Pendergast, T.

Japanese: Pendergast，T.（英語表記）PendergastT

... Meanwhile, in the 1920s and 1930s, black big band jazz, which did not use musical arrangements and was more rooted in blues, developed in the Midwest, centered around Kansas City, Missouri. At the time, Kansas City was under the control of a corrupt Democratic politician, T. Pendergast, nicknamed "Big Tom," and despite the prohibition, it had become a kind of extraterritorial entertainment city. With the repeal of prohibition and the arrest and imprisonment of Pendergast, the lights of entertainment went out, and the city's bands, led by Count Basie (W. Basie) and his band, moved to New York one after another. ...

From [Truman]

…He was born into a Missouri farm family. After World War I, he entered politics after being seen by Thomas Pendergast, the Democratic Party boss in Kansas City. After serving as a county judge, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1934 and won reelection on his own in 1940. In 1944, he was nominated as vice presidential candidate as a result of a compromise between the northern and southern factions of the Democratic Party, and between liberals and conservatives, and was elected. …

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Japanese:

…　一方，1920～30年代のミズーリ州カンザス･シティを中心とする中西部一帯では，編曲を用いず，よりブルースに根ざした黒人ビッグ･バンド･ジャズが発展していた。当時カンザス･シティは“Big Tom”の異名をとった民主党の悪徳政治家ペンダーガストT.Pendergastの支配下にあり，禁酒法治下にもかかわらず，一種の治外法権的な歓楽都市となっていた。禁酒法廃止，さらにはペンダーガストの逮捕投獄によって歓楽の灯は消え，カウント･ベーシー(W.ベーシー)楽団を筆頭に，この町のバンドは相次いでニューヨークへ移動した。…

【トルーマン】より

…ミズーリ州の農家の出身。第1次世界大戦後カンザス･シティの民主党のボス，ペンダーガストThomas Pendergastに見込まれて政界入りし，郡判事を経て1934年連邦上院議員に当選，40年には独力で再選を実現した。44年民主党内の北部派と南部派，リベラルと保守の妥協の結果として副大統領候補に指名されて当選。…

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