points as West African "Highlife," the gos- a sultry All Night Long. A claim that the date pel church, contrasting Peruvian rhythms, came about because of mutual admiration is and London's own South Bank. easier to believe after listening to the pian- The show is very nearly given away at the ist's flexible response to the singer's slightest start, as the first item programed turns out whim. They also apportion the program quite to be Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, written sensibly, and the Quintet performs half the in 1945 for the Woody Herman Herd. What numbers alone, reprising Lullaby of Birdland, follows is in the same general tradition, with Blue Lou, and ' Don't Call Me. a bow or two in the direction of Darius Mil- Aretha Franklin's debut LP is even more YEARS haud, and should attract an equally large informal,with a steady stream of jazzmen and cosmopolitan audience. That a tradition strolling in and out to give the whole affair can be said to exist in this sort of endeavor a party atmosphere. The eighteen -year -old OF HIGH indicates how quickly moves along. miss began singing in her father's gospel choir Soloists from the jazz contingent make cer- in Detroit when she was eight, and alumnus FIDELITY tain that time marches just as fast, and Rig - Sam Cooke is helping to further her new nold conducts with a light, airy tread. A career in night clubs and theaters. Ray Byrant spacious recording hall was employed, and is another who lends encouragement, and his percussive effects on the stereo version are piano is a great help on the adult -sounding sufficiently spectacular without aid of chahnel- Over The Rainbow, and By Myself. Some switching fakery. The managements oil the numbers are frankly directed at the teenage Boston Pops and Lewisohn Stadium coi erts market, and the lists of hit singles are al- might take heed and brighten summer fa: e by ready registering Love Is The Only Thing, and It was 1927... Amos and Andy had not yet scheduling these works, or commission o hers Today I Sing The Blues. This last tune comes become a national pastime ... and radio from similar composing teams in this cou itry. from Curtis Lewis, who gets into both albums with All Night Long. Having satisfied both listeners were familiar with a - more cat age groups, the singer plays her own brand of whisker than with a vacuum tube. Yet it Art Farmer: Art gospel piano on Won't Be Long, and Who was in this year 1927 that the concept of Needs You? Among the invited guests are Argo LP678 Tyree Al high fidelity was born. Glenn, Sears, Quentin Jackson, and Since organizing the Jazztet a year ago, Lord Westbrook. It was brought to life by a company of un- co-leaders Art Farmer and Benny Golson have worked to make the a and are vision, a group of unit winner usual skilled radio engi- being repaid by growing approval in clubs neers who early foresaw the day when from coast -to- coast. So far, they have just Sid Cooper: Percussive Jazz, Vol. 2 people would no longer be content with missed achieving the same success in the Audio Fidelity DFS7007 studio together, perhaps because everyone the mere reproduction of sound, but who concerned wanted the first two Jazztet LP's Of the sum total of seventeen musicians would demand that it be reproduced with to act as showcases. Neither seems to worry engaged in decoding Sid Cooper's arrange- the highest possible degree of fidelity. quite so much when recording apart, and ments on this date, fourteen belong to the mundane affairs are far away as Farmer rhythm section and all are kept fully occu- That degree of fidelity was amazingly high, meanders effortlessly through this grati yang pied. The area around and in between stereo is even in 1927, for those listeners fortunate set of ballads. Whether sales reach a in llion speakers filled with flying sounds that take copies or a dozen appears to be of no co cern off like rockets or soar gracefully about be- enough to own an SR -7, the first audio as long as he knows the playing is his best. fore disappearing into outer space. Anything product made by the young Sargent - Farmer can create the same introsp tive as simple and direct as a ping in one speaker, followed by a pong in Rayment Company. There are still SR -7s in mood on trumpet as Miles Davis, yet ph ases the other, is now hope- so he is never called a avis lessly old- fashioned among the stereo buffs existence functioning distinctively that today, capable of imitator. He also searches out neglected s ngs, who have become addicted to lots of percus- perfectly, after a third of a century. rescuing I'm A Fool To Want You, Yo nger sive action. Cooper performs triple duty, pro- Than Springtime, and Goodbye, Old Girl. viding charts for the musicians, charts for The principles laid down in 1927 still hold Pianist Tommy Flanagan is an equally lucid the engineers, and finally charting a safe good today. Testifying to their basic partner, and Golson contributes Out Of The course for readers of liner notes. An ar- members Tommy Williams, bass, ranger's job is no longer limited to keeping soundness, S -R components over the years Past. Jazztet and drummer Albert Heath complete the quar- a band -leader happy, and electronic computers have always out- performed and out -lived tet. Engineer Tommy Nola's stereo setting soon may take over. ordinary units. Backing this up is the maintains the warm and intimate qualities. Cooper picks tunes that are resistant to rugged treatment, featuring Bobby Rosengar- strongest, longest guarantee in hi -fi his- den's rosin- coated bongo drums and Sol tory. Any S-R unit you buy today is guaran- Jimmy Smith: Home Cookin' Gubin's cow bell on Moanin', and Don Ar- teed for 15 months, on a pro -rated, money - none's guitar on his own Percussion -Aire. Blue Note ST84050 Some positions are filled twice over, with back basis (except for tubes, which carry Having won a reputation for igniting the organists Sy Mann and Nick Tagg, pianists a 1 -year warranty, 4 times longer than Hammond organ with conflagrations fiery Buddy Weed and Andy Ackers, vibists Harry normal). enough to singe rare porterhouse, Jimmy Breuer and Eddie Costa, and Tony Mottola Smith turns on the back burners to slowly as the other guitarist. That non-percussion- cook a mess of blues until thoroughly done. :eta Doc Severinsen, Bobby Alexander, and The menu was inspired by the homey co fines throughout should be qualified enough for an of a restaurant which Kate Bishop operates an astronaut diploma. near the backstage entrance to Ha em's Apollo Theatre, but the proper amou t of seasoning is entirely up to Smith and has as- Limerick Party sistant chefs. Smith works at a leisurely pace, SR -7, carefully testing each concoction at every Cook 1074 introduced in 1927 stage preparation, and anyone in search of As the special dispensation granted to make short -order cooking had better look elsewhere. this recording at an annual meeting of the The main dishes are See See Rider, and Benevolent Society for the Preservation of Smith's own Messin' Around, with Kenny Ancient Rhymes & Limerix may never be Burrell, guitar, and Percy France, tenor sax, granted again, all serious collectors are ad- supplying the extra touches. Burrell also vised to eavesdrop while they can. The group brings along two recipes of his own- a tasty assembles at the chairman's home the week- Sugar Hill, and a well turned Come On Baby. end before Ash Wednesday, and there seems ;,;6-''''' Everything is nicely spread out in the stereo to be no reason to doubt that this is the 1021. SR-1040, version, and engineer Rudy Van Gelder never seventieth meeting-if you believe such things lets the hearty organ sound overpower Bur - happen in Emory Cook's New England at all. introduced in 1960 rell's softer rhythm passages. Some rhymes on the yearly report are quite If you've not yet had an opportunity to venerable, others are told with a new twist, and learn about Sargent -Rayment's "seven steps a few are recent enough to include refer- George Shearing with Nancy Wilson: The ences to Loas and electronic brains. They are to superior reproduction," check today with told with varying degrees of inhibition as Swingin's Mutual Capitol ST1524 your dealer. And if you're planning a com- the proceedings get underway, by people who Aretha Franklin with The Ray Bryant Trio left their last names at the door, and ponent system, ask him for a copy of the with Columbia CS8412 increasing frankness after 1 A. M. By then, S -R High Fidelity Planning Folder. dissident members are adjourning to more If record companies still think the only daring recitals in an outside hallway, and way to launch a new, young singer is to hire the host finally is left to conduct the meeting an expensive arranger and large studio band, alone. these two albums should go a long way toward Even of the next chairman is willing to / SARGENT-RAYMENT CO. disproving the theory. Nancy Wilson has two chance a similar fate, the stereo version will previous Capitol albums to her credit and probably cause the barring of all microphones some favorable reviews, but the freedom en- in the future. Quite a few members will be- joyed here with the George Shearing Quintet come aware for the first time of what a four- 462 Hester Street, San Leandro 3, California was never hers before. The lightly swinging foot parabola can do when they hear them- 30 Rockefeller Suite background is just what she needs to deliver selves in conversations that were presumably Plaza, 3, New York 20, N.Y. a buoyant Things We Did Last Summer, and held far from any electronic device. These

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