Chicago, February 10, 1950 Shaw Cuts New Stars 'A Swinging Group' For Decca New York — , who signed with Columbia records last I And What A Day This Ended! | spring, started the new year by tanceTling his Columbia pact ano signing with Decca. It’s understood his Decca contract runs for three years and guarantees him 20 sides u year. Although he cut a number you «peak of runtemporary greats, fair. Makes things look too easy. of longhair and pop sides for Co­ shew men, «long with ihr «er, He sits hunched over the piano lumbia shortly after signing with capable VImhi UujJ baas, and pecking idly away at the keys, them, none of this material has Jerry Winner, clarinet, just fin- hand* moving tn apparent slow been released yet. ■•hof! a date at the Bine Note motion, yet playing great solns The clarinetist’s deal with Decca here, prun'd to have «me of the and rhythm work. calls for him to slice with his full moat exciting unit» to Mt th«» rity band, with his Gramercy five com­ in a long while Out of the Way bo, and to team up with other be Driving relentlessly and force­ The agile, accurate Mr. Gibb« ca talent. All his material for Dec­ fully on tp-tempo stuff, swinging must be seen to be appreciated ca will be pop and jazz stuff. Shaw nubtly on h alia ds, the group relied Letting him loose wit), mallets is started cutting for Decca during mainly on the individual talents like opining up all the stops on a the first week in January, just be­ of the members rather than intri­ dam. You’ve got to get yourself fore going to Lenox Hill hospital cate arrangements to sell itself. out of the way before it bowls you for a gallstone operation Amons In this respect it was like hearing over, then, overawed, just -tmd these first sides were two Afro- a jazz concert every set. But, un­ and look' ut it. As Mike Levin Cuban numbers in which he used like a Granz-type concert, the said about him in 1947: Machito’s rhythm section in addi­ members genuinely exu­ ”... a musician who excites tion to his full band (aeo Things bent nt and interested in every­ everyone who hears him. One of to Come, page 17). thing they played. those rare kids who is so chuck As of the first of the year, Shaw full of the «tuff, he can’t get, it dropped Pat Lockwood as his vo­ Hair a Hall calist. A new girl had not yet been The guys obviously enjoy play­ still leaves listeners with the im­ selected at presstime. ing together admire and respect pression there is yet a gang of « ach other»’ talents, project this stuff to come." feeling to the audience immedi­ Norvo Leads Parade ately. To those remarks add 2H years Shavers, who blew more in one of experience for Terry, an Of Jaxx To Hawaii number at the Blue Note than he greater harmonic conception than New York — Big time jazz ha- did in a whole evening with the he had then, and flawless tech reached Honolulu, with Red Norvo band, is quite a nique, and you have quite leading the parade. Norvo’s trio showman- Whether it be singing is currently ut the Brown Derby blues in an infectious but “the lt’» Nice Outside there, a new spot which inaugu­ blues are actually pretty silly, rated u name jazz policy with the Nelson Boyd rounds out the aren’t they?” manner, or ripping rhythm section well, adds a highly vibeman's group. Playing the date off Eldridge-like phraser- with a with Norvo are Red Kelly, boas, amusing ver si an of Santa Claw quizzical eye cocked at the crowd, Is Coming to Town to the general and Tai Farlow, guitar. he sella. Vido Musso und a six-piec< com­ merrymaking. Winner is the for­ bo will follow Norvo on Feb 10. BelliMm Surprising mer Raymond Scott clarinetist, Musso is booked three Another fugitive fro’« the TD finds that things are nice outside months. aggregation, Bellson, proved very of an 18th century drawing room, surprising. On top of the bent all that it’s great to play boppishlg. the time and getting more and The grouiip (properly speaking, Rollini Wax To Merc New York—Artie Shaw*« first Derea recording -esaion, documented more away from hi« former Kru- The New Jlazz Stars) is a New York—Twelve masters cut in the above photo», was held Jan. 3. It climaxed a 24-hour period panastics ami adopting some Max owned venture, with by the Adrian Rollini trio for Bul­ in which Shaw and band, set to record for Columbia, ramr upon a Roachisms, Louis manages to be Shavers, sllson and Gibbs deter­ let records have been leased by slight disagreement with that company, asked for release, got it, felt father than heard. He stays mined t * make it with this group Mercury records. Mercury will use received six other record company offers, snapped up Decca, imd completely >«ut of the way of solo­ or go broke trying. Ten-y adds some of them to form a long play­ recorded four »ides. A good day's work. Sidemen in the bottom photo ists, supports rather than hinder« that, “We’ve been organized just ing platter and will also release are baritonist Danny Bank and tenorist Al Cohn, while the boas, in If Levy has a fault, it’s that he’» a short time, have to get some them as single discs on 78 rpm. action, is seen above. too nonchalant about the whole At more rehearsing and arrange­ ments done. But we «ure are get ting some kicks playing together.” You get plenty of them listen­ Relax! The Battle Of RPMs Is Settled ing, too. New York-—Official announcement by RCA*Victor that they albums, and ningles by Al Morgan, esa Brewer, Bobby Wayne, Jack will be that oi Feb. 24, on «ale al will star! pressing 33% rpm platters about March 1 appears the Harmonicats, Jack Teter, Te- I Berch, and Snooky Lanson. your newsstands Feb. 10.______to almost wind up the battle of the speeds which got under way last spring when Victor brought out its 15 rpm records. Only moves still neceaaar« to put v- the *ast rnajoril* of the industry sufficient public demit nd for 45s, on a three-speed hnsi* are for Dec­ they’ll make them, although there ca and Columbia to add 45 to their is no indication yet that thev intend From Bob Sylvester’s column in From Bob Sylvester’s column line». to make such a move in the near the New York Daily New: “When, in the New York Daily New: Decca has said that if there is future. Even Columbia, which, of “Eddie Condon, the greatest “Max Kaminsky, who ha* a course, fathered the 33’4 LP. ha? thing since streptomycin, admitted Dixie group at the new Bird­ indicated they will make any kind yesterday that he has been fever­ of art. it drew quick response land, ha« been listening to the of records the public wants, but ishly studying bop music and at from George Shearing . . . ‘It modernist« there, Max observes I Roundabout presumably they would be the last long last has discolored the differ­ could be,' he said, ‘that neither that in singing umj the to go 45. ence between bop Jan and Con­ grand opera nor be-bop <■ an art towel i is never although al) other vowels are used. Won’t Affect Pop« don’« kind. form in New York, but both are “ 'The hop guys flat their fifth«,’ mere preliminaries to an MGM “ ’After all,’ Max points out, Victor’s addition of LP to its contract to play opposite Judy ‘it’s pretty hard for those guys catalog has been rumored since Garland."’ to «pell L* ** lu it ummer. and was deemed a certainty by December when they announced that they would start putting out three-spued phono v r iphs Victor's use of LP will not effect the current status of its pop output, since only selections from its classical catalog will be put on Shavers And Booted Crew Gives Selves A Kick LP platters. All releases will con­ tinue to come out on both 78 and

In announcing that they were going LP, Victor stret-aed the fact that their main push would con­ tinue to be on the 46s. For its LP output, the company claims to have a “new and improved” platter, “made possible by an exclusive RCA-Victor processing method.” ■Swing to 45 Simultaneously with Victor's move to LP, London, Rondo, Dana, and Discovery, all of them al­ ready in the LP business, added about route for getting there. 46 to round out their lines. Mer­ Miriam’s now working nt the cury, which also puts out LPs, was on 52nd St., reported getting ready to join the devoted to mon 45 parade. Capitol, Tempo, and erotic arte than swing. Miriam Horace Heidt records were operat­ has worked at a few spots in ing at three speeds before Victor Massachusetts, the Cinderella Gibbs finishe« a «olo. Rest of the group include» dub in the Village, and on made its announcement. pianist Lou Levy, from Woody Herman’s band, BeH- WBAL-TV in Baltimon . Her vo­ London’s initial release on 45 in­ •oti, drvius, and Jerry Winner, clarinet, formerly cal roach for opera is Teddy cludes the Cole Porter Suite and with Raymond Scott. See review of the band on Hall. the George Gershwin Suite, both this page*