Record #:

4647

Author(s):

McGrath, Mark

Abstract:

From the 1920s through 1940s, Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were hotbeds for student orchestras. A number of orchestra members went on to fame during the Big Band era, including bandleaders Kay Kyser, Hal Kemp, and Johnny Long, and John Scott Trotter, who was Bing Crosby's musical director and arranger, and Skinny Ennis, who led Bob Hope's radio orchestra.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 68 Issue 1, June 2000, p56-58, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Musicians; Big band music