U.S. Navy Jazz Band

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Jazz music.
Of course the band carried off the big applause hit of. the show and deserved it. They made no change in the program which they used on their first visit but opening with a regular overture they got off to a fine start, and when they hit the jazz stuff one could Just about imagine what they did to that bunch of Yankees on the battle grounds of France. It was little less than a riot and it was not until Ensign Moore, who directs the boys, had made his second speech of thanks that the house quieted down and permitted the show to go on.
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Variety, 54:7 (04/11/1919)