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VOL. 4, NO. 4 APRIL, 1946 Butterfield9» New Combo Set to Go gILLY BUTTERFIELD’S long- awaited band is fin a lly m aterializ­ ing. The pudgy trum peter, long featured w ith Am erica’s top bands as a sideman and also on with his own studio crews, is g woodshedding his 1946 agggregation in l( New York and bookings are being set d up for a debut within 30 days. n Managing the B. B. outfit will be n Ceorge Moffett, who has guided Hal i McIntyre for several years. o An Ohio musician, Billy first attract- | ed attention as a member of the old band in the m iddle 1930’s. Charlie Spivak and Yank Lawson held ¡down the other tru m p e t chairs fo r sev­ eral months together. Later, with , and Les Brown, Billy recorded and was regularly fe a ­ BLEND is the word — at least that’s what the Dinning Sisters achieve tured. Recently, since his arm y dis­ when they platter for Capitol with ’s studio orchestra backing charge, he has been playing New Y ork their efforts. The sisters include, left to right, Ginger, Lou and Jean. They radio shows and jam m ing, on Monday were recently starred in the floorshow at the Hollywood Trocadero. All three nights, at Ed Condon’s Greenwich V il­ hail from Oklahoma. lage bistro with others of the Nixieland school.

Billy now makes his home in Great Neck, L. I. His new crew, he to ld The Capitol, w ill a tte m p t to play both h ot Program Bags and sweet ballads in an “ approxi­ mately 50-50 ra tio.” for Stafford Sub Donahue on Road Off to New York for the first Carlos (The Lost Generation) Castel, After closing the Trianon in South time in nearly four years, Peggy Lee accompanied her to Gotham. Lloyd Shaffer’s band backs the vocals on the Gate, Al Donahue and his band took to replaces on the Chester­ the road for a tre k into th e Pacific program, which, on alternate nights field (NBC) program this month , Northwest. Later they’ll hit N.Y. and a throughout the week, also features the while Jo vacations and makes records big baritone voice of . probable engagement a t H otel B iltm ore. for Capitol in Hollywood. Peggy, one-time Benny Goodman ori­ Perry Como Coasting Kaye to Palladium ole whose rise to prominence in the last Perry Como checks into 20th-Fox Sammy Kaye follows the current year is attributed exclusively to her band into the Palladium in smash Capitol etchings with Davey Bar­ April 2 for another flicker assignment. late April. Sam, and his ensemble, have bour’s orchestra, is expected back in His “ Doll Face” musical, with Vivian played the Pally previously. Hollywood by May 1. Her manager, Blaine, was just released. FACE 2 THE CAPIT® THE CAPITOL PACE 3

THE Stan Kenton Preps Trip

Published Monthly by To Coast With New Tubs CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. W ith his boxoffice grosses soar- Childers but also by Chico Alvarez, who Sunset and Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif. • STRICKEN w ith Illness after completing nearly half of the writing t0 new R ig h ts Stan Kenton Edited by Frank Stacy and editing of this issue of The Capitol, Frank Sta cy is reported im- PrePares a retum t0 the west coast came out of the service to take over his proving at a Hollywood hospital. His assistants — and volunteers next month follow ing a smash series old chair. Ray Wetzel, doubling vocals, from other music mags — formed a substitute editoria l board to assemble of theatre and b allroo m engage- also gets in a crack at the horn solos edit and deliver this issue on time. ments. frequently. Kenton, Herman, Brown to Fight It O ut Here! Fortified by a new drummer, the sixth ' an eye on Pete Rugelo’s new fan fare . n r d a Mr» u 4.4.1 A. a II u A u 4-4.1 • u • ^ • i a he has had in six months, Stan lists his arrangements,” Kenton advised last TH■ E BAND battle to end all band battles is shaping K & upK in Los J An* rhythm , .. section .. now as comprising . . Shelly cu .. week “H nep ¡«is workingwnrUncr out some instru- . geles. The month of July w ill provide the setting. S ta n K e n to n, at Manne, drummer who last year was d is - m e ntal things which feature Eddie Holding a Warm Spot that time, movies into Joey Zucca’s Meadowbrook. Les B ro w n and charged from the Coast Guard; Eddie Safranski. We hope to get ’em on wax his blasters (with Eddie Scheer back on tenor to share the solos with Ted ¡Safranski, bass; Bob Ahern, guitar, and shortly. San Francisco, Calif. Nash) go into the Palladium. And just to make it a circus the hard way, the [Stan himself occasionally occupying the The SK etchings of “Shoo Flie Pie’* W ith me being on the verge of leav­ Woodrow Herman herd gallops into Casino Cardens down a t th e beach, thus i keyboard. and “I Been Down in Texas,” released ing here for discharge back into civilian giving Southern Californians the opportunity of a lifetime to absorb the very Capitol this month will release the ius^ last month, are perched high on the life, I can’t help but feel a word should best in modern, music. In short, it’ll be very warm for July this IKenton version of “ Painted Rhythm,” a l's* °f most-played discs. “Artistry in be offered you for the splendid publica­ year. All three will be broadcastnig via the major networks. riff classic cleffed by Stan himself. The Rhythm” is really leaping these days, tion responsible for some bright reading plattermate, w hich showcases Jun e judging fro m th e ir sales. New Avadon Ballroom Comes On Q uietly overseas these past months. Thank you ¡Christy’s chanting, is “ Four Months, very much. Many of the servicemen will gARNEY McDEVITT is the smiling Irishman b e h in d the manage- Three Weeks, Two Days, One Hour hold a warm spot in their hearts for the ment of the new Avadon Ballroom which unshutters in May iniBlues.” T h a t ’ s n ot a typographical “ Capitol” name for years to come. Bauduc Hypoes downtown . Chalk it up as first-rate com petition for the |error- Lt. Markunas other major terp palaces hereabout even though little p u b lic ity has, as yet,! , ^ a*ec* t ° P,aV 'n San Diego before he been released regarding Its operation. The opening band had not been hits the Greater Los Angeles area, Stan Biz With Ork M y Opinion signed, as of March 20, but with its superb location and its smart interior— a's0 's Penc'Bed for a long July run at Pasadena, California designed by the same man who conceived the Palladium's furnishings— It’s a Meadowbrook In Culver City just At Susie Q EACER, as always, to return to cinch that the Avadon will come on like Senator Claghom . outside Hollywood. California and his home high atop This letter is just to tell you how Gene Rowland, trombonist, .has moved Dynamic doesn’t describe the the Hollywood hills, Stan Kenton much I have enjoyed your records. Peggy Lee Free of Virus Germ at Last 0ff his regular chair to devote his full kicks being pu rve ye d n ig h tly a t this month will wind up a lengthy In my opinion Billy Butterfield’s M EDICOS AT the Hollywood Hospital in late March finally sue- time to arranging. Kai W in din g , who Hollywood’s Susie Q Club where Gershwin album is the finest album of and sock eastern tour and start ceeded in isolating a tricky virus germ which for years has plagued recently qult as a Benny c°°dman d.v d j . .. , ’, . Se Gershwin’s music that money can buy. 7 P trammist, will take over all the hot Kay Bauduc and his new band alter- wending his way westward for en­ Peg Lee. N ow that they know what they’re fighting the docs assure I play this album about twice a day and choruses. nate on th e stand w ith Erroll Garner, gagements in San Diego and Culver Peg— and her hubby, Davey Barbour— that a few knockout drops judiciously I still like it just as much as I did on Trumpet get-offs are now performed P'an'sL and the Vivian Carry Trio. City. Newest addition to his power­ taken from time to time will keep her shapely physique— and her singing the day I bought it. I also have several |not only by young be-bopper Buddy Ray has doubled receipts at the spot, ful band is Shelly Manne, young pipes— in tip-top condish. Peg just flew out to substitu te fo r Jo Stafford on of your single records performed by Jo according to Jess Stool, m ajor domo o f drummer, whose records with Cole­ that NBC ciggie show in New York. Stafford, , and Stan Ken­ the Susie Q. The club began jumping man Hawkins are prized items by ton. W ithout exception I have found all when Garner first opened, Stool asserts, h ot fans. your discs extremely well recorded. You and when Bauduc’s quintet moved in a must really have some fine engineers “ The Am azing Man o f M usic“ S till Am azing few weeks later the ropes went up. working for you. B a c k in the Filmland bailiwick for a run at the Trianon Ballroom Despite Lent, they’ve been up ever New Songpub Firm since. Out of all of the Capitol stars that I in Southgate is , unsung but multi-talented master of A new music firm, A-M Music, is enjoy, I think my favorites are the King many instruments. His ’46 aggregation still boasts Bumps Myers on Bauduc’s star is young Joe Craves, a ^eing set up in New York to handle Cole Trio. I know I am speaking for trumpeter who served in the army with son6s cleffed by Johnny Mercer and tenor as well as a new lad, Miles Davis, whose gyroscopic be-bop trumpet thousands of jazz lovers from coast to Ray. The young pianist who looks like HaroldI Arlen for their legit show, “St. is finding favor with local Dizzyfiles.. . . Old-tim e N ew Orleans clarinetist coast when I ask you to please make a dead ringer fo r Joe Sullivan is Bob Louis Woman.” Albert Nicholas flew here to take the clarinet chair w ith Kid Ory’s band at some more of the King Cole Trio’s swell Hammock. Paul Morsey, on bass, and th e Jade. For several years N ick w orked as a N ew Y o rk subway employee. album. Emory Hammer, tenor, round out the He doesn’t get the publicity allotted Bechet and Hall b u t m any observers | Harlem Express Coming Peter Young ensemble. Vocals are shared by Craves consider his stickwork superior. .. . Tony Martin is back on the air with a Jimmie Lunceford and his band return and Hammer. new Bourjois commercial. The guy is bigger than ever, making more money to California soon. First engagement will How About It? and singing finer than before the war. He spent two years in China and And there’s not a Dixie beat in the be at the Los Angeles Orpheum Theatre Brooklyn, N ew Y ork India in khaki. . .. Tom Dorsey replaces Edgar Bergen on that coffee stanza, carload. starting June 4. Some more Stan Kenton records. Sunday nights on NBC, starting in June. Ziggy Elman is back in the band Stan’s had a lot of bad breaks, but now with his horn and there’s talk that Sir Charles Shavers won’t remain for I he’s really getting there. Thank good­ long. ... pulls into town in June for the quickie pic, “The RAY BAUDUC is literally beating ness. He’s m usic’s g t to us w ho like Fabulous Dorseys,” in which his and Tommy’s bands are to be seen and his way back to fam e as he leads his some wonderful music. Those fine ar­ heard. . . . Meade Lux Lewis Swing Clubbing in Hollywood. . . . David Rose— new five-piece combo nightly at rangements and vocals handled by Gene at long last— captured a radio show of his own. His “ One Love” original, Hollywood’s Susie Q Club, where Howard and June Christy are past being incidentally, is breaking fo r a h it ju s t as sure as his earlier “ Holiday For great, they’re tremendous. As for that Strings” dittoed. . . . Charlie (Yardbird) Parker, mad a lto is t o f bebop renown,I gau(juc u * a**rac*'on' kicked around word, Jazz, he, his piano wants to remain in Hollywood permanently. He just signed a recording con- **r)Î Y Î °.r years / an e _ as a and band backing him are playing some tract here. . . . Watch for Erroll Carner to take a quick “vacation” in mid-, ... . rummer» *S !S great stuff. How about it, some more of April. When he returns the Susie Q Club on Hollywood Boulevard will again e.’r * Wl ‘s “ 7 ern- progressive but non-be-bop Kenton? feature his scintillating 88 designs. combo. Robert Hem m ig Photo. A rtie Press THE CAPITO the CAPITOL PACE 5 Rc-Bop FightRey; Proponent of Modern Jazz Lands Steele ^ . CL , . .. Guitarist Shuns TH IS item should have been brought to your attention a long tim e ago Plenty Clips , , but somehow was forgotten. It concerns the very different trio efforts A publicity stunt that backfiJ backfired 'VI U ilC of a group fronted by young pianist Tommy Todd, veteran of several bringing unexpected national pul. By FRANK STACY name bands. Todd has been experimenting with the “ different” possi- bilities lurking in a piano-guitar-bass liclty to Hollywood’s Station KMP(|_EARNINC about A lvino Rey’s set-up and, to this department’s way of and its youthful musical direct« pew interest in legitimate big-band thinking, has produced amazing results. , still has California mi. jazz forms (especially as exem pli- So far, as seems to be th e case so o fte n sicians and fans excited as April Fool fied by the work of composer- lately with advanced, experimental D a y fades. ^ groups, only a few lucky people have I t a ll came about w hen Steele, no»a rranger C e 0 rg e H a n d y - sub'ect of been in a position to hear the music. chord player who doubles piano, team»2 Pr0^^e ]n these pages last m onth) Todd has been playing around town and up w ith M aury Foladare’s publirit comes as a d is tin c t and very pleasant with guitarist Bobby Bain and Bassist o ffic e to release an e dict which banne surprise. Eddie Safranski (from Kenton’s band) “ be-bop and other suggestive music-1 N°t, y°u understand, that Alvino’s has worked out arrangements of stand­ material” from KMPC’s airlanes. Mus earlier band, th e one that was so suc- ard tunes that are little short of amaz­ cians considered th e ban ludicrous, as cessful, was a corny band or anything ing. You’ll be hearing them sometime, serting that be-bop music is essential1.0^ the kind. Au contraire, it was a good somehow, so we thought you might a solo tru m p e t style and has no lyric band. It was extrem ely well-rehearsed, appreciate hearing about them here But the national wire services flashe featured several excellent jazz sidemen, firs t. the ban across the nation and the cor bad the commercial advantage of the troversy raged. King Sisters and “ S tringy,” Rey’s w e ird - Inquiries have been coming in con­ Steele was unable to extricate hir|ly”amP,ified guitar attachment that cerning the whereabouts of pianist M ilt self fro m the embarrassing positicsounc^s s0 spooky and wonderful, Raskin. For the record, he’s here in which resulted; one of KMPC’s h: But essentially th at band wasn’t a Hollywood, no longer associated with jockeys, Bill Leyden, ignored Steele jazz band. It was the kind of crew that big name bands (he played with almost THE WOLF of Vine Street, Harry arbitrary edict and continued to pie you’d take your best girl to hear at the all of them at one time or another) but (The Hipster) Cibson, was included the music of Kenton, Herman, Cillesp? Hotel Astor or maybe the Palladium, working chiefly in radio, playing the big in the blast let forth by Ted Steele and other popular maestri who admi'Now, Rey protests convincingly that he shows. against hot music. Unperturbed, the tedly feature be-bop trumpet playeoand his new band members are inter- Hipster goes right on — with Slim The wire services followed with a vigoiiested vitally in going a step further Ray Bauduc’s new little group opened ous denial from a dozen bandleade'than that . . . interested in playing ad- w ith a solid bang a t th e Susie Q. The Caillard’s help— knockin’ them dead at Bill Berg’s Vine street nitery with that jazz contributes to juvenile deliwanced modern music. A nd, as an e x- spot is rapidly becoming the best joint quency, as Steele had also chargetample, they point w ith pride to their in town for good jazz. It has one fault his barrelhouse piano and vocal man­ Dave D exter, e d ito r o f N ote Magazinpjrrent v e r s io n o f George Handy’s that could be remedied: the musicians nerisms. Steele named Cibson and Alvino Rey: Master of the Guitar represented th e musicians who objecterStocking Horse,” a b ea u tiful fairy-tale have to perch themselves up behind the Cailiard as the <(two prize exam­ ples” of musicians who contribute to Steele’s undocum ented charges, awone-poem th a t w arrants fu ll descrip- bar where it’s difficult to see and hear maybe it would sound more modest if I tell you about the changes in the band. to juvenile delinquency. the music editors of Variety, The Bifjtion here if the Rey band’s idea is to them and leaves them exposed to said we’d like to play the best music You know th a t Jo Anne Ryan is singing board and Down Beat chimed in to he be conveyed clearly. drunken chatter. possible for the greatest number of w ith us. W e ’ve got a new boy vocalist I t was brought o u t th a t Steele, just: The "Stocking Horse” music tells the people.” who has listened to one Ellington rec­ named Bill Harrington and Hal McCus- and a fo rm e r CBS page boy, himself ¡ifctory of a colt who Is born into a shim- Pianist Jim Simonin is leaving the ord, who doesn’t consider himself a Me: “Don’t you think that you’ll ick, the alto-man, is joining the band. delinquent member of musicians’ lowering, cloudy world that he can't quite Hangover Club. No replacement is set critic? have to make concessions to corny He was with Boyd Raeburn last and ho 392 in Las Vegas and on a t least f (figure out. He's a special colt because yet and it’ll be tough finding one be­ tastes?” plays great.” previous occasions had had to becor^ has a sNver stocking on one leg and cause Jim did a fine job while he was Boyd Raeburn’s band is preparing for Rey: “ No. Why? There are plenty of Me: “You have a new Capitol record reinstated in the Jimmy Petrlllo unithe has a musical theme which identifies there. Spot is one of the favorite hang­ another series of one-nighters, probably corny bands playing corny spots right out, too, don’t you? KMPC is still trying tr forget him throughout the to ne-poem- an Your first two outs among musicians locally. through Texas. Some of the musicians whole affair And jazz is still b«ldentification you mighJ. ca|| now. More than enough to supply the Capitol sides, in fa c t.” who’ve been working out with the ork heard in California. demand. We don't have to play music Rey: “That's right. Our pianist Rocky Speaking of favorite hangouts, some­ during its long rehearsal stage here are I had a chance to talk to Alvino like that or places like that. Our band Coluccio, sings on one side. It's a nov- body in town is starting a “ club” which hacked at the dates because they think Cats Flock to New fbout this and similar interests the will be booked into ballrooms, theaters elty tune called "Cement Mixer" and will allow membership only to musi­ that Boyd is only hurting his reputation T y , I CL other day when he passed through Hoi- and hotels where th e crowd wants to pretty funny, too. The other side is I c rtip o rIO TTO C K ÜÍhop Jywood on his way to some dance dates hear good contemporary American mu- cians, critics, and their freinds. This by playing small jobs with inferior side- “ We’ll Gather Lilacs” and Jo Anne sings may prove embarrassing, however, be­ men. And he certainly won’t be able to Ross Russell, recently discharged fro^n ^a^ Lake City. He was a pretty beat sic, concert music, dance, jazz, w h a t- on that one.” cause even if everyone doesn’t consider get the top-notch guys to go along on th e M erchant M arine, is packing that is to say, he was tired. He ever you want to call it. Since getting Me: “ And I understand that you be­ himself a musician, is there anyone left th e jobs. cats and collectors into his Tempo mui®n the band had been working very out of the Navy, I’ve noticed an in­ came a father recently.” shop in Hollywood. One o f the natiorJlard and bad gone w ithout sleep for creasing interest in really good music, Rey: ‘‘I sure did. Luise (Ed. note: best know n w ax hoarders, Russell spron^ Per¡ods. I a ttem pted to keep my both on the part of fans and musicians, Rey’s wife, Luise, is known profession­ years touring up and down the vv^uest'°ns down to a minimum. If you’d Oh, we’ll add a touch of theatricalism ally as Luise King and sings with the coast buying and tra d in g rare ¡2- ^en Present a t th e interview, this is to the band. When we play a theater, King Sisters) had a baby boy on March plates. His shop appeals to the spurr^ at y°u would have heard: we’ll use ‘‘Stringy” and some novelty 3. He weighed eight and a half pounds." crowd especially. Me: “What are your basic plans for tunes and, believe it or not, I’ve been Me: "That’ll do it, I guess. Thanks the band... beyond making it a great practising on a unicycle like an acrobat. for all the dope. And the best of luck a Success,S( of course?” It’s just a gag. I’ll come out on th e Floyd O’Brien Active with your band.” Jazz tro m b on ist Floyd O’Brien lj Rey: “ W e w a n t to play good music sfage perched on this giant wheel and been leading his ow n small combofessentially. The band ’is ^ u ll of guys roM UP to the microphone playing a andeyM S' ' tH at y0UI South Cate, Calif., in recent weeks. Who want to b|ow their horns. ,gf fiute.” £ f n £ Z Z t Z Z Z Z J Z also w ill open his ow n record shop doesn’t sound too pretentious, we’d like Me: “ Hmmm! out to do, you should hear some inter­ L. A. shortly. ?° cut Kenton and . Or Rey: “And before I forget I want to esting music.” 1 the THE CAPITOI CAPITOL rrtuc s Marine Veteran IMat Cole Talks Back to Critics Joins Nichols Ork Refutes |dea 0 f At Steinway ‘Giving Up J azz’ There has been no inflation with By FRANK STACY , in Hollywood, de­ The Radio Room is a Hollywood spite the absence of an OPA ceiling and Vine spot (technically it’s half­ on music. way between Hollywood and Sunset rolls on at the Club! Boulevards on Vine St.) where m u­ Morocco, fronting a virile little unit sicians, songpluggers, radio actors which saw two changes taking place in and kindred folk hang out between personnel last month. The new pianist, shows. It features a lunch room, a cou­ Pete DeSantis, was in the Marines more ple of bars, a bowling alley, and its than four years and went through sev­ sidewalk is the meeting place for most eral hectic campaigns, including the people in the music business. I t was battle for Okinawa. DeSantis, just 24, there that I met Nat Cole the other is a Nichols discovery. On tenor young morning for a late breakfast or an early Al Pellegrini replaced . lunch and a serious talk about his plans He plays a lot like Herbie. for the future and his ideas on jazz, Rollie Culver, drum s; Thurmar critics and related subjects. Teague, bass, and th e veteran Rose, The meeting came about this way. A McHargue, clarinet, round out the com-: few weeks ago, Barry Ulanov, editor of STANDING MIKESIDE, laying a bination. Nichols pretty cornet also ;; Metronome magazine, was in town cov- heard on ’s and Edgar Berg- ering ,oca, ]azz and logically fell into Capitol Facts deep groove with his tenor pipe, ACCEPT!NG THE Esky for copping top honors in the annual popularity poll Charlie Venturo is booted along on en s NBC programs every Thursday arc the Trocadero where Nat’s trio is fea- Sunday night, respectively. tured currently. Ulanov was one of Nat’s conducted by Esquire Magazine, a promotional venture which has done much a series of new Capitol transcrip­ for The band airs n ig h tly a t 11 :45 p.m earliest.boosters. And I don’t mean back to boost the pub’s circulation, Nat Cole adds another trophy to his collection. tions by his boss, Cene Krupa, and over KECA and the American network,; in 1942 when the “ King” Cole Trio first At extreme right is Orson Welles, self-confessed Moldy Fig atficionado, who Ted Napoleon at the Steinway. Transcriptions Coast time, that is. met with some commercial success. took part in the bash airing from Manhattan. Also shown are Len (Mother Gene’s band currently is holding ' Nat’s group has been plugging away Fuzzy) Feather and an unidentified American network nabob. Nat’s views on forth four nights a week at the jazz are presented by Frank Stacy in the adjoining columns. Gene Krupa, his trio, his orches­ F a r r e s Visit Awaited now for nine vears* th e firs t several o f Meadowbrook in nearby Culver City. tra and vocal team of Buddy Stewart which were extrem ely discouraging, and play plenty of it. Don’t you guys think more and more jazz records . . . maybe His jazz trio, pictured here, is one Osvaldo Farres, Cuban composer, wi and Carolyn Grey cut their first bis­ ' it was very early in the trio’s career I ever get sick of playing those dog every second record side w ill be straight of the band’s most popular features. pay an extended visit to Hollywood net that u|anov> among other criticSi came tunes every night?„ (HereBhe named ® cuits for Capitol transcriptions in jazz from now on. In fact, we have a rnon^* I to its aid with articles of high praise few of the “ dog” tunes but they shall mid-March, shortly before opening at jazz side out right now on Capitol. and encouragement. Naturally, Nat has remain nameless for obvious reasons.) the Meadowbrook in nearby Culver City. ‘Swet Georgia Brown.’ There’ll be lots Crosby May Do never forgotten this and he places a “ Sure. But why do you keep on play­ more o f it. Don’t you guys see th a t now Gene, a fast man with the sticks, lot of stock in anything that Ulanov ing them then?” we can begin to put down some real grooved a raft of tunes for the service, Lomax Musical says by way of advice or criticism. “ I’ll tell you why,” said Nat and if music and still get people to listen to tunes which will be made available to American folk music, which has en­ What Metronome’s editor had to say you don’t think he was grim when he it? Here’s an example of what I mean certain radio stations throughout the joyed an enormous popularity reign dur­ to Cole on his latest trip to the west said it, you couldn’t be more wrong. and you’er the first to hear about it . .. nation in July. ing the past few years, is due to become coast wasn’t too pleasant. Bluntly, he “ Frank, you know how long it took the it hasn’t been printed anywhere yet. His band, a click on its recent Palla­ the subject of a new movie at Para­ wanted to know why Nat was playing trio to reach a point where we started Next year, at the very latest, I’m going so much pure “ pop” music and alm ost making a little money and found a dium run and featuring a “ new” Carolyn m ount. to take the trio on a concert tour of Grey, who sings almost entirely differ­ entirely ignoring the fine kind of jazz little success. For years, we did nothing the United States playing a jazz pro­ The story, to be based on the auto­ ently than she did with the Woody that first won him critical applause. Nat but play for musicians and other hip gram. I’m working on it already, start­ biography of John A. Lomax, is to be Herman herd three years ago, leans had an answer w hich you’ ll hear in a people. And while we played that way, ing to write some original material. minute. heavily upon Charlie Venturo’s tenor titled, “Autobiography of a Ballad we barely got along financially. We We’ll play our regular good trio stuff, stylings. Vent is heard, solo, Hunter.” Lomax has devoted 35 years A few nights later, coincidentally, I practically starved to death. When we there’ll be special numbers for each on virtually every number in the band’s to searching for early American tunes. happened to m eet N a t a t a party in did click, it wasn’t on the strength of instrument and maybe I’ll sing a couple book. He has sung or recorded a collection of Westwood and, without having any idea the good jazz that we played, either. of tunes . . . not pops but good jazz that Ulanov had already been needling We clicked with pop songs, pretty bal­ standards.” Other top talent is fast being cor­ several thousand which is now in the him on the subject o f jazz, brought up lads and novelty stuff. You know that. “ That’s good news.” ralled by Capitol for its transcription Library of Congress. Bing Crosby seems the same question m yself. The party Wouldn’t we have been crazy if we’d library. the likely choice for the troubador role. “ I didn’t want to say anything about was too frantic (phonograph blaring, turned right around after getting a it for a while yet but I know how many people chattering) fo r a serious ta lk so break and started playing pure jazz critics have been shouting that Nat we postponed it until the breakfast­ again? We would have lost the crowd ’Cole’s trio has gone the way of all com- lunch at the Radio Room described right away.” mercial flesh and I don’t like to hear NEWEST CAPITOL recording artist | above. I admitted that he had a point. that kind of talk. I have the greatest Nat sailed Into the subject without “ But, like I said before,” Nat went - v , is Skitch Henderson, whose first re­ respect for the critics. I really believe cording with Paul Weston’s orches­j hesitation, h otly even. on, “ don’t think that we’re fluffing off that they’ve done a lot to help good tra, “ Full Moon and Empty ...... Arms,”. I know that a lot of you critics jazz. We’re only waiting until we’ve music. But I don’t want them to think you may already have heard. Skitck *hl"k that I’ve been fluffing off jazz,” reached a firm enough point where we that I’ve been spoiled or that I want to ¡5* records on the Capitol label with Ms bebegan' “ but I don’t think that you’ve can start mixing the real stuff with the play for stictly night club audiences that own band soon. He’ll do th e prettier been looking a t th e problem correctly, popular and still have an audience. And don’t really get with the music. Let’s ballads and adaptations from classi- m even more interested in It now than I think that we’re just about at that get it straight: I love jazz and I’m going cal themes, — Charlie Mlhn photo. 1 ever was. And the trio Is going to point now. I’m already planning to make to play more of it all the time!” The C.I. Is King W ii These Performers! AFRS Still Using ET "* ” - , 1 r Top Talent M A Y B E TH EY are seated on th e ir bunks in a T okie barracks. Perhaps they are gathered in N a x i-b u ilt auditorium s in Berlin. W h e re v e r A m erica’s m ilita ry is stationed to ­ day, th e Hollywood branch o f the Arm ed Forces Radio Service is striv­ ing to m aintain m orale by delivering a heavy schedule o f recorded and transcribed entertainm ent on more than 30 beams to foreign lands. AFRS achieved tremendous suc­ cess, during the war, w ith scores of superbly produced shows. Its efforts wm are s till valued — prized — by Am ericans whose orders keep them overseas in the various theatres. Pictured, at random, are a fe w o f the top - ranking performers who consistently take part in these gov­ ernm ent-sponsored airshows. AFRS features hundreds o f th e m , b ig names and little names alike, and all o f them w ork fo r free gladly. "C om m and Performance” is only * * f > t m ' * k \ a Z Ì one o f the AFRS stanzas produced weekly. “ Jubilee” and “ Down Beat” are shows w hich feature the best name bands. A ll told , there are per­ haps a dozen others w hich are tra n ­ scribed in Hollyw ood w eekly by AFRS. Perhaps you’ll recognize the ar­ u I tists shown in action— Johnny M er­ cer, Sterling H o llo w a y , Spencer Tracy, , , M ere­ dith W illson, , Harpo ¡III M arx, Jerry Colonna, , Lena Horne, Betty Crable, Harry James, B in g C r o s b y , C o le m a n H a w k in s , Gene Krupa, M argaret W h itin g , Van Johnson, , Frank S in a tr a , Benny Goodman, I 4 Fred A llen , Jim m y Durante, Joe Guy and others. You should recognize the kh a ki-clad G. I. listeners, to who are circled in color. They’re I boys w ho stand guard fo r you, V V and Uncle Sammy. I t ’s th e ir quests that make the AFRS whe go around! THE CAPITOL THE CAPITOL

[a Withw ' Be-Bop Ä , Co“ , ®ssions ° f 5 » Tlam Slider"" splration that impelled me to “ go out” And Health Is Wealth, They Say And still the new bands appear’ for Band. I have never regretted it. Or Old Man Looking back at it all, I did alright, on the Los Angeles scene. « L I 4 When the time comes for you, kiddo, except for that trouble with one drum By far the most exciting of the W l t l l 3 M O N l pick the band. It’ll be either that or major who claimed I stabbed him with gym. The orchestra’ll be full of pimply new entries in the be-bop field is By GEORGE H. PLAGENS my spit-valve while counter-marching punks w ith th ic k glasses and long hair on the football field between halves.... Charlie (Yardbird) Parker s new r ..i icic i rn\/CDC u j . . . , , . .. COME MUS C-LUVtRb are as bad and a few homely girls. There’ll be girls Come to think of it, a kid DOES get crew, which opened last month, without in the band, too, and sharp chicks, too. publicity, at the Finale Club in down- as dog-lovers, those dog-lovers who something out of playing a musical in­ . . . Gym is a poor substitute for fun in strument, if it’s a trombone. I did. And town L. A. assert that “every boy should have Band. Then there’s the snappy uniform that boy of mine is gonna get a fair Parker’s ultra-modernistic and super a dog.” Or “ a bo y isn’t a boy unless shake. His mother may toy with the charged alto sax is naturally the bis, ■ , „ >> -r-, ...... notion he’ll be a Heifetz or a Rubin­ kick, but the addition of 19-year> e haS 3 d°g’ ThlS 13 pretty Sllly’ stein. But if he’s anything like his old Miles Davis, trumpet virtuoso, was ex. y °u may as w e^ say 3 dog isn’t a man ,he’ll blow a trombone in the band, pected to give even Charlie’s alto com dog unless a boy has him, or that every if he has to fake! p e titio n . Davis, w ho idolizes Diz Gill«.dog should have a boy. I like dogs as pie, plays just like Diz and is hailed Jmuch as anyone does, but I can take one o f th e m ost g ifte d be-boppers if them or leave them, Lucky Thompson Ork come up in many months. He will qui But I can’t take those old ladies and HOT HORN pointed mikeward on a recent Boyd Raeburn transcription Benny Carter’s band to work regular! grandfatheriy old coots who get you in At L.A. Nitery date, in Hollywood, is handled by Ray Linn. Linn is a former Woody Herman w ith Parker. Joe Albany, pianist, an; conversation just to lead you around to Tenor Saxophonist Lucky Thompson, who has been working occasionally with and Tom Dorsey star who now plays choice radio and motion picture jobs. bass and drums round out the lineup, their favorite subjects, children. Admit Parker came to H ollywood with Gil you have kids and like music, or have Boyd Raeburn, formed his own group in That’s Raeburn, of course, at extreme left. The saxophonists include Harry lespie last fa ll and remained here afti music and like kids, and— zingo— you mid-March and accepted an engagement Klee and W illie Schwartz, altos, and Lucky Thompson and Hy Mandel, tenors. th e be-bop king returned to N.Y. Bef« are asked, “ Does the little fellow play at the Down Beat Club in downtown The photo is by Ray W hitten. playing w ith Diz, Charlie was populi anything?” Los Angeles. Lucky gained prominence in th e Kansas C ity area as a member! Time For a shor, 0ne last year with Count Basie. Jay McShann’s and others’ bands in tb Heart of area. Thafs the time to duck into a bar■ The Lid Is Off— Anything Goes; You can t tell these nice people that Yuerba Buena Boys Ivie Anderson East ,he "little fel,ow’' p|ays mer|,y he|1 most of the tim e, so you say, “ No, b u t Back in Action Former Ellington chanteuse Ivie Aft Lu Watters and the Yuerba Buena derson planed out for New York toil™ ' like t° haV® him ^ s°me' and trips to contests and football games, jazz band have reassembled in San Fran­ 'Can You Tie That?' Returns a nitery single March 19. Her h u J thmg’ That s asklng fo r l f ’ with just enough marching thrown in cisco and are back on the bandstand at will operate her cafe in her absence. Your old character’s follow-up comes to keep you fit. W ith the resumption of “ Can You daily show. Harry Maizlish, KFWB man­ the Dawn Club on Annie street. Before ager, accepted the resignation and or­ across like a hard-hit ping-pong ball: George Takes Five the war, the Y. B. gang created big ex­ Tie That?” on Hollywood’s KLAC, dered Jarvis to leave the premises w ith­ Judy Canova, NBC comedienne, is tb “ Every child should play a musical in­ I chose Band and I chose trombone, citement with their two-beat music a legion of west coast music fans in 24 hours. Jarvis then filed a million­ latest Hollywood personality to tak strument.” This staggering bit of wis- a used brass job weighing about twelve featuring a banjo. and record buyers are once again dollar suit, alleging that KFWB was pen in hand and chronicle her actir, dom is only the beginning. If you don’t pounds. That old horn afforded me and singing experiences for an easier make your getaway now, you’ll get the hearing violent controversies as to continuing his own “ Make Believe Ball­ more pleasure than anything I can re­ room” program. The title, Jarvis claims, publishing company. works and I can te ll you, you don’t call from my high school days. Perhaps Burke Peddling Wax the merits of today’s popular music. want it. It goes som ething like th is .. . . , arranger-conductor for is his. that is an overstatement, or my memory “ Learning to play a musical instrum ent Dinah Shore, opened his own record The program, rated as the most en­ KFWB continues to broadcast records Is n ot w ha t it should be. . . . However, Platter Spinner teaches hand and eye coordination. The shop in Westwood, near the UCLA tertaining disc show in west coast radio in the three-hour spot formerly occu­ JAKE THE JANITOR (real name I discovered that any kid with the growing boy learns th a t music plays a campus, on March 26. He’ll continue to circles when it was presented for 26 pied by Jarvis. Various staff announcers Jack Miller) does an all-night platti brains of a louse (a smart louse) can sit great part in the life o f th e com m unity. ¡ot notes for Dinah, however. weeks last year over Warner Brothers’ mike it. Jarvis is heard in the same time tw is tin g s tin t on sta tio n KCER in l in the trombone section and by watch­ . ” It sure does! Kids whose parents KFWB by Al Jarvis, was resumed on spot over KLAC and again, from 7 p.m. ing the slide of his neighbor from the Angeles. He fall for this line of twaddle may spend March 31. It airs at high noon every to 8 p.m., nightly. corner of his eye, play anything the first broke into radio [their early years in finger exercises or Rich Band in Town Sunday over the station, which, until in San Francisco tram plays— better, if my own experi­ Coupled with the KMPC ban on hot sawing on a fiddle, w hile m ost young­ Buddy Rich and his new band, featur­ recently, was KMTR. after leaving ence is typical. music, the Jarvis fight with KFWB sters are out playing ball or breaking ing Dorothy Reid, vocalist, and Ceorgie Jarvis garnered national publicity last helped make the month of March the college, took a windows or chasing girls o r engaging in Ignorance Is Bliss Berg, tenor, are the current Palladium month when he tendered his resignation stormiest in the history of Hollywood’s turn at govern­ other normal pursuits. Well, there I was. I couldn’t read a attractions. to KFWB after more than 10 years of radio. The suit for $1,000,000 still m e nt s h o rt-w a v­ note, having somehow missed that beaming his “ Make Believe Ballroom” stands and soon will be heard in court. ing (for Coordi­ Early Days in Punxatawney school year in which my fellows learned New Gene A utry Films nator of Inter­ If and when you have to choose your to read music. When I graduated, I still Popular cowboy star Gene Autry has American Af­ instrument at your misguided parents’ couldn’t read a note. Oh, I could start been signed by Republic to shoot four fairs) and for [urging, pick some weird, unwieldy deal off in the right key and swing along more pictures. The films will be Gene’s the past year kke a sousaphone, a bass sax, or ty m - with the - rest___ on______“Mutual”_____ or .. even____ first since getting out of service. has been LA’s Jpani. That may baffle the folks. They “ King Cotton- March.” But for the life familiar Jake the } decide to wait until your little of me, I couldn’t tell you the numbers Janitor, e nte r­ jhead is stronger. In my own pre-high or names (they have names, haven’t Longhair and boogie-woogie pianist ta m in g late workers and stay-up-al s£h°o1 Years I had yearned for such silly they?) of the notes I was playing. I Jose Itu rb i gets fris k ie r every m inute. nighters. Jake says he likes to make thlnSs as jazz-whistles, accordions, ma- had one narrow escape. I blew a prize Y ou’ ll see him dancing a rhumba w ith clean sweep in recorded music and ir iml:)as or the musical saw. None were clinker and the strange bandleader fixed Jane Powell in his next movie, “ Holiday concentrate on any one style. His slit forthcoming except the jazz-whistle. It me with his eye. I knew what he was in Mexico.” features Hot, Blue, La te st Releassproved wholly unsatisfactory. But I was about to ask and I knew I did n ’t know Western, even Corn. wised up and when it came time for me the answer and I fled in confusion, will sing background to go to high school. I was wiser than tripping over several stands. Coarse in one of those cute, if that’s the word, knew. It must have been sheer in- laughter followed m e. .. “ Puppetoons.” PACE 12 THE CAPITO! THE CAPITOL “PACE" F3 90 Days Not Enough for radio Jack Guthrie By CLIFF STONE riffs Ninety days may seem like a long M A X STEINER draws the nod for time to you and me, but to Jack I JUMMER replacements are the big the scoring of “ The Beast W ith Five G uthrie the tim e passes all too fast. talk along Hollywood’s Radio Row Fingers” on the Warners’ lot. Max Jack had a 90-day furlough froir these warm spring afternoons. has turned out the most consistently the army and he spent his time, i , David Rose and superb scoring job of any Hollywood Tony Martin last week were pacted cleffer over a period of many years. rather frantically, making new rec- | ords and transcriptions for Capitol. I to separate contracts for the hiatus period and within the next 30 days at Michael H. Coldsen, Capitol Songs trekking back to Nashville for a two- VOUT is the w ord fo r this pose, least six other musical attractions of bigwig, planed in on the Constellation, week engagement w ith Ernest Tubb on JOHNNY DESMOND, ex-CI mem­ struck by Slim Gaillard, whose zany top calibre are expected to be set. set Ralph Harris as his Hollywood rep the “ Grand Old Opery” matinee and ber of the Clenn Miller band and (and Uncle Tommish) routines are and liaison man with the film studios, a tte n d in g to various o th e r chores. ft known familiarly to his fans as “ fhe ringing up b ox-office marks a t B ill and planed back to N.Y. again. UPPED by C ap ito l’s executives to March 20 Jack returned to active duty Eddie Ronan, back from Tokio after Creamer,” is making the fastest an important spot with the new Berg’s Hollywood nitery with the six months of active participation with vocal climb to fame since Frank Tex Ritter broke all records at thi Capitol transcription division, Lee help of Hipster Gibson. Slim’s origi­ Doug MacArthur in effecting efficient Sinatra wowed them at the Para­ Filming of “Young Man With a San A n to n io Theatre and is now setting Cillette (right) checks a 33 r.p.m. nal tune, “Cement Mixer,” is fast occupation policies, checked in and out mount a few years ago. Desmond H orn” by U.S. Pictures is a w aiting cast up another theatre tour; he and Weslei master with Wesley Tuttle, one of developing into a national craze and of town. He’s the former Down Beat sang with Cene Krupa’s band among selection. Milton Sperling will produce. T u ttle return to th e Lone Star state ir the better hillbilly balladeers who Alvino Rey’s clanterinl version o f associate editor; ¡n the army he was others before going into service but Joe Craves, trumpet with Ray Bauduc’s mid-April and naturally Tex’s horse waxes for both Capitol records and same has just been released by active in both radio and newspaper it took the applause of millions of ork, may undergo tests for the lead. White Flash, will make the trip wilt transcriptions. Additional news cov­ Capitol. activities. “Tokio Mose” is the new CIs stationed in Europe to bring him them . to the attention of the pop music Jo Stafford, here on vacation, will ering the western and hillbilly field rage among the G.l. dial-twirlers, he Also featured in Ritter’s show fans back home. probably be featured in major filmusi- is carried, in detail, in the column said, adding that “Mose” (a Yank) a t rig h t. Dub (Canonball) Taylor, as well as Sliir emphasizes jazz discs on his daily air­ cal. ____ Andrews. ‘Mad Monk’ a ings. Ronan flew out for N.Y. to take Leonard Sues, th e young musical d i­ Harry James and band will go east We would suggest, if you like foil over as Manhattan representative of rector and trumpeter on the Eddie Can­ following completion of film work at music, that you not miss W ally Fowler1, Sock Click on Jazz Critics on Note magazine. tor program, is only 23 years old but 20th-Fox. latest Capitol release, “ Thirteen Step' has been tooting a horn for 19 years, Away.” It’s written by Fowler himself New ‘Down Beat’ KXLA Stanza Busiest act of them all, right now, as having started at the age of four. At Dorsey brothers preparing to face and might very easily start a new tren; far as radio “ guest shots” are concerned six, Sues was known as “ th e w o rld ’s cameras in June for their semi-bio­ in songs of the hills. A young Philadelphian who mi­ is the King Cole Trio. They air virtually youngest professional bandleader” and graphical flicker, ‘‘The Fabulous Dor­ AFRS Show every night. grated to Southern California a dec­ by the time he was 12 he had played seys.” The story has been ready for a Another good song to watch is Newest AFRS radio program to Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine” an ade ago, and who launched his own virtually every theatre on the coast. year. Jan Savitt wielding the baton on take shape in Hollywood, and be it’s the kind that sounds good by eithej all-night record airshow on Pasa­ Top trumpeter Rafael Mendez of western or popular dance bands. Louella Parsons’ Sabbath stanza. Anita O’Day, who left Cene Krupa’s beamed to American servicemen in dena’s KXLA last Dec. 26, is creat­ Metro will cut out to try his luck as a band because of illness, is recuperating the various theatres overseas, is the Thanks to Wesley Tuttle for his \ boffo H ollywood maestro. Mendez is acknowledged the ing attention in the Bill Leyden, KMPC jockey, broadcast a t her home o u t in San Fernando Valley. with this column. area these nights. greatest technician alive. Mannie Klein new and revised “ Down Beat” stanza an unusual event the other a. m. He She and her husband, Carl Hoff, the golf produced by Bill Willard and featuring stays on at MCM in first chair. Tabbing him self “ The Mad M o nk,” sawed a Lombardo record in half. pro, still have plans for a night club the voice and record choices of Gene Alex Cooper mixes th e m ost erotic be­ somewhere in town. Norm an. H-OatGay Inn bop with the best of time-honored Eddie Beal’s trio, with Irving Ashby C liff Stone Heads Norman, who is one of the nation’s Dixie and runs listener p articip a tion on guitar, may be heard at 1 :30 a.m. Guitarist Barney Kessel, whose last top jocks because of his regular pro­ Capitol Westerns "contests” every h alf-h o u r th roughout daily over KXLA in Pasadena. name ork job was with , Cliff Stone, who weighs in at 290 grams on KFWB, KHJ and KECA here, For Lamare Ork the night to hypo audience appeal. W ith let for NYC and a night club spot with pounds before breakfast, last month was took over the show on March 26. W il­ and h!s five-pieti the Southern California airlanes his Ira Cook, L.A. disc jockey, has turned a small band of his own. Kessel didn’t made manager of Capitol’s western and lard scripts and produces. A novel angle jazz com bo drew a hold-over tickel almost completely from the hours of 2 songwriter with a ditty called, “ I Got win any of the major music polls this hillbilly division. He has been active in of the program, which features only News For You.” Ira collaborated on the past year but keep your eye on his score those fields for 18 years and replaces jazz— all kinds of jazz— is that Norman at the Cay Inn in downtown Los An:*“ 5 a'm" Co°Per and his “ Mad Monk’’ antics are building one o f th e largest num ber w ith Joe Green, tunesm ith who for next year’s ballots. His work, already Lee Gillette, who moves up to head the and Willard invite prominent jazz au­ geles in late March, a move whim and most loyal audiences in th e W est. has such hit sas “ Her Tears Flowed Like great, improves constantly, and It’s the production department of Capitol’s new thorities and musicians to take part. was not unexpected since biz doublet Wine” and “ I Been Down in Texas” to opinion of most west coast jazzmen transcription division. Dave Dexter teed off the first airing. in the weeks preceding Lent. Cooper, not yet 30, mixes “ in per­ his credit. that Kessel can’t be cut by anybody. son” interviews with bandleaders and Lamare’s leaping little crew feature singers and keeps his own gab dow n to Doc Rando, who doubles alto and Fazo- minimum. His personal tastes favor la-styled clarinet; John Plonsky, trump-!the Dave Rose - Paul Weston type of e ter w ho clefs m ost o f the arrangj music and the New 0r|eans brand of ments, and Ted Hammond, bassist. Bott jazz, Lamare and Rando were stars o f the oil r ,»■ Bob Crosby Dixie band. Nappy organ Piano by Skitch Henderson ¡zed his own combo just two months Collier for Carlson I 'Hll MOON W® ago and has clicked from the start. Hi Ralph Collier replaced Frankie Carl­ “ Levee Loungers” are featured in VolJ son as tub-thumper w ith the Bob 'NOJOOy ELSE BUI & of Capitol’s “ History of Jazz” albur Crosby band, w hich goes into the from "SHOWBOAT” ■ Vocal by Loo Dinning 50* pivi» series. Meadowbrook follow ing Cene Krupa. THE CAPIT(

FREDDY MARTIN: Ambassador LAWRENCE W ELK: Aragon Ballroom CEELLE BURKE: Bal Tabarin MILTON DeLUCG: Billy Berg's HARRY CIBSON: Billy Berg's SLIM CAILLARD: Billy Berg's JIMMY CRIER: Biltmore Hotel : Casino Cardens DESI ARNAZ: Ciro's NAPPY LAMARE: Cay Inn KID O R Y: The Jade JOE TU RN ER: Joe Turner's Blue Room CENE KRUPA: Meadowbrook RED NICHOLS: Morocco Club PH IL OHM AN: Mocambo BUDDY R IC H : Palladium FREDDIE FISH ER: Radio Room MIKE RILEY: Mike Riley’s Madhouse RED CALLENDAR: Rite Spot SPADE COOLEY: Riverside Rancho MATTY MALNECK: Slapsie Maxie's ERROLL CARNER: Susie Q. VIVIAN CARRY TRIO: Susie Q. RA Y BAUDUC: Susie Q. CEE-PEE JOHNSON: Swing Club SESSION IN NEW YORK, at the PEE WEE HUNT: Victory Inn Copacabana, which found two chicks bending elbows and arguing the merits of current pop tunes includes A lvin o Rey latched the services (I Jan Savitt Exits Margaret Whiting, left, and Rose Chuck Peterson, barrel - bellied hor| Marie. Latter, engaged to marry Kay blower, shortly after taking his neJ As a Road Band Kyser’s ace trumpeter, Bobby Cuy, combo east for a long road tour. Peter] Jan S a vitt says he is through w ith a is the same gal who, a decade ago, son, who blew hot w ith Woody Hermaia “ regular” dance band and will confine was famous as “ Baby Rose Marie.” Tom Dorsey and others before the wai his musical activities, in the future, to Margaret is busy doing radio guest recently cast off his khaki and is bad! recording and radio assignments in the shots as well as regular stints on the w earing a m onkey jacke t as a sidemal Los Angeles area. CBS “Celebrity Club” and NBC The big Rey band, with 10 brass an Positively tops in popular piano entertainment! Savitt just wound up an engagement “ Philip Morris Follies” programs. Her Jack Egan as manager— it’s a tossupl Buddy Cole, Hollywood's piano sensation, has at Casino Cardens here and his sidemen latest Capitol record spots Johnny to w hich is th e loudest — plays at I recorded eight of your favorite melodies — immortal have scattered. Jan’s home is in the Mercer’s new tune, “Come Rain or Illinois University ’bake April 12. I Valley near Hollywood and he wants to Come Shine” from the new Broad­ numbers by Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Hoagy Car­ enjoy it, he declared. way musical, “St. Louis Woman.” Platter Spinner michael, and other great composers. Rose Marie has been doing a single Between covers of this one album you get all these at the Copa. She’s a big girl now! ROBERT Q. LEW IS is heard thirtee hours a week with his own platter shoi enduring tunes cherished by millions of music lovers. over station WHN in New York City.) Delightfully diversified mood music, as only the key­ graduate of board artistry of Buddy Cole, plus star rhythm Michigan U n i- . |nT||| 1 accompaniment, can bring it to you. vcrsity ' he stud­ ied ra d io dra- i A "MUST" in every record library — ask your Capita! m atics), Bob got | Dealer for Buddy Cole's 'Piano Cocktails' now! a little pro- I H W raflin fcssional work THE NEW CAPITOL r l¥ l NEEDLE before entering q i service in 1942. New . . . In design in construction . „ In perform« It was shortly ^ once! Osmium-alloy tipped for amazing fidelity of tone. after his honor- ¿j j j Self-polishing PM* tip prolongs record life. Gives up to able discharge 5,000 plays. from the army $1 plus tax A t your Record Store that he stepped (^Precious MotafsJ into a featured across-the-board show on WNEW Manhattan and, more recently, switch to WHN. Young, good-looking, B avoids the stodgy platter spinner roil tines, emphasizes interviews.

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