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Kenton, Shearing Victors Again Some Upsets in Individual Races Kenton, Shearing Victors Again Some Upsets In Individual Races ■9* Chicago—Battles for positions in Down Beat’i annual all* star band went right down to the wire this year, providing Here's Our 51 most of the 15th annual band poll’« excitement, as Stan Kenton* George Shearing’s quintet* Billy Eckstine, Sarah A All-Star Band Vaughan, the Mills Brothers, .ind Spike Jone* repeated their Inst to retain his alto crown; Art Pep­ leader Stan Kenton year’s triumphs in their catego­ per fell ¿h >rt by just 14 tallies (selected a* fave band) (Trademark Regi »te rrd th S. Patmt Öfter> ries rather easily. Terry Gibbs grabbed the miscel­ Maynard Ferguson . trumpet CHICAGO. DECEMBER 28, 1951 laneous instrument plaque by lesi VOL 18—No. 26 Miles Davi* ..... trumpet Les Paul, who finished third last than 100, and Woody He>.man and (Copyright, 1051, Dowa Boat, t»c.i Dizzy Gille-pir .... trumpet year, won the guitar chair, as less Artie Shaw tied for third place Bill Harri*....................... trombone than 100 votes separated the first in the clarinet division. Kai Winding .... trombone four men—Paul, Billy Bauer, Tai Jack Teagarden ... trombon«* Farlow, and Chuck Wayne. Kenton took an early lead over Gillespie Squeeze* In Les Brown and held it throughout Charlie Parker .... alto sax Dizzy Gillespie won his first the balloting. But Woody Herman Critics Still IrritateGranz Art Pepper......................alto sax and Duke Ellington wrestled for Stan Getz........................tenor aax plaque, edging Louie Armstrong third place continuously, with El­ Flip Phillip* .... tenor aax for third place in the trumpet dive Serge Chaloff ..... bary sax sion. And Jack Teagarden squeezed lington coming through on the As Another Season Ends Buddy DeFranco ... clarinet into third place among trombon final day. O«car Peterson........................piano ists by just four votes over Milt In the combo section. Shearing Hollywood—Norman Granz, winding up his 1951 Jan al Shelly Manne..........................drum* Bernhart. won overwhelmingly, as expected the Philharmonic concert series with a «late at L.A.’s Shrine Eddie Safranski................. .... bas* Charlie Parker was hard pressed However, Charlie Venturas Big Four, picking up a flock of tal­ uuditurium that filled the big hall with close to 7*000 and Les Paul....................................guitar lies from Chicago voters, almost turned away nearly 2,000, is irked with critics. Particularly Pete Rugolo.......................arranger Jay Jolin-on .... male vocal* surprised hy edging Red Norvo dioae who diapurage hi- performer, s Mercury Goes Lucy Ann Polk . girl vocals for second for allegedly “exhibitionistic ten­ are natural showmen. The same is Other w.nners included Maynard dencies” to play to the crowd. He true of Krupa. But the things they Ferguson, trumpet; Bill Harris, told Down Beat t do that happen to be good show- trombone; Stan Getz, tenor; Serge “For years jazz patron., musi- munahip with the crowd are part wih think anything about it. On Jazz Spree Chaloff, baritone (in a clos< race); jians, and critics looked forward of their natural styles in playing.” “In the meantime I’ll continue Buddy DeFranco, clarinet; Oscar to the day when jazz would be Granz said, in a backstage in­ to present packages in which the New York—Bob Shad, recently Peterson, piano. Eddie Safranski, | »ken out of dives, dancehalls, and terview at the Shrine, that he world’s greatest jazz musicians signed as rhythm-and-blues chief bass; Shelly Manne, drums; Pete E trashy night clubs and presented wanted to clarify his tea* purposes will be heard on concert stages at for Mercury records, has been on Rugolo, arranger, and Jay John­ P in concert halls in surroundings in with Jazz at the Philharmonic, much less than it would cost to a widespread recording spree to and outlined them about like this: hear them in a costly, pretentious son and Lucy Ann Polk, singers Keeping with it importance as an strengthen th« label’s jazz catalog, with band (though had June Chris­ art form. In Order night club.” which already boasts Norman ty been eligible, she would nave Now Criticize “My aims should be listed in this Granz’ entire line of JATP stars, won easily; hundreds of ballots “So we’ve done it with Jazz at order—first, sociological, to pro­ excepting Ell.t Fitzgerald. for her were tossed out). 'he Philharmonic, and now these mote tolerance and the elimination Pearl Bailey In Kansas City, Shad cut a ses­ The total vote was the greatest same jazz patrons, critics, and re- of racial discrimination; second, sion with Jay McShann’s orchestra in years. | porters for the music magazines pure business, or to put it as plain - featuring Ben Webster in a num­ The winners and tabulations: ber called Duke and the Brute. sit back and deride my concerts on ly as possible, to make money; and Star Of New FAVORITE BAND he contention that the musicians third—and last, mind you—to sell Paul Quinichette, tenor sax man now with Basie, made a quintet Stan Kenton__ 1.411 ndulge tn cheap showmanship just jazz. Les Brown 1105 K lecause it sets the kids in the au­ “We still have to make some con­ date. Blues veteran Big Bill Broon- 'Shuffle Along zy cut 12 sides. The Johnny Otis Duke Ellington 742 F lienee to shouting and cheering. cessions to prejudice here and Woody Herman T. » “I deny it. there,” he says, “but these conces­ New York—Pearl Bailey, cue­ band, singer Carmen Taylor, the Ray Anthony __ 451 “I claim that my boys play sions ar<- gradually becoming time band vocalist with Cootie Wil­ Ravens, and Wini Brown are also Ralph Flanagan ... 154 now with Mercury. 107 exactly the same way on my con- fewer und fewer. One of these days liams .ind pres« nt headliner at IM ■ :erts as they do in a recording stu­ we’ll all put up together in the Monte Proser’s La Vie en Rose, Shad was formerly ownet of lio. Some—Jacquet, for example— best hotel in Atlanta and no one has been signed for the starring Sittin’ In records, whose masters Lions! Hampton_______________ role in a modern version of Shuffle he turned over to Mercury on join­ Silly May ------------ ------ -------------- Along, one of the most successful ing the latter company. (Turn to Page 12) all-Negro musicals of the 1920s. The show went into rehearsal Bus Crashes Bring Cries last week under the direction of John Murray Anderson. Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, Tommy Dorsey Ork Flies both now in their 60s, will contrib­ For AFM To Investigate ute old and new material. Their I'm Just Wild About Harry was a Hollywood—The recent Pe-$“ hit of the original show. To Rio For Fast 200 G s here. rez Prado nnd Kay Anthony Billy McDonald of th« Molina- New York—Les» than 24^ bun crashes have brought de* Dega agency, who booked the tour Sarah To Appear hours after elosing it date in mands from musician*, for an during which the Prado bus crash Montreal* Tommy Dorsey and AFM investigation concerning union occuned, made this statement: On Tallulah's Show 2 Bud Freemans «egulution. covering hu- travel and “There was absolutely no need hi- entire 21-piece organiza- stricter enforcement of existing for rhe bus to leave after the job New York — Sarah Vaughan, lion flew to Brazil to open Nov 24 ■ «gulalion* rn the night liefore the accident. who recently concluded her tour at the Night and Day, a night club Cause Big Mixup It is my understanding that the with Duke Ellington and Nat Cole- l»<.itcd in one of Rio de Janeiro’s The Prado crash killed one and hand members got together and in the “Biggest Show of 1951,”’ biggest hotel*. New York — Lawrence (Bud) injured several while the Anthony decided to save a night’s oom rent will visit a similarly-titled pro­ TD’s record-breaking deal, said Freeman, tenor sax star now fre<- accident banged up several of his by driving all night. All of the duction this Sunday evening, Dec. to involve $290,000 for nine weeks’ lancmg around New Y'ork, has a bandsmen. dates on tne tour «cere well within 16, when she appears as gut st star work—an all-tun«* high—was set problem. Many musicians who have trav­ the 300-mile limit prescribed by on NBC’s Big Show via NBC, at so suddenly that Tommy had to Capitol News, a handout sheet eled by bus say that dates are fre- union rules.” 6 p.m., EST. call a senator in Washington to issued by the record company, fea­ . quently booked so that they can b«> expedite the rushing through of tures editorials signed by one Bud kept only by high -peed, dangerous I passports for the musicians through Freeman. Capitol happens to be night traveling. the consulate in Montreal. the company that issued an album A spokesman for the Prado band Army Recruiters Thank Stan, June Gets Escort of Ivy league songs from which told Down Beat during the band’s Brown university was conspicu­ engagement at the Paramount A special envoy, Roberto Cons- ously omitted. theater here: tantinesco, was sent here to escort And Brown university happen- Dorsey and his troupe back to to be the one that recently hoiked “There’s been plenty of grum­ Brazil via International Brazilian bling in the band since that ac­ Bud Freeman’s combo to nlai a cident. We don’t say that any one Airways. Dorsey was accompanied date there! person was to blame, because it by his wife, Jane, and 2-year-old Hating finally convince»! Brown was, we know, an accident.
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