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GREYHOUND and Thanks* Down Beat Readers Rendition Makes It i hicago, January 11. 1953 Record Reviews DOWN BEAT up there with Burns and Sauter. spoken commentary to Maybelle’s (.amille Howard blues chanting. Between them, the Record His scoring of Summertime for X-1 emporuneou* Boogie this 11 piece band is the prettiest RHYTHM & BLUES two chicks provide many kicks on kkk Barcarolle Boogie treatment we can remember of the this side; it’s got to be a winner. Record- in thia section are re­ piano solo an tune; his Pick Yourself Up has Rain, though it lacks Miss McCoy, Fast bougie blues viewed and rated in terms of of ita Reviews form, continuity, Ii u in o r, and is a powerful blues. (Okeh 6931.) the first side has good beat broad general appeal. If they but (Jumped from Page 15) leaves room for a flock of terrific kind with the aid of brushes, are of interest from the musical little distinction. The off-beat Of­ performances. Economically, this solos. Otis Blackwell standpoint, they are marked fenbach overleaf has a better may not be the greatest buy of Rolf Ericsons trumpet. Arne *★ U ake Up Fool with i sharp (#), or. if excep­ chance. (Specialty 119.) the year (only four numbers, each pomnerus' alto, Carl-Henricl Nor- tionally interesting, a double kkk Please Help Me Find My four or five minutes long, on one *n s tenor, Lars Guilin s baritone, -harp (##). H ay Home Ivory Joe Hunter I P), but musically it’s one of the Hallbergs piano, Ake Pers- A brutal, brittle beat with a Hockin’ Chair Boogie best of its kind in recent months. s°n s trombone and the rest arc Latin percussive touch dominates kk Music Before Dawn (Pre-tige 138.) ail at their best, though it’s The- the background to Fool, sung in selius who walks off with top Big Maybelle “You ain’t a rockin’ chaii mama a desperatt voice by Mr. Black honors. The rhythm section is ***** Bobbin' Blues but ooh, you rock so stood,” ex­ Swingin' Swedes well. The Missing Persons side is plodes Ivory Joe in a powerful in­ fine; ensemble shading and pre­ **** Hain Ihnen Hain slower and bluer, with helpful Pick Yourself Ip cision, recording—e v e r y t h i n g troduction to a superior jump Summertime Maybelle Smith, a new discovery guitar work as the weary, graying blues.. Coupling is a medium-slow comes off as if this date were a from Kentucky, kicks off her disc Mr. Blackwell expresses a desire Played by a group of Extrad true labor of love. We raise our blues instrumental witl sonu typi­ magazine poll winners, these two career with a jolt here. On Gale­ to rest by his parents’ grave. cal piano by Joe. (MGM 11378.) glass of schnapps to the Swed s Hardly the timeliest for the fes sides immediately establish Gosta for two sides that should make bin’ she’s aided no little by Rose Theselius as one of th* greatest Marie McCoy, who not only wrote tive New Year spirit, but n gen­ Roy Milton many American jazzmen look to erally good side. (Victor 20-5069.) arrangers in modern jazz—right their laurels. (Blue Note 1605.) the song but provides a laconic kkk Believe Me Baby kkk Blue Turning Gray Over You After the opening piano chorus. Baby becomes u compelling me­ dium-paced vocal blues with a H4PPY BIG NEW YEAR! simple and useful tenor interlude. Lyrics don’t have much, but the GREYHOUND And Thanks* Down Beat Readers rendition makes it. Reverse is the Five Great Recordings . fine Andy Razaf-Fats Walter standard, such with a Satchmo For 4 our Votes BUDDY ILLA MAE I VIC I WYNONIE I AMOS touch. (Specially 446.) MORROW MORSE I DAMONE I HARRIS I MILBURN I rom Ford Nelson Quintet Victor Capitol I Mercury I King Aladdin 20 5041 2276 I 70031 I 4592 3150 HOWARD RUMSEY *♦ Still Feeling Sad I Published by Frank Brown Jr. is the niajoi ALADDIN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS And The Lighthouse All-Stars figure here, as composer and sing­ er on both sides. Both are average Milt Bernhar) Shelly Manne 4SI No. Canon Drive Beverly Hills, California vocal and-combo blues, in fast and Bob Cooper IFrank Patchen slow vein respectively. (Victor 20­ Jimmy Giuffre Shorty Rogers 5036.) The Lighthouse 30 Pier Ave. Hermosa Beach. Calif. Leaves Columbia Nashville—After 20 jeais with PRESTIGE the label, vet singei Roy Acuff has THE HOUSE OF JAZZ obtained his release from Colum­ presents bia records. POLL WINNERS Louis Armstrong of Duke Ellington Thank you Stan Kenton The Present and the Future Benny Goodman Woody Herman READERS OF TRUMPET Stan Levey George Auld Sarah Vaughan Mile, Devil Charlie Smith Ella Fitzgerald Red Rodney ALTO SAX Diny Gillespie BAS5 Lee Konifi George Shearing You have paid us an indirect, but happily received, compliment with Kinny Dorham Otcer Pettiford Arne Domnerus Dave Brubeck Fat* Navarro Chubby Jeckton Cherlie Meriano the results of the Down Beat poll of 1952. Shorty Roger, Curly Russell Jackie McLeen Nat "King" Colo Percy Heeth Cherlie Kennedy Dinah Washington TROMBONE Tommy Potter For your stars, it turns out, are our stars. Bennie Green BARITONE SAX Charlie Parker Kei Winding VOCALS Stan Gets J J, Johnson Annie Rott Gerry Mulligan Wo have always tried at the Blue Note to bring our guests and Eerl Swope King Pleasure Lars Guilin Sidney Bechet Rudy Ferguson friends an unceasing line of the finest in jazz artists, with no side VIBES PIANO Buddy DeFranco Teddy Cheries TENOR SAX Artie Shaw trips into the tempting by-ways of floor show glitter. Milt Jeckson Georg» Wellington Terry Gibb* Zoot Sims Billy Teylor Oscar Peterson Al Cohn Thelonious Mcnk GUITAB Sonny Stitt John Lewis Johnny Hodges Wc are proud of our history as Duke Ellington is proud of his— Billy Bauer Sonny Rollins Bud Powell Jack Teagarden Chuck Wayne Wardell Grey Lennie Tristano "We‘re easily satisfied. W<> want nothing but the best.' Den Robert* Allen Eeger Bengt Hellborg Bill Harris Joe Ho--day Reinhold Svensson Dizzy Gillespie DRUMS Stan Get! Al Heig You, the most earnest of America's ¡an fans, must be the judge. And Me, Roach James Moody Hemp Hawes Maynard Ferguson the amazing similarity between your choices and ours is a happy Art Blakey Gene Ammons Kenny Drew Torry Gibbs Roy Heynet Dexter Gordon Duke Jordan I Don Lamond Brew Moore Walter Bishop Lionel Hampton verdict in which we take pardonable, if presumptuous, pride. Red Norvo th. best in modern music. Som» are poll winners Buddy Rich Frank Holzfeind form worthy of dotar scrutiny. Waka up. lau public! Scratch deeper be­ Louie Bellson neath tha turface. Recognita artistic ability and further your musical grati­ Host fication. Shelly Manne ORDER THESE ARTISTS’ RECORDS BY MAIL Eddie Safranski SEND FOR FREE CATALOG Ray Brawn PRESTIGE RECORDS, INC. ..and so many mare THE BLUE NOTE e Chicago Dept D, MS W SOH St , N.Y.C. 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