Freddy Martin others), which featured the band's pianists Jack Fina, Murray Arnold, and Barclay Allen. In 1946 he recorded "Dingbat the Singing Cat" adapted from Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", and later recorded "A Lover's Concerto", adapted from baroque composer Christian Petzold's "Minuet in G major", two decades before pop group The Toys released it. At this time, Martin enlarged the orchestra to a strength of six violins, four brasses, and a like number of saxes. His band's first hits included "Intermezzo" and "the Hut-Sut Song". Martin was nicknamed "Mr. Silvertone" by saxophonist Johnny Hodges. Chu Berry named Martin his favorite saxophonist.
Works by J. G. A. Pocock Works by J. G. A. Pocock A scholar of the history of British political discourse, J. G. A. Pocock, the Harry C. Black Chair of History Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University, has enjoyed over 60 years of publication. Now in his tenth decade, he recently concluded "Barbarism and Religion", a six-volume study of Edward Gibbon, author of "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". The first two volumes of "B&R" were awarded the American Philosophical Society's "Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History" for the year 1999. In total, Pocock has published more than 260 articles, essays,