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The New York Jazz Museum is stepping New from Inner City is Randy Weston’s up its activity. According to Howard Fischer “African Nite,” a solo . the museum will resume Sunday concerts Two super records have arrived from in November. Friday noontime concerts Jazz Archives. “Ben And The Boys" T0P40J/IZZ ZLBUMS and film shows will soon become part of the features Ben Webster with the likes of Hot museum’s regular schedule. Lips Page, Don Byas, Dexter Gordon, Flip Father Tom Vaughn has a new album on Phillips and a host of great mainstream Weeks Weeks On On Concord entitled “Joyful Jazz.” Bassist musicians. “Jammin’ With Lester Volume 9/25 Chart 9/25 Chart Monty Budwig and drummer Jake Hanna Two” features Lester Young with trom- 1 BREEZIN’ 20 LOOK OUT FOR #1 complete the trio. bonist Earl Swope and his own band from GEORGE BENSON BROTHERS JOHNSON (A&M SP 4567) 17 13 A hippopotamus with sunglasses? That jams in the early 1950s. (Warner Bros. BS 2919) 1 13 21 TOUCH is the cover for Dave Matthews’ new Kudu Bluebird’s October release will consist of 2 SECRETS JOHN KLEMMER (ABC ABCD 922) 18 13 HERBIE HANCOCK LP “Shoogie Wanna Boogie." If the hippo is one issue: a six LP boxed set comprising all 22 NIGHTFLIGHT (Columbia PC 34280) 2 4 in fact Shoogie it is unlikely she’ll be the Lionel Hampton small band recordings GABOR SZABO (Mercury SRM 1-1091) BAREFOOT BALLET 22 8 refused. for Victor in the ’30s and ’40s. Jazz historian (?) 23 MILLION DOLLAR LEGS — JOHN KLEMMER (ABC 950) 5 4 Dave Brubeck jammed with sons Darius, Stanley Dance did the liner notes. This is a THE NEW TONY WILLIAMS 4 THREE Chris and Danny at a benefit for Environ, truly significant move by RCA. Now, (Lifetime/Columbia PC 34263) 24 3 (CTI 6063) 3 13 the multi-art performing center in the Soho whatever happened to the Columbia Lester 24 ON LOVE (5) WINDJAMMER DAVID T. WALKER district of New York. Young series? FREDDIE HUBBARD (Ode/A&M SP 77035) 23 7 The Brecker Brothers head back into the Fantasy/Milestone/Prestige doings in- (Columbia PC 34166) 5 7 25 ARBOUR ZENA studio-next month to start work on their clude news of the new Patrice Rushen LP 6 DAVID SANBORN KEITH JARRETT third Arista LP. currently being recorded in Los Angeles. In (Warner Bros. BS 2957) 6 8 (ECM/Polydor 1-1070) 21 13 Dexter Gordon’s itinerary now includes a the band are Jimmy Gadson, Bill Summers (7)school days v 26 LIFE -^ STANLEY CLARKE ON MARS date at the Village Vanguard starting Oc- and Al McKay from Earth, Wind & Fire. Ms. DEXTER WANSEL (Nemperor/Atlantic NE 439) 12 2 tober 19. Rushen will join Flora Purim for an east (Phila. Int'l./Epic PZ 34079) 28 7 8 Joe Fields of Muse reports on some of coast tour in October. She also appeared EVERYBODY LOVES THE 27 YELLOW AND GREEN his latest projects, including an LP by on Sonny Rollins’ recent sessions. SUNSHINE ROY AYERS UBIQIUTY RON CARTER (CTI 6064) 29 3 Sonny Phillips, organist formerly on Ron Carter’s first Milestone LP begins (Polydor PD 1-6070) 4 8 VERY TOGETHER Prestige, with Houston Person and Jimmy next month with Harvey Mason, Hugh (28) 9 YOU ARE MY STARSHIP DEODATO (MCA 2219) — 1 Ponder in the band; a duo session featuring McCracken, Kenny Barron and strings NORMAN CONNORS reedman Eric Kloss and keyboardist Barry arranged by Don Sebesky. (Buddah BDS 5655) 9 13 29 FEELS SO GOOD GROVER WASHINGTON Miles and Carlos Garnet’s “Cosmos McCoy Tyner’s next LP will be entitled 10 FEVER (Kudu KU 24S1) 30 13 Nucleus,” featuring a 26-piece orchestra “Focal Point” and will be a November RONNIE LAWS (Blue Note/UA BNLA 628G) 8 13 and Garnet’s arranging. release. (30) CALIENTE 11 KING BAD GATO BARBIERI (A&M 4597) — 1 “Waves Of Dreams” is the title of Sonny bob porter GOOD GEORGE BENSON (CTI 6062) 11 13 31 Fortune’s latest Horizon album. Bassist ( ) SOUND OF A DRUM (12) 1 HEARD THAT RALPH MacDONALD Buster Williams and trumpetman Charles BMI Computer , i2 V“X QUINCY JONES (A&M SP 3705) 1 (Marlin/TK 2202) 36 2 Sullivan are among the personnel. Also in- reciprocal agreements. 13 GLOW (32) END OF A RAINBOW r.lnri fid“-rn 'the Horizon release are new New Bonus System AL JARREAU (CTI 6001) — 1 by Jimmy Owens, Jim Hall and a (Warner Bros. MS 2248) 13 10 Replacing the practice of awarding 33 ROMANTIC WARRIOR new fusion group, Karma. bonuses on the basis of total catalog per- 14 THOSE SOUTHERN RETURN TO FOREVER Xanacfu Records moves to Record Peo- formances, the new BMI bonus system, to KNIGHTS (Columbia PC 34076) 25 13 ple for Ne~w York distribution. begin in mid-1977, will make every song in CRUSADERS (Blue Thumb/ 34 DREAMS SO REAL ABC BTSD 6024) 10 13 A double Earl Hines and another volume the BMI repertoire eligible for an extra pay- GARY BURTON QUINTET (ECM/Polydor 1-1072) 26 8 of Master Jazz piano will be the next ment. 15 HARD WORK JOHN HANDY 35 SALONGO releases on Master Jazz Recordings. In a letter sent to BMI writers and (ABC/Impulse ASD9314) 14 13 RAMSEY LEWIS Gus Statiras reviving his Progressive publishers, Cramer described this plan in 16 FLY WITH THE WIND Columbia PC 34173) 27 13 label that was active during the 1950s. general terms: “A song will receive the base McCOY TYNER 36 THE MAIN ATTRACTION Already in the can is a quartet date featur- rate described in our payment schedule (Milestone/Fantasy M9067) 16 13 GRANT GREEN (Kudu 29) 32 11 ing New York tenor player Ray Turner. until it achieves a certain plateau, at which 17 THE OTHER SIDE OF 37 AIN’T THAT A BITCH interesting of the One aspect Bethlehem point it will start receiving a higher payment ABBEY ROAD JOHNNY '' WATSON reissue program is the fact that original rate. When the cumulative performances of GEORGE BENSON (A&M 3028) 19 6 (DJM/Amherst DJBPA-3) 33 5

catalog numbers are being utilized. The the song reach another level, a still higher 18 THE NEED TO BE 38 RIVER HIGH, RIVER LOW ESTHER SATTERFIELD (A&M SP 341 20 13 LES McCANN (Atlantic SD 1690) 35 4 label reports excellent airplay on Bob bonus will be paid, and so on through a 1 Dorough’s “Yardbird Suite” LP. The Oct. 1 number of specific levels. This will mean 19 EVERYBODY COMES ON 39 EARLKLUGH (Blue Note/UA BNLA 596G) 31 13 Bethlehem release will contain six LPs. that a song, whether its success is OUT STANLEY TURRENTINE 40 BACK TO BACK Among them: “Mel Torme Sings Fred measured in terms of initial performances (Fantasy F9508) 15 13 BRECKER BROTHERS (Arista AL 4061) 37 10 Astaire,” Booker Ervin, Jimmy Knepper or continued performances over a period of and Duke Ellington Volume 2. years, can receive substantial multiple pay- ments.” JazzAlbumPicks

I TOLD YOU SO — Count Basie — Pablo 2310-767 AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ MOODS — Dizzy Gillespie, — Producer: Norman Granz — List: 7.98 Machito— Pablo 2310-771 — Producer: Chico This is the best Basie band in nearly ten years and O’Farrill and Mario Bauza — List: 7.98 the LP is a vast improvement over the initial Pablo Dizzy is virtually unique among jazz musicians in

album. It helps to have a top notch arranger (Bill that he was at the center of two totally different

Holman) writing for the band again. It also helps to musical schools of development: bebop and Afro- have soloists such as Al Grey, Jimmy Forrest and Cuban. Arranger/producer O’Farrill has similar the Old Man himself. There are several fine roots and the orchestra of Machito has been a con- soloists whom the totally inappropriate notes fail to tinuous phenomenon for more than thirty years. The identify. Basie, alone among big band leaders, meeting of the major forces is their first on record in sticks to the jazz tradition which he pioneered. But several years and the results are superb from start then with a band this great perhaps Buddy, to finish. Jazzy Afro-Cuban autentico! Maynard or Woody would return to the fold!

JAZZ GALA CONCERT — Atlantic SD 1693 — Producer: Peter Herbolzheimer — List: 6.98 YOUR MIND IS ON VACATION — Mose Allison — The Jazz Gala Concerts were presented in Atlantic 1691 — Producer: llhan Mimaroglu — List: various German cities during January of this year. 6.98 The basic idea was to present guest soloists in front Old Man River returns after an absence of some of an all-star orchestra arranged and conducted by time. Subject matter is ten Mose originals and a Peter Herbolzheimer. The soloists are many and couple of thirtyish standards. This isa pureacoustic varied. Stan Getz, Johnny Griffin, Gerry Mulligan, session in contrast to some of Allison's more recent Art Farmer, Nat Adderley, Slide Hampton, Grady recordings and he sounds completely at home. Al Tate, Albert Mangelsdorff and Toots Thielemans all Cohn adds a nice idiomatic tenor sax on the stan- lend their support to the project. As one might ex- dards while David Sanborn kicks in some nice solo pect the music is varied as are the results, but Getz work on the originals. The voice hasn’t changed and is marvelous (on Chick Corea's “Times Lie”) Johnny Mose Allison is still able to surprise the hell out of Griffin still plays good blues and the reunion of Far- everyone with his piano work. A very strong return. mer and Mulligan has some special moments. Cer- tainly a unique and interesting album.

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