You'be Nowhere Chris Connor's Bethlehem Records

a stimulating group that has appeared a couple of time» at Birdland and once CLEF RECORDS in concert, but otherwise has as yet had no steady gigs. This album indi YOU’BE NOWHERE proudlq offers a neu cates how valuable an addition the group could be to the ranks of the Unless you have these top few steady jazz units that have some Rock 6 Roll Records in your BILLIE HOLIDAY thing fresh to say. Personnel consists of Eddie Wasserman (tenor); Danny collection ALBUM Bank (baritone); Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet); Billy Byers (trombone); ’’Cloudburst” Milt Hinton (bass); Osie Johnson (drums), and the leader on clarinet. Sam "The Man*' Taylor (MGM) BILLIE HOLIDAY AT All six originals are by Tony and he JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC arranged Autumn Nocturne. The four “A Million Thanks" other *ongs were arranged by Dick • Hyman. Billy Byeri' scored Here to Bill Darnel (Label X) ★★★★★ DOWNBEAT Stay. Anita Tucker (Guyden) Scott continues to impress me as by As the saying goes, run, do not walk far the most creative clarinetist in Anxious Heart" to your nearest store . contemporary jazz, and certainly the These were recorded at a J ATP con warmest as well as being the one with Four Coins (Epic) cert in L. A. in 1946, and never again the broadest scope. Highlights of the The Nuggets (Capitol) first side are Scott’s too short, starkly will Billie sound this wonderful. The Eddie Vinson (Mercury) expressive Abstraction ZZ 1, his moving years that have passed since then have Barbara Black (Guyden] taken their toll on the great stylist, Requiem, and his playing throughout, but this all happened on a night when even in the otherwise out-of-context she had everything, and if you don’t Hyman arrangements. It is the Hyman “Ring-A-Ling A-Ling” find this LP to be one of the most emo scores on both sides that help to lower tional half-hours you’ve ever spent, the rating. Hyman’s four contributions Midnighterg (Federal) there’s something wrong. are bland, studio-type writing with Anita Tucker (Guyden) Most powerful of all is Strange gestures at fresh statement but they’re Barbara Black (Guyden) Fruit, on which Billie breaks into an basically safe and slick. Memorable r>n unashamed sob, but throughout the en the second side are Tony’s theme for MARLYN MUSIC PUBLISHERS, ING. tire set shines the glory that was Hol the rhythmically experimental Sunday iday. Certainly one of the outstanding Scene (the playing gets largely stifled Illi BROADWAY i-ecords in years. (J. T.) in manuscript paper in its last third) NEW YORK IS, N. Y. • and the brief but conceptually in triguing three dances (which deserve to On ton« Hay M0C-149 be expanded, perhaps into a jazz-based On FstendMl May EK-291 4 299 suite). The dances were written when It Vow D.slu Can't Svpply Tea, Haats Wri»a Us Tuny was studying with Stefan Wolpe. Watch for CLEF RECORDS The one over-all Reservation about the 451 North Canon Drive - Beverly Hills, California album is that there aren’t enough blow ing spaces. Works like Fingerpoppin’, CHRIS CONNOR’S the beautifully conceived Requiem, and Su/¡day Scene, among others would have sensational, NEW been even more effective if more and longer improvisational voices been heard. But the album does serve to give 12" High-Fi LP another hearing to an important clar inetist and to indicate that he can be BCP 19 an important writer, too, once he feels free and relaxed enough in his scoring to leave jazz breathing spaces. on In any case, here is a major talent and Victor deserves credit for giving BETHLEHEM RECORDS him a forum. I hope there’ll be more soon. (Victor 12" LP LJM-1022) available soon at your dealers Teddy Wilson Blues for the Oldest Profession; It write for free catalog Had to Be You; You look Advantage of Me; Three Little Words; If I Had You; Who’s Sorry Now?; The Birth of BETHLEHEM RECORDS the Bluest When Your Lover Has Gone; Moonlight on the Ganges; April in 1650 Broadway Paris; Hallelujah; Get out of Town Rating: ★★★★ New York 19, N. Y. The Creative Teddy Wilson features that calmly proficient pianist with the DISTRIBUTORS! excellent aid of Milt Hinton und Jo Jones. Characteristically, Teddy's play SOME TERRITORIES STILL OPEN ing is generally more polished than pas- Wrira ... Win ... Meat . sionute, but in terms of consistency of taste and avoidance of banality, his JAGUAR RECORDS, IRC. work is a continuing pleasure to hear. 1450 B'wey New York I». N. Y. These, incidentally, are the three ex- Cirsio 7-0057 1« Down Best.

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