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JAZZ IS WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
Paul Whiteman Sta t es Chan ging Its Taste I s
a Matter of Educatio n-Offe rs Co-o peration
t o Dance Mast ers
Pa ul V\"hi tema n, the orc hestra leade r, to ld the
Am erica n Soc iety of Teac he rs of D a nci n g, meet­
in~ at the Waldorf-Astoria las t week, that he
wou ld do eve ryt hin g in hi s power to pop ula ri ze
a substit u te fo r "jazz."
"1 ho ld no br ief for jazz," said t he or che s­
t ra leader, "a nd any cha n ge t he dancing mas­
ters can mak e in rhythm wi ll be welcom e. I' ll
be th e fi rs t to play it and will do my bes t to
pop ul a rize it. But it is a m a tt e r of educ a tion,
and th e dancing masters m ust ass um e th at bur­
d en o f ed ucating t he dancing public to th ei r
new rh y th m. Orchestra lead ers are not respon ­
~ ible for th e present pop ular ity of ja zz.
They
are creat u res of pu bl ic demand an d the p ublic
has d ema nd ed jazz. I 've tr ie d time a fte r time
to play the tango a nd the wa lt z, bu t th e dc­
lila nd is for jazz. Thi s can on ly be me t by edu ­
cati on in a new rhythm.
"Much has been sa id of th e ev ils of jazz, but
iL is mor e sin ned against than s innin g. In th e
firs t place, t he da ncin g of a nat ion reflects th e
te mp erame nt of its people. Ame rican pep ve ry
lIa tura ll y is re fl ec ted in peppy m usic, jazz. A. nd
th e dances founded on jazz hav e sprea d rapid ly
lJ eca use th ey a re simple. The da nc es to r eplace
th em mu s t not be compl icated.
"J azz da ncing has gon e through a strange ·
evol uti on. It really s ta rt ed wi th t he Texas
T ommy. Then came th e Bunny Hu g an d then
a reaction wh ich broug h t into vogue the slow,
g racef ul hesitat io n waltz, which did not last long
a nd fell before the F risco ste ps, the slow,
draggy bl ues an d th en t he collegia t e glide of
to-day in wh ich li ttle atte n tion is pa id to rh y t hm
by the da nce rs . The orchestras have mere ly fol­
lowed th ese changing fa d s beca use of publi c de­
m a nd. They cou ld no t do otherwise.
" I ' ll do anyt hi n g in my power to help. And
if th e da ncin g m as ters, who rea lly have the op­
po rtunit y, wi ll edu cate t he p ublic in the new
r h ythm I'll adopt it wi llin g ly and glad ly."
Louis Chalif, the newly appointed presi den t '
of the American Society of Teachers of Danc­
in g, w hi ch closed its conven ti on last week , ex­
p resse d g ra ti ficatio n a t the a ttitu de of M r.
vVhiteman.
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LONDON, ENG., A ugust 28.- - A w ri ter in the Mu­
sica l T imes, th e o r ga n of Elgar's pub lis hers,
speak in g of th e pe rform in g fee as a n "o ld
begy," points o ut th a t the violin concerto was
ve ry fre qu ent ly perfo rmed before the war , d e­
sp ite th e performing fee ; an d th at, thou gh t he
fee was tak e n off in 1914, th e work has since
then rar e ly been playe d. E lgar's first symphony ,
he adds, was playe d in London more than any
other mode l' n sympho ny; "the fee was no ob­
s lac le th en, ancl is not a n insuperab le o ne now ,
notwi thsta ndin g th e eco nomi c diffic ul ties."
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