AD I.IB (Continued from page 14) room with a program to he called Jazz at the Upstairs ... 1 he Pm JAN knopf Quartet, featuring also saxo­ phonist Bobby Brown, played the Pica. dilly lounge in New Bedford, Mass. . . . Pianist Bob Hammer has replaced GARBER Sam Price at the Metropole. Princess Grace and Prince RainUr & HIS have invited Red Nichols and his Five Pennies to play for their annual Christ­ ORCHESTRA mas ball in Monaco . . Joachim-Ernst Berendt, now working on his new book about jazz, recently told a reporter in JANIS GARBER Baden-Baden, Germany, that “of all the foreigners pre-occupied with Ameri­ THANKS YOU TOO! can jazz, only two have contributed to the music. They were guitarist Django Reinhardt and clarinetist Stan ‘‘Best Girl Band Vocalist” Hasselgard.” 2nd consecutive year Eddie (Lockjaw) Davis and Johnny Griffin have joined forces in a band.

But which label will the group record DON G1 for? Davis has an exclusive Prestige THANK YOU Ballroom Operators contract, while Griftin is exclusively for voting us the BEST signed with Riverside . . . , “ALL ROUND DANCE BAND IN AMERICA” w’ho recently celebrated his 25th anni­ for the 2nd consecutive year versary in show business, signed a long­ Play a term exclusive recording contract with you It is one of the highest honors paid to us in our Find out 36 years of playing for the American public. Coral Records . . . Opera singer Eileen Latest Albums: Booking: General Artists Corp. Farrell, who substituted for the then- Se 8932S-78932 "Christmas Dance Party”—8793S-78793 "Music in the Blue Room” ailing at the Spoleto music festival in 1959, has just had a Columbia album released. It's entitled I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues. Jimmy Giuffre's group featuring gui­ tarist Jim Hall was recorded at the Five Spot by Verve . . . The King Oli­ Thanks ver 78’s on OKeh will be reissued on Ballroom Operators! an Epic LP. with album notes by Charles Edward Smith . . . Freelance For again voting us the writer Dick Gehman will do the notes on the soon-to-be-released Mildred TV needs fees. Lear Nation’s No. 1 Polka Band Bailey Columbia LP. This will be the ments. (for the 5th straight year) first in a series of i eissues under the This conv< supervision of John Hammond. .Stude­ and Arra Harold Loeffelmacher baker-Packard Corporation is promot­ thorough. arranging and the ing its 1961 Lark with an LP produced the count by Columbia Transcriptions, a service SIX FAT DUTCHMEN Study at of Columbia Records. The disc in­ quick, ¡ne Orchestra cludes tracks issued on previous LPs by Send now Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington. sample lei World’s Largest & Finest Old Time Band Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, and others. The customer has to go to a Studebaker showroom to obtain an Nationally known Radio & TV Stars — Coast to Coast order card, which is mailed to Stude­ baker for the record. Dept. 201 Heard nightly over KFAB, Omaha, Nebraska □ DANC Peter Long, assistant producer of the □ Marci Monday thru Friday, 1:30 to 1:45 a.m. Randall's Island Jazz festival, has be­ □ Histoi □ Voie» come associated with the Henry 0. □ Piano

Latest RCA Victor Albums Dormann public relations firm. Long PUBLIC will specialize in handling jazz person­ □ Beginr LPM 1418 “Merry Polka” □ Doub alities and clubs . . . Vic Feldman has □ Ear 1 replaced Barry Harris with the Cannon­ LPM 1769 "Six Fat Dutchmen” I Name . ball Adderley Quintet . . . Leonard Street LPM 1957 “Schottishes” Feather bought a house in Brentwood. I City . . Calif., and will make his move from Music E Booking: Harold Loeffelmacher • ELmwood 4-3817 • New Ulm, Minn. Manhattan to the west coast permanent in November...Dr. Marshall Stearns re- 48 • DOWN BEAT