with his Quartet
Reginald King's new ensemble, which made its radio debut last April, is actually a quintet, consisting of himself at the piano and four strings-violin, viola, cello, and bass. To a large extent the piano has become the solo instrument, with the strings forming the background-the effect of it all being original and very pleasing.
Now that this combination has established itself and that he has been able to build up a library of special arrangements. King prefers it in many ways to his late orchestra. The programmes are essentially of a light music character, from non-rhythmic arrangements of popular songs of the Jerome Kern type to some of the evergreen classics.