars" will be performed at the Wollman Memorial Theatre. A band headed by Joseph Sudy and a rumba group performs every night in the Café Pierrre. Metropolitan Museum hosts the "Faces in American Art" exhibit which features photographs taken by various cameramen including Edward Steichen.

The article presents a calendar of entertainment events in New York from August to September 1956. The revival of Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels" will be performed on August 8 and 11. The Ambassador night club has dinner music until 10 o'clock in the evening. The Trinidad Steel Band will perform at the Carnegie Music and Dance Summer Festival.

The article presents a calendar of events of interest in the New York. The theatrical presentation "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" will be held from Tuesdays through Saturdays at the Ambassador. The horror play "And They Put Handcuffs on the flower," will be held at Mercer Arts Center from Tuesdays through Saturdays. Blue Withers will perform at Bitter End on July 10. Mongo Santamaria's band will perform at the Rainbow Grill on July 10. A Gallery of David Burliuk's painting will be shown at the Athena on July 15.

The article focuses on the career of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad. The band achieved its current preeminence with little help from the media and none from the serious rock press. The author considers Grand Funk as the extension of music and early rock as a rebellion. The author asserts that the fragmentation of the rock audience is one symptom of social and political development.

The article relates to the author's experience in having to spend a day with singer and composer Duke Ellington. The author met with Ellington at the National Recording Studios, where he was to record part of the music for a ballet. The ballet "The River" is commissioned by the American Ballet Theatre. Just before the first take of the recording, Ellington spoke to several members of the band. Ellington led the band through six or seven more takes until he got the right tune.

The article lists some big jazz bands in the United States. Some of the big jazz bands includes Ellington Basie and Herman Institutes, the Don Ellis and Buddy Rich bands, Ray Charles' generally overlooked group, the rehearsal bands of Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Clark Terry, Duke Pearson, Frank Foster and Bill Berry.

Profiles musician Ray Noble. Appointment of Noble as house bandleader for Great Britain's leading record label, His Master's Voice; His duties and responsibilities as house bandleader; Members of his group include alto saxist Freddy Gardner, trumpeter Max Goldberg, trombonist Lew Davis; His popular songs; Organization of a musical band by Noble under the management of trombonist Glenn Miller with pianist Claude Thornhill, guitarist George Van Eps and trumpeters, Charlie Spivak, Pee Wee Ervin and Sterling Bose; Lack of popularity of the band.

The article reports on the popularity of the Benny Goodman band in the music industry in the U.S. The band has been known as the best-equipped, best-run, and best-lighted institution the music has known. It is noted that Gene Krupa, a Goodman alumni, is one of the famous jazz musicians and jazz drummer.

The article presents information on several music bands that performed from 1935 to 1950 in the U.S. Bands led by musicians Glen Gray and Benny Goodman dominated the realm of music in the late thirties and the early forties. Musicians Pete Candoli and Ralph Burns formed the First Herd band in 1945, which became very popular.

The article focuses on the release of "The Fletcher Henderson Story: A Study in Frustration" by Columbia. "The Fletcher Henderson Story: A Study in Frustration" contains sixty-four numbers recorded between 1923 and 1938. The full-time small bands that made up the recording were led by Red Norvo, Joe Marsala, Roy Eldridge, Bunny Berigan, Stuff Smith and Fats Waller.

The article reports on the annual Mobile Jazz Festival in Mobile, Alabama. The festival is a nonprofit and run on a competitive basis by jazz-minded Mobilians. The festival is devoted wholly to high-school and college jazz band. There will be 12 high-school bands and 14 college groups that will compete during the jazz festival.

Profiles Henry Allen, a trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Information on his style of playing trumpet; Background of his career in music recording; Involvement with the band of jazz pianist Fate Marable.

Focuses on marine band of the U.S. Features of the band; Origin of the band; Instruments used by the band musicians.

The article offers information on musician Sonny Brown, who has been pursuing his music career while serving a sentence at the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi, California. He was convicted for his heroine habit and stealing a record player and in 1965, was sent to the Tehachapi penitentiary, where he started a prison band and a chorus, called the Fallen Sparrows. He got special permission to perform outside the prison and is now planning to cut a music album.

The article focuses on the success of the band Tijuana Brass in the music industry led by Herb Alpert in the U.S. It mentions that Tijuana Brass has performed in several prominent venues such as the Yale Bowl, the HemisFair Arena, and the Madison Square Garden. It also reveals that good old-fashioned melody and pleasant music that is universal are the trademarks of Tijuana Brass.

Information about the annual Old Time Fiddlers' Convention in Union Grove, North Carolina in April 1968. The convention includes several musical programs, oldtime bands and Scotch-Irish folk heritage. It notes that the event is organized by J. P. Van Hoy, the son of the convention's founder, H. P. Van Hoy.

The article discusses the start of the election campaign in Great Britain and the changes that were made in the British electoral system since the last election in 1945. British election laws prohibit the paying for bands, torches and banners during the campaign and providing refreshments to voluntary workers and gifts to voters. Some of the changes that were made in the British election setup include the abolishment of the business premises vote and the twelve university seats. The campaign launched by socialist John Edwards is described.

Focuses on parades organized by Nazis in Holland with music band German Storm Troopers by using chocolate bars to lure children with an objective to overcome their fear for the conqueror. Social conditions in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Scarcity of food in Amsterdam; Efforts made by the band to gather a queue of children; Announcement made by the leader of the band for the children.

The article features the musical combo, a tactical unit of the U.S. Army in South Korea. According to the article, combos are composed of six or seven men and their equipment consists of drums, pianos, trumpets, clarinets, bull fiddle and saxophones. In Korea, the U.S. Army has eight bands, with six in the division, one in Pusan and another one in Seoul. An order has been issued standardizing all bands at have 42 enlisted men and one warrant officer.

The article focuses on the tour of musician Stan Kenton with his band in Cleveland, Ohio. The tour shows the support of Kenton's crew in riding the crest of a post-rock 'n' roll revival of interest in bands. Kenton adds the sound of the mellophonium, a kind of straightened French horn, to his usual musical trademark of jazzed-up dissonances. The sound of this horn makes the band as the briskest moneymaker.

The article reports on the shift of the N.B.C. Symphony broadcasts from Studio 8H to Carnegie Hall. This has improved the over-all quality of the sound that comes out of the radios, giving it a warmth and naturalness which the sound from 8H did not have. But whereas C.B.S.'s method of picking up the New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall brings an orchestra which is at a sufficient distance for the components of the sound to be spaced out, N.B.C. transmits a sound whose components are tightly crowded in as though one was placed right in the middle of the orchestra.

The article presents information about several musical records. Mercury has issued a set of Tchaikovsky's Overture "1812" recorded by Mengelberg with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1942 for Telefunken. Mozart's Piano Quartet G. minor has been recorded for Columbia by George Szell and Messrs. The work is not one of Mozart's greatest, but has its wonderful moments; the warmth, grace, and sensitiveness of the string playing are in striking contrast with the cold, brittle rattling off of the piano part.