EDITORIAL , January 27, 1950

203 NORTH WABASH, CHICAGO I, ILI___ ANdovar 3-1612

GLENN BURRS. Publislwr NED E. WILLIAMS. Editor

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT lloe el I,».el 47 la Le. Angele.. I -r sImi drew tbs orempsmlag eartoon, Hkewi. reproduced fren. Oeortaro by prrmlwloa of EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT H«w terh Staff: Cbicag* Staff: Hollywood Staff: “Jais" is here to stay, or such JOHN S. WILSON JACK TRACY CHARLES EMSE is the belated conclusion, hastily 2M I 71st Strew* PAT HARRIS 1103 N. El Centre Ave. subscribed to by the red-faced edi Itar Yer* 21 N » M3 N. Wabash Room 20S tors of Ye Down Beat magazine! Chicago I, IIL Los Angola* 30. Calif. Somt weeks ago, D. B decided that ANdover 3-1612 HEmsfend 6006 the iegularly conceived term “” —out of crib houses by Bud- dj Bolden was not commensurate with the lofty place aspired to by CREW this particular type of indigenous music. So, they launched a contest CATS to replace the effete term with more spectacular vernacular. Al­ MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS though I did not hold with the breath during these fierce, tense weeks, I did not realize the thing ’Oh, play that Creutcut, Jack!1 would lay an egg that would frighten an ostrich! The contest is over and the people at Down Beat are probably more embarrassed than the lady who ran over a cop own statement mad«* a decade ago not be used, no: his address, si —and would just a soon forget is tulid, he was badly upset when l»oth would be known and ea It s A Matter Of the whok thing. What opened with Adelaide junked what hr envisioned identifiable to most of the booking all the fervor of a crusade, re­ u - n permanent association by tak­ .igenciew and a number of the solved into, what is probably th« ing the trail to bands, I believe I can tell yo a mon» F.f conti st ever perpetrated . major part of what is wrong fi in n the name of good faith! If Beal It was some years, and several personal experience. Wanting To Live St. could talk, wow! The name cho­ vocalists later before Ivie Ander- First, the member), of the band sen by the judges as the one most son’s long tenure with the Eiling- and the leader have definite id< a« likely to succeed “Jazz” wu ton band began. on what is music and how it. sin M There doesn't seem to be any particular point in worrying (gad!) “Crewcut,” submitted by Robert R. Horner be played. These ideas differ < about the future of jazz in this country, because if the exodus Ester Whitefield of — siderably from the ideas of e of our top jazz stars to France. Sweden, Italy, and other for­ how precious can we get! Some of customer. eign countries continues, fherr won't be enough real jazz the other gems which were prize Pioneer In Buffalo Wt have played Claude Th« winners were: Pulse Music; Jarb, hill, Gene Krupa, Shep Fie ->. within these benighted shores to worry about. Beatfelt (goodness!): Bix-e-bop; Buffalo Freddy Martin, Blue Barron, and One of our staffers was lathing to Roy (Little Jazz) Eldridge Free Style (mercy!); Hip; Le Hot; To the Editors: numerous others in the last year fold seriously that Sock; Ragtibop! Charlie Barnet’s Almost a year ago the first jazz Bands liki Martin and Bar <*n record show in this area was start­ soon as he ran arrange it, Roy intends to hie himself io Swt- band was offered as one of the played all the hits and made a hit prizes! Charlie couldn’t face it and ed over a local network, WXRA in They played strictly for the ert u, den—-and stay there. cut out from the band biz! Some Kenmore, a suburb of Buffalo, and and the customer is usually right Paris at this writing has a colony of American jazz stars body must be kidding. We hope it has received a remarkable wel­ when the cash box is checked. CaP that includes Buck Clayton. Willie (The I Jon) Smith, Cole­ was Down Beat! come. Considering the hit and miss it corn or whatever, but it pay« off man Hawkins, Don Byas. and other artists -uch as Katherine proposition we faced before thia at the gate. program, Well Git It, tame into Second, the booking agenHis Dunham and the singing Peters Sisters. The latter trio, for baingl, you osu> readily understand make litth, if any, attempt lu example, state that they have no mind to return home. our desire to help its promotion. make and keep • ustomers. Thr The show, in the hands of Maury Rex Stewart has been in Europe for many, many months, agency takes the attitude that ' Bloom, hits the air every Saturday band buyer has to foot the bill. found time late la» I year to drop down under to Australia for between 2 and 3:50 p m, almost that is all. The booking agen a tour, but has shown no inclination to return to the Apple. two hours of really solid music. are so inti rested in the cash m h , Earl*Hines, and others who recently nave Lynne Jeffries of the business that they are h toured the Scandinavian countries, visited France and Italy, We booked two bands this j *vi tell pals that it is the veritable end, although Armstrong does What's Wrong: Bands that were cancelled out on ui add that he would not like to live over there, just make it the last minute That has happt Tallahassee, Fla to numerous other buyers. Fri once or twice a year. . To the Editors: Everyone associated with jazz know* the answer. It isn't ly, we are going to buy a lira ted I’m from a place when there are number of name bands in 1950 be­ Holland, Mich probably more squares than any the gold that these boys are seeking, and economic condition* To the Editors: cause of the treatment we have in these countries admittedly are below the par of opulence other epot in the country. These had from booking agencies. We A number of readers doubtless people are so stupid they think a caught Mix’ slip in the record re­ are small operators for * civic dance band ia something that plays organization, but we have stent They just want Io live! view section (Down Beat, Dec. 16). music they can dance to. Very few The vocalist on the old Ellington $40,000 for hand* this year. Discrimination aud prejudice here have been increasing know the names of top bands, and Third, money is not as ph nt fu Creoh Love Call (Victor 21137, even lees know the difference be­ since the end of the war instead of decreasing. There have 24861) is Adelaide Hall, who was un it was. We can f make mo tween a Fax and a trumpet. All paying $2,750 for Vaughn Mor been serious manifestations of unrest due to racial fw tore in at one time (1927) practically a they know is the feel of a good partner of the Duke. If Ellington’s in today’s market. several large cities. Chicago for one, carefully ignored by the solid beat and the tone of a good (Name omitted on requ«;»‘ daily press. band playing simple melodic music. Don'1 be surprised if in the not-too-dislant future, when *-bop is musician’s music,, and you have to be a dare good musi- we here want to «lig ihr new jazz, we will hr obliged to rely IRVING—Johnny Irving. 30, onetime pi- •nist with Mai Hallett and Tommy Rey­ to iindemtand what’s gmnp on the importation of hot platters from Sweden, or the latest nolds, Dee. 1 in New York, of rheumatic on. Bop ia new and very different Joliet, i release* of the Hot Club of France. fever. from other types of music. The To the Editors: KLOMRG — Clara Kloberx, 70, concert main difference is that it is about It 1« obvious that the defense 4 violinist. Dee. 18 in New York. the most difficult of all to dance to Glenn Miller in the Dec. 80 im«< TIED NOTES K RATKA—Nicholas Kratka. 62. violinist. Dee. 1 in Bridgeton, N. J. or sing. Can you picture an aver­ (Chorda and Diacords) indicat* •um-MRNSWORT* — Geoigir Aad. LANGDON—George J. Langdon. 48. age housewife working around the the impact which Miller’s mu« c tenor saxist and bistro owner currently tn former violinist and leader, Dec. 14 in house and singing Lemon Drop! had on the music public. It is o. >y the play The lot Ra«» and Pat Farns­ Bridgeport, Conn. worth. modeL Dee. II in Elkton, Md. Is it a case of dance music going natural then that a music which MAGUIRC—Arnold Maguire. 49, onetime out, or is it a «mb of ultru-pro ao universal In appeal will be a CGNY1 McGREER - tarry Conte. i«Ml producer of the Kay Kyser, Johnny Mercer, licer «ins representative, and Dolorer Mc- and Tony Martin airshows, and recently gr«-^ive music having ii hard time target for criticism that would ex Greer. Nov. 19 in Chicago. west coast director of television for Foote. getting started? Each year people cape a lesser-known style. In th. GASKR-MGGIANO— Stephen J. Gasper Gone A priding, Dec. 5 in Hollywood. want almost everything else consideration of criticism it is cer­ Jr., symphuiiy musician, and Paula Reggia­ MANN—Cari F. Mann. 61. organist and changed, but not their dance mu­ tainly necessary to understand he no, Nov. M in Stamford. Conn. head of the vocal department at the De- sic. Most of us are two-steppers, GROUYA-MEADR — Ted Grouya. eom- troit conservatory of music for 24 nature of it in order to avoid un *««««* pooer of Flaiampo. and Mary Meadi , sing­ Dee. * In Detroit. and we want to stay that way. due pot shots at the critic. er, recently in Paria OGLESBY— Mrs. Anne L. OelMbv, linger I have tried several types of According to definition, “cr i- MAITLANO-CONNER — Dexter Maitland, Harry music with several good outfits, cism is the act or art of judgir singer, and Peggy Conner. Nov, 25 in St. but my best results have been with and >lefining something, particub r NEW NUMBERS LoUir Owens, 82, Chicago pianist a combo playing old standards. It ly a literary or artistic work, ic- MILLER-SIROTA -Al MiUer, with taed Sax Mallard and Jump BAY—A non to Mr. and Mr«. Demi« music and Conni« Sirota, formarli with Jackson. Dec, 17 in Dubuque, Iowa, of isn’t very exciting, and not every­ (Modulate Io Page 11) Day, Dee 1C in Hollywood. Dad u singer, Leeds. Dec. 4 in New York. pneumonia. one has n chance to show off, but comedien MORAN-SZALEN—Thomas Moran, pianist SEBNEB — the people like it and they’re pay­ BRANE I bob »Id Arthu <7 Ibr and leader, and Irene Ssalen. Nov. 2t in and lyricist who adapted No, No, Nanu’tU WHERE IS7 t l). to Mr. and Mrs. G V (Kowbot ing us. BndgctwF' Coir. and ©o-authored Blae Mantrlca with Frant BAE*. Dren« Dei in Me-aphia. Ten . Dan Lehar, Dec. 10 in Loe Angele«. Could the slump in dune«* music la baritone nen end arrancer, mom is be the lack of dance music? FINAL BAR SMITH David Stanley Smith. 72. con­ timpanist. ductor of the New Haven symphony for Rod White «RANNEN--A daughter to Mr an! Mrs COCHARD—Julius Cochard, 50, violinist, 26 years and dean of the Yale school of chan«. Lot Ana.u Kobert G. Grannen. Dee. 8 in Cincinnati. composer, and director of Mexico City's music, Dec. 17 in New Haven, Conn. RICHARÓ (BASSIE) DAUPHINE. Nr Dad is with Sire A Rosenfield ad a«ency ; ban fornwrl, with aaml-Mma mid»- mom is form* Maria Muieanrj of «Ulrr station XEWs itaff ork, Nov. 29 in plane WKMR—Frits Weber. 78, organist, choral crash in Dallas His wife was killed in director, and former director of the Con­ bandi «ad comboa the same crash. necticut symphony, Dec. 11 in Bridgeport, North Carolina MNNt Mrs. Martha Gwynn. Dennl. 87. Conn. WE FOUND lyrie write- and actress. Dee. 14 la San WISTIL Charles Westd, 66, pianist and To the Editors: JIMMY MILLER, tarito«.. tau dan Pedro. Calif. founder of the Westel institute of music. Thib morning 1 read your article •nd ton«, now wH* K.n Harrii bn EMBOetM — A1U B Edmond., 78. mu­ Dec. 4 in . in which you planned to find «ut at «*• Cl, »aland botal. Cla.ala'd, sician and onetime head nf the Chicago ZRRMAN Mrs. Celis Zeeman. 76. mother what is wrong with the band busi­ KEITH STAULCUT, Emncb kern, tnim: - School of Opera. Dec. 11 in Flint, Mieh and .ecalt, aho wit* the Ken He « of former ork leader and owner of the ness. Ah a non - professional pro baei *n Cl„»>ana FUHRMAN the Fuhrman. 7». fetbet of Forrest cafe Barney Zeeman, Dec. 8 In KYW ork eader and music director Philadelphia. I motor who requests that his name