Best broadcasts of 1939-40 (1940)

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Record Details:

Title:
Best broadcasts of 1939-40
Date:
1940
Publisher:
New York : Whittlesey House
Volume:
Best broadcasts of 1939-40
Leaf #:
000334
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 02, 2025
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BEST MUSIC CONTINUITIES The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street by Welbourn Kelly (LOJLOJL8JL&JLQJLSUL2JL!LOJL$LOJLOJLJULOJLSLOJULOJLOJLOJLfl In some of its lighter moments, radio has a good time “ribbing” the awesome dignity of its heavier side. Every Sunday afternoon at 4:30, over NBC’s Blue Net¬ work, a group of superlative instrumentalists gets together to play jazz, swing, boogie-woogie, and sweltering improvi¬ sations that float through their heads and hands at the time. The performances of the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street are immensely popular, completely unruly, and full of fun. The announcer, in a composed and analytical manner, discusses the vulgarisms of the music we hear and does so with a straight face. His self-conscious determi¬ nation to ennoble the swing phase of music by stealing the nomenclature of symphonic programs is one of the best burlesques on the air. The continuities are written by Welbourn Kelly, a member of Lewis Titterton’s script staff. Here is the show for May 26, 1940. 316