A Song Is Born (1948)

Tommy Dorsey: Tommy Dorsey

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• Tommy Dorsey : It could have been Mel Powell or Hamp.

  Lionel Hampton : Yeah, they're experts at that jive.

  Professor Hobart Frisbee : Well, then perhaps you gentlemen could help me.

  Lionel Hampton : Oh, sure. Mel and I used to play a lot of that stuff with Benny Goodman.

• Tommy Dorsey : Can anyone here blow a clarinet?

  Professor Hobart Frisbee : That's quite simple. Our Professor Magenbruch plays the clarinet.

  Charlie Barnet : Well, does he, Professor? I hardly think...

  Tommy Dorsey : He's apt to be a little too square.

  Professor Hobart Frisbee : He's quite proficient. I assure you.