The First Chorus

The schism that so long existed in jazs between the "moldy figs" and the "modern­ ists'' seems largely to have been bridged in the last few years. The revolution­ News and Features ary concepts that were introduced to 7 Leadeix Urged to Attend DOLA Conclave jazz by such men as , The­ 7 Goodman To Be Seen in Biofilm lonious Monk, , and Les­ 8 New Miami Club Bucks Opposition ter Young have for the most part been ab­ 8 The Return of Prof. McSiegal sorbed into the mainstream of jazz, and 9 Writing Autobiog 10 This Is the Year for Sammy Davis Jr. no longer are running at a tangent to it. 11 Jazz Achieves Social Prestige (Leonard Feather) Once again the men who were caught in the 12 Everybody’» Talking But the Jazzman (Nat Hentoff) middle of the two warring camps—the Ben 13 Jazz West Coast: A Short History (Ralph J. Gleason) Websters and Roy Eldridges and Benny 14 Gerry Mulligan TelB Tradition’s Importance Carters—are being accorded the respect 15 The Independent Jazz Companies (John Hammond) they warrant after two decades of contrib­ 15 Jazz LPs in a Spin (Nesuhi Ertegun) uting richly to jazz. Musicians are 16 The Collector’s Era (George Hoefer) finally being examined by most listeners 17 Billy Taylor Answers Tatum Critic for what they play, not for what idiom they 18 A Basic Jazz Record Library 28 Ulanov Finds Gold in Deejay Hills (Barry Ulanov) fall in. 35 Modern Jazz Can Pay Its Way It may be too soon to say this, and it all 42 Arranger Tells of Improved R&B Taste may be wishful thinking, but it appears 47 ’Tempo’ Files Tell L.A. Jazz History that jazz might finally be reaching an age of maturity. It has not produced a Daparfmants really great creative mind since Charlie 48 Rand Routes Parker, but it has reached a much higher 33 The Blindfold Test () stage of musicianship, and has won a re­ 40 The Devil’s Advocate (Mason Sargent) 46 Filmland Up Beat (Hal H>