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I agree.FROM: PRESS DEPT. WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY, INC. Page 2 THE WILL MASTIN TRIO Starring SAMMY DAVIS. JR. for the same company. As the depression deepened, Mastin had to cut the act once again and so, as vaudeville began to fade into theatrical history, the Will Mastin Trio was born. For the next ten years the Will Mastin Trio labored in the vineyards of showbusiness. These years were the weaning years for Sammy Davis, Jr,, when he learned his profession, every piece of business, the superb timing the deft comedy touch, all the subtle nuances that have since placed him at the top of the show business ladder* While the trio was filling an engagement at a theatre in Michigan as the late Eill RF ojang3.es?╟Ñ Robinson y y the great star taken by the youngster?╟╓s evident talent asked Will Mastin to bring Sammy to him for some extra tutelage* The lessons found an apt pupil, and Robinson and his student out in countless hours as Sammy absorbed the s?ri.ll and wisdom that was Bill Robinson, the trigger-like turns of the he'.->l and toe, the lightening-like thrust of arms and legs, the papid twist and turn of body, the thrill-packed finale that inspires the burst-of-glory ending. Today, Sammy Davis, Jr,, is considered the nearest thing to Bill Robinson when he puts hi3 fest to danding, Though "Bojangles" left very little financially when he passed away, he had left his legacy of dance to young Sammy Davis ?╟÷- and no greater gift could he have bestowed. Earl Wilson of the New York Post has written of Sammy?╟╓s dancing, his feet remind one of liquid rhythm,?╟Ñ The years passed and the Trio played nightclubs and theatres across the country and then back again, constantly sharpening their act