inatra Grabs Two '54 Poll Spots lampton Roars Kenton, Fitzgerald, Brown n Europe Again Brubeck Repeat Winners

I New York—The current Lionel Chicago- -This was the year of Sinatra. In addition to the Hampton European tour, which be­ other laurels he picked up in 1954, Frank has swept to re­ an Oct. 30 in Germany, will prob- sounding wins in two of the categories in Down Beat’s 18th bly be extended until at least Jan. annual readers popularity poll. Not only did he capture the “I J because of Hampton’s shatter- favorite singer crown, a title he hg success. relinquished in 1947, but he also | “The Hampton band and show,” was named the top pop iecords tiorts broker Joe Glaser, “are ro­ personality of the year. ving ovations wherever they ap- Both were decisive wins for The East Vs. West lear. and are deing even greater Voice, who hat followed up his jsiness, if possible, than when Academy Award-winning perform­ hey were in Europe last y ear. The ance in From Here to Eternity And Never The ini can’t wait to see Hampton, with a string of hit records and nd seats are sold out in advance albums, a lauded straight drama­ ! their play dates in almost every tic role m the film Suddenly, and | ise. Twain Shall Meet t an upcoming appearance with i “In Amsterdam, the fam broke Doris Day in Young at Heart. New York—The inevitable geo­ (to the hall foi the second show Two more personalities grabbed graphical war has begun! After all I id about 2,000 people, so they double victories in this year’s poll. the publicity accorded the alleged iy, got in for ‘free’—and the floor Stan Kenton became the third per­ ■‘west coast” school of jazz, Bethle­ । ived in in front of the stage. son to be elected to the Music Hall hem Records in New York has in­ I ut luckily* m - one was hurt.” of Fame (see separate story on augurated a series of LPs to be this page) and also had his orches­ devote to “east coast” jazz. But an tra named the top jazz band of added purpose if the Bethlehem TASTE IN MUSIC i« deinoii«lruteok pretty much the same as in 1953. ist Joe Puina Other “east coast On thi theory that n any road He was selected by the readers of Down Beat through votes jazz” sets will showcase Conte Can­ ow- did poorly this fall because cast m the 18th annual music* Brown Selected doli and Milt Hinton. Not in the •y were • ver priced, the expenses popularity poll. he first brought u band out of Les Brown was named the na­ “east coast” serie« but soon to have tiie Top Ten will be kept as low For '.he third straight year, California to the east in 1940. tion's best dance band. Ella Fitz­ Bethlehem LPs of their own are possible. Duke Ellington and Benny Good­ His experiments in jazz, his gerald again reigns» as favorite altoist Pete Brown (with trumpeter lit addition to concert dates in man barely missed the top rung, various concert tours, and hi' will­ girl singer. The Four Freshmen Joe Wilder) and Ralph Burns. vnas and auditoriums, the Top with fewer than 100 votes separat­ ingness to back up his beliefs romped to ■ win in the vocal com­ m will play combination dance ing the top three this time. vocally at all times have won him bo league. ■ I concert dates when necessary. Previous winners were Louis both the highest praise und some First-place winners in the all­ The show will be produced by Armstrong and Glenn Miller. of the most barbed criticism of any star band were Chet Baker, trum­ >u Krefetz und booked by Shaw Kenton has been a dominant fig­ figure in music. pet; Bill Harris, trombone (who, Peterson 3 rtists. ure in popular music ever since He was one of jazz* most voci­ with Buddy DeFranco, swept to an ferous and staunch champions in unprecedented 10th straight the recent years when, as he put crown); Charlie Parker, alto sax; it, “we may have to go under­ Stan Getz, tenor; Gerry Mulligan, In Rainbow' ground to survive, but we will do baritone; DeFranco, clarinet; Os­ Hollywood—Oscai Peterson has >ong Contest Victor Inked car Peterson, piano; Ray Brown, been signed with his trio (Bobby His contention has been borne bass; Terry Gibbs, vibes; Art Van White will be added -n drums) at out by the big resurgence uf jazz Damme, accordion, and Don Elliott, one of the soundtrack features in music* in the last couple of years miscellaneous instrument (mello­ the forthcoming unimated cartoon and by the tremendous amount of phone). version of Finan’s Rainbow, the ly Label X' As Vocalist recording activity in the field now, The two top band singers remain Burton Lane-E. Y. Harburg s’,age both by major and independent Tommy’ Mercer, Ray Anthony’s musical. Also to be heard, but vocalist, and Lucy Ann Polk, Chicago—Down Beat’s songwriting contest winner, Glenn firms. not seen, in the film will be The Kenton orchestra lias been working these days with both Dave Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald andall whose song, Hold On to Your Heart, won over thou- named the best iazz band in the Pell’s octet and husband Dick and Ella Logan; the latter starred inds of entries, has been awarded a performing contract land six times by the readers of Noel’s group. in the stage production. ith Label “X," RCA Victor subsidiary. In addition to the this magazine and has fostered 2 Walkaway Winners The picture will be produced by let he won with Broadcast Music,*------many winners, including Pete Ru­ The newly instituted top person­ Maurice Binder for Distributors ie., for publication of hip song, golo, Shelly Manne, June Christy, alities of the year department Corp, of America, a releasing firm e ex-GI also ha« contracts with That's Rich Eddie Sairanski, the late Jay found two other walkaway win­ backed by film exhibitors. Director -o major labels—Mercury (where Johnson, and Maynard Ferguson’, ners, in addition to Brubeck. Ruth is John Hubley, formerly with s composition will be recorded in the individual accomplishment Brown and Perez Prado easily United Production i of America ’ Ralph Marterie after the first categories. moved by other candidates in the (Gerald MeBoing-Boing. et al). ' the year) and Label “X,” where The first 10 place« in this year’s rhythm and blues and Latin Amer­ Lyn Murray is music director. wsibly he will do his own tune. Buddy Lands In Hal) of Fame balloting were as ican sections, respectively Joi Delaney, general manager follows: In the pop department, however, Label “X,” after hearing a dub Kenton, Ellington, Goodman, so many persons split their ballots the song, made by Vandall hnn- Another Hassel Charlie Parker, Bing Crosby, to include both male and female Hollywood—Hurry James merely George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman, choices, the category was split into Ellington Ork if, was quoted as saying, “We these divisions. Rosemary Clooney, 'tter -agr that lad Im fori anyone laughed when shown the storv in Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and M get’s hold of him.” Down Beat of Dec. 1 in which Woody Herman. (Turn to Page 6) Vandall has been playing guitar Buddy Rich was quoted to the To Europe effect that during his sojourn with id singing professionally under New York—Duki Ellington will e n.imi of Tommy- Rockwell, for the James band he did not leceive definitely make a European tour everything in the way of star Down Beat' Readers Asked ss than six months. He now has beginning the end of February or hat every musician and anger billing that he had been promised. the first week in March, says Joe earn« of. a record contract. He But Sal M>>nte, the bandleader’s Glaser, hu booked cover manager, had plenty to say; now playing at the Castle Club To Name Music For BG Film ail of Europe— ntries Parkersburg, W. Va., and prob- “That’s Buddy just blowing off now being toura Lionel »ly w’ill do a record session after as usual He got 75 percent billing Chicago—When The Benny Goodman Story, the film biog­ Hampton show—i play ie first uf the year. in all of our ads and publicity 31 date-- in 35 days. Duke aud the Meanwhile, other disceries also After all, it’s Harry’s band, not raphy of the famed bandleader’s life, start* shooting in band will sail on the Queen Mary. re evincing interest in the tune his Buddy’s contract ended when March, the featured music in the picture will be selected by nd one publishing firm has taken he took that trip to Australia. vo »tings from among others on Then he wanted to rejoin us, but the readers of Down Beat. ie list of winners. Lakefront Harry i- well satisfied with our Universal-International Films, Inc., because of the response Flanagan On 1-Niter« (usic of Chicago took Summer present d'ummer, Frank Capp. from Down Beat readers when asked to suggest music for eve, which is the No. 3 song, writ­ Sure, Buddy« a great drummer The Glenn Miller Story; again has asked this magazine to New York—The Ralph Flanagan n by Charlie P. Lyle, an ex-GI and howman. But he was no as­ help in the selection of music for a film on a popular band­ orchestra, or its current tour, will 'umpeter, who has lieen out of the set to the band when we played appear in Portsmouth, Ohio, Dec rmy four months and leader of the Cocoanut Grove last year and leader’s career. 16; Youngstown, Ohio, Dec. 17 Is own combo. Jumpin' Jehoso- he wouldn’t be this time. His act If you have suggestions as to what Goodman classics should Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 18; Jacksor. hat, the No. 7 tune, also has been is great in some places—but not be on the soundtrack, please list your five favorites and send Tenn., Dec. 20; Memphis, Dec. 21 icked up by Lakefront. It was in class-A supper looms.” । and the Roosevelt hotel in New imposed by Harvey Siders and James opened at the Grove Dec. them to Down Beat, 2001 Calumet Ave., Chicago, Ill. Orleans from Dec. 23 through Jan ony Eira of Mattapan, Mass. 1, Final results will be published. .5. During the past seven years I can recall only two programs which were devoted to a serious treatment of jazz. Probably there were more amongGoodman the tens is gettingf thousands an occasionalof program« play which on hawtele­ been on the air, butvision. I could The find only only topflight two, andartist would whom guess you that can anyue DOWN BEAT normal viewer willin have fairly charted regular up twoguest or shotsso is DecemberLouis Armstrong, 29, I One, it seems to me,and washe ascores business more with on Eddiehis being Condon a personality,and musician « early on Saturday character,evenings inthan the foiyoung his daystalent of a«network n trumpet TV— playerin tie Original Cast In days when -ome stations weren’t even on the ail Saturdays. Condon, the VoiceRadioMabley of Authority, & or TVsat singer. on a stool and ran a short concert of legitimate music < f the kind he favors. It was musical, honest, and, of course, un PeterPan'Album sponsored. New York—Peter Pan, the new Chicago has a television station run by a youngish man named Red musical adaptation of the famous Quinlan,How who is Cometh«- victim of clashes Doors between his own Areinnate sense of Barrie fantasy starling Maiy Mar­ good taste and the demands uf his superiors that he make them large tin was recorded by RCA Victoi «unis of money. A few years back Red's esthetic side was momentarily as the company’s seventh original­ deafened to the* cries of the stockholders, and he found a Saturday cast show album this season. afternoonBarred half-hour for To Jackie CainJazz and Roy Ktal. On TV? The musical, which opened to 1 don't know if anyone else ever found ihul show, but Red and I uniformly good notices, was re­ enjoyed four Saturdays ofBy downright JACK MABLEY sensational television 4ny «tal ico corded at Webster Hall with the with enough awareness of the good things of life to find this pair lints- entire cast, including Miss Martin rallyAs would we were have sayingsense enough before to beingleave them interrupted alone, so byhere two was weeln,a half­ I hour of pure good music. Of course four weeks wa« all that you i nuld and her daughter Heller, Cyril it’s a shame that more young drummers couldn’t have copiai I Ritchard, Margah. Gilm >re, und get away with. Then the time went back to old cowboy movies or ilute theshows bandstand or whatever junkmanners was moving of Ray used Bauduccars in that instead era. of Gene Kathy Nolan, under the recording In Chicago, where this column is written, there gré four television supervision of Joe Carlton, RCA Krupa.stations whichBauduc, put onplaying the air everywith weekBob a Crosbytotal of moreabout than the 860 timetele­ a&r man, and Hugo Winterhalter, visionKrupa programs.was in his In prime, all 860. acted there like is a notfairly one normalshow that fellow we whoknow wu| et music director. whichhaving hu-a very any pleasantconcern timewith doinglégitimât«, his chores, or noii-top-20 a« he probably jazz. was wheal he Dohad you the wondercompany what of Bob’i- going Zurke, to Eddiebecome Miller, of the Bobby musical Haggart, standards Nappy

New York—Harry Belafonte used to be considered an off­ Negro Anthology. “It’ll be as au­ thentic as I can find ,ind interpret beat performer whose huskily individualized American folk it,” he said. “We plan to go into material was good for intimate clubs and a sophisticated and visit the chain gangs in review or two, but not for the pop-9" several states in the South. There ulace at large. Hie bookings, pre­ Tonight in which he is co-starred ,500-a-week been in prison almost since then, The initiates were wrong, be­ headlining debut at New York’s and so they sing songs that have cause Harry Belafonte’s career in Copacabana in April, und the be­ not been influenced by anything the lust year has been right on the ginning of preparations for the outsidt those walls or chain gangs beat, a nonstop rhythm of engage­ most ambitious Belafonte project in all these years. ments for top night clubs, a Broai- yet, a touring Nigro Anthology. way run in John Murray An­ _ The Negro Anthology is tenta­ Long-Range Goul derson’s Almanac, Victor record tively set to begin its travels— “I hope by the time I’m 40 that albums, TV appearances, and a under the Grego’y aegis- -some­ I’ll be sufficiently established so leading role in the film version of time next fall. It will be staged that I can perforin material that’s Carmi n Jonis. He hasn't, as a mat­ by Charles Laughton, will boast even closer to the ethnic base than ter of fact, had a day off—except a company of around 50, a* d will I do now. One difficulty in using for travel time — since September, feature readings from such Negro this sort of material these days is 1953. And there's no leisure in authors as James Weldon Johnson that this folk music was a com­ sight and Paul Laurence Dunbar. Also munal art, and audiences today are Harry is no* on a 15-week tour included will be significant speeches unfamiliai with that kind of mu­ of cne-niten. throughout the coun­ and papers by Negro leaders, set sical activity. Audiences today are try in Paul Gregory’s Three for in context by actors, dancers, and not used to participating. Every­ voices. body -eems to be content to relax Beiafonke. a» the singing center and listen lu whatever has been of the production, will introduce written in the Brill building and what he terms some “strong” mate­ has been put on the air by the disc rial into his repertoire for The jockeys.” —nat (rest IritMi Re(itlarri îniemd Be VOL. 21 NO 2« DECEMBER 29, 1954 Jackson, like Boone, is of slight build and failed to approach Big Enswtiva aad FuHicafios Office Jay in the moisture department 2001 CaMm«t Ave. All Is Not Gloom In Honkville, Even If But action? He didn’t'atop at lying Chicase 14, III. an the stage. He didn’t stop at Norman Waiter, FaMiehef wiggling nut of his coat while Jack Tracy, Editar playing. Hi didn’t stop at pranc­ Clare Rowen, Anecióle Editor Mighty McNeelys Been Burned Out ing o> crawling across the bar. He Lee Zabelin, Etecsine Au f. didn’t stop at wandering among Chart«! Saber. Director Advartiùsg By Will Jomi ♦—------the tables. Sale* club owners and the customers Young fai the listeners, Boone foi He tap-danced while playing, os J. C Edward« Adverthieg Minneapolis— Vic’s saloonI know they’re getting their money’s the yellers. and" ... a back room with... a wiggly piece of plywood that wse Carl BuHinqa ma, Circslafio» 5 literally had to bum down toI worth. a couple of singing blondes where slapped down to form a bridge be­ Froreotron Mgr. One Nolo either faction could retreat when tween the stage and the bar. get Big Jay McNeely out of When it came to honking hit it. Big Jay kept Vic’s packed the other was in charge out front. NEW YORK OFFICE largely with one note on hi« saxo­ Sanity returned for awhile with saxophone, he didn’t content bun­ McNeely was back for a long run <22 East 42nd Si. phone—the same note he kept the booking of Earl Bostic, without self with ont note. He went for with iptions, after a smash six honking for 20 and 30 minutes at Boone. But Levine kept living for two—alternating a honk with 1 week-run earlier in the year, Orford 7-2IM u time. He accompanied it with a the day when he could bring Big -icreech for 10 minutes or so. when a fire in the building took Ne» H«nfrR Anoc’iWe Editor demonstration of rolling, writhing, Jay himself back, and he swung it Big Jay’s influence was even felt Vic’s five neighboring business es­ Mol Mandel. Advertiung crawling, and tearing off of clothes. in October. A few weeks of ca- at the Great Lakes Bar and Fui- tablishments, and $8,000 worth of Hoonah AHbmh, Editorial He was on the stage, on the bar, parity business again, and then house, a place where the only mu­ Big Jay’s instruments und suits. th© fire .ic **come»n**1A0 Pxagwwtfrom «aa jukebox.iulmkzvw A «wvvrvlacouple WEST COAST OFFICE in the aisles, among the tables. While musicians, bartenders, Through a full-page newspaper The spirit of Big Jay still hovers of the hired fui, ters there—young 6124 Santa Monica Mvd. waitresses, and other saloon help photo spread of Big Jay and his over the ashes, however, and had men who go around seating custom­ Les Aegaki Calif. —with union «jacking—organized a HO J-M05 frantic fans, and generous excla­ spread to other parts of the town ers at electric hocker chairs, drop Chartai tinga Mosog; benefit for McNeely ’s group at La­ mations in the columns, word got even before the fire. The other ping rubbei spiders into their Sten Hoffman, Ade. bor Temple, McNeely and company to the tourists that Vic’s was the >aloonkeepein didn’t intend to let drinks, inducing them to enter the borrowed some instruments and Vic have it alone, by any means. tunnel of horrors, and promotint NASHVILLE OFFICE place to go, to see a big man re­ headed out of town for some hast­ Road-company Big Jays turned up other sue! jolly activity—worked Bill Mo»gar Manager duce a $200 suit to u pile of wet ily-booked one-niters. in the most surprising places— up a Big Jay act. Granny Whife File rags every set, if nothing else. 9 liai To Du' After Big Jay’s first engage­ even in the quiet suburb of Golden They’d put on a Big Jay rccoid. Vic Levine, owner of the town’s ment, Vic’s promptly hired a lo­ Valley, where Frank Lewis, ar- One would walk through the joint SabacnotMa «ai« IT liveliest home of jazz and (since cal outfit headed by Wild Bill ranger und sax man with Bruce pantomiming Big Jay's saxophone the advent of Big Jay) sweating Boom and instructed Boone to act Dybvig’s Royalaires. turns into a technique on a large salami The and h inking meanwhile, is trying just like Big Jay. Boone is much Big Jay at 11:45 p.m. nightly upon other followed—presumably in the to decide whether tc rebuild in skinnier, and of course couldn’t instructions from the boss. it y le of Big Jay’s brother, wh# Charge ol andrò. nohea the ashes or move to another spot perspire nearly so profusely. But Imitation of Big Jay’s technique trails him through the crowds with m befor* data affeetiva. Saad old address Whichever he does, however, he’s reached its ultimate at Augie’s, a baritone sax. Only the funhoust aHh yovr new. Duplicate copies cannot be he mastered the acrobatics, and •eut aad post office will not forward copies. sure of one thing: maraged to work up a damp shirt another long, narrow saloon, kitty- jokester followed with a mop for Cireatetion Dept.. 2001 Calumnt Ave., Chi­ “We’re bringing back Big Jay every set. And he turned the place cornered from Vic’s. Indeed, Augie thi sweat cago 14, IN. Printed ia U. S. A. John Maher for our reopening.” into a solid mass of decibels. Ratner, the owner, claimed his By turning his place into a tea- Printing Company, Chicago. tNinois. Entered Big Jay changed Minneapolis as secood-ciass matter Oct. 4, IW, at attraction surpassed‘ Big Jay in‘ room for neurotic gypsies, however, notions about saloon music con­ Pres Next every way. It was the Eugene Vic did the town something of a March ICH. Rs-sa*srs4 siderably while he was here. Boone held tht place alone for Jacksor trio out of Hollywood, good turn: he started other bar vscoaS-cla«> mattar Ht S Thanks to him, a musician has got­ five weeks. Then Levine brought in 31 «9 by Dei Bea« fa: headed by the young Iran who used owners thinking of jazz again as a ta sweat to be successful in many Lester Young. Young refused to to play Farina in the Our Gang lure for customers. Two spots— parts of the saloon circuit these honk, crawl, sweat, or, for that comidies. When Jackson arrived both named the Flame, one in Min- days. matter, even look interested. Le­ at Augie’s and was told the cur- neapolis and one in St. Paul—re­ And 1 mean sweat—honest pers­ vine kept Boone’s outfit as an al­ rent facts of life on Hennepin Ave., vived their jazz policies. Others ar« piration that comes through the ternating band. The resulting pro­ h< was ready with a Hollywood- considering it. All ia not gloom ia shirt and the jacket so both the gram was a nice compromise, with style answer. . Honkville.

Dtwmlwr 29. 1951 n o v n Gaylords Regard Click As Luck

But Work To Keep Star Status NEW YORK ON STAGE: Eddie Albert will star in the Marc Blitzstein musical New York—Toward the end of* play, Reuben Reuben . . . Alice Ghostley and Paul Lynde will have the 1962 a Detroit record retailer leads in next spring’s Top Drawer, with music by Murray Grand . . . named Bonaldi ordered 50 copies 'The mambo will be featured in the new Rosa and Adler musical. Damn* M a new Mercury disc by a trio yankeea. George Abbott went to Cuba to look for talent . . Tommy that had never been recorded be Goodman, pianist with the jazz group, The Six, has the piano chair in fun*. The store owner thought he the new musical, Silk Stockings. might sell 50 to 100 copies in the neighborhood because his son was ENTERTAINMENT IN-THE-ROUND: Mae West is slated to play part of the trio. Since then, the piano and drums in her next act. She may do a Broadway musical proud Mr. Bonaldi has sold 1,000 next season . Jackie Glen on may star in th« film. Jack of Spades, copies of the record while other re­ to be pro-iuced by Jack Benny, George Burns, und Norman Krasna . . . tailers around the country have Gloria DeHaven is the latest American to tour Australia. She opened ■old, jointly, more than 1,200,000. there Dec. fl and was preceded by four days by Billy Daniels . . . The record was Tell Me You’re Vaughn Monroe opens the new AFami Beach hotel, the Fontainbleu, Mine, and th« trio was the Gay­ Dec. 20. He’ll be accompanied by the Richard Hayman orchestra . . > lords. Since that happy autumn, Monroe and Hayman were followed at th«* Statler by Sauter.-Finegan, the Gaylords (Burt Bonaldi, Don who’ll be in the room until Dec. 16 . . Hotel New Yorke: will elos« Rea, and Billy Christ) have fol­ its Terrace room at the end of Ralph Flanagan’s stay there . . . lowed through with such other Patachou is back at the Waldorf-Astoria . . Ted Heath and his Mercury hits os From the Vine orchestra will take part in the Jane Russell-Jeanne Crain, Gentlemen Came the Grape, Little Shot maker Marry Brunettes film now shooting in Englund . . Lena Horne ia and the current Pupalina, have hitting the clubs again. She’s at the Riverside hotel in Reno and fol­ made night club and theater ap­ lows with three weeks at the Sands in Las Vegas. pearances across the U.S. and in Canada and are talking of play­ JAZZ- Pianist Russ Freeman left the Chet Raker combo while it ing Australia and Italy. ihr Goy lord»: Uilb Christ, Burl Bonaldi, Ihm Kra was at Birdland. He was replaced by tenor Phil Urso, and it looks like Yet while eying these transat­ many of the old Gerry Mulligan arrangements will be used henceforth lantic possibilities, the Gaylords Burt Bonaldi chose Tell Mt You're very unpretentious!»« and sincer­ . . . Gil Melle’s unit has been set as the fourth group for the Dec. 17 continue to live in their home city Mine because he thought an Italo- ity in the Gaylords’ delivery that Town Hall Interpretations concert that will include units headed by of Detroit. There they return to American treatment if a song accounts for what they’ve accom­ Jimmy Raney, Billy Taylor, and Eddie Bert . . . Stuff Smith la in rest from their transcontinental would have some sales value, ard plished. Some people, you know, Sydenham hospital . . . Modern Jazz quartet has a week at the Embers labors, and there they are rapidly also simply because he thought it tag them as folk singers, and that (their first on the East Side) opposite Erroll Garner Dec. 13 . . . becoming city dignitaries to be would pleas* his father. The rains reaction helps explain the univer­ Marian McPartland will record for Capitol with harpist Reinhardt pointed <>at to tourists along with 4-week tour Feb. 11 . . . Alec Templeton began his first night club date in n long time when he went into Basin Street In 1947 Burt Bonaldi und Ron­ ing alone, was replaced in late have received considerable news­ 1952, after that first record, by paper and magazine publicity. “In opposite Duke Ellington Nov. 30. Don Shirley also was on the bill, to nie Fredianelli were getting $5 a be replaced Dec. 20 by Roy Hamilton. Woody Herman goes into the night for their newly formed com­ bassist Billy Christ and mw works ■ >ur small way, say* Burt Bonaldi, “I think we’ve done a little to make Statler for four weeks Jan 28, and has three weeks at the Flamingo edy-song act. Augmented to a trio solo as Ronnie Gaylord. A fourth, in Las Vegas starting March 15. Woody’s now booked until the end with Don Rea on piuno, they found and highly important, memlter of a stronger bond between Italy and of the Gaylords is arranger George America and we’d like very much of April . . . George Wallington und trio back at the Composer room, a home base in Connor’s Showbar. alternating with Cy Coleman . . Lee Collins, Freddie Moore, and At first the musical part of the act Annis, currently head of Annis to tour there. You know, we pride House, u vocal coaching and ar­ ourselves as being the only pop Jimmy Irchey have joined Mezz Mezzrow in Paris and will tour was incidental. “We were a comedy France, Italy, and North Africa with him. Claude Bolling ia on piano outfit,” says Burt, "and we used ranging studio in Detroit. George group here that sings Italian cor­ to kill time with the singing be­ has written all the Gaylords ar­ rectly—the real Italian. So if any . . . Bud Freeman has a brisk trio every afternoon at the Metropole American singing group does go with Dave Bowman and Bobby Donaldson. He may record for Beth­ tween the comedy routines.” rangements for the last three years lehem. Because of the accent on comedy, and will soon have his own rec­ to Italy, I think we ought to be the group wag first named the Gay ords as a bandleader on the Mer­ the first.” RECORDS, RADIO, AND TV: New signings: Polly Bergen (Jubi­ Lords (later melded into one word cury label. Whether or not they tour Italy, lee), the King Sisters (Jubilee), Dwight Fiske (Jobilee), Danny Capri The Gaylords have no complaint* when the trio began on records) All Are Musician* (Capitol), Bobby Milano (CapiM), Fred Waters (Kapp), Frank Sorrell The trio began to appear regularly Sums up Burt: “It’s a wonderful trio (Audiv»x), the Chestnuts (Mercury), Jimmy Martin nd the Osborn or Detroit TV in 1952, and record “I wrote for the Gaylords from feeling, singing material you like Brothers (Victor c&w) . . . Jerry Fielding will do a one-shot album offers began coming in. The boys the very beginning,” recalls George, and making it by being yourself. for Decca . . . Johnny Grass will cut a new jazz set for Decca . . . chose Mercury because, they ex­ “as I would for instruments, since I’m telling you, we’ve been lucky The Gaylords have a Mercury album due called By Request, all songa Ic plain today, it was the biggest com all three read, nnd all three are cats and we know it.” —nor they haven’t yet recorded . . . Herman Chittison will record an album pany that had asked. good musicians.” (Burt, the leader, of Mildred Bailey favorites for Kapp. «! sings baritone lead and plays gui­ First Dise Dat» tar, Billy Christ, the bassist, sings The first tune picked for their tenor, and pianist Don Ra« ia the CHICAGO initial session was The Cuban Love bans baritone). Welk Extends The Stan Getz quintet, with trombonist Bob Brook mey er, and th* Song. The other side was more or “We don’t go in for tricks,” Billy Taylor trio follow the holiday Woody Herman hooking at the leu left to the Gaylords, and soi added George, “und I think it’s that Blue Note (the Herd moves in Dec. 21). Same club had a big Sunday I« Contest Date on Dec. 5, when the Sauter-Finegan orchestra played lv»o concerts Hollywood — Bandleader Law­ (they were in town to record). Along with them, the club’s regular rence Welk, who is staging a na­ bands at ton time-Bill Harrie-Ben Webster-Roy Eldridge and the tionwide talent search for promis­ Johnny Hodgee c mbo—were merged for a big jam session . . . Sonny Two Huge Memorials For ing young musicians and singers Stitt makes his fifth Beehive stand when he opens there Dec. 24 for (Down Beat, Dec. 1), for which two weeks . . . Singer Dinah Kaye worked two recent weeks at the the first prize will include a trip Cloister. Ralph Sharon, pianist there, just cut four more sides for to Hollywood with all expenses London, which will help make up a new LP. Page Raise Almost 5 G’s paid, has extended th« final date Diminutive Robert Clary and huge Buddy Baer make up the Black for entries to March 10. In mak­ Orchid bill that opens Dec. 21 ... At the Chez Paree. Peggy Lee New York — Two unprecedentedly huge Hot Lips Page ing the announcement he said: comes in the 28th . . . Kitty Kallen and Julius LaRosa co-star at the memorial sessions have raised almost $5,000 in two weeks for “The number of entries from all Chicago theater starting New Year’s Eve. Don Cornell precedes them. the family of the late jazz trumpet great. The first (Nov. 8) over the U.S. haa been so large Dinah Washington will head the Christmas weekend package at at Stuyvesant Caaino was held by>——— . ------—-—;------. r? that we have had to enlarge our the Trianon . . . Holiday bill at the Palmer House spots Lee Chavaleo Bob- • Malta— three■■ dayp■ after Page"— aid of Red Allen, who took a night staff to handle then* and we feel de Espana . . . Preview is looking forward to Herbie Fields’ return died. The second (Nov. 22) was off from the Metropole to aid Crys­ that many might be delayed in the on Dec 21... The Rodeo, new south side club, featuring Billie Holiday. produced at Central Plaza by Jack tal. Also working in setting up the Christmas mail tie-ups. We want She took over from Anita O’Day, who moved to the Streamliner . . . Crystal. sets at the Central Plaza was Down every one to have a chance who Pianist-singer Audrey Morris has passed the half-year mark at Mister The Stuyveaant memorial Beat’s George Hoefer. An esti­ wants to inter, and wo want to Kelly’s. amassed $1,785 (including u $100 mated |3,000 was raised for the have enough time to see to it that Mercury Records tossed a big shindig last month at the Aragon check from Joe Glaser and |50 Page family at the second memo­ every entry is properly processed ballroom for record shop employes, distributors, etc. Entertainment from the Negro Actors Guild pre­ rial, which was attended by 1,500 and judged.” package included the bands of Buddy Morrow and David Carroll and I sented by Noble Sissle) and the with again, hundreds turned away. the talents of Sarah Vaughan. Bill Farrell, the Four Step Brothers, AFM paid the usual 31,000 insur­ There were some 150 musicians Nick Noble, Eddy Howard, the Gadabouts, and more . . Aragon brings ance on the death of a member. present, and at both memorials, Chuck Foster in on Christmas for a month . . . Gay Claridge’s oik is Accepting th* money at the Stuyve­ moat of th* musicians paid their back for indefinite stay at the Martinique. own way in. Brown Derby Ii aant evening was 15-year-old Oran i Page Jr., who intends to go to med­ A highlight of the Central Plaza HOLLYWOOD ical school. Among the many mu- memorial was the appearance of On The Air GOODBYE 1954: Indications point to jumpin’e«t New Year’s Eve ■icians present were Gene Krupa, the original Benny Goodman trio here in years. Auld Lang Syners will find everything from Dixie to Jack Teagarden, Rax McKinley, (with Teddy Wilson and Gene Hollywood — The Brown Derby “modem sounds," and at all prices, though most hotspots are sticking Bobby Hackett, Jimmy McPartland, Krupa) in a setting later described restaurant’s new Record Room, to no-cover-no-minimum policy and figuring on volum* for the pay-off J»nah Jones, Tony Scott, Eddie by Benny aa “one of the most excit­ established “to honor those in the . . . rounders looking for vintage jazs on the big night can savor Shu, Conrad Janis, Henry Good­ ing I’ve ever seen." The enormous musical world,” was opened with A ■ several choice brands without getting far from Hollywood Vina rh win, Herman Autry, Joe Thomas, crowd quieted for the Goodman set, appropriate fanfare coinciding with with Kid Ory back in town at the Royal Room; Jerry Fuller (young Pops Foster, and scores of others. but later exploded into dancing and with the «tart of n new ABC net­ clarinet man who has been with Pete Daily at Astor’s) heading h5 ! About 1,200 attended, with hun­ shouting during various Dixieland work platter program originating new combo at the Hangover club, where he recently replaced Reay dreds turned away. Fart of the sets culminating with the playing in the Record Room and going out McHargue; Red N whole unit at Beverly Hills* swank Sarnes Restau * proceedings were shown coast-to- of When the Sainte Go Marching from here on Wednesdays at 9­ rant. coast on Dave Ganoway’s NBC TV In. 9:30 pan., PST. Many hotspots now feature dancing as almost as important as drink* Today, and th» event was also cov­ Funeral services had been held On hand in person or via taped ing, even at Happy Roomer’s 400 club, where pianist Willard McDaniel ered in text and pictures in Life. for Oran Page on the morning of interview* for the opening of the essentially a soloist and song sylist, keeps most of his numbers on a Jack Crystal had already an­ i November 8 at St. Marks Meth­ show and the room were Bing rhythm beat for couples who want to get up and dance . .. Celebrants nounced the Nov 22 tribute while odist Church. Hazel Scott sang at Crosby, Paul Whiteman, Margaret who want to cover important modem jazz centers here on the big night Lips was in the hospital in the hope the services, and Snub Mosley Whiting, Johnny Mercer. Dinah will have farther to go but they will hear the best by covering Jazs City i. of getting him funds to tide him played a hymn on the trombone Shore, Pau) Weston, and Victor (Barney Kessel), the Tiffany dub (Lee Komts)- and still haw» time over a recuperative period But accompanied by organ. The pall- Young. Host-emcee of the show is to get down to Hermose Beach (46 minutes from Hollywood A Vine) when Lips died and it waj discov­ brai-eri- were: Roy Eldridge, Em­ Al Gannaway, former pianist and for revelry with Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars (current line* ered the Stuyvesant memorial mon­ mett Berry, Louis Metcalf, Ed bandleader ai d now active as a up: Rumsey, bass; Conte Candoli, trumpet; Bud Shank, alto; Bob ey had gone in large part for burial Lewis, Red Allen, and Jimmy Mc­ producer and director in radio and Cooper, tenor; Clande Williamson, piano; Stan Levey, drums). expenses. Jnck went ahead with thr Partland. television. (Turn to Page 7)

despite the fact that she wm sing­ called British Joss and does a won­ ing to a real jazz audience. I think derful job of announcing and in­ 'Seven Dreams' they enjoyed her spirit and terrific terviewing (which is unusual for COUNTERPOINT showmanship, and she did inter­ a musician) m well m playing. To Broadway ? sperse her nit record tunes with “As for large bands, Ted Heath ■■■/By Nat Hentoff New York — Gordon Jenkin's some real good numbers. has far and away the best band 51-minute Decca album, Seven England has aver known. Perhaps Moat Enjoyable Dreams, may reach Broadvray. New York—This column’s current series on the foreign by American standards, it might Talks are und« way concerning m Ian scene from the inside continues with a report on Eng­ "I think the most enjoyable not seem ao terrific. (I can’t go expanded version of the score with land from Marian McPartland. Marian revisited home this group of the evening wm the Tom­ along with Billy Eckstine saying Jenkins writing the complete book, my Whittle quintet. Tommy plays that Heath compares with Basie). music, and lyrics. Possible pro­ with Georgia Gibbe. There wonderful tenor in sort of a Gets- But it is * an ducers are John C. Wilson and y must have been about 5,000 people ish style. He’s very much like Ur- old-school-tie Lea Brown style, titade towards jazz over there now bie Green in appearance and man­ though they do play more jazz on Howard Hoyt. than there wm two yeans ago when there, and it wm the most wonder­ Bill Lee, the bass baritone lead ful audience. ner. I think he would do well over their Palladium dates than on the on the record, will get top consider­ £ I wm home. here. He wm saying how much he BBC. “At any rate, there are more jazz “There wm complete silence ation for the Broadway role in the Ths while we were playing. I had two would like to make the trip, but 60% Plug Tune* show. shows, and more jazz records are he has one of the few steady jazz Up played. For instance, driving along very fine musicians with me—Joe “One thing about broadcasts I to tl Muddel on bass and Eddie Taylor jobs in London (three nights a haven’t mentioned ia that every like Ronnie Scott, Johnny Dank­ in the ear one day, Jimmy (her week at the Club 51). hum trumpeter husband) and I were on drums. (I just met Eddie for band that broadcMts has to play worth, and Jack Parnell. Conse­ er-pi the first time before going on stage “Dill Jones plays piano with 60 per cent plug tunes whether quently all the bands you hear on listening to what seemed to be a Tl rather commercial record program ao you can tell we weren’t playing Tommy, and he unpresses both they like it or not, so even though tne air play the same tunes over arranged jazz!) Both guys are Jimmy and me tremendously, both the band may have a brand new and over again, and they ail copy pour on the BBC when out of the blue, our the announcer (a woman!) said: great at improvising, swing won­ with his piano style and his nice arrangement of Mowt they’re the Kitty Kallen arrangement!’’ derfully ana take good solos. I manner and personality. He’s a forced to play Little Things Mean More from Marian McPartland Mt ‘And now, for the next 15 minutes, hunt we are going to play records by had a ball that night. real good-looking Welsh boy. Dill a Lot instead! on jazz in England in the next •‘Gcnro-iw wan a erent success emcees a Monday night radio show “This is hard on the jazz groups issue. time Oacar Peterson.’ I flipped! the Simple Listing som« “Of course, you car never tell reco: when they are going to do that sout because in the Radio Timet, the Cast program will be listed simply m Joe Biviano, master of accordion, first ‘Records,’ and you may have to Holl wade through 15 or 20 minutes of Fab the latest nit parade horrors to the catch one record by Oscar or maybe Shearing or Nat Cole. “I don’t think they have got around to people like Brubeck or Sauter-Fineran yet. Just the real finds his new Gretsch-LaTosca' superb" rabid English fans have their rec- orda. Bitty Taylor is just beginning to get a little reputation over there, I think, because they recently re­ leased a record of his in England. They hadn’t heard of Tai Farlow until just recently either. (Or Ur­ ine Green). “I should mention, however, Ra­ dio Luxembourg and AFN (Armed Forces Network) in Germany. You can pick up wonderful music from there. Naturally the jazz fan« tune in there most of the time when there’s nothing to hear on the BBC Concert, Club Scene "Aside from radio, there is the eoocert and the club scene. I did a concert at the Albert Hall this

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Dean Martin/Danny to that relatively small segment <4+ Thomas. Jack Benny, and Ann Mil­ f Dank- humanity that frequents the high- exclusively dedicated—and wc do ler. Conse- er-pricea bistros. >mean dedicated—to rustic rhythm The couple planned to honeymoon hear on and cow country caroling. in Las Vegas.______íes over The DeCastros ure currently 1 ail copy pouring their vocal styling’s into Nitery Veterans t arned to DePaul, who tells it like neat I” our ears via a record called Teach The trio, which has been very this: P artland Me Tonight that had sold several active- on the ‘^wankspot circuit “Sanuny and t wrote it over the next hundred thousand copies at press­ since leaving the Montmartre in two years ago. We tried for six time and was still moving up on Havana1 in 1943 played a date months with no action at all to the charts. With the exception of hereI recently at the Moulin Rouge. do .Mjmething with it. Finally Decca some Latin Amerh an numbei ? they 'The girt- were on tout in the east put it out by a little known singer recorded for little known labels when they hit with their disc of named Janet Brace. It sunk at south of the border, it is the De­ Teach Me Tonight, aided by Skippy launching with barely a ripple. Castros' first record. It is alno the 1Martin ’s batoning on the date, plus Old Friends first pop record put out by a theI tunesmithing of Gene DePaul Hollywood independent, Abbott und (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyr- “The DeCastro girls have been Fabor (the name is taken from i friends of mine for a long time. tho firm’s two labels), heretofore For our story on this one we Shortly after Faboi Robison signed them to lead off his entry into the pop field I met them at u party, and they told me they were looking for a ballad-tyje song. When I played Teach Me Tonight for them they shouted, ‘Tliat’s it!’ “I didn’t nave too much confi­ dence in the song, myself. After all, it had lieen given its chance. Injury Won't Stop Davis; And I wasn’t too optimistic about its chancre on an independent label. But then, Sammy and I, as writers of s tong that had died a Will Play Ciros In Jan. year and a half ago on a major label, didn’t have much to lose. Hollywood—“I just feel completely at peace with the “And now it’s on at least five world." major labels. Even Jo Stafford Those were the words of Sammy Davis Jr. as he left a San has done it. But for once the little Bernardino hospital where hit l«ft^ known singers on the little known eye was removed as a result of in- during the last year, as star of the label who started the parade are jurieH received Nov. 19 in an auto­ Will Mastin Trio, of which the leading it—and away out in front. mobile accident. “I’m full of am­ other members arc his uncle (Mas­ That is the real switch!” bition to make this incident a 1tin) and father, Sammy Dav>s Sr. Oh, yes: we checked with Decca, stepping stone—not just to succes.-. All their • ngagementa had been •ind they- have dug out their Janet in my career. I’ve nad that, and •canceled at this writing except a Brace version und reissued it. So I don’t mean to boast date at Ciro’s starting Jan. 11, but Janet Brace, wherever you are, “What I mean is I now appre­ Sammy Jr. will be able to work let’s hear from you. We’re hoping ciate all the good fortune I've nad sooner than that. He will wear i his ride yn-ir record is getting, much mom than before. After ail, 1an eye patch, and quipped “I thanks to the DeCastro Sisters I’m a very lucky fellow. I might ought to *nak one of those Hath­ and Abbott Records, also will make have suffered a much more serious away: shirt ads for sure ” Stating Down Beat news. injury—one that would have ended he was hoping the Ciro’s date could my career completely But the big- be1 advanced, he said: “Ciro’« is gest thing has been the discovery 1where we played our first ‘big Tims’ that I have so many wonderful date, and that’s where I want to friends.” 1return.”______Plans Brief Reul Davis was planning to spend Hollywood To Get two to threi weeks in Palm Springs with Frank Sinatra and other friends, und said he hoped ne 3rd Music Clinic would be able to join Jeff Chandler Hollywood -The third annual Western States Instrumental Music but wanted to “get back to work’* Clinic, to be held at the Musicians at, won a« possible. Bldg. (AFM Local 47, heaouar- At the time of the accident the VCTB) JierC AzCCa O t y •1M1 09 28-year old singer and •-ntertainer will be the biggest to date, with had been appearing in Las Vegas more than SO manufacturers regis­ and was driving to Hollywood for a tered for exhibit? nt this writing, recording session 'it Universal-In­ the program will include every­ ternational Studios. He was to re­ thing from lectures and drmonstra cord a rang he wrote in collabora­ tions by prominent musicians and tion with Chandler for use in the teachers t. a series of jazz sessions backgrounl score of Univeisai-In- covering this field of music from ternational’s Six Bridges to Cruse, Orleans to the modern which stars Curtis. Although the progressive forms. The DeCastro»: Peggy, Cherie, scoring date had to be pt atponed. The clinics, sponsored by the Los and Babette Angeles local of the musicians* there would be no change of plans. union, were inaugurated for the Considered one of the most versa­ principal purpose of bringing about tile entertainers of the day, Daviu a better understanding between 1er Dialog, Daeciag, Matic is a singer, dancer and mimic. He music educators and professional LOS ANGELES — HOLLYWOOD AMA came into prominence, particularly musicians.

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Charlie Parker Paul Desmond Stan Gets Flip Phillip* Gerry Mulligan Here Are The Final Results Of (Jumped from Page 1) Si dm George Shearing 558 Manoa McPartland on the strength of her strong re­ ALTO SAX 15 Gerry Mulligan — 550 819 cording resurgence, by-passed Peg­ Shorty Rogers — 203 Charlie Parker ..... —..... Dav* McKanna ______15 gy Lee and Patti Page to win the Dave PoU ...... 101 Paul Desmond ...... 801 Toddy Napoleon___ —...... —...... 15 Osear Peterson _ Leo Konits . —...... 772 Johnny William* ...... — 15 Wild nomination. Louis Armstrong 91 Bud Shank — 341 (None Under 15 Listed) Biche Strong showings were made by Chet Baker ______johnny Hodges...... 214 a number of jtersons and groups Howard Rumsey ..... Bonny Carter —...... 119 GUITAR Torry Gibbs...... SS Art Pepper —______119 Johnny Smith ______692 who were out of the running in Geno Krupa ...... WiUie Smith ______Coun Barney Kessel______6B1 Cal 1 1953. Bob Brookmeyer made a leap Bonny Goodman .... 49 iimmy Dorsoy ______Tai Farlow...... — 497 to third place among trombonists. BiU Stanton ...... 48 lari Bostic .______48 468 37 Los Paul______- Paul Desmond supplanted Lee Ko- Throe Suns ...... Herb Geller___ ----- Jimmy Raney ______457 Bob Braxton . _____ 35 Bonnie Lang______29 291 24 Herb Elks...... Bob Brookmeyer nitz in second alto sax sj>ot, and George Wallington Charlie Mariano — Sal Salvador ____ 247 22 almost unseated Parker in a close Conto Candoli___ 32 Boots MussuUi____ Laurindo Almeida 196 20 Johnny Hodge* 3! BiU Braxton______Chuck Wayne — 100 race. Tony Scott slipjied past both 19 Arti* Sbaw ___ Herbie Steward ---- Freddie Greene - Artie Shaw and Woody Herman Leo Konits...... Georgie Auld_____ 16 Tom 16 BiU Bauer ______to take third clarinet sj)ot. CharUo Ventura 25 Charu* Ventura___ BiU DeArango___ SO Elgart Strong The Six ...... 23 Lou Donaldson 15 John Graas ...... Wood* Herman IS Eddie Condon _ Les Elgart, who didn’t have a IS 21 Tab Smith____ Mundell Lowe — 33 Harn 15 band a year ago, almost took sec­ Billy Taylor Phil Woods______Howard __ Roberts 33 Baici ond place away from Ray Anthony 19 (None Under 15 Listed) Dave Barbour _ 20 Almeida Steve Jordan 19 Gord in the dance band class in a great Don Elliott TENOR SAX Allen Reuss II showing. Bill DeArango 16 Stan Getz______.1318 George Van Eps Louis Jordan 16 Bob The Modern Jazz quartet, win­ 415 John Collins ■■ Buddy DeFranco IS Flip Phillips...... — Georgs Barnes . 16 ners of the Jazz Critics 1954 Erroll Garner ___ 398 15 Looter Young ...... Remo Palmier — 16 Rod Norvo _.... ______340 award, moved into contending j)osi- 15 Dave PoU - ...... -...... Carl Ktms -...... IS tion in the instrumental group clas­ Bobby Scott...... __ ...... 15 Ben Webster ...... 188 (None Under IS Listed) (Nono Under 1$ Listed) Bob Cooper -______144 F sification. And June Christy showed Charlie Ventura ...... -...... — 144 VOCAL GROUP BASS Luci unexpected strength to run second Zoot Sims__ _ ...... _ Mara Four Freshmen ...... Georgie Auld...... - 49 Ray Brown ...... 1202 to Ella among girl singers and ...1401 37 Jo Ai Frank Boaolino Mills Brothers ...... 430 BiU Holman...... Eddie Safranski .... ahead of such vocalists as Sarah 362 Four Aces ______220 Illinois Jacquet _ 34 Oscar Pettiford . . 31 272 Vaughan and Billie Holiday. Crew-Cuts ...... 167 Sonny Stitt Percy Heath ___ 265 Modo maires ______165 Frank Wess ___ 31 Charles Mingus Complete results follow: 146 McGuire Sisters .. ______140 Warne Marsh — Slam Stewart . 28 Four Lads ...... 124 Al Cohn______Red MitcheU . . 112 DANCE BAND 110 116 BiU Perkins ___ 28 Don Bagley ___ Les Brown ...... 1920 HiLo's _ ...... Paul Quinichetto Chubby Jackson _ 107 Ray Anthony - —...... 1334 ■K Williams ...... 42 Jim Giuttre____ Milt Hinton ___ ... Les Elgart ...... - 725 Mariners ...... Freddy Martin — ArvoU Shaw ______Ralph Marterie ...... 455 Hilltoppers...... 40 Bud Freeman .... Harry Babasin ... 51 Woody Horman 243 20 Howard Rumsey 41 Gaylords ______38 Eddie Miller _ Z IZ Z. -.... Di Billy May ____ 125 Billy Ward's Dominoes ...... - 33 20 Curtis Counce stan Sauter-Finegan ...... _. 115 Skylarks ...... _ Vido Musso______20 Carson Smith 100 Tho Chords ______Frank Foster ...... 19 loo Mondragon 35 rapi Stan Kenton___ IS Tronic» ...... Sam Donahue -...... -...... -..... 18 Teddy Kotick_. . _ ... _ 31 list 26 Count Basie —____ -...... — -...... Cheerleaders ...... - -...... 24 Tod Nash...... 18 Bob Hoggart Albi Balph Flanagan —...... —...... 63 Fontane Sisters ...... —...... 20 GU MoUe ______- 16 Tommy Potter 21 Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey 8 Ink Spots ...... 20 James Moody ...... 16 Bob Manners . ... shop 21 Duke Ellington ______- The Clovers ______19 Geno Sodric ■ - ...... 16 WendeU Marshall resu 21 Guy Lombardo ...... - The Drifters ______. 16 Sonny Rollins ______-...... 15 Walter Pago ... pres Buddy Morrow . ... 24 (None Under IS Listed) (Nono Under IS Listed) Bob Bates __ __ 20 Commander* ... 20 Ron Crotty II loca Ted Heath ...... — - 18 BARITONE SAX Curly Russen ___ ------II and Bill Harrie Lavrrence Welk _ . IS Gerry Mulligan ...... Clyde Lombardi____ 17 (Non* Under 15 Listed) 1616 Johnny Hawkswortb _ It S; Har-v Carney ______Instrumentalists ... 629 Bill Crow ______15 Kat JAZZ BAND Charlie Ventura ______... 266 (None Under 15 Listed) Sergo Chalott ______. 237 the Stan Kenton _...... 1275 plaque-winners) Bob Gordon ______... 144 crow Count Basie______.. . S39 Leo Anthony (Brother Loe Boy) ... 95 DRUMS 842 Shelly Manne ______743 seve igton 617 TRUMPET Buddy Hieb ...... 6M circi 321 Chet Baker ...... 992 Bob Gioga Geno Krupa ...... MT Arm Lionel Hampton - ...... 100 Dizzy Gillespie ...... 661 {ack Nimits Max Roach ...... 505 Les Elgart ...... 51 lud Shank 21 Louie Bellson .....______. 392 Sauter-Finegan ...... 51 Harry James ...... 449 19 Art Blakey _..... 119 Mac Roy Edridge______Tod Heath...... - 417 Jim GiuHro ______—____— 18 Roy Harte ...... 113 beck Peto Rugolo...... -...... 39 Shorty Rogers ______254 Ronnie Lang ____ 18 94 Ray Anthony _ Louis Armstrong ...... 183 Ernie Caceres______IS 67 ber THz Orchestra (Willis Conover) 20 Maynard Ferguson ...... 180 « Conte Condoli...... ______Butch Stone ______15 Frank DiVito Bi 19 128 (None Under 15 Listed) Joe Morello -.... Tommy emd Timmy Dorsey ...... -...... Miles Davis ...... 128 Cory Cole ...... 50 Shei (None under 15 Listed) Bobby Hackett . 118 CLARINET Kenny Clarke ... Clittord Brown 89 Joe Dodge ..... MALE SINGEB—NOT BAND Don Fagorquist Buddy DeFranco ...... —...... 1680 her Benny Goodman...... 791 George Lovett . 41 Frank Sinatra ...... 1392 Charlie Sharers 57 Tony Papa ___ rent Ruby Bratt____ Tony Scott...... 486 Nat Cole ...... 605 Artie Shaw __ ■ ______- 3S2 Don Lamond — 35 Bob Billy Eckstine ....._ 348 Ray Anthony 39 Sonny Igoo ____ To* Newman ... Woody Herman 314 Ang Eddie Fisher ... 238 Jimmy Hamilton 187 Tony Ciccarelli 31 Perry Como ...... Buddy Childe» 31 Chico Hamilton . 21 open Ralph Mullins .. Sam Most_____ 73 Louis Armstrong _ 117 ohn LaPorta Dave Black . II in L Chet Baker ...... __ 109 Cat Anderson 27 Jack Sperling II Dick Collins ...... _...... im Giuttre — * lot Bob Manning .... 70 Larry Bunker 17 Ralph Martert* ______Ahn Mort 37 Boy Hamilton __ . SI ¿0 J Art Mardigan retai Clark Torry ______31 Frankie Laine - . SO Geno Sodric ..... 30 Roy Haynes IS first Bing Crosby ___ 49 Nick Travis ...... _...... 19 Billy Lowes _ 15 Peto Candoli ...... Barney Bigard Beai Jackie Paris___ Edmond Hall - 21 Osie Johnson 15 Buck Clayton ______16 Eddie Phyto____ .... ______IS Don Elliott ...... Sol Yagod _____ ZZZ^ ...... 19 Ci 16 Zutty Singleton...... - IS Johnny Glasel ...... IS Phil Gome*...... 19 for 19 Aaron Sachs __ ...... 19 (None Under 15 Listed) 16 Thad Jonos ______15 Bob Jimmy McPartland______IS Jimmy Dorsey ______15 Mcrtt Dennis ______IS Bob Helm ______IS Dick Tony Martin _____ „...... ____ Charlie Spivak...... IS VIBES (None Under 15 listed) (None Under IS Listed) (Nono Under 15 Listed) Gibbs ...... 866 Mug Lionel Hampton 714 whiT FEMALE SINGEB—NOT BAND TROMBONE PIANO Milt Jackson ___ 4M club Ella Fitsgerald 1093 Bill Harris__ ...... 844 Oscar Peterson_____ 837 Red Norvo___ 281 taris Dave Brubeck...... 705 Cal Tiader___ IM 656 Frank Rosolino...... 565 Don Elliott ...... on t Sarah Vaughan Art Tatum...... 510 Bob Brookmeyer ...... Teddy Charlee B^H^ayZ 310 505 Bud PoweU ...... 256 Tommy Dorsoy______380 ErroU Garner...... _ 236 2'4 Bonny Groen Larry Bunker ______Jori Southern __ 314 George Shearing...... ----- 190 T Diary GiUswpte 210 Eri Winding . ______Terry Pollard______35 Chris Connor 163 208 Toddy Wilson_____.....------105 L J. Johnson______191 Russ Freeman _...... Tito Puente______126 Urbie Green______^i Venuto ______21 B( 123 109 Lonnie Tristano______71 Jack Teacrardsn Billy Taylor te Terrace ______II ______supp 119 Milt Bernhart _ Carmen Melas Horace Sil» (Nono Under IS Listed) ness I 70 Mel PoweU atü Vic Dickenson Libor ace ACCORDION Buddy Morrow Thai S2 45 Torry Pollard ...... Art Van Damma...... 80S Kitty Kallen Bay Sims _____ George Wallington his i SI Keith Moon ___ Al Haig Z____ ’ Mat Mathews ____...... 480 Dinah Shore Dick Contino...... liant Trununy Young 33 Duke Ellington 37 Eartha Ett BiU Russo ZZZ. 111 ance Judy Garland 30 Count Basie __ 24 Bob Enevoldsen loo Mooney 75 24 24 Stan Kenton ...... Ernie Febee the ' Benny PoweU — 24 Claude Williamson 31 Eddie Bert ____ Tommy Gumina . samt Anita O' George Shearing Clay 18 21 Dave Leonard Milton DeLugg __ II 21 BiU Stanton _ than IS Herbie Harper ...... Gordie Fleming...... II Fonal IS Nat Pierce___ 24 Lawreneo Welk ...... 15 Hubl Vicki Loo...... ~ Turk Murphy ...... 20 Andre Previn 21 15 Conrad Janis...... (None Under IS Listed) and (None Under IS UMed) 21 17 21 HoU< Ed Ory______10 Paul Bley MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT INSTRUMENTAL COMBO Ed Hubble ______in a Dave Brubeck______15 Don Elliott (mollophono) 690 925 Britt Woodman______Z IS Carlo Îohn Graos (Frendi hora) .... 455 M nd era Jam Quartet S64 (Nono Under IS Listed) Bobby Soott lud Shank (Muto) ______December 29, 1954 1954

Buddy DeFranco Oscar Peterson Ray Brown Johnny Smith Shelly Menne 18th Annual 'Down Beat' Poll IWs- Loa Mathews______Sidney Boche» (soprano san) ------Dolly Houston______Joo Mooney (organ) ------Sally Sweetland______Cy Toufl (bass trumpet) ------Betty Boche______Frank Weee (Bute) —...... Velma Middleton...... fUm» Mnat (flute) ...... Elly Russell ------Wild Bill Davis (organ) ------Pat O'Connor ------Richard Hayman (harmonica) — Patricia Lee ------Bar Nance (violin) ------Lynne Roberts ______—— lack Coetansa (bongo*) ------Ginger LaMare------Jon Tillmann (harmonica) ------(Nene Under IS Listed) Count Basie (ergon)...... ö( fyea* Cal Tjader (bongoe) ------ARRANGER Charlie Ventura (bane sax) ---- ... Julius Watkins (French ben) ... Polo Rugola______Here are the pononslitiei whom the readers of Down Beef named at the Harry Babasin 'cello) ------Ralph Burns ...... —______most consistent performers of tho last year in the recording field. Votes were (Nono Under 15 Listed) Shorty Regers ______Gerry Muugan —______cast in Down Beall 1954 annual popularity poll. Bill Russo...... —____ — MALE SINGER WITH BAND Bill Holman ____ POPULAR Sauter-Finogan __ Tommy Mercer ...... Neal Hefti ______Mala Female Jack Montrose ___ Sy Oliver______I. Frank Sinatra I. Rosemary Clooney iohr Lewis _____ oho Mandell ___ 2. Nat Cole 2 Peggy Lee lilly Strayhorn 3. Eddie Fisher 3. Patti Page John Graas _____ Cordon Polk ______Duke Ellington .... 4. Perry Como 4. Ella Fitzgerald lee Tucker ------Nelson Riddle .... Kenny Gardner ______-...... - Stan Kenton -__ 5. Les Brown 5. Jeri Southern Bob Braxton —______Billy May______Charlie Leede...... -...... Frank Comstock _ JAZZ LATIN AMERICAN (None Under IS Listed) George Handy ... Charuo Albertine I. Dave Brubeck I. Perez Prado FEMALE SINGER WITH BAND Jerry Gray ------Bob GraetHnger______2. Stan Kenton 2. Joe Loco cy Ann Polk 653 Nat Pierce ...... 3. Count Basie 3. Tito Puente Art V»»|l«ninw Maras Miller Bob Brookmeyer______Js Anns Greer (Nono Under 15 Listed) 4. Chet Baker 4. Xavier Cugat 5. Gerry Mulligan 5. Machito RHYTHM AND BLUES I. Ruth Brown 4. Earl Bostic 2. Roy Hamilton 5. (tie) The Dominoes 3. Dinah Washington Joe Turner (Jumped from Page 3) DOTTED NOTES: Harry Jamet- drawing more billing in current stand at Cocoanut Grove than any bandleader in recent years at this found . . . Downstrip at the Hotel Tommy Nunez in the Henry Grady supper spot . . . And the Grove has countered Statler hotel’s imposing Sahara, Mae West has returned to hotel in Atlanta, Ga. list of coming attractions by announcing early dates for Anna Maria headline the show; while in the Fausto Curbelo fronting a crew Alberghetti, Lena Horne, Tony Martin, and Freddy Martin ... Record Casbar lounge, Louis Prima and for periodic mambo contests at shop at Central & Vernon avenues faces “disturbing the peace” charge his fine group are really proving Vanity Fair ... Buddy Lewis takes result of teen-agers ganging there for all-night r&b platter program themselves a top-flight entertain­ his trio to Nassau for several Eresented by MHuggie Boy” (ugh!) Hugg . . . Horace Heidt, now doing ing combo . . . Folk singer Stan weeks’ work . . . Pianist Oscar >cal TV shows from his Trianon dancery here, grabs himself a sponsor Wilson proved to be the big hit of Schatz joined Al Navarro’s crew Don Elliott and big-budget network spot on NBC-TV come Jan. 8. an otherwise outmoded show at the at the Preview lounge . . . Jayne SAN FRANCISCO: Xavier Cu-' ,9 —------—------Hotel Thunderbird which starred Manners moved into the Club Echo gat played a hasty one-niter at garden crowding the tables at the Lecuona Cuban Boys. The Sons . . . Piano-song team of Johnny the El Patio Nov. 13 to okay Savoy with best small group to of the Pioneers are strumming Gilbert and Ben Tracey signed for crowds . . . Joe Turner playing hit town in months. their guitars there now, to be fol­ the season at the Harbor Lounge several one-niters on the local r&b Patti Page put in busy week at lowed by the Winged Victory Male . . . Bob Novack’s combo now in circuit in November . Louia Blinstrub’s Village ... Giant Char­ Chorus . . . Harry (The Hipster) the Club Casino of the Monte Car­ ity show in Boston Garden featured Gibson has brought a wonderfully lo hotel. Armstrong booked for a return gig King Cole, Patti Page, Eddie Fish­ at the Downbeat Dec. 23, with swinging combo with him from the Composer Nat Simon back for Machito opening Jan. 3. Dave Bru­ er, Perry Como, and Betty Clooney, coast for an extensive engagement his annual sojourn at the Atlantic beck played November and Decem­ with the bands of Mitch Ayres and in the lounge of the Hotel El Cor­ Towers . . . Helen Rivoir now in Percy Faith . . . Liberace packed tez. The Four Knights have been her 10th year at the piano in the ber at tne club. the Garden on a one-niter follow­ Barbara Carroll followed George held over in the Pirates Den there. Mulberry room of the Coronado ing same jammed condition at Pro­ The magic presence of Kay hotel. Shearing into the Black Hawk Dec. vidence ... Lovely Lorraine Cusson Starr is keeping the SRO sign up —boh mart hall 7, with Terry Gibbs set to follow spellbinding audiences at Moulin at the Flamingo hotel where she her on Dec. 21. The club is cur­ Rouge. stars in u show with the Jones rently up for sale, by the way . . . Boston singer Faith Winthrop Boys and comic Alan King '. . . CINCINNATI: Jazz is on the rise Pete Rugolo Bob Scobey closed out at the Tin scored huge success for week in in the Queen City, with the San Angel despite good business. He Bobby Page and his Musical Pages Storyville and will return for two continue to make music in the Souci leading the way. Pat Wilson, opened Dec. 15 at the El Rancho more before Christmas. She may Stage bar . . . Sounds by the Bar­ former Artie Shaw sideman, is cur­ in Lafayette and probably will play be on wax before New Year . . . bara Carroll trio are featured at rently leading a quartet there. a location in Los Angeles and then Buzzy Drootin is proud pappy of Clarinetist Dave Klingman, fea­ return to San Francisco after the the bar of the Sands hotel alter­ baby boy . . . Trumpeter Herb nating on the stand with the music tured soloist with the group, has first of the year. Bob Mielke’s Pomeroy returned home following of Ernie Stewart’s fine group . . . local hipsters flipping over his tone Bearcats took over for Scobey . . . Kenton Kamival and set about The parade of entertainment greats and conception. Increased interest Cal Tjader may record an LP whipping his big band back into continues on the Sands’ stage with at the club is due to recent appear­ for Fantasy featuring trombonist shape Nick Jerrett continues the vocal stylings of Vic Damone, ances of Shelly Manne, Charlie Bob Collins, brother of trumpeter in Sports Lounge with relaxed to be followed by the comedy an­ Mariano, Gerry Mulligan, and Dick .. . Cue Cousineau joined the group ... Al Vega still spotlight­ tics of Danny Thomas . . . The lo­ Jack Montrose. Muggsy Spanier band on drums ing vibes of Johnny Rae in 123 cal union hassel haa been settled, Billy May ork with Sam Donahue while Muggs was at the Hangover Club. with the basic sideman scale upped didn’t draw too well at the Grey­ club . . .Nick Esposito, local gui­ Stables featuring Jazs Work- to |125 a week just in time for a stone ballroom on Nov. 14 . . . Vo­ tarist and Clef Records artist, now shoppers, with Pete Littmann on Christmas present. calist Joanne Gilbert did a week’s on tour with Joni James. drums . . . Serge Chaloff in hospi­ stint at Beverly Hills . . . Club tal for first step on the road back Ebony in nearby Lincoln Heights Tummy Mrrrrr . . . Johnnie Ray still strong with rocked to the sounds of Janies solid week at Blinstrub’s . . . Moody and Eddie Jefferson . . . BOSTON: Nat Cole boosted the Young tenor hopeful Jay Miglory MIAMI: Big competition loom­ Nov. 27 found Buddy Morrow ut ■upper club and after dark busi­ anchored in Hi-Hat as house horn. ing this season between Copa City Castle Farm and Johnny Long at ness with his money-making week and the adjacent Beachcomber in the Topper ballroom. at the Latin Quarter. Nat enjoyed Miami Beach. Former spot has —dick tchaejer Thanksgiving in beantown with LAS VEGAS: The town was sad­ signed Mae West. Jimmy Durante, his wife and family . . . Billy Wil­ dened by the news of the tragic the Red Caps and Loe Cha vales; liams quartet did first Hub appear­ auto accident that resulted In Sam- Beachcomber has a show topped WASHINGTON, D. C.: Fresh ance at Hi-Hat and drew well for my Davis Jr. losing his left eye. by Martha Raye for an opener, from his Las Vegas success, Cab the week . . . Billie Holiday spent The accident came at the begin­ with Nat Cole and Ann Sothern Calloway opened a week at the same week at Stoiyville with Buck ning of his engagement at the Ho­ slated to follow . . . Myron Cohen Casino Royal on Dec. 13. Johnny Clayton group and sounded better tel Last Frontier. Show bis pitched and Billy Daniels are set for the Pineapple’s Hawaiian» will be the than she naa m the last few years. in, and such stars as Betty Hutton, Hotel Casablanca Don Ostro Christmas attraction, with Edye Hubby-help has straightened her, Billy Eckstine, JeK Chandler, the has the band in recently reopened Gome skedded for the first week and there may bo a book of the Wiere Brothers, and Anna Maria Five O’clock elub . . . Jimmy of the New Year . . . John Boal, Holiday struggle under the presses Alberghetti all made guest appear­ bassist with the Country Thomas MENI Waugh and Benny Garcia, reeds, in a short while . . • Jack Tea- ances until a replacement could be and Harry Genders, trumpet, joined (Turn Io Page 17) Lucy Am Polk DOWN BEAT December 29. 1954

Rhythm & Blues Notes Hot & Cold Lombardo Sets 2 New York — Several men of ... । — By Ruth Cage the music business were com­ TV Film Series Those who seem to be impressed by the increased use of menting on the short duration of fame for many of the young 0 the Latin beat in r&b tunes have rather lost sight of the pop record artists who seem to New York—Guy Lombardo has long-standing precedent for such mixing. (The original ver­ break for a hit but suddenly embarked on a television produc­ sion of St. Louis Blues, for in-*" slip back into hoping again. tion enterprise. A series of 39 films, stance, has smack in the middle He’s had hit records with his “As a matter of fact,” calmly entitled Guy Lombardo and His 0 some pretty definite Castilian own crew (like 815 Stomp, That’s observed Abe Turchen, Woody Royal Canadians, is being produced grai notes.) the Groovy Thing, Flamingo, and Herman’s manager, “I knew a by Guy Lombardo Films in New les i It seems better to consider this Temptation) yet his big writing singer who was hot in Pittsburgh York at the Biltmore studios. cactu the completion of a circle, not a successes have been hits for others. last Friday at 3:30.” In addition to the complete ag­ sente new tangent. Let Me Off Uptown got the Gene gregation of Lombardo regulars, chani Much jazz grew up in New Or­ Krupa treatment, Brooklyn Boogie a guest vocalist will be used in almo leans, where the Spanish and was a romp for Louis Prima, and each weekly episode. The guests French had combined to produce Alvino Rey recorded his Major and will include: Fran Warren, Sunny Th an old-world atmosphere in the new the Minor, which, incidentally, be­ Birdland Hits Gale, the Fontane Sisters, Karen pickt world. The sounds that came from came a movie title with Bostic mu­ Chandler, Judy Lynn, Mary Mayo, with the Spanish side of the city’s fam­ sic in the film’s background. Betty Reilly, Toni Arden, Betty mud Plays Major Clubs Fifth Birthday Jane Watson, Eleanor Russell, Eu­ ily fit into the jazz patterns across Earl Bostic town with ease. Bostic has played many major New York—The Birdland anni­ genie Baird, and many others. Farther Back clubs, making one of his greatest days at Harlem’s Savoy ballroom versary show (marking the start hits recently at Broadway’s Basin . . . The Midnighters finally have of the club’s sixth season) opens Levy that gets under way Feb. 11. If one wished to follow influ­ Street. No matter what's in the made it to the New York scene. Dec. 16 co-starring Count Basie As of present plans, Basie, Sarah, ences even farther back, there offing though, he picks six weeks They’ve got a Dec. 13 date with and George Shearing. On opening and Shearing will headline the could be found a common ancestor out of the year for vacation. Come Todd Rhodes at the Apollo . . . night, Sarah Vaughan will also show in addition to Errol Garner. for both jazz and the Spanish beat. mid-December, he’ll begin this Hal Singer has added something appear, held over for that evening Lester Young and Jimmy Rushing The Africa’ influenct was felt in year’s respite. to his four-man aggregation—an from her previous Nov. 18-Dec. 15 will probably also appear as added No holiday rest is in sight, organ. Singer himself will play it booking. attractions with the Basie band. though, for Cootie Williams. He’ll . . . Published rumors to the con­ This same triple bill will serve as The tour is scheduled to last 8H At any rate, today’s versions of leave the Dinah Washini trary, Tiny Bradshaw is still very a prelude to the national jazz tour weeks, with cities visited as far rhythm and of blues demonstrate ing r&b package to spen* much alive. produced by Birdland’s Morris west as St. Louis. this return to earlier influences. It’s not just the mambo tempo either that’s getting the interest. La Verne Baker’s Tweedie Dee, for need instance, has a decided samba ahar rhythm. Tito Puente recently put it migl very simply: Tl “Any person, I think, who digs beco jazz, will dig the mambo.” and In the mambo-style sweepstakes, repli Earl Bostic’s Mambo Lino is tak­ ing pretty big strides. Bostic is a long-on-talent fellow whose work nm< has been characterized by versatil­ calle ity ever since the days he made music as a youngster. 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pows INSTRUMENTALS England s beat iss haa The br—I pop imlrumrnlal »idea received for review in ibis laaue. lerican Jan August— Mambo Is m ths Air/Love Nest (Mercury)... .Rapid Allan's ’88’ing is especially effective in Mambo. Here are the lop-selling pop rec­ where Rosa Linda —Limehouse Blues/Peanut Vendor Tarantella (Coral).. •k will Pianist adds a new boogie twist to Vendor. ord* in England for the setond b. 21 Richard Maltby—Star Dust Mambo'Strictly Instrumental (“X”)...... half of November. Formed GOOD COMMERCIAL BETS Star Dust ia a natural follow-up for St. Louis Mambo. )ec. 4. Nelson Riddle—Vera Cruz/Never Never Land (Cap) .. Another fine it, the reading of Cruz, this one by the talented Riddle’s ork. TH • Near These are the record* received for review which «rent most likely to David Rose—Love Walked In/Fascinating Rhythm (MGM).. Typically inui». aching achieve excellent sales because । I their broad appeal and the probability excellent handling of there Gershwin items. r con- that they'll be pushed strenuously by disc joekevs. Frank Weir—The Cuckoo Cries/Starlight Souvenirs (London). .Cuckoo Don Cornell—No Man is an Island (Coral)... Cornell la good on it much like Happy Wanderer and should fly high. itch of thia plea. irne*', Jimmy Durante—Little People (Decca)...... Here’s another song on 1 «I« (Capital) good will that Durante sells with aimplicity. Cara Mie—David WhIlftaH (Uwni d ap- H» Ou UU, Mxtaa ration, Fontane Sister»—Hearts of Stone (Dot)...... 1 Corn, really whipped up, (MGM) incerta with a fine beat. COUNTRY & WESTERN Ra.a SU Eydie Gorme-Steve Lawrence—Mak« Yourself Comfortable (Coral).... ( Philips) ta au- Suu Hálele—David W hl «»aid I !<•»•» ording Should rake in a lot of the shekels this tune will make. Little TlUnsa—«Utt; halla* (Bnutawlah) iphony Mario Lanza—Sylvia/Some Day (RCA)... .The usual Lanza theatrics The beat country and western «ide» received for review for this iMue. "jazz are missing, making these both fine sides. Richard Maltby—Star Dust Mambo (“X”)...... Maltby has another Redd Stewart--»/ Did/Downstream (RCA) Redd's first two rides (Philip*) get to as a vocalist are strong. We give the nod to the three-quarter beat winner in this beat tr< atment of Star Dust. 1*. I HS Ym *»w—Eddi« fldw (HMV) Hank Snow—Let Me Go,iM'irJ’ve Forgotten You (RCA)... .Lover is ronard Dean Martin-Nat Cole—Long, Long Ago (Capitol).. While novelty the same ditty that’s causing all the commotion in the pop field. in of Martin and Cole may make this a seller, it’s poorly done. (Capii.i) Tony Martin—AU of You/Vera Crus (RCA)...... Double-barrelled Hank’s slicing may equal or pass the pop version, sales-wise, since it was originally a country tune. Flip is good country material. 1 potential. Marti* (C*plt*l> Vaughn Monroe- Butterscotch Mop (RCA)...... Vaughn is relaxed on Ruby Wells—Hearts of Stone/You Clobbered Me (RCA)... .Youngster ; Hl this one, and might have another winner. n ally belts out a backwoods --ersion of the r&b hit. Flip is cover of Lorry Raine—Lost Weekend (Dot) All this one n«*eds is exposure a Spnde Cooley ride. Both will gather their ahare of spins and box to aend it winging. plays. Georgie Shaw—Vnsuspeeting Heart (Decca) Thia could be the Grandpa Jones - Keep On tht Sunny Side/ inIng big one Shaw ia looking for. Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You (RCA)...... Top side finds Frank Weir—The Cuckoo Cries (London. .Another Happy Wanderer? Grandpa teamed with Ramona for some fine country harmonizing. Flip is another oldie given new sparkle by Grandpa. New York—The mu»irMn»-in- Don Reno-Red Smiley—Springtime in Heaven; reaidenee al Charlie'« Tavern I’m Building a Mansion in Heaven (King) Both aides fine were just aa displeased with th« country altered» with Don Reno a standout for his clean, five string way Jan waa treated on a recent VOCALISTS banjo work. Sid Caesar NBC-TV ahow as Jack Country Cats—Hot String»'Mountain Mambo (King) Strings is Mabley (Down Beal, Dee. 15). an up-tempo instrumei.tal with guitarist AI Myers showing admira­ Mabley pointed out that Benny The besl-tung vocal records received for review in this issue. Goodman's music was good, but tion for Cnet Atkina The flip: Pfui. he roundly criticised the other Eileen Burton—Happy Birthday, My Darling/ Rom Maddox—There’s No Right Way to Do Me Wrong/ shots of alleged jazs fans “who Without Love (Coral) .....Darling hn« a nice lilt to it. I Wonder If I can Lose the Blues This Way (Col)...... Rose as a jumped and •< »earned and rolled Ernesto Bonino—Language of Romance/ single could become u serious threat in the c&w field. Her unique their eyes in a frensy of asininity FES Song of the Barefoot Contessa (RCA) Newcomer gives it just voice is used to fullest advantage on I Kith sides. that would shame African voo­ the touch of accent that Romance needs. Gene Autry—Barney. the Bashful Bullfrog/ doo dancer».“ Don Cornell—No Man Is an Island/All at Once (Coral) Island is Little Peter Punkin’ Eater (Col)...... Top, intended as a kid lisc, “Aa a matter of fact," »aid a big blustery thing that Cornell does well. contains enough gimmicks and clever lyrics to win spins for adults. one musician at Charlie's, “I waa Crew-Cuts—Dana Mr. Snowman Dance/ Flip is another Bimbo, Tweedle-O-Twill, etc., etc. watching tbe show with mv kids. Twinkle Toes (Mercury) Two light seasonal numbers with Rita Faye—I Want Santa Claus for Chmtmas/ It got too bad after a while, so bounce added. Then Really Is A Santa Clauu (MGM)...... Two kiddy Christmas baa I had to turn the TV off Jimmy Durante—Little People/Pupahna (Decca) People is a songs by a kiddy. The old folks will go for these, too. and order the kids Io go to bed. semi-religious tune that Durante doe- surprisingly well. Jesse Rogers- -I’m Gonna Love Just Like I Live/ Maybe I was a little gruff, but Buddy DiVito—When / Think of You/Bol O’Link (Trio)... Small I Never Kneu I Needed You (MGM) Philly cowboy proves he I was «» ashamed of what they label, but big singing and possibilities in Voh. has the know-how when it comes to waxing Tennessee material Disc were doing on that TV »how.” Eydie Gorme-Steve Lawrence—Males Yourself Comfortable/ should get its share of plays. I’ve Gotta Crow (Coral).. . Superior singers and a winning per­ formance on Comfortable. Fontane Sisters—Htarts of Stone/Blesn Your Heart (Dot)...... Stone is in the Jealous Heart type slot. Mario Lanza—Sylvia/Som» Day (RCA)... Lanza does two standards and not in his usual dramatic style. Robert Q. Lewis- -Collegiate/Hard Heart Hannah (Coral) Comic „ogives the nostalgic ’20’ i a rehearing. THE BEST IN PACKAGED GOODS Mason—It Don’t Cost Very Much/ he Bold Black Knight (Deeea) . Spirited material and Jana's uesy voice combine well. Kaine— When Your Lover Ha; Gone/ The best album» (LPs und EP») received for review for thin issue. t Weekend (Dot) Lover is I/irry’s best-ever vocal perform- on wax; the moody, light «-out feel of Weekend spells sales. Doris Day-Fr&nk Sinatra—Young at Heart Songs from Don- and Frank’s new film, re Tobin—Lonesome Road/Hurry Home (MGM)... .Louise makes (Columbia LP CL-6339)...... and a good collection it is. Miss Day ip ner ver return to wax most auspicious with this pair of revivals. Till My Love Comes to Me; Ready, Willing, and usual, warming ielf on the first six titles. el Torme—AU of You/Spellbound (Coral) ...... All ii material right Able; Hold Me in Your imw; Just One of Those Sinatra, now with Capitol, wasn’t granted down Mel’s alley, and he makes the most of it. Things; There’s a Rising Moon You, My Love; Some­ permission for this set; Columbia merely Margaret Whiting—My Own True Love/ one to Watch Over Me; One for My Baby (last two by reissued two sides previously released and My Son. My Son (Cap) ...... True Love (Tara’s Theme) is best Sinatra). recorder! eome years ago. They still sound singing from Margaret in a long while. splendid. Georgw Gibbs -The Man That Got Away Miss Gibbs, at her best, is a compelling (Mercury LP MG-25199)<...... and convincing singer. She’s at her top level The Man That Got Away; I’ll Be Seeing You; How in this LP, and should impress a great KIDISCS Did He Look?; What’ll I Do?; Baby, Won’t You Plea^n many people who have heard her <(o only Come Home?; After You've Gone; It’s The Talk of the light pop material. This set is well worth Town. your perusal. The best children'» record» received for review for thi» ¡»sue. n. Roc ■(scenes A CHILD’S FIRST RECORD Series: First Toys; First Game.; First Neal Hefti—Neal Heftfs Singing Instrumentals Hefti has combined some firstrate jazz atu- m fim» Pets; First Dolls, First Rides; First Birthday; First Christmas. (Epic LP LG-1013)...... dio men and the Ray Charles Choir for some d today Frank Luther, orchestra (Decca 1002-1008), age 5 und under...... Ont O’Clock Jump; Mood Indigo; Summit Ridge unique and mostly swinging versions of obligs- A very successful series inaugurate«I with these first seven 45’» de­ Drive; I Can’t Get Started; Woodchopper’s Ball; Begin wme of the top--telling instrumentals of signed for the pre-school youngster. The music, lyrics, narration, and the Beguine; Redskin Rhumba; Skyliner. the last two decades. Vocal group is used even the jacket cover give a lively nense of participation and fun to both as wj rd less unit and for doing some the most difficult record nudienci —the three- and four-year-old critic. lyrics. Highlights: Billy Butterfield’s trum­ Little Smokey, The Runaway Train—Robin Morgan, narrator: Michael pet <>n Started and One O’Clock; clarinetist Stewart, vocal; Peter Steel, music. (Col. J4-196), age 5 and under.. Hank D’Amico on Woodchopper’s; Boomie The Dagmare of TV's Mama senes narrate» with proper gusto backed Richmond’s tenor on One O’Clock and Wood­ with apt music und clever -»und effects. chopper’s; Jimmy Crawford’s splendid drum­ Peter and the Wolf/Billy Goat/ Gruff— Boris Karloff, narrator (Me r­ ming throughout. cury Childcraft EP-C 14): age 5 and under; 6 to 11...... Karloff never lees sinister. He 1 'Iks, lisps, and even sings. Good fun. Kay Thompson—Kay Thompson Known more aa a t lancer and performer The Christmas Tree—Claude Rains, narrator; Hugo Peretti and orch. (MGM X-265; two EPs)...... than for her singing chorea, Miss Thomp­ (Mercury Childctaft 52); all ages...... A well-told story for the / Mun Have That Man; How Deep h the Ocean?; son here displays a style and feeling for a holidays with Rains best with the rrround vowels It’s All Right with Mt; ! Hadn’t Anyom Till You; song that could make her a top record seller. Moonglow; Poor Susette; Violin; Myrtle. Timing, experience, knowledge — she haa them all, plur- a Billie Holidayish quality and interpretation that will win her a lot EVERYBODY DANCE of fana. Sarah Vaughan- The Divine Sarah A couple of standard» and home of the The best dance band sides received for review for this issue. (Mercury LP MG-25188)...... beat of the songa written in the last couplu Sauter-Finegan—Joe’s Tuna/Mobile (RCA) •Joe’s Tune, written My Funny Valentine; Imagination; It\r Easy to Re­ of years make up this one, and though by and featuring marimbistJoe Venuto, is rich, easy, pretty; Mobile member; Easy Come, Easy G>- Lover; My One and Sarah at times may be a bit too rronnered geta vocalizing from And) Roberto und Anita Darian Only Low, I Still Believe in You; Come Along with to please thow who have follow «sd her for George Williams- Tiger Rag Mambo/ Me; And Thie Is My Beloved. yean, the LP is well worth the price of Song from Desiree (Coral) ..... Tiger fits perfectly into mambo admission. Remember and Only Love are tempo, and Williams’ ork makee it roar - - t ' particularly persuasive. Hecrmhr» 2M. I<‘ < Dre ; Song) Joe Wilder, and Mundell John Neal, is one of the best of Ommu* Pettiford Lowe. It’s too bad, however, that the year, and I’ve never heard SerfeMe; The Golden Touch some better Christmas longs drums (played mostly with brushes Cable Car; Tractitism; Edge of DOWN 1 weren’t usrding is good turc contributed an original and an ar­ courses in ear training This is the Lee Kas to overcome a jaggedness «ide rangement apiece. All three origi­ A recent recital by Al on which in tone and conception. Of the two, (Bethlehem LP BCP 1003) The last rating that will make the usual he's backed by bassist Teddy Ko­ nal? are tightly constricted and allowance for youthful promise. Foster is easily superior if only Mel Powell boti thematically shallow. Despite the tick, guitarist Benny Week? and for the forcefulness of his attack Mel Henceforth Chris get » the veteran drummer Phil Brown. The album Borderline; Makin“ W hoopla; good musicianship on the date, the profession; i) rating, and I hope she and th< assurance of hiu swinging Cro rating would have been' lower had is not up, hiwever, to the quality beat. (I eland corrected, inciden­ What’s New?; Quin and Sonic; If the learns to stay on key. Burt Gold­ of the Esoteric LP (Down Beat Dreams Come True; Cross Four there not been two particularly blatt’s cover is 'ne of the best of tally, by Ira Gitler, who points on saving arrangements of standards Aug. 25) cut earlier this year. On out that Foster is much more in­ Heart; Avalon mon the year. (Bethelehem LP BCP the latter, Al’s invention was fresh­ Rating: ♦♦♦ —Montrose’s on Little Man and 1002) debted to Sonny Stitt thar. to any T Holman on Glad There It You. er and his accompaniment more apt modem overtoneF of the Hawkins Thigamagig; You’re My Thrill; diffi Throughout Shank blows well; Ba­ (Brown’-- rather average drum­ tradition as I had previously writ­ Button Up Your Overcoat; Don orig ker sounds with* more assurance Erroll Garner ming here is considerably inferior ten.) But neither Frank nor Free­ Que-Dee; Bouquet; Ain’t She que than usual (and is particularly ♦♦♦♦ There's e Small Hotel to Joe Morello's sensitive skill on man does much in his improvisa­ Sweet?; Take Me tn Your Armet lari; good on the two aforementioned ♦♦♦♦ Rosalie the Esotei.e set). But Haig ad­ tions to counter the routine Califomia, Here I Lome one, standards), and Brookmeyer is mirers will like this, particularly writing. The chief virtui B here lie Rating. RRRRR butc Erroll and hi? associates (drum since there is so little current Haig gene’ *Jy excellent. Rhythm sec­ mer Fats Heard and bassist Wyatt in the rhythm section and in Rudy Tw. 12-mch sessions by u Mei piai tion is steady, and Freeman's solos available on record. There are Van Gelder's rep reduction thereof man Ruther) amble through a tiharply some pleasant solo- by Weeks, a Powell trio. On the first entitled swing freshly. Pacific Jau, how­ witty Hotel whose melodic founda­ (Blur Note IP 5044) Borderl :ne, Me) plays with Paul ever, needs some new or at least regular member of the Mat Ma­ tion is given a brisk shaking up. thews unit. (Period LP SPL 1104). Quinichette and Bobby Donaldson. revivified house writers. (Pacific Rosalie is one of the hardest swing­ Anthony Ortega On the second dubbed Thigamagig, Jarr PJLP-13) ing recorde of the year. This man Mei uses Donaldson again, but never stops. (Mercury EP single Herbie Harper Serenade tu Sonn) laura- ( her- okee; Lady Bird; Body and Soul; Ruby Braff is in place of Quini­ Big May bellr 70187X45) Patty ; New 1 ork City Ghost; Julie chette. The first session is the least Is Her Name; Sanguine; Now Play­ Sweet Georgia Bmwn successful Vanguard jazz set ao My Country Man; Tre Got a Rating: ♦♦ Feelin’; Gabbin’ Blurt; Jinny Mule Stan Getz ing; 6/4 Mambo; Bananera; In­ far. The date is curiously static dian Summer This is taped from a broadcast in feel, and not even the usually In I Rating: ♦♦♦ *** Out of Nowhere *** ’S Wonderful Rating: ♦♦*♦ over the Norwegian radio complete swinging Quinichette breaks free. The rating is an uneasy compro­ Good but lees than the best Getz, Trombonist Harper’s second vol­ with a Norwegian unnouncer and Powell’s originals don’t come off mise between Maybelle’= thunder­ recorded about two year? ago with ume alternates between a quartet rhythm section (p nnist Einer Iver­ as having any organic inner im­ ously alive blues voice and the unidentified personnel that could (guitarist Al Hendrickson, bassist sen drummer Karl Otto Hoff, and petus, and his own piano remains mediocrity of her material. But it contain Horaca Silver, Walter Bold­ Harry Babasin, and drummer Roy bassist Ivar Borsom). Ortega is decidedly dated as far as the jau seemed ong past time that May­ en and Joe Calloway on bass. Who­ Harte) and a quintet un which the the former Hampton altoist who idiom is concerned, despite the belle, whose side* are aimed solely ever makes it up, it’s a firmly mov­ above foui art joined by the peri­ has recently settled in Norway. notes’ unsupported assertion that at the r&b market, be brought to ing rhythm section. (Royal Roost patetic Bud Shank, doubling on Balance ani fidelity oi the record­ (Turn to Page 13) Hie attention of jazz listeners. If 596) baritone and tenor, and pianist ing are bad; und the rhythm sec­ Epic were wise, it could widen Marty Paitch. Paitch and Johnny tion to nardly a gasser. Ortega, Maybelle’s sales to continuing her Urbie Green Graas did the Arranging, and there while he ha« potentiality, has chop­ on her present kick but also adding are original« by Graas and Hen­ py conception with a regrettable VAULT a record "g schedule whereon she’1 Jingle Bells; AU I Want for derson (Patty), Graas (6/1 Mam­ tendency toward clichés and a be backed by good traditional jazz­ Christnms Is My Two Front Teeth; bo), ana Paitch (Sanguine). The harsh tone. I liked the sound of ORIGINALS men in ungimmicked blue*, rither White Christmas; Winter Wonder­ that Norwegian announcer though. land; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa atmospherically exotic but over­ standard er original or both. Be­ familiar-in-approach Bananera is (Vantage VLP 2) cause in Big Maybelle, Epic has Clout; Santa Claus is Cornin’ to by Nelson Riddle while the v-voca the most potentially expressive Town; Thr Christmas Song; Ru­ dolph. tively lonely Ghost is by Victor blues voice since Bessie Smith the Red-Nosed Reindeer Young. And Nea- Hefti wrote Now (Epic EP FG 7071) Rating ♦♦♦ I’laymg which soundi earmarked HENKE-THE MAN THEY Thi« one is called A Cool Yule- for the Basie band. Chris Connor tide and the rating is only (let me Of the originals, the rhythmically Lush Life; Out of Tht World; n pent, only) for tht < xcellcnt mu­ difficult 6/1 Mambo is of particu­ Cottage for Sale; How Long Has sicians involved: Urbie, Al Cohn, lar interest. Some of the other SAID WAS YEARS AWAY Joe Wilder, Al Epstein (baritone). lines are of limited thematic in­ Be This Been Coing On*; Goodbye; Mundell Lowe, Buddy Weed. Milt terest, but tho program is varied COMI M POR ARI RI (.ORDS Stella by Starlight; Gone with the H- Wind; He's Coming Home Hinton, Don Lamond (on four), and well balanced The playing is and Jimmie Crawford (on four). up to Nocturne' i high chamber Bi Rating: RRRR Th» innocuous arrangements are music standards, and of news value Records From In a sequel to her first Bethle­ by Charlie Shirley. is the first fairly large-scale ap­ Lc hem LP (Down Beat, Nov. 3), The solo playing is excellent with pearance of Bud Shank on tenor. Chn? is tastefully backed by the particular credit due Green (he’s He blows hard vith full, less cool MODERN MUSIC Vinnie Burke quartet with the lea­ 625 N. Grand, St. Louis 3. Mo. heard in extended from on White tone than on alto nnd a swinging FveryHle« In Jan—LP, 45. 21 der on bass, Art Mardigan in Christmas and The Christmas beat. The recording, engineered by Rare authentic jazz FREE! F*m Howard McGhee AS Sten recordings by America’s Carl Spencer display are some (Jumped from Page 12) Braff On all bands Ruby brings two highly capable cohorts here are Shelly Manne laying down a good high-speed, precision bits by Shear­ these aides in both trio seta “are Powell back into the mainstream of also under 2» — bassist Whitey beat. The arrangement': are by Bob ing and Tjader, but the over-all ar­ for the most part so advanced in jazz feeling. Mitchell (brother of Red) and Cooper, with three of the originals rangement and the ensemble pas­ car concept a* to make most of the Mel’s playing becomes no more drummer Will Bradley Jr. (son of alu. his. The instrumentation al­ sages are tightly inhibiting. Other dns self-styled modernists seem like modem thereby (except again in trombonist Will Bradley). Whitey lows for some interesting play on side is not jazz and gets its rat­ iitavists.” his two originals, and there the recently joined Krupa on some sonorities (most effective on the ing a» a pleasant new pop ballad and Neither in concept (except for modernity is more of Ihe formal club dates along witb Bobby Scott, ballads, especially You Don’t Know written by Shearing .ind Bill Heg­ > ia two originals in the Braff set) nor classical, rather than of the jazs and Bradley Jr. has been playing WhatLov, Is), but there are lumps ner with a skilled vocal reading «• certainly in execution is Powell variety), but Mel is fired by Ruby with Tony Scott. Of the tune in the pudding. by the Ray Charles singers. Heg into the kind of playing that is played, four ure Bobby Scott origi­ ner's lyrics are quite ordinary, bat ot yet at* important part of modern Cooper's original lines are run- jazz. He stayed away from jazz all just good, alive jazz, independent nals. Their lines are alive and of-the-mill and I can’t imagine any that’s ii major asset these days. men of time labels. And the capable show considerable Scott potential (MGM EP KI1876) md. during the major rhythmic slid combo tushing to put them in their general conceptual changes of the Donaldson, who drummed well on as a writer. book. Nor, for that matter, can I the Quinichette set, is also set free As a pianist, Scott also indicates Johnny Smith the last decade, and no amount of imagine most listeners eager to grounding in classical composition­ by Ruby on the second set. As for the prowess to make a major fu­ hear them again or even able to WWW Easy to Love ind. al skills makes up for the fact Donaldson’s ability, incidentally, ture for himself in jazz Ira Gitler ana remember them. The other originals WWW Sophhticated Lady that Mel, while a clean, technically listen to his brilliantly shaded points out in his well-done pro are no less unintriguing. Shank, the background work in the fairly com­ gram notes that among Scott' < Recorded about six months ago, wer impressive and often brightly though he blows well and swinging- Johnny's high quality rhythm sec­ stringing pianist, is very much a plex opening and closing measures main influences have been Bud Iv enough, is not at his best. Fur­ ■ on of Bouquet. And foi' the difference Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Milt tion was composed of Don L..inond, lent jazz anachronism when he starts thermore, though Cooper’s arrange­ Arnold Fishkin, and Perry Lopez to play “modern.” Since Quini- Braff makes in Powell, listen to the Jackson, and Bobby has a lot of ments as such are competent •ves difference in Mel’ । ballad approach the fire that the names of all three on rhythm guitar. I happen to find uld chette, nevei a ma ul not an orig­ enough, they could have been wen Smith dull, but I can’t put down inal talent hnnself, hasn’t the «sta­ between What N>w? and tne much eonnote. He would do well to avoid, more inventive with three trom­ like ture to pull Powell up, their trio more flowing You’re My Thrill and however, cornily pretentious end­ his basic musicianship, hence the ood especially, in the middle and up­ ings like the .ine on Polka Dote. bone lines to work with as well as rating. But compart* him to Bill sides sink into studied routines. the altos. Competition is too keen De Arango, reviewed elsewhere in There are pleasant moments for tempo bands. Mel is always good, That flaw aside, this LP can bear but Ruby made him better than many rewarding rehearings. Even these days for this to get by with this issue or to Perry Lopez when both on the tong What’s Nt w?, und more than a three. (Pacific Jazz Perry takes one of his infrequent Mel’s tribute to Fats Waller on that thii time. But not even Ruby the *> familiar Tenderly is fairly ptol made him a member of the jazz freshly appre ached, and Lullaby PJLP 14) solos when the two play night Cross Your Heart is good fun, but clubs together. Isidy is taken at a I If the session didn’t make it, at least vanguard. (Vanguard 12-inch LPs benefits from Scott’j pleasantly VRS 8051, 8052) contrapuntal touches All in all, krtie Shaw gentle tempo while Love ia up. on the terms set by John Ham­ (Royal Rood 594) mond in the accompanying prose. it’s quite a debut! (Bethelehem Too Martelou» for Words; Y«- Thigamagig, however, is quite a Bobby Scott IF BCP lOOt) terdays; Supposin’ ; September rill/ different matter. Hen* Powell’s two Pee II ee; Phil’s Mood; Moon- Song/ Rough Ridin’i My Funny The Cool Britons Don originals (Thigamagig und Bou­ beaux; Tenderly; Ode to Monk; Bud Shank Valentine; Dancing on the Ceiling Quick Return/ Crystals; Im Put­ Sha quet) came off beautifully, particu­ Polka Dot* and Moonbeam»; Gone Vailing Vessel; Baby»» Birthday Rating: WWWW ting All My Egg* in One liutket; mt; larly the more developed Mcond with the Wind; Lullaby of Bird- Party; You Don’t Kn-ne What I ove Jan Club US. 4.; Nom De Plume; one, and Bobby Donaldson contri­ This one’s a surprise. In contrast land Ruting: ♦♦★* h; Sing Something Simple: Valve Epigram buted an exciting, marvelously in Head, Cool Foul: tittle Ctrl to the rather dull previous Shaw An impressive first LP by 17- LPs on Clef, thin one swings Mel played und dynamically integrated Blue; Mobile Mike Nevard of the Melody tied mambo, Don Que-Dee. But what year-old Bobby Scott, who has had throughout and futures, besides, Rating. WWW some of the best Shaw jazz clari­ Maker assembled what he terms ’aul This is disappointment in “the seven best jazzmen in Britain*' son a net on records. There is brilliant IF YOU WANT TO KEEP POSTED IN *55 terms of the* talent involved and the work by batwrist Tommy Potter and for this date. The seven are Al­ gig, No rocord catalog can really ba up to date For thi* raainn tompus it of­ bert Hall, trumpet; King John I bat potentialities missed. Bud is joined pianist Hank Jon»*, with almost fering (roe and without obligation: here by three trombones (Bob En- (Johnny Dankworth), alto; Don lini equally fine playing by guitarist Rendell, tenor; Harry Klein, bari­ eaat tempos jazz-monthly recorder Joe Puma and steady drums from Irv Klugcr Effective is the Shaw tone; Ralph Dollimore, piano, A description ol each month'i |au record relearn including personnel at complete ö AL’S RECORD MART derice of having the piano fall out Johnny Hawksworth, bass; David a tic as we can poisibly make It. If you know of - friend or club who would be interested Murray, Allan Ganley, drums. In *Uy In this service send us their neme and eddress ..long with yours. Dgpt MO often so that then, ia just guitar, all fairnesa to British jazz, may 'ree. 1544 Broadway D«fro!t 26 Mich bass, and drums behind his solos. I ask where Dill Jones, Jimmy off THE MODERN INFLUENCE — The dis-ographias of Shaw is fine as always on ballads, Lester Young Charlie Parker Deuchar, Tommy Whittle, and Joe im- NEW STORYVILU LP'l ..each $4.00 but this time ie also consistently Harriott were when these “»even Lennie Triiteno Leo Konits IP 313—LEE KONin WITH RONNIE BAU interesting on up-tempos. ains THE TRUMPET SCENE—The discogrephies of Easy Livin’/Nursery Rhyme/Limehouse best” were assembled? Diny Gillespie Fell Neverro Blues / I'll Remember April / Skylark / There are some less beguiling Anyway, tht results are Ism rhe Miles Devil Chet Beker Clifford Brown Mean «o Me/3'? E. 32 / Eop Goa« moments: the occasionally tired en­ TRISTANO RECl MMENDS—A basic lilt of ¡on «nd danical Leesel than distinguished The rhythm that -ecordi personally selected by Lennie Triiteno 1*314—TEDDl RING WITH RUBY BRAFF semble figures; the too long Rough section, to begin with, is one of I Saw Sfart/Love ii Now and Then/ Riding, and Shaw’s penchant for the least ringing >n recent rec­ Free portage on New Orleans/Talk of the Town/Heve corny codas. But all in all, this ANY RECORD to Change My nlem Aii in the Mind/ ords, and Mr. Hawksworth, while Love Ii Here To Stay/Spring Won't one’s worth considering. (Clef 12" possessed of a good (and loud) ADVERTISED tempus record co. 31.00 deposit Be Around LP MG C 630) sound, is hardly “the greatest bass ■ OX 117, GRACH STATION STAN GETZ AT ANYWHERE en C.O.D.’«. STORYVILLE LP S ■«ch S3.U player anywhere” as the notea •NEW TORK II NEW YORK LP 420 — Move Rubbemeck/SIgnel/Heney George Shearing chauvinistically proclaim. Th» Bar h >m3 are also disappointing. Hall LP 411 — Budo Pennies >,mph Sid/Yes**r- Undecided days ♦WW Adieu lias barely enough control of tone LP 407 — Thou Swell / Perker 51 ' Song It and technique to merit being TOP JAZZ STARS ON NOCTURNE You/Mosqulto Kneel First tone is taken at a tempo called a azz professional by Amer­ BILLIE HOLIDAY WITH somewhat faster than is usual for ican standards, and hii conception, STAN' GETZ LP ...... $3.35 the Shearing unit whose per-onnel Dele IP 25—Them Thero Eyes 'Detour like that of his colleagues, is far Ahead/Funny that Way/Lover Come here comprises Jean Thieleriaiu, from freshly individual. Dank­ JAZZ IN HOLLYWOOD SERIES Back/Billlo'i Bluet/Nobody'• Butine»/ Al McKibbon, Cal Tjader, an 1 Bill worth is undeniably professional Drivin' Mo Crexy/MIu Brown To You Clark. The treatment is enlivened CHRIS CONNU* and skilled but is quite a distance Herbie Harper Bob Gordon Jimmy Rowles UTHLEHEM LP'$ etch »3.35 from the stature of Bird or any LP 1001—LULLABYS OF BIRDlAND of the top younger American alto Bob Enevoldsen Bud Shank Larry Bunker < Hoar Music/What Ii There To Say/ Sorrento/All About Roante/Wn, second liners. Klein has a teal jazs Shoudn't l/Try Tenderneu/Lulleby oi sound (though sometimes too Harry Babasin Roy Harte Shorty Rogers Birdleno DICK COLLINS rough) and feel, hut his concep­ LP 1002- LULLABYS FOR LOVERS Buddy Wise Virgil Gonsalves Steve White lush Life / Out of this World / How tion is weak. Rendell comes off long / Cottage for Salo I Goodby / featured on best in beat and sound, but he, too, Lou Levy Marty Paich Howard Roberts Gone with wind/StolU by Starlight/ He'i Cornin' Home (Turn tu Page 14) CUFFORD BROWM LP'S TJADER PLAYS MAMBO Available in High Fidelity Albums BN 5032—With Gigi Gryce SJ.FJ BN 5030—With I-,. 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ITS! KmArcy .. « product of to me that thr elegance of Duke’s manners, the glorious round of the band, ¿nd the major league mu­ U-L Decca Pushing sicianship of its member.*: could only make them new friends from, Reviews By Ralph J. Gleason of all places, thr modern jazz cult. Album From Paris I think the whole thing was New York — Universal-Interna­ San Francisco—The jazz concert season, as far as national handled very smartly by Duke and tional and Deccu Records are join­ plays nothing of particular dis­ tours reaching the west coast was concerned, ended in No­ it will benefit him cor siderably At ing forces again to promote the tinction conceptually. vember with the Duke Ellington package featuring Dave the very least, the first national soundtrack album of So Thia It tour of the top modern jazz groups Paris, the film with Tony Curtis The session is clearly recorded Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, and Stan*- Gloria DeHaven, Gene Nelson, Cor­ but it's rather shrill in sound and Getz. It was one of the most en- *a modern jazz small group of the was under his auspices. the drums are overbalanced. The Gerry Mulligan type, which is fine. inne Cal vet, and Paul Gilbert. joyable concerts in recent years in ' The pattern of the promotional notes also err in stating that this many respects, and it seemed to 1But let’s not lose the round that Hormel Trial Jan. 4 is Rendell’s introduction to Ameri­ changed a thousand tenor men. campaign is expected to follow that point out a lot of tilings and raise • of The Glenn Miller Story, one of can audiences. He’s been heard on a few questions that bear examin­ The biggest surprise to me was Holly woo d—Gcurdie Hermel, three previous LPs, .ne on Blue the audience reaction to Ellington. ineat-packing firm heir arrested the most successful albums in Dec­ ing. ' ca history und the biggest grossing Note and two on Discovery (Blue To begin with, this sort 1 f show Duke1 stopped the show fiom the here recently on u marijuana pos­ Sota- Bl P 5052) standpoint of sheer class Hi could session charge while appearing film in the history of Universal. does not fit well in houses like the 1 The album will have eight of the Sai, Francisco Civic auditorium give1 lessons to the rest of them in with his trio at a Beverly Hills deportment on u concert etage. Jazz night spot, pleaded nut guilty when picture’s songs sung by Curtis, Phil Woods which are designed for conventions he appeared in court for arraign­ Miss DeHaven, Nelson, and Gilbert and can accommodate upwards of has- won the battle of the funny Pot Pie; Open Door; Bobbin’ hats, nnd it’s time the modernaires ment. Trial is set for Jan. 4. Hor­ 7000 perrons Head Down Beat—Every Issue Robin; Mad About the Boy Tht delicacy of the small groups realize this and begin to learn mel is at liberty on bond.______Rating : trtrtrtr and the exquisite dynamics of the 1stage presence to go with the dig­ Credit ,s again due Bob Wein­ Ellington band an lost in such a 1nity they profess and which is de­ stock of New Jazz and Prestige for place. On the other hand, at a hall 1manded of them by the concert recording v orthwhile designed for music, such as the stage.' talent like the men to be heard Berkeley Community theater, where Never Heard Duke here—and f or giving them the every note can be heard, the situa­ On this show, Duke appeared be­ space and freedom to have their tion is quite different. ;fore many persons who never had BOB BROOKMEYER QUARTET say. Altoist Woods made his rec­ Makes Suggestion heard him in person. I was amazed ord debut on the recent Jimmy by the number of young modern Raney Nev. Jazz LP (Down Beat, If there are to be auch concerts jazz fans in the audience who com­ Nov. 17). Trumpeter Jon Eardley, as this in th«- futur« and I fer­ mented on this. currently with Gerry Mulligan, vently hope there will be, may I I think it was the best possible make- his first apj" aTaii« on rec make a suggestion? thing that could happen to Duke to ords here as do pianist George Reduce the talent nut of a show have appeared before this crowd. Syrar. and drummer Nick Stabu­ like this by presenting only one And the setting was perfect. las. Bassist Teddy Kotick is the or possibly two of the small groups Of course, it is always possible one jazz veteran on the date, as with the large orchestra. As con­ that what I hear of Ellington here he’s recorded and worked with stituted, the program, neatly di­ is something he saves only for Bird, Stan Getz, and several vided into half for small combos northern California, but it seemed others. Woods is 22, and the rest and half for Ellington, easily could are in their early or middle 20s. have dispensed with one of the Woods and Eardley play with a small groups—they are too much great deal of heart. They swing, on ii level to provide s strong and their harmonic approach is ipemng half. WITH RED MITCHELL AHD JOHN WILLIAMS idiom. The disappointment of this show Both can certainly become import­ tr me was Stan Getz and I say this EP4-25 ant jazz figures. Kotick has already while still considering him the PJLP-1B proved his brilliance, and Stabulas standard against which all other and Syran also show marked abil­ tenor saxes are to be judged, the ity hen- The three originals have greatest tenor player today. good lines All three are weak, Individuality Gone however, in the development and NEW RELEASES construction of those lines, but, In the group with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, despite its musical in­ writing aside, the blowing through­ Chet Baker Sextet out is a ball. Mad About the Boy terest and the charming rum peti­ is one of the better jazz ballad tions by Brookmeyer and Al Cohn, Bud Shank and Three Trombones performance» of recent months, Stan ha, lost his individuality Not with Woods and Eardley playing >nce either in San Francisco or Laurindo Almeida Quartet, Vol. II with sensitively moving power. As Berkeley did I hear the Getz sound Gitler says the notes, that made him famous. It’s absence Bob Gordon—Jack Montrose Quintet was regrettable, and it easily could THELONIOUS MONK'S Woods, Stabulas one Syran can write for complete catalog—FREE make a living these davs only by have beei avoided by a bit of Moon­ New Hi-fi LP 189 playirg in a strip joint ir Green­ light in Vermont, for instance. with Percy Heath and Art Elakey wich Village The current boom in Stan seems to be leaning heavily Blus Mont—Nutty Ju»r a Giqolo—Work PACIFIC JAZZ Enterprises 6124 Santa Monica Blvd,Hollywood, Calif. ^an -ecor. sues is all well and on Brookmeyer and to be essaying At Your Dealer Now good, but there are still not enough Seed for Free Catalogue place* where young (and older) NYC azz talent can be heard on regu­ lar enough basi- so that they car HENKE RHYMES live with at least the minimal security a mailman or a butcher geta. Th > LP is highly recom­ mended. (New Jazz NJLP 1104) WITH TERRIFIC

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I haven’t got anything ing executive for a major com­ Jazz Schedule te the to say about it. I don’t think it’s pany was expressing the hop« his Is Benny Disappointed By very good. If it’s Basie, that just the other night that he could New York — Epic Records, tne Curtis doesn’t sound like the Basie band «ign Couni Basie for his label. Columbia subsidiary which recently i, Cor- I heard—there must be something At the table wav a jauwisr vet­ celebrated its first birthday, has wrong with something somt place, eran of the music business who stepped up its jazz, plana Vocalist rtional Stan, Duke, Count Discs because it isn’t the type of thing I remained more than skeptical. Jimmy Rushing, longtime blues w that heard him play, and it doesn’t “Using comparisons,” the older singer with Count Basie, has been one of sound the way the band plays! man observed, “you’d have a signed to a contract and will re­ n Dec- So I think it’s unfortunate, 'cause better chance of bringing Glenn cord with Big Maybelle, Epic’s ofistny As befits a star who made an that’s the kind of record that Miller back.” Count Basie re­ booming-voiced blues singer. Also unprecedented artistic and finan­ doesn’t do any justice to the band cords for Norman Grans. in the planning stage is a possible of the cial killing in the jazz world, Benny whatsoever. 1 know it’s a great album with side devoted to ?urtis, Goodman has bc«‘n playing when band, so I can’t go by that record. trombonist Will Bradley Sr. and filbert he feels inclined, and otherwise that, Peterson? No, of course the other to h, son, iazz drummer living the pleasant life of 1 -temi- S. Lennie Niehaus. I Remember You it isn’t. I guess about two stars Will Bradley Jr. retired country gentleman in re­ (Contemporary I. for that. In February, Epic will release cent years. an Epic in Jazz series. The follow­ Well, that’s a nice record. It However, while fishing and other B. Duke Ellfegioe. Stomping at the ing albums on LP and EP will sounds like Lee Konitz, but then lead the list: Bunny Berigan Mem rural avocations have occupied again I may be wrong. But it’ a Savoy (Capitol). Jimmy Hamil­ much of his time, he has lost r during I don’t know whose band that is. But I did like the clarinet play­ band. the test. It starts off kind of nice, and then er—that I id is good—awfully good. it gets lost the las-t couple of cho­ Jimmy Hamilton, isn t it? Thr bari very good. I think that’s the sort ruses. I haven’t the slightest idea tone was good, too, but . . I don’t >f thing that should be done by who that is. like Duke playing this kind of stuff, amateur groups. For fun. I don’t I Los Brown. One O'clock Jump Some of the solos are good. The but he’s a great favorite >f mine. think it should be put out on a 2 Artie Show's Gromercy Five Au­ I must say I think a lot of this is (Coral). Ronny Lang, alto; Dave tumn Leaves (Clef). Tai Farlow, first trum]>et solo is pretty good. commercial record. On the other Fell, toner Ray Sims, tromboae due to the recording, ton It must guitar; Hank Jones, plane. I thought it got kind of shaky in hand I won’t criticise it because Gooff Clarkson, piano. Arr. Skip -pots there. To me, itnyway. The be. It’s blatant .. . isn’t it? I don’t I think it’s a good endeavor. If Marfin. Is that a nc-w record? I don’t trombone player sounds kind of like this record. One star. you’re going to compete with the That was Les Brown, wasn't it. know wh>< it is. I can only guess. amusing, I’ll put it that way. Mar­ Boston orchestra, with first-class Did you think I was going to say That might be Artie Shaw, and che ta, Marcheta, is that what he’s ♦ Sam Mei* Quarte» Tbe Night We classical musicians, “longhair mu­ Count Basie? I’ve heard the record it that Tai Farlow playing guitar? playing? Well, it’a just fair. Who Called It a Dey (Debut). sicians,’’ playing this stuff, then on the- air—very nice record. The Well, that’s about all I «an guess, is it? That’s Buddy Dr Franco, I gath­ that’s bad. that it’s Artie Shaw and Tai Far­ er, and it’s kind of a nice arrange­ alto player is very good; all the low, and maybe his group; and solo;. ure pretty nice. A different­ 7. Lionel Hampton Quints* On the ment. Nice tune, very nicely played. Afterthoughts by Beany who’d be playing piano—that would Three stars. style One O’Clock Jump, isn’t it? bt Hank Jone», if it’s Artie’s group. Sunny Side of the Street (ClefI. Well, I think thi Basic band, if To me it is, anyway. They always Well, it’s nice mood music That’s Buddy De Franco, clarinet. Oscar they’re recorded the way they sound diffenmt than the original; .bout all. Nice solos. I don’t think Fetorsoa. piaao. 10. Dave Brubeck. Kondo (Fantasy). ought to be, has to sound great. I don't know why, but it’s strange. it’s one of his best records by any That c»uld be Lionel Hampton Comp. Brubeck Some of Peterson’s records I like— Does it swing? Well, yes, I gu«< is means I think it’» only fair, as an on the vibraphone, und Buddy De I should know this. I don’t know I certainly like his small group. it does—it sound- pretty good. Nici ■ver-all record. Just fair. Is that Franco Thos« are the only two who it is, but I’ll take u guess. I They’re terrific. arrangement; I’d say it is a good Artie Shaw? people 1 probably recognize, and I know it’s a jaz-< group playing it, I don’t know that I've heard any­ rendition of that tune. That’s Sim­ don’t think that's up to their stuff and it sounds a little bit like Mil­ thing much lately, aside from that. on trombone, isn’t it? And the alto 3. Coan I Basle- Softly With feeling by any means. I’ve heard them haud, I guess. Sounds a little bit A record that I thought was won­ what’s hi9 Ronn; (Clef). Arr Neal Hafti. play much better than that. like Scaramouchs by Milhaud. I derful was Ted Heath’s Palladium Lang? He’s excellent, that kid. A 1 don’t know who that is, and No, for that tune I don’t like don’t think it should be given a concert. I thought they were ter­ very good player. Good tenor play­ I’d rathe i not talk about it. that particular version or arrange­ rating. rific records. I thought that was er, too. I think this is a pretty (L.F.: All right, I’ll play you some­ ment. I don’t know who that was The performance isn’t first class; one of the best jazz records around, good record. Three stars. thing else by the same band.) on piano—it was fair. Who was not by any means. I don’t think it’s didn’t you? senson’s GREETinGS

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Top Tunes The Meadowbrook turned away the names of those artists there, Action To Combat Blue Lyrics 8,000 youngsters and their parents, because there were many top art­ grossed $8,000, and announced that ists and also hundreds of lesser- C&W By NELSON KING Snow had outsold the previous known ones who all are an integral Cincinnati — Grand Old Opry18 29th birthday party in Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine part of our type of music. Many dates. things were accomplished at the Nashville, Tenn., is over, but the third annual disc jockey Booked to follow Snow in the various meetings and dinners, and (Decca) festival in its honor accompli: some things that should c&w series are Faron Young on we should like to tell you about 2. Hank Snow—f Don't Hurt Any have a lasting effect on the some of them in case you were un­ More (RCA) Dec. 6 and Webb Pierce for a Mon- Wells-Foley—-One by One (Der- ord industry in general, and the day in January.______able to attend. 3. country-western record business in Festivities started with a din­ ca) particular. Most of these accom­ Town And ample of why Robison won Down ner sponsored by the Country Mu­ Faron Young— If You Ain’t plishments came about in discus- Beat’s poll for best record promo­ sic Disc Jockey association. After linin’ (Cap) sion sessions. tion. Del Roy. formerly a disc jock­ the dinner all, or mostly all, the 5. Hank Thompson — New Green The Country Music Disc Jockey Country Music ey, record distributor and later stars who were there put on three Light (Cap) association started the ball rolling with a music publishing firm, is hours of continuous entertainment. Mom Promising with a general membership meeting well qualified for his present posi­ The next two days were followed Carl Smith—Loose Talk (Col) that lasted through Nov. 18, a Hollywood—Ginny Wright, Ab­ tion, which he is doing so well. with dinners and cocktail parties Johnny & Jimmy—If You Don't, Thursday, and which was marked bott recording artist, has moved Cottonseed Clark and his Hoff­ sponsored by various publishers Somebody Else Will (Chess) by a vigorous denunciation of the from Shreveport to Los Angeles. man Hayride gang have moved and, of course, WSM. In Studio C 3. Hsnk Snow — The Next Voice trend toward objectionable lyrics. She is appearing on the Country from KPIX in San Francisco to of WSM all the publishers and You Hear (RCA) The membership agreed whole­ Hoedown shows originating from KOVR in Stockton, Calif. Show al­ magazines handed out awards to Porter Wagoner — Company's heartedly that if such lyrics in El Monte Legion Stadium. Shar­ so changed nights and is now the various artists and songwriters. Cornin’ (RCA) country and western music con­ ing billing are Wayne Raney, viewed on Fridays rather than Later the whole group was feted 5. Marty Robbins—As Time Coes tinue, the organization will go all- T. Texas Tyler and Jolly Joe Thursdays . . . Hank Thompson, by WSM’s Grand Ole Opry at the By (Cd) out to prevent the airing of such Nixon (KXLA deejay) and his the Brazos Valley Boys, and Billy historic Ryman auditorium. Webb Diac jockey« reporting thia isaur material. The members also rati­ band . . . Johnny Bond represented Gray have a 10-day tour of one- Pierce, Carl Smith, and Hank are Randy Blake, WJJD, Chicago; fied the association’s bylaws. Reg­ the Town Hall Party gang at the niters lined up in Florida. Dates Snow handled the Prince Albert Dal Stallard, KCMO, Kansas City, istration this year doubled the deejay convention in Nashville. He start following an appearance in NBC portion with their guest be­ Mo.; Jim Atkina, WBRC, Birming­ organization’s membership. Next planed to Nashville with Gene New Orleans Jan. 6 after the re­ ing Gene Autry. Festivities ended ham, Ma.; Mack Sander«, KfBI year’s meeting is scheduled to be Autry for a Grand Ole Opry ap­ turn of the group from California with a cocktail party by Capitol Wichita, Kan.; Glenn Stutzman, held in Nashville again at the same pearance. Sharing the flight with . . . Rex Allen rides in the annual records at the Andrew Jackson ho­ KYOU, Greeley, Colo.; Ralph Baa- time aa this year’s. Bond and Autry were Rex Allen Tournament of Roses Parade on tel immediately after the Grand aett, KWDM, Dea Moines, Iowa; Official Start and publisher Charlie Adams. New Year’s day. Thia will be his Ole Opry show. Many things were Jack Gale, WTMA, Charleston, Congratulations to Fabor Robi­ The official start of WSM’s shin­ sixth consecutive year to lead the discussed and many others accom­ S. C.; Tom Edward«, WERE, Clevm son for his new publication of news parade . . . After spending eight plished as the end came to a won­ land; Happy Ison, WORZ, Orlando, dig got off to a bright start Fri­ about his Abbott and Fabor record­ day- Dave Gar ro way’a morning To- weeks on a tour of one-niters in derful get-together of a bunch of Fla.; Sammy Lilliltridge, KFRO, ing artists, which ia edited by his Texas and Oklahoma, Gene O’Quin wonderful people. Personally, we’re Longview, Texas; Chuck Neer, television show out of New assistant, Del Roy. Just one ex- York City featured pickups of the has returned to California and looking forward to an even greater WIAM, Willianuton, N. C.; Sonny gening day direct from Nashville. well-planned for their wives. A Cliffie Stone’s Hometown Jamboree get-together next year and sincere­ Houston, WORC, Worcester, Meas.; Minnie Pearl acted as mistress of bus tour took them to the homes of radio and TV shows. O’Quin has ly hope you’ll be able to attend Jim Wilron, WHOO, Orlando, FU. ceremonies, and some of WSM’s many of the top artists living in been a member of Stone’s group and help promote the music we all talent participated in the show. Nashville. A lunchtime stop waa for five years . . . This reporter’s love best. moved from Detroit to Nashville The first panel started in the made at the Roy Acuffs, where address is PO Box 2367, Holly­ Billy Walker has left KWTO, . . . Lee Bonds, WGWD, Gadsden. morning in WSM’s auditorium. Mrs. Acuff prepared lunch for the wood, 28. Would like to hear from Springfield, Mo., and plans call for Ala., has switched from Capitol Visiting record industry executives artists, managers, publicists, and him to return to tne Louisiana to Decca with his first release out entire entourage. Hayride . . . Mac Wiseman started now. Dance Floor Walts and Homo- were introduced, and awards were On Friday afternoon, the women deejays. «•de to writers, entertainers, and were entertained in the home of Jim Reeves joins a group of oth­ a 13-week TV show recently on coming. Lee stars on Midnight dine jockeys Close b »0 per cent Gov. and Mrs. Frank' Clements, er celebrities for a tour in Europe WMAR-TV, Baltimore. Mac will Jamboree, broadcast every Satur­ m the discussion time at the after­ who are country music fans. One through the Christmas holidays to star in, and emcee, a half-hour day night from 8 to 12. Newest noon panel was devoted to 45-rpm of the highlights of the afternoon entertain troupe in our armed show from the Coliseum . . . Gene addition on the show is MGM's records as against 78-rpm discs. with the state’s chief executive was forces. Hollywood stars ret to go Roe, Country Song Roundup, has Little Rita Faye. No punches were pulled during the appearance of Stuart Hamblen, t*D-hour discussion, for those who sang for tbe party. participating were about equally After attending Gene Autry*a divided as to the merits of the two luncheon and WSM’s buffet Satur­ speeds for broadcast use. day afternoon, everyone trekked to the anniversary performance of Grand Old Opry Backstage was a CHIRON lê White the jockeys were busy with bedlam, but onstage the show went thetr discussions, WSM had things off without a hitch.

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Russ (Merry Garden) Chicago, b Ranch. Ha-r. (Chaudlere) Hull, Quebec. rado Springs, Colo., nc Brandwynne Nat (Waldorf-Astoria) NYC. Hines, Earl (Saperstein’s) Chicago, nc Canada, Out 12/23, cc Hodges, Johnny (Loop) Cleveland, 12/20- Ro co Trio Buddy (Rustic Lodge) North Reed, Tommy (Statler) Buffalo, N. Y„ b Brunswick, N. (Palladium) Hollywood, 3. Reichman. Joe (Rice) Houston, Tex., Hop« Lynn (Apache Ixn) Dayton. Ohio. Shearing, George (Birdland) NYC, 13/11­ Calif.. 13/35-1/33, b 12/30-3/9. b 12/15-20. nc 1/13, nc Carter. I.hiv (Stardust) Bronx, N. Y.. b Grand Rapids Sets Rudy. Ernie (Seven Hills) Tulia, UklaL, Caylor, Joy (Elgin Air Force Basu) El Johnson, Budd.' (Savoy) NYC. In 13/23, Slmmona Del (London ChophouM) De­ Paraiso, Fla. Out 13/19 (On Tour— 12/18-31. cc trolL Mich., Out 6/26/55 Texaa) GAC 'Minde. Carl (Syracuse) . yracu-m N. Y., Il Johnson, Blaine (Tips) Sparks Duo. Dick (Annex Bar) Sandusky Loe Chavalee (Palmer House) Chicago. Grassroots' Bash Sauter Finegar (On Tour—Michigan A 12/13-31; nc Ohio, cl 18/17-2/16. h Wisconsin) WA Karbon Kopies (Camp Lejeune! North Stitt, Sonny (Beehive) Chicago. 13/84 31. Clifford, Bill (Riverside) Reno. Ne h ScotL Stewart (President) It ansae City. Carolina, Out 12/19 Comma' 1 e r s (Meadowbrook) Cedar Kral, Roy-Jackie Cain < Purple Onion) Teagarden, Jack (Ball-Koa) Pittsburgh Grove. N. J.. Out 1/1. rh Kenny (Jereoj city Garden) NYC, nc Pa„ Out 12/21, nc Ooee, Bob (Balinese Room) Galveston, Jersey City, N. J. Lancere (Town Casino) buffalo. Three Jacks ( Maynards ) Washington. Ted l Pl a. a > NYC. h Out 12/19, Strong, Benny (Trig) Wichita Kan., Land. Sonny Trio (Augie's) Minneapolis. Tl reo Tones (Neck Inn) Throei's Nock. 12/25. 12/^4-35 Tulsa. Okla., 13/36 31 Out 12/13 Bronx. N. Y„ nc 12/27-1/16 Sudy, Joseph Midland. T> t. 13/38-39 Vicki (Majestic) Blythe. Trahan, LU A Pres (Skylark) I’enaeiulu. Bale, Fred IO» Tour—Mldv-.iet) W 1 (Texas) Fort Worth. 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Ralph (Room, alt) New Or­ leans, In 12/13, h Foster. Chuck (Aragon) Chicago. 12/35­ 1/11, b Combos Garber, Jas (Ob Tour—southwest) GAC George. Chuck (Trading Post) Houston. Tex., Out 1/1, pc G asse* Don (Tulsa) Tulsa Okla. 12/25- (Metropole) NYC (Chi Chi) Pal you have a tux? Springs, Calif., 12/17-24, nc Grand Rapids, Mich.—This city Belletto Quintet Al ( White Pub) Mi Harris. Ken (Town Club) Corpus Christi. will get its first locally produced waukee. Wis.. 12/13-28, cl Tex., Out 1/16. nc Blake Combo, Loren (McCurdy) Evans- Will you travel? Hayman. Richard (On Tour—New Eng­ jazz concert Jan. 1 in the Civic land) M a Auditorium, when tenor saxist Howard. Eddy (Aragon.) Chicago. Out Seattle, Wash. 12/19. b Arno Marsh, foimer Woody Her­ Buckner. Milt (Copa Casino) Buffalo. Hunt, Pee Wee (White Pub) Milwaukee, man sideman. stager and directs N. Y., Out 12/19. nc Are you willing to pay S3 Wia. Is 12/27, el a bash featuring his own quartet Bin «« Trio. Dick (Antlers) Colorado Anmes, Harrt (Ambassador) Los Aage ea and a 15-piecc band fronted by Springs, Colo., Ii Out 12/28. h Campbell. Choker (5-4 Ballroom) Loe drummer Sammy Fletcher, one­ Angeles 12/17-21» b for a chance at time leader of the Duke university Carroll, Barbaia (Blackhawk) Ban Fra».- Jerome. Henry (Edison) NYC, h Ambassadors. cisco, Out 12/19, (Sands) Kisley, Steve (Statler) Hartford. Conn, h Vegas. In 12/22, h Well response to many requests from sidemen, leaders, I amir, Juice (Ambassador) NYC. h An estimated 4,000 azz fam are Trio (Governor) Jefferson LaSalle Dick (Meadowbrook) Tulsa, -xpected to attend the event, the L Out 1/20'55 contractors, and booking agents; DOWN BEAT brings you Okla.. 13/35-31. cc first of a projected annual series (Officera Club) Fort Bragg. CALL BOVRD. promoted bj Ted Brink and Marv (Waluhajo) Atlanta. Napoleon Retreats, Mcl eod, local theatrical producers. 12/26-3» Heard in the Fletcher hand will (Melody) For only $3.00 per issue you list your address, and ex- be the Marsh quartet—including (Neptune Room) perience using a maximum of 14 words. Krupa Hires Scott Norm Schnell, former Gene Krupa Washington. New York—Teddy Napoleon has pianist; Bob Tuller, bassist, and Additional words 20c per. left the Gene Krupa trio, and when Dick Twelvetrees, diummer—plus Gene went to Boston's Hi-Hat for trumpeters Joe Jenny. Larry An­ sara, Danny Kovatz and Gay Whit- Eaample B — TRUMPET a recent week, he brought with him Example A —DRUMS trombonist- Whinery, eianist Bobby Scott, bassist Whitey Roe, Shad. 42“ Neosho St.; Dick Lundberg. anc Tom Rich- Due, Jolin. 535 Willow Road; litchell. and his regular hommau, Park f orest, Ill. M » de - n mund: saxists Jack Durand, Jim­ Winnetka, IL. I) i x . e, fake Eddie Shu. read, dbl. fr. horn (W Her­ my McDaniels, Eddy Ryder, and (Miff Mole; B. Goodman) There is aiso a possibility that man; R. Marterie) Krupa and his men will hit the Rav Kuzniak, and vocalist Berry BASIN STREET Last Frontiei at Las Vegas for Carew. Jazz deejay Tom Kelly seven weeks after the firs’ of the will emcee. year. Try for that better job today! Here is the ideal Christmas gift 'Where the Elite Meet” for your fnendt who are Songwriters! Arrangers! CALL BOARD DOWN BEAT Singers! Players! 2001 Calumet — Chicago 16, III. riera h a complete covrir le Basic BIRDLAND New York—New est movie to fea­ Mesi -ueswip SimpMed — Fer leglssser Hero is my listing for CALL BOARD in your first available issue ture a name pop singer vocalizing or Prole«"ioaal ...... (name your firs! instrument) for which the title song over the screen cred­ Full of jselv Short Coll in under ____ its ia the forthcoming Gary Cooper- Rhythmics Sight Reading Modulation Only the Best in Jazz!' I enclose $ ...... ($3.00 for 14 words or less; 20c for each F un Lancaster Vera Cruz. 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