Vi ST YR JOACHIM E. BERENDT —and in spite, or because of, the way Down Home choir: Roy Gaines on ...... 60 (Gemían Critic, Author) she sings now! the last great Vanguard record by ...... 20 Perfection is heavenly; we are on Jimmy Rushing; Bert Keyes from Band—Count Basie, Duke Elling- ihe earth. Earth, in this case, means Brooklyn, a Buddy Johnson discov­ ...... 10 lon . • • Combo—’s Jazz ...... 10 LJ.S. I judge from Germany. How do ery, and Lennie Felix, a widely trav­ Messengers, Jimmy Giuffre 3. dare? eled Briton with a warmly inspira­ ...... 10 1 rumpet — (Art ...... 10 tional touch Fanner, Lee Morgan) . . . Trombone DOM CERULLI Men like Lockjaw Davis, Curtis ...... 10 -J. J Johnson, Jimmy (.leveland, ...... 10 ( Associate Editor, Down Beat) Lowe, Havwood Henry, Skip Hall, Bob Brookmeyer (Aake Persson, and Earle Warren are not new on ...... 10 (.intis Fuller, Albert Mangelsdorff) Band—Johnny Richards .. . Combo ...... 5 —Tony Scott quintet. the scene, but by my standards they . Alto Sax—Sonny Stitt, Lee Ko­ are deserving ot much more recog­ ...... 5 nitz (Jackie McLean, Buddy Col­ Trumpet — No choice (Art Far­ EW STIR mer) . . . Trombone—Bob Brook­ nition than they are currently get­ lette) . . . Tenoi Sax—Sonny Rol­ ting. lins (, ) meyer, Jimmy Cleveland (Jimmy ...... 25 Knepper) . . . Alto Sax—Lee Konitz My choice of Dickie Wells and . . . Baritone Sax-Pepper Adams Vic Dickenson in the New Star Male ...... 20 (Tony Scott) . . . Clarinet—Buddy (Gene Quill, Julian Adderley) ...... 20 Tenor Sax—, Ben Singer category may require some DeFranco, Jimmy Giuffre (Rolf explanation, although both are per­ ...... 10 Kuhn) . . . Piano—Erroll Garner, Webster (, Benny ...... 10 Golson) . . . Baritone Sax—Gerry sonable cats of engaging vocal abil­ (Bill Evans, Martial ity...... 10 Solal) . . . Bass—Ray Blown, Oscar Mulligan (Tony Scott) . . . Clarinet ...... 10 —Tony Scott (no choice) . . . Piano I here has of late been a regret­ Pettiford, Charlie Mingus (Pierre table tendency lor the less offensive ...... 10 Mic helot) . . . Guitar—Tai Farlow —Thelonious Monk, Erroll Garner ...... 10 (Dick Kat/, Bill Evans) . . . Bass­ pop singers to be classed as jazz (Bill Harris) . . . Drums —Max singers. Ought we not be a little ...... 10 Roach (Ait Taylor) . . . Vibes—Milt Charlie Mingus (Wilbur W’are, ...... 10 Whitey Mitchell) . . . Guitar­ more discriminating? Blues singers Jackson (Wolfgang Schluter) . . . apart, the best vocal kicks in jazz ...... 10 Male Singer — Joe Turner (Ray Chuck Wayne (John Pisano, Jim ...... 10 Hall) . . . Drums—. have come from the musicians. Charles) . . . Female Singer—Billie Think a moment about the con­ ...... 5 Holiday (Rita Reys). (Ed Thigpen, Jimmy ...... 5 Campbell) . . . Vibes—Terry Gibbs tributions ol Jimmy Harrison, Fats There are three Men of the Year: Waller, George Thomas, Don Red­ . 5 Marshall Brown (for his Newport (Teddy Charles) , . . Male Singer t five full votes —Jimmy Rushing (David Allen) . . . man. Sv Oliver. Joe Thomas, Trum­ an individual international youth band), Miles my Young, Jack Teagarden, Lips Davis (for his Baudelaire-like mix­ Female Singer—Anita O’Day (Da­ lured a winner kota Staton, Irene Kral). Page, and Louis. Dickie and Vic are ture of sadness and beauty), Sonny somewhere in that tradition. Rollins (foi the way he goes new 1 wish there had been a category lor Gil Evans. Buddy Tate's seven-piece combo .LIETT paths with vitality); everybody else has been playing around New York seems to face an alternative: If you lor several years. W hen heard, it in­ IC Yorker) STANLEY DANCE are vital, you don’t go along new cluded the formidable talents of Pat (Reviewer. Jazz Journal, i . . . Combo paths; or if you go new paths, you Jenkins, Eli Robinson, Ben Richard­ England) [uintet, Ben are not vital. son, Sidik Hakim (formerly Argonne •by Hackett My choices for combos demon­ Band— . . . Combo Thornton), Everett Barksdale, and . .. Trumpet strate the alternative: Art Blakey’s —Buddy Tate septet Fats Donaldson, as well as the lead­ t Berry, Doc Messengers one possibility, Jimmy Trumpet— (Lou er's tremendously exciting tenor. espie, Miles Giuffre’s 3 the other one. Jones) . . . Trombone—Vic Dicken­ It could certainly outswing any Aside from Brown, Miles, and choice) . . . son, Dickie Wells, Trummy Young other regulai group in the city, and Sonny, everything seems to be doubt­ (no choice) . . . Alto Sax—Johnny nson, Benny its book contains many wonderful Bob Brook- ful. Since Tony Scott plays baritone Hodges (Earle Warren) . . . Tenor arrangements by wonderful persons with a tenoi mouthpiece and a bass Sax—Coleman Hawkins, Buddy Tate, r) . . . Alto like Robinson, Hall, Wells, and Buck Id ton Jeffer- clarinet reed, I m not sure if he is Ben Webster (Lockjaw Davis) . . . Clayton. Tenor Sax— eligible in the baritone category. But Baritone Sax—Harry Carney (Cur­ I he six easiest c hoices to make are, I’m sure Pepper Adams uses a bari­ en Webster, tis Lowe, Haywood Henrv) . . . Clar­ ol course, Duke Ellington, Louis nny Rollins tone mouthpiece and a baritone reed inet-Barney Bigard, Buster Bailey, Armstrong, , Harry and everything baritone-like. Sari tone Sax Darnell Howard (Haywood Henry) Carnev, , and Lionel y Mulligan As usual for us Europeans, I like . Piano—Earl Hines (Beit Keyes, Hampton, all of whom continue to net—Edmond to draw your attention to some Euro­ Lennie Felix, Skip Hall) . . . Bass­ reign supreme in their different Jimmy Giuf- pean musicians: the Swedish trom­ (Joe Benjamin) . . . spheres. Long may they do so! iano—Teddy bonist Aake Persson and the German Guitar—Freddie Green (Roy Gaines, one, Albert Mangelsdorff; the French Thelonious Dickey Thompson) . . . Drums— CARLOS De RADZITZKY . . . Bass­ piano player Martial Solal and his Jimmie Crawford (Herbie Lovelie) lie Mingus, compatriot, Pierre Mic helot, on bass; . . . Vibes — Lionel Hampton (no (Jazz Radio Producer, Editor, Ware) . . . the Dutch singer Rita Reys and choice) . . . Male Singer — Louis La Revue Den Duques, Belgium) (Jinn Hall) the German vibes player. Wolfgang Armstrong, |immy Rushing. Joe Band—Count Basie, Duke Elling­ nelly Manne, Schluter. Turner (Dickie Wells, Vic Dicken­ ton . . . Combo—Modern Jazz Quar­ (No choice) I still am fascinated by Bill Har­ son) . . . Female Singer—Ella Fitz­ tet, Miles Davis Quintet. i, Milt Jack- ris (by both ones, but in this con­ gerald (Carrie Smith). Trumpet — , Miles lale Singer— text I mean the guitar player). It Among the new voices that im­ Davis, (Lee Morgan, shing, Louis seems so much when you can send pressed me during the last year were , Kenny Dorham) . . . garden (No your messages without amplifier, and Lou Jones and Dic ky Thompson on Trombone—J. J. Johnson, Jimmy B;er—Mahalia everybody receives them! Billie Holi­ a Cozy (.ole record date; Herbie (.leveland (Willie Dennis, Bennie day’s singing keeps being for me Lovelle with Sam Taylor’s group; Green) . . . Alto Sax—Sonny Stitt, the most moving jazz experience ever Carrie Smith, a soloist with the Phil Woods () . . . Tenor August 21, 1958 ■ 17