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NEWS FROM HOLLYWOOD

VOL. 4, NO. 1 52 JANUARY, 1946 Kenton Shooting flickers For Two Vlajor Film Firms Stan Kenton’s current stay in Hollywood is proving fru itfu l. Plus íolding over for almost two months it the Palladium, Kenton’s ork has )een going in for movie work in a arge way. C urre n tly fin ish in g up scenes !:or C olum bia’s “ Duchess o f Broadway,” ’ band will report to that studio ¿.most immediately for another flicker. In “ Duchess,” the ork does four tunes Bnd Jinx Falkenberg w ill be seen singing ivith the band in the movie. Underway, too, is a W arners’ m ovie íort, based on the Kenton band itself, he short is one o f several dealing w ith lame bands being produced by Warners hat will attempt to get away from the MARTHA TILTON and Andy Russell have a right to smile. Martha, because jsual cornball tre a tm e n t handed big she’s due back on the west coast where she’ll resume housekeeping with her )ands. I f promises now being made fo r husband, recently discharged Navy man, Leonard Vannerson, continue on the t hold true, it should turn out to be a Hall of Fame show and cut more Capitol platters. Andy can grin because his nusically satisfying and intelligent film. Capitol album of love ballads is a click, because he’s set to go to NYC later After closing the Palladium, Kenton this year for a return engagement at the Paramount Theater. ‘ees off on some west coast bookings anuary 1 at the “Tournament of Mu- ic” in San Diego. Follow ing th a t bash, Harry James Margaret Whiting he band will spend the rest of January n California playing the following dates: On Vacation Signed for Radio Jan. 3 — Hanford Jan. 4 — Sacramento Cuts Payroll Margaret W hiting, Capitol song­ Jan. 5 — S tanford U niversity stress, has been penciled to sing on Jan. 6 — San Francisco Harry James’ future plans remain a new radio program starting Janu­ Jan. 7-8-9-10 — Sweet’s Ballroom shrouded in mystery. The Horn and ary 26 over CBS. N ew show w ill be in Oakland his band recently closed the Mead­ Jan. 11 — San Jose called “ Celebrity Night” and re­ Jan 12 — Salinas owbrook here, moved out on the places “ Report to the Nation.” Jan. 13 — V allejo road for local one-niters until Margaret has been in NYC during Beginning January 15, Kenton opens Christmas time. Plans called for the the past two months where she made • he Orpheum Theater in L.A. for one whole band to rest over the holidays, a record number of guest appearances week, follows with four nights at the probably return to work after that. on star radio shows, averaging three Rendezvous Ballroom in Salt Lake City. One gripe that James’ sidemen had shots a week. Her most recent Capitol Band w ill open February 5 a t th e recently was getting notice that their recording, the Rodgers - Hammerstein Meadowbrook in New Jersey. salar' s would be cut. This, coupled “ It Might As Well Be Spring,” has been ' he fact that the future is indefi- a consistent best-seller. The singer re­ Butterfield Out of Army has observers guessing that there’ll cently did another wax date for Capitol Trumpeter Billy Butterfield, featured be a lot of changes in the James’ ork in Manhattan. on Capitol platters, has been released before long. A rumor reaching the west coast says from the army and is en route to NYC Anita Boyer probably won’t return to that Margaret may take a leading role o build a band. the band after the holiday rest. in a new Bert Lahr B’way show. THE CAPITOL THE CAPITOL THUk

THE Bookers Set

Published Monthly by Alvino Rey CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. sunset uà vine -B u t Fast! Sunset and Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif. |N A RAY HUTTON is back in town but won’t stay here long. She The music business seems to be Edited by Frank Stacy has straightened out her booking mix-up, plans to go east again to taking good care of musicians re­ build her new band under Associated Booking aegis. . . . First novel turning to civilian life after armed to use a professional jazz critic as the hero is out. I t’s called “ The Robbed service— at least this is true in the Heart,” written by Clifton Cuthbert. . . . Susan Taylor (she sang with Boyd case of bandleaders. Alvino Rey, Raeburn under her real name, Barbara Cox) joined Carlos Molina’s band at who took over the bandstand at the fan fare press time. ... Charlie Spivak’s singer, Jimmy Saunders, married Rita (Miss Casino Gardens here, had that date Rheingold ’46) Daigle in NYC. . . . Eddie Greene, who used to play trumpet booked before he had taken off Navy and manage Bobby Sherwood’s band, is concentrating on just the latter job garb. Rey was released from the Navy Johnny Mercer Fan now. . . . Teddy Bunn is working at the Susie Q on Hollywood Boulevard. . . . December 14; he replaced Barnet at W oodbury, New Jersey If you saw all the to-do that studio press agents made about the child the Gardens December 1 4. I would like to give praise where it is prodigy boogie-woogie expert called “ Honey Child,” it may amuse you to The guitarist got a break in finding due. Being a Johnny Mercer fan from know that when the kid got out here to the MGM lot, he turned right key sidemen for his new ork quickly by away back, I could not help being a around and went back home to Detroit. He just didn’t like Hollywood, taking over ace musicians from the plugger of Capitol Records since their that’s all! band that Artie Shaw broke up recently. appearance. Capitol Picks Com ing Stars Tenor-man Herb Stewart, lead alto Lou Next on the list is The Capitol. Since Prisby, trombonist Bob Swift, all were JPOTTED throughout this issue of The Capitol are photos of several my work and studies do not permit with Shaw, all took chairs with Rey. enough time to enjoy music or to keep young stars this column believes will hit the top during the year Other Rey stars include Rocky Colucci, up with the bands the way I’d like to, ahead. Their names will be familiar enough now to real popular who was in Sam Donahue’s Navy band, I find that this publication gives a very music fans but should become even more so if they push their talents to and singers Jo Anne Ryan and Ed Rob­ good cross-section of the music world the full these coming months. Look for them under the headings: “ Watch ertson, the la tte r doubling bass. Band in which I’m interested. Him!” and “Watch Her!” ... Jo Stafford has signed a new long-term pact will follow its stay at the Gardens with Elwood B. Backensto with Capitol. ... It isn’t faulty reporting that keeps putting tenorman one-niters until a March 1 5 opening at 303 Myrtle Ave. Corky Corcoran in front of his own band and then back w ith Harry James the Chase Hotel in St. Louis. again. Corky really keeps planning to front his own crew, then changes his Fast work too was the booking job . . . and Sinatra Fans mind. This time it’s reported that his deal to bring a band into Roseland done by Frederick Brothers Agency here, Ballroom in NYC fell through and so he’ll stay with the Horn for another which set Herb Miller’s new band for a Bangor, Maine few months. . . . Jess Stacy’s band is being considered fo r date at the week’s engagement at the Trianon in Thanks for printing news about Frank a Mission Beach Ballroom. ... If you can get the show on your radio, dig the Sacramento December 12, two days Sinatra in your Capitol. We think it’s fine arrangements that Harry Zimmerman’s ork plays every Sunday after­ after Miller received his Army discharge. very nice of you, especially when Mr. THE CAPÍTOL herewith presents its first in a series of photographs de­ noon at 4-30 (PCT) on station KHJ locally. ... That fin e trio fronted Sinatra doesn’t make records for the jazz signed to put an end to publicity clichés. This one, of course, illustrates that by bassist Vivian Garry will go to work out here as soon as its local union Capitol Record ng Company. We’re sturdy bromide “ a record-breaking performance.” Victims in the shot above card comes through. always pleased to read news about our are KFAC platter-spinner Ira Cook, over whose head the platter is being favorite. Incidentally, your album of Three Russell Flickers Due shattered; Jerry Colonna, wielding the hunk of shellac; and Peggy Lee, the Familiar Hymns sung by St. Luke’s horror-stricken observer. — Gene Lester Photo A N D Y RUSSELL fans have some big times in store. Three movies Choristers is w onderful. N. Elsemore featuring the Capitol singer are scheduled for release during the Spike Jones W ill-W on’t KMPC Winds Up P. W arren next three months. “ Stork Club’’ debuts this month; “ Breakfast in Play Date at Trocadero Hollywood” will appear In February; and “ Make Mine Music” (in w hich Spike Jones’ date to play the Troca­ ‘Live’ Jazz Show Music Hungry Andy’s voice Is heard) comes out in March. . . . Herbie Fields won’t leave dero here is one of those “ maybe he Morotai, Pacific Lionel Hampton to build that band, after all. He’s signed with Hamp’s band will but maybe he won’t“ deals. Orig­ Local ja z z fans feel that their I’ve received the last three or four for another year.. . . Ella Mae Morse has penciled a deal with the William inally, the City Slickers were set to re­ favorite music has just taken a Morris Agency to start doing radio work this month. . . . Charlie Barnet’s issues of The Capitol and I must con­ open the Troc January 21 after its reno­ beating in the Hollywood area. Sta­ fess, for its size, it has to be rated with pet monkey, Xavier, is dead. . . . Woody Herman has added Red Norvo’s vation but at press time the date was the bigger music periodicals. In fact — vibes to his band. All that remains is for Woody to have Shostakovitch indefinite. Equally confusing are reports tion KMPC here has cancelled Ray and I’m not kidding — for the amount write a few flag-wavers and the new era of jazz can begin officially. that Jones begins a Proctor and Gamble Linn’s “ live” jazz band broadcasts be­ of interesting stuff The Capitol puts A lv in o ’s Idea NBC show this month, that story hav­ cause they were too “jazzy.” Linn, out, the other mags are somewhat put ing been sent out by Paramount Pic­ trumpet player last with Artie Shaw, ALVINO REY’S new band is using six trumpets and four trom­ to shame. Most of us left here are from tures, later denied by NBC. set the show several weeks ago when L.A. and NYC and so are hungry for bones, the whole section dubbed “ double brass” by R ey. It isn’t, of arranger Sonny Burke was brought into news of the music business all the time. course, the first time that ten horns have been used in a swing the station as musical director. Burke will also leave KMPC, replaced by Ted Aside from that, I pass The Capitol on band brass section but Rey claims a new effect by using three muted W H O ’S BOSS? The fortunes of war are responsi­ Steele, the Novachord-man. to pals in Manila, Peleliu, and Hawaii. trumpets against three open ones. Incidentally, pianist Rocky Colucci didn’t ble for a somewhat unique twist in Frankly, they think it’s good and no­ get out of the Navy in time to join Rey at the recent Casino Gardens open­ the new Alvino Rey band. When body’s paying me to say it. ing but was supposed to take over his chair the follo w in g week. . . . They say A NEWCOMER to Capitol’s list of Dinning Sisters Rey first went into the Navy, he Pfc. Ted Cook that Tommy Dorsey is in a spin these days and talks o f giving up his band. Jazz stars, trumpeter Clyde Hurley was sent to the Great Lakes Train­ Play Trocadero For: TD’s wonderful clarinetist, Buddy DeFranco, is talking to his draft board — recently cut his first sides for the ing Center and placed in a band The Dinning Sisters, exclusive Capitol T /5 H. Lewis at this late date! . . . Isn’t it incredible how Krupa’s Anita O’Day can take “ Hits From Hollywood” label. He’s there conducted by Jim Daly. Play­ recording artists, opened at the Troca­ CpI. R. Coty a dog tune like "Chickery Chick” and make even it sound like good jazz? a name band veteran, has been ing alto now in Rey’s new band is dero here recently. Gals plan to stay Pfc. C. M astropolo . . . Ella Logan is back from overseas again. There’s a gal who really rates a working in ace studio bands on the the same Jim Daly, who promptly out on the west coast for some time, Pfc. H. O’Corman hand. She spent more than two full years abroad entertaining the troops west coast where he attracted the accepted an offer made to him by aiming at movie work. They’ll also cut T /5 P. M urphy during the war. attention of Capitol talent scouts. his ex-sideman. some more Capitol tunes to follow up Jr. Qm. D. Purdue — Charlie Mihn Photo their album. THE CAPITOL THE CAPITOL PACE $ Barnet Playing L. A. Orpheum TRÜMBDNIST JACK JEM Y DIES AT 35 hands of “backers.” He never forgot Planned New “ Stardust” hoHywood béât Charlie Barnet wound up his "Stardust" Solo the troubles that he had with his first An ironic footnote to Jenny’s life is his stay at the Casino Cardens here, band, nor the morass of debt in which ^EEDLESS to say, all west coast jazz eyes are centered these nights on the fact that shortly before his death went out on the road for a few one- it left him. Towards the end of his life, he had completed plans to assemble a Dizzy Gillespie’s band, playing at Billy Berg’s here. The Diz opened with Will Never Die niters, returns to town early this he swore that he’d never front a band large band (thirty-five men or more) a mixed band somewhat different than the one with which he attracted By FRANK STACY again. m o n th to open January 8 at the to record his famous “ Stardust” again, Joins A rtie Shaw so much attention a year or so ago back on 52nd St. in NYC. For one Orpheum Theater for one week. Barnet Jack Jenny is dead. heightening his beautiful trom bone thing, he’s added vibes, played by M ilt passages with a background of strings. plans to stay in Hollywood until March One of the greatest of modern It was in 1940 that Jenny joined Jackson from Detroit. Jackson plays when he heads east for an opening at Artie Shaw’s band and you can hear Jack Jenny’s original “ Stardust” re­ trombonists, he died here early on great and makes a perfect complement the 400 Restaurant in Gotham. some of his work on Shaw recordings cording has been a hard-to-get collec­ to the band. Rest of the personnel in­ Star trumpeter Peanuts Holland, hurt the morning of December 16 in like “Moonglow” and “Stardust,” al­ tor’s item for some time. cludes Charlie Parker, one of the most in an auto accident here recently, was Hollywood Hospital, where he had though on Shaw’s version of the latter I t ’s one o f those records th a t has individual and fine alto-men around on the mend at press time. Changes in been taken a week earlier with tune only a fragment of the Jenny solo become more than just another good today; Al Haig, whose abrupt piano jazz platter— the kind that you bring the Mad Mab’s band find pianist Al Haig acute appendicitis. Services were held is heard. style fits in perfectly with a “bebop” out (he joined Gillespie at Billy Berg’s) out in the middle of a party and insist for the musician at Forest Lawn ceme­ Jenny tried his luck again with a big band; drummer Stan Levy and bassist and guitarist Barney Kessel in. that everyone listen to intently ten or tery in Los Angeles. He is survived by band when Bobby Byrne went into the Ray Brown, who round out a great small twelve times over— the kind of record his wife, Bonnie. Navy in 1943. The six-foot trombonist combo rhythm section. Sad to relate is you spin for someone just getting inter­ Jazz Guitarist Jenny’s story follows the pattern that went down to the Frolics Club in Miami the fact that Gillespie’s music is just ested in jazz to prove that hot music seems to have been set for so many where Byrne’s band was working, took too good for the square crowd that has its soulful, beautiful side. It has On Vocal Kick jazz musicians. Like the immortals, Bix over the reins and fronted the ork on frequents Berg’s. been a collector’s item . . . now it should I Beiderbecke and Bunny Berigan, his dates at the Tune Town Ballroom and Guitarist Al Hendricks (used to be one of the most priceless platters in j superb talent was cut short when he the Chase Hotel. In an attempt to be Hendrickson) has developed a every jazz record collection. Norman Granz’s jazz tour was gen­ was still a young man— thirty-five years change his luck at this time, Jenny erally successful, according to MCA new musical talent. Featured on old. changed the spelling of his name from bookers. Agency says that the one- Ray Linn’s recent jazz show here Born in Mason City, Iowa, on May “Jenney” to “ Jenny.” (Curiously Selected Jack Jenny niter jazz dates (with Hawkins, Eld- on station KMPC, the musician started 12, 1910, Jack Jenny first studied enough, his first name wasn’t really rldge, Humes, etc.) went over well in Band Discography singing the better ballads with Linn’s trumpet when he was eight, switching “ Jack” at all; he was christened “Tru­ big towns on the west coast, not so eight-piece jazz ork backing him and to trombone later while attending man” and picked up “Jack” as a nick­ (Vocalion— Okeh Labels) w ell ¡n small to w n areas. Plans now are has aroused plenty of interest among Cedar Rapids High School. His father, a name.) Whether his luck did change is Stardust to continue the dates, setting the trav­ a matter for conjecture because a few hot fans. He doesn’t have the “ swooner” well - known trombonist, taught him I W a lk Alone eling jam sessions on a series of one- type of voice but sings in a warm, how to play. After high school, Jenny months later he was inducted into the niters through the southwest. Moon Ray natural style. Earlier in his career, Hen­ went to Culver Military Academy where Navy and placed in charge of a band. High Society dricks played with Artie Shaw and cut he continued to study music. Came Out to Hollywood those fine guitar solos with the Gram- Cuban Boogie Woogie The Key Club, musicians’ hang-out on First Name Band Job Jenny was taken ill during his Navy mercy Five. What Is There to Say Vine St. here, started out with an ex­ His first professional job was with hitch and discharged from service a The World Is Waiting for clusive policy. You had to have a special Les Paul Stricken Austin Wylie’s band, in which Artie year ago. Coming directly to the west gold-plated key to unlock the door that G uitarist Les Paul, w ho opened at Shaw was also a sideman. Then Jenny coast where he had built a home, he the Sunrise would let you inside to buy a drink. The Ciro’s here with his trio last month, was worked two years with I sham Jones and went back to work again in radio. At I’ll Get By stricken with pneumonia on the night hard-to-get policy has proved so suc­ EDDIE HEYWOOD has left Billy finally migrated to New York City and the time of his death he was playing on City Night cessful that the spot is enlarging, mak­ Berg’s where his band played good a fte r his opening. Recovering now, Paul several big-time shows including the radio work in 1931, staying at it until Got No Time ing more keys. music, attracted more-than-capacity will take a long rest at Palm Springs 1939. He soon became a popular musi­ Helen Forrest-Dick Haymes program. crowds during the past few months. before returning to work. cian around the studios and worked Sy Devore, who outfits sidemen and The pianist and his jazz group, how­ with bands fronted by Richard Himber, leaders in almost every name band, has ever, have gone on to equally inter­ VAN’S BANDS 1 Lennie Hayton, Freddie Rich and Kos- opened up another clothing store in esting and lucrative bookings. They telanetz. It was during this period that A recent MGM press release Hollywood. finished up one date at the Orphe­ fyK he married Kay Thompson, his second um Theater here recently, return pointed out that “ the hepcats have wife, who fronted the Rhythm Singers there later this month after a stay nothing on Van Johnson” because i and whom he later divorced. Trombonist Lou McGarrity, still in he’s one of the most enthusiastic at Shepp’s Playhouse. ‘ In 1939, Jenny built the first of the Navy uniform, is in Hollywood, working swing fans in Hollywood. They two bands that he was destined to for Armed Forces Radio Service. He itemed a list of Van’s ten best McKinley Returns front. He had all the qualifications of plans to take out a local card after bands. The heart - breaker picked getting his discharge. a bandleader and wanted, more than East to Organize Cugat first because he likes to anything else, to be a successful one. Ray McKinley left Hollywood at press samba and rhumba. Stan Kenton and He was good-looking, intelligent and time to return to NYC where he’ll start Dorsey (the press release didn’t say Pianist Jim Simonin, from Jimmy . unsurpassed on his instrument. No bet­ Grier’s band, replaced Bill Early at the rehearsing his new band. Bandleader which one) get his nods for “ pure ter proof of the last fact can be found Hangover Club. said that he planned to stop off at his swing without too much brass.” than in the recording of “ Stardust” he home In Texas over Christmas. He’ll Lombardo and Waring are his choices made at this time with his own band on open at the Commodore Hotel In Man­ for “ sweet sans stickiness.” Madri­ Jerry Wald has a long postponed date hattan February 20. the Vocalion label. It’s one of the great guera comes in because he plays coming up at the Palladium. And Fran­ all-time jazz records. A clear-cut, per­ kie Carle brings his crew into that spot Latin tunes. South (this must mean fectly conceived solo with real musical come June 11. New W ally Fowler Show Eddie South, the jazz violinist) has Capitol’s Wally FoWler can be heard form, it contains the most inventive been a Johnson favorite since his currently on a new Mutual coast-to- ideas on the main “Stardust” theme schooldays. Calloway wins in the Local Jazz fans won’t get a chance to coast program emanating from Nash­ that any jazzman ever played. “ hot jive” division, Martin for torch hear Woody Herman’s band in person ville. Show is called “ Opry Matinee” and Despite all this, the band failed after songs and Cavallaro because of his until July 23. That’s when the Herd is heard every Saturday from 10:30 to Jenny became discouraged by the mer­ piano style. set to open here at the Casino Gardens. 11 :30 a.m. (PCT). cenary treatment he received at the The Musician and Horn That Cut the Greatest “Stardust” THE CAPITOL THE CAPITOL PACE 6 PACE T Buddy Rich Wangles Date Miklos Rozsci Rates Film Award Sun.” His score for Kipling’s “Jungle At Palladium Rings Bell With Book” has been recorded by Victor and Buddy Rich wasn’t kidding when was the first American film music to be he said that he was anxious to bring Two Hit Scores issued in commercial record form. his band out to the west coast for Along with his film scoring, Dr. an early booking. The drummer |F THE name "Miklos Rozsa’’ Rozsa has continued to write in the opens at the Palladium here with doesn’t mean much at the moment standard orchestral forms. In 1937, he was awarded Hungary’s highest musical his newly-organized band on March 17, to the average movie fan, it should honor, "The Francis Joseph Prize.” A following Bob Crosby. year later, his “ Capriccio, Pastorale e Rich, one of the most sensational acquire greater Importance within Danza” was given its first performance drummers in the business, built his band the coming few weeks that It will at the Baden Baden International Music in NYC a few weeks ago. He’d been Festival and later played by the Chicago talking about it for some years and take for two new films, "Spell­ and the Hollywood Rose Bowl Orchestra. finally got his start through financial bound” and “ The Lost Weekend,” to aid o ffe re d by Frank Sinatra. Sinatra make the rounds of neighborhood movie Wagnerian Disciple and Rich once worked together in ¿^houses. As well as being an assiduous musi­ Tommy Dorsey’s band (where they cal worker, Rozsa is an articulate intel­ “ Spellbound” Score Creat HERE’S the double rhythm section described in the K ing Cuion story didn’t get along well together) and the lectual, vitally interested in the future below. Left to right: guitarists Cil Hintz and Jack Woods; bassists Harvey Voice has always been convinced that Rozsa, a Hungarian composer who of films. A subscriber to Richard Wag­ Chermak and Paul Morsey; drummers Hugh Allison and Dan Gardner; leader- Rich has the stuff of which top band­ has been in this country since 1940 ner’s “ Gesamtkunstwerk,” an all-em­ tenorman King Cuion, who claims a good band has to double its rhythm. leaders are made. writing musical backgrounds for pic­ bracing work of art program attempt­ The percussion - man d e b u te d his tures, should be hailed as the outstand­ ing to unite drama, acting and music to stick-waving recently with a date at ing Hollywood composer of the season form the perfect artistic whole, Rozsa the Terrace Room in Newark, starting and it will be surprising indeed to this M IKLOS ROZSA believes that this ideal will be realized Hollywood Teoorman Dehots on Christmas. Reports from New York some day through the medium of the writer if his work for either of the two indicate th a t th e band has the normal screen. He is the author o f an essay films doesn’t win him an Academy world’s symphony orchestras. Moving to set-up of five trumpets, four trom­ London, Rozsa did his first movie w rit­ called "An Evaluation of Progress in Band With ‘Dooble’ Rhythm bones, five saxes and four rhythm. Award. Of the two, the score for “ Spell­ ing, the score for “ Knight Without Music in Films” which outlines his bound” has the edge in dramatic in­ Still another bandleader has come up with something new in the D o ttie Reid, last w ith Benny Goodman, thoughtful application of the Wag­ tensity although the music for both Armor,” and has been associated with swing band line. This time the innovator is King Cuion, tenorman well- is th e gal vocalist. nerian art principle to the movie field pictures has a markedly similar form, if films ever since then. and which deserves the attention of any known here on the west coast for his work in the film and radio studios, that word can be applied to the loose, Watch Her! In 1940, when Sir Alexander Korda student of sound film. It’s a somewhat who is fronting an ork that uses two drummers, two guitarists and two , rhapsodic scorings that the films de­ came to Hollywood from England he ponderous piece of writing but remark­ mand. It’s the score, in fact, that saves bass players. The unique beat concep- # brought Rozsa with him and the com­ ably honest and penetrating and is , “Spellbound” from being fairly ridicu- tion has gone further than the paper poser has lived in Hollywood ever since. especially surprising when one considers Two Sidemen Try . lous film fare with its jumbled psychia­ stage at which most newfangled musi­ He has written scores for many Holly­ that it comes from an artist function­ try and only half-explained denoument. É cal notions come to a dead stop. In fact, wood hits including “ Thief of Bagdad,” ing in an art medium where money V Throughout the movie, the observer at this writing, Cuion’s crew has already Fronting Bands “Five Craves to Cairo,” "Sahara,” matters reign and esthetic concepts are finds himself more intent on the musl- y auditioned for the major booking agen­ It ’s the season fo r new bands. “ Double Indemnity” and "Blood on the largely ignored. — STACY c can background than on the screen cies here and is supposed to be set for Two fresh outfits have started up ¡i an early booking, possibly at the Palla­ images and more than one fan will dium as an alternate band. here during the past few days. One, come out of his local movie theater whistling the flicker’s rather involved C uion’s claim is that the average fronted by Noni Bernardi, lead alto melodic line, so deep and lasting an i< swing band, using only one drummer, in Kay Kyser’s band, opened at the j impression does it make. * THEREMIN * O one g u ita rist, and one bass player, is Aragon December 29. It’s a 14-piece Today’s musical curiosity Is the theremin, an electronic instrument used limited in its musical possibilities. He F ork and was looking for a gal singer at 2* "The Lost Weekend” music seems with remarkable dramatic effects in the background music for “ Spellbound” says that when a drummer in a regular press time. more thoroughly integrated with the and “ The Lost Weekend.” In both films, the theremin ’s eerie tone forms an band, for example, switches from Another new crew is headed by scenario and is superlative when it un­ integral part of the scoring written by Miklos Rozsa and its high-pitched, brushes to sticks, the beat is lost or, at N trumpeter Roy Robbins (he played with derlines the frenzy and torment of the penetrating sound (not unlike an over-taut violin or a woman humming at least, disturbed. In Guion’s ork, how­ f< Al Donahue, Chuck Foster and Gus Arn­ drunkard, played expertly by Ray Mil­ a distance) gives both pictures an almost unbearably frightening quality. ever, having two drummers will elimi­ land. Here especially the weird-toned P heim). Robbins’ band is on a sweet The theremin was first used in a movie for scenes in the recent “ Lady nate any time lag and no matter how theremin (see box below) fits in bril­ g' kick, has twelve men and a girl chirp in the Dark” but it is by no means a new instrument. It was invented in the tempo may be retarded or speeded named Jerry O’Connor, who used to be liantly to heighten the emotional drama 1924 by a Russian scientist named Leon Theremin and in its present highly up, there will be no loss of the steady, enacted on the screen. * in Earl Carroll’s chorus line. Band has developed state works on a principle similar to tha t of radar. The operator pulsing beat that makes for the best been alternating on the stand at the C Brief Biography uses both hands to play the instrument; one to control volume, the other to swing. Meadowbrook here, has a date at the regulate pitch. At no time does he touch any part o f the instrument itself H As fa r as th e tw o guitars and bass BETTY BRADLEY is a young Miklos Rozsa was born in Budapest Rendezvous in Salt Lake City. but uses his hands to break up electric waves emanating from it, thus pro­ viols go, there’s nothing extraordinary singer whose a ctivitie s are centered in 1907 where he received his early ducing the theremin’s uncanny and distinctive sound. It’s an exceedingly in Cuion’s use of two of each, even on the west coast, who shows every musical training. At eighteen, he en­ Desi Arnaz Sets Band difficult instrument to play well, demanding a keen sense of pitch from the though the practice isn’t common. sign of becoming a big-time enter­ tered the Conservatory and University cc performer, although not perfect musical pitch, as has been reported. ki Ellington and Barnet, among other lead­ For Booking A t Ciro’s tainer. A graduate of name band of Leipzig to round out his studies and There are very few thereminists in this country and when Rozsa went CO ers, have used tw o bass players and Screen star Desi Arnaz, recently re­ singing (she made her name with before he had finished his schooling out to find someone to play the instrument for his backgrounds, he ended there is musical logic to the idea. leased from th e army, is rehearsing a Bob Chester’s band), Betty’s star is ^there, several of his works were pub­ up with Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman, a chiropodist practicing in Los Angeles. new 18-piece band for an opening here climbing fast with her featured spot lished and given performance. He then Observers here, who have heard Dr. Hoffman at one time was a violinist in a Meyer Davis dance band and at Ciro’s this month. The entertainer, on the Rudy Vallee show, her Ameri­ settled in Paris where he wrote what he Cuion’s band, feel that even if the ad­ became interested in the theremin fifteen years ago. He is the best, if not who is married to Lucille Ball, will front can network solo air-shots. With the is perhaps his best-know n work, un ditional drummer may not mean too the only, thereminist on the west coast. You’ll hear him at it again soon in greatest of ease, she could be a “ Theme, Variations and Finale,” which se' much musically, it may prove good a Latin-American ork. Cal singer had “ The Circular Staircase,” an RKO thriller now in production. showmanship with swing crowds. not been selected at press time. 1946 “ big thing.” has been performed by most of the SONGPLUGGERS Songpluggers, a select body of snappily-dressed, alert gentlemen, are one of the music world’s most interesting and unique groups. The function of the songplugger, seemingly simple enough, is to act as go-between or middleman between publishers of popular songs and the artists who perform them. Really, the job is no easy one and a good songplugger, or '‘contact-man,” as they prefer to be called, is almost as hard to find as a good lead trumpet. Obviously, the most successful plugger is the one who can pre­ b 4 * vail upon the best and/or greatest number of musical stars to sing or , m i Olay his tunes, thereby creating hits. To achieve this, he uses charm, intelligence, cajolery, sometimes even threats and pleading. When bandleaders and singers are blue, he fakes on the part o f a comic or cheerful helpmate to solace artistic souls. He aets as a messenger boy, 1 chauffeur, “ $houlder-to-cry-on,” golf partner, bar companion, talent scout, advice-giver, even, if times are tough, money-lender without interest. Songplugging as a profession is as old as Tin Pan A lley. Two men, Rocco Voceo and Mose Gumbel, are credited with being the first to earn the special title “ songplugger” and both are still active in the business today. Vocco is president of Bregman, Vocco and Conn Inc.; Gumbel still plugs for Warner’s Music. In th e old days, the plugger had to be more of a musician than today. The practice was for him to visit big cafes and theatres where he would sing and play his tunes for the bandleaders and vocalists. Now the business is operated in a more circumspect manner, and though pluggers still sometimes sing their songs, it ’s in sotto voce style to an audience of one or two bandleaders or vocalists. Like most show world people, songpluggers are at their best in the evening and that’s when they do most of their work. They rise late, go over some new music perhaps and, during the afternoon, figure stand. (2) Capitol’s Peggy Lee stops for ajjt with out the day’s races, drink coffee, and maybe visit a radio studio if Sam Weiss, left, and Max Schall, both Pr01Jn^ eon“ there’s an important show scheduled. After dinner, or during it, their tact-men in Hollywood. (3) Songpluggersj ««* a lot work begins in earnest. They visit the ballrooms and nightclubs of time at the radio studios. Hy Kantor, let ^kang for where major bands and entertainers are performing, usually going in Feist Music, watches as vocalist Jeanne M eP an« band­ a group and sitting at one fable to which the bandleader, of course, leader Irving Miller go over his latest “ plutfi*ne. (4) This is cordially invited. shot was taken in the Key Club, favorite hani * f music Because the job is highly paid (with astonishing bonuses when people. Above, left to right. Van Alexanffi^ay Starr, Sam a hit tune appears), the songplugging field is a crowded one. A few Donahue, and contact-m an Herb Reis are ju fv s” 8 the tim e o f years ago, in an attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff night, not discussing weighty matters. (5) ar? (there are thousands of amateur songpluggers who are actually fair game for the persuasive songplugger. Cljs pastel, right, who amateur composers trying to peddle their own tunes), a union called handles Stan Kenton, listens skeptically a™ " Ross (C raw ford the Music Publishers Contact Employees Association was created Music) and Mack Martin (Barton Music) g JJ ™ a song-and-dance which set uniform rules for songplugging. It numbers between five ...or maybe it’s |ust a song. (6) Mack £*Y®* Stai? Kentoi and six hundred songpluggers now and, though it’s more o f a club vocalists June Christy and Cene Howard a p ef^ on his musical war« than union, membership jn it is required of every songplugger before he takes on recognized legal status. THE CAPITOL THE CAPITOL Radio Maestri Cowboy Guitarist Tries Pen Bing Crosby Bob Crosby On New Kick Plays Poet Signs Ford Trend among radio bandleaders To Tell of Dne-lVighter Tour to branch out into straight ballroom In Flicker Radio Show and theater bookings grows By WESLEY TUTTLE Paramount will soon start work Bob Crosby’s new F o rd radio p ro ­ stronger here. Opie Cates, musical Howdy, you-all. This is Wesley Tuttle, laying down my guitar and on an original story called “ Cornin’ gram was scheduled to begin Jan. 1 director on several big NBC pro­ trying a pen. A t Lee Gillette’s suggestion, I’ll try and give you the high­ Through the Rye,” based on the life over CBS. Show w ill be heard every grams, is playing week-end dance dates lights of four months Personal Appearance tour of one-night stands with of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, Tuesday fro m 7:00 to 7:30 p .m . locally and the Teen-Agers (band fea­ that rootin’ tootin’ Cowboy King of the Juke Boxes, Tex Ritter. tured on Hoagy Carmichael’s air show) and starring Bing Crosby. Role is (PCT), starring Crosby’s band, the To get the tour under way with the was set at this writing to play a week’s considered a natural for Der Bingle, the Town Criers and Paramount star John usual confusion, we have to do a re­ engagement at the Orpheum Theater in story of Burns’ life having been a ro­ Lund. Style of show wasn’t too definite cording session the night we leave, have San Diego over Xmas holidays. The mantic one, filled with many song as­ at press time but it will have guest pictures taken, change clothes, and get Teen-Agers also have been playing one- sociations. The poet wrote music to a stars, Dinah Shore making the first visit. everyone Into the cars they’re to ride in. niters here with tenor-m an Warne lot of his verse and Bing will be able The Crosby band continues to do Then there’s a big “hassel” over which Marsh taking over Jimmy Higson’s baton to sing such Burns’ classics as “Auld straight name band work on the out­ road to take out of town. Ritter says go for the extra-curricular bookings. It’s Lang Syne,” “The Campbells Are Com­ side, following Gene Krupa into the Pal­ that-a-way, so we go this-a-way and also reported th a t CBS musical director ing” and “ John Anderson, My Jo, John.” ladium on February 5. finally get started. Happy Day! We’re on Irving Miller plans to embark on ball­ I Crosby recently finished shooting Irv­ our way to our first date, Nashville, room dates here shortly. ing Berlin’s “ Blue Skies.” His radio plans Tennessee. We leave Hollywood the remain unsettled, although Bing recent­ Eddie Miller Ork ninth of August and after the usual ly made it clear that if and when he Dexter Publishing happy incidents of a long trip with does go back on th e air, his programs Plays One-Niters wartime cars and tires (not to mention Music Magazine will be transcribed for the most part, Eddie Miller’s band, after nixing a the highways) we pull into Roy Acuff’s Dave Dexter, former editor of The not “ live.” The singer believes that he’ll deal to go into the Aragon Ballroom kingdom, Nashville, on the fourteenth of Capitol, will hit the newsstands shortly be able to put on a better musical show here, will stay on the west coast tem­ August. Then begins the fun, trying to with a music magazine called “ Note.” that way. porarily, playing local one-niter dates. HERE’S ANOTHER p in -u p picture talk sense with a hotel clerk. We finally Mag will treat both trade and fan Clarinetist Irving Fazola, who was sup­ to end all pin-up pictures. The cute get our rooms without any bloodshed angles to popular music field with em­ posed to join the band a few weeks chick is Kim Kimberly, featured vo­ and think, “ Oh boy! Now to get some phasis on feature stories and pictures Tex Ritter Tour ago, will take over a chair sometime calist with Jimmy Higson’s Teen­ sleep!” The phone rings, the gentle rather than news. Associated with Dex­ Tex Ritter and Wesley Tuttle, Capitol this month, according to Miller. Agers band heard on the Hoagy voice of our manager, Irving Yates, ter in the venture is Lou Schurrer, for­ recording stars, go out on another the­ One change in the band finds vocal­ Carmichael show. Kim’s name band says, “ Wesley, get all the gang together merly Capitol Records’ art director, now atre tour this month. The cowboy artists ist Penny Parker changing her name to background includes stays with the for an 11 p.m. rehearsal. You can sleep associate editor of “ Note.” will play every major theatre in Arizona. “ Kathy Summers.” Jan Garber and Jimmy Crier orks. tomorrow night.” Great Gobs of Horse­ WESLEY TUTTLE flesh! Who knew the war would be over manager, Irving Yates, greets us with a Watch Him! the next day! There was no sleep in big smile and drags us off to do a radio Nashville, but who cares? We’re all program. We can’t shoot him. There’s had Persa00 thankful. Anyhow, we get the show to­ a law agin it, so we are stuck. ^Vve gether, and it goes over fine with the Fun Meeting Platter Spinners 6orfV -dSa'°"e : ..c o « R h-sPersonaWY people, and we are on our way now. D o Honestly, though, we really enjoyed j O H N N - r Rough and Ready meeting the many record-jockeys and Y ou'" say Of course, there were some rough announcers across the country, and got a times, like one day in Winston Salem, lo t o f pleasure o u t o f th e ir interview s. Hal when you hear him sing . North Carolina, when the half hour call Burns at KWKH in Shreveport, La., and is in and Tex Ritter and Cannonball Hiram Higsby at KOMA in Oklahoma Taylor haven’t shown up yet. Then we City were just a couple of well-known hear a lot of commotion outside the hombres Tex and I spent a little time stage door, and two very beat-up look­ with. And we appreciated the whole­ ing characters limp in. It’s Tex and hearted cooperation of all the record Cannonball. They have just had a bad stores, too, where we spent many an wreck, demolished their station wagon hour autographing records. All together, from the Paramount picture "Road to Utopia and are very lucky to be alive! I take my we had a full four months, covering hat off to two real showmen, Tex Ritter 18,000 miles, 37 states and 104 cities, and Cannonball Taylor. They did the closing in Oklahoma City on November 50c first show before going to a doctor. Tex 25. Before packing up for our January plus had one ear about cut off and Cannon­ tour, I want to thank Lee Gillette for ball had a bad gash in his head. They letting me throw my Texas Stars Brand both required several stitches, but the on th e colum n this m onth. Guess I’ll THAT FINE VOICE coming out of show went on as scheduled. stick to the guitar from here on. Hollywood over the American net­ Long Jumps work currently belongs to Teddy Then come some long jumps, such as Nichols Gets Walters, recently given his own closing at Worcester, Massachusetts, at New Pennies show by the network. It’s good lis­ 11 :30 p.m. and opening in Harrisburg, Trumpeter Red Nichols’ band, cur­ tening; the script is far above aver­ Pennsylvania, the next day at noon. I re n tly a t th e M orocco Club on Vine St., age and the music excellent. Walters, figure we can have breakfast in New has undergone a couple of changes in former J. Dorsey singer, has guests York, make Harrisburg by 9 a.m. and personnel. Clarinetist Rosey McHargue on the show including unusual ones get a couple hours sleep before the has replaced Cus Bivona; Al Pellegrini like fine jazz singer Kay Starr. show, but you guessed it. Our beloved took over Herbie Haymer’s tenor chair. rMut u THE CAPITOL THE CAPITOL PA Ot 13

Ex-TD Singer Platter Spinner PHIL McKERNAN, heard on station igned For Film KRE in Berkeley, California, gets his n dio “ Koffee Klub” disc show off to an early Former Tommy Dorsey band vocalist Freddie Stewart is the latest s ta rt a t 6 a. m. every m orning. music world addition to the cast of A KRE veteran, | Monogram’s forthcoming flicker, Phil is both an “ Junior Prom.” Stewart has been signed r iffs expert radio for four pictures. Talent scouts caught technician and THERE’ S a jinx attached to the his act while he was playing the Los JAZZ CRITICS are reacting exactly an announcer. film rights to Dorothy Baker’s novel Angeles Orpheum Theatre and signed as might have been expected to the H e keeps his him quickly after viewing his screen “Young Man With a Horn.” The Woody Herman air-show ; they record shows on test. the jum p side book came out five or six years ago Other stars who w ill be seen in think it’s great and are going out of because he’s an and was a fairly interesting treat­ “Junior Prom” include Eddie Heywood, their way to say so. The program’s ardent jazz ment of the life of a sensitive jazz Harry “The Hipster” Gibson and band­ success should indicate to other spon­ b o o s te r and musician, even though it bore little re­ leader Abe Lyman, who’s also one of sors that there are commercial possibili­ J§| plays boogie- lation to the legendary cornetist, Bix the associate producers of the film. ties, after all, in jazz-on-the-air. One woogie piano Beiderbecke, whose fictionalized biog­ fault that several observers have found himself. In addition to the “Koffee raphy it purported to be. From time to* JSinatra May Play with Woody’s half-hour is the script, Klub,” Phil spins platters on another time since then, a dozen producers, described as flimsy and not too funny. show called “Turntable Twirlings,” actors and musicians (notably Harry If a constructive thought isn’t out of heard daily from 11 a.m. to noon. James) have announced plans to film in Kern Film Biog order, why doesn’t Woody relate perti­ the story but nothing has ever come of Frank Sinatra reportedly will be nent information about each number them. Now, apparently, the film rights written into the script of MCM’s before it’s played, instead of swapping have drifted into the hands of a young Eddie Heywood forthcoming “ Till the Clouds Roll gags with Chubby Jackson, who is a producer named Milton Sperling, cur­ great bass-player but a sad comic? If By,” flicker based on the life of the rently working at Warner Brothers but fans are interested enough to tune in Makes Changes late composer Jerome Kern. The Voice soon starting a flicker firm of his own. the Saturday Herman show, they cer­ has just returned to the west coast after There are a couple o f changes in Sperling admits that he has a writer tainly would like to know who arranges a trek to NYC for a Paramount Theatre adapting the novel for the screen but is each number, who plays the solos, the Eddie Heywood’s band, playing a t date and is back on the air from Holly­ wary of giving out further details. It’s backgrounds of the musicians, etc. Shepp’s Playhouse here. A lto ist wood every week with Capitol's Pied SKIP FARRELL AND CONDUC­ rum ored th a t Leonard Sues, young m u­ Lem Davis has le ft to return to TOR FRANK DeVOL go over a Garber Holds Over sical director on Eddie Cantor’s radio Pipers and Axel Stordahl’s band. For some strange reason, Eddie Can­ NYC, replaced by Marshall Royal, and manuscript before cutting a tune Jan Garber w ill be held over a t H or­ program, will play the leading role in Script of Kern’s film biography Is tor has been getting applause because the group’s earlier drum m er, “Keg” during a recent Capitol disc date. ace Heidt’s Trianon ballroom here until YMWAH. being re-written correctly, his death he’s using a colored singer, Thelma Purnell, is back in his old chair. Reports Skip spent several weeks in Holly­ February 1, after which Al Donahue having taken place while the flicker Carpenter, on his radio program. He’d have had trombonist Vic Dickenson al­ wood before flying back to Chicago returns for another stay. Garber re­ Charlie Barnet’s band has been signed was in production. do better not to bother if he’s going to ternately leaving and rejoining the band for his two radio shows (Mutual cently switched back again from a by Universal for “ Idea Man,” which Watch Her! keep on stressing the fact that Thelma but at last word he had decided again and NBC). In Hollywood, he saw swing to sweet band style and claims stars Julie Bishop and Jess Barker. is colored. And the script points this to stay with Heywood. the sights, did a little work, had a good results with the revamping. It out in such a corny way! The ork has been signed for another celebrity party thrown for him. sounds incredible but he’s said to have Nothing has come yet of the script movie, “ Dark Venture,” in production — Charlie Mihn Photo broken Lionel Hampton’s opening night that Artie Shaw has been trying to currently. Heywood heads east after attendance record at the Trianon. peddle to the major film houses. The Lucyann Polk, who used to sing winding up his movie and night club film moguls, fo r inexplicable reasons, Platter Spinner with the Town Criers, starts out as a commitments here. Raeburn in Hassle are scared to death of shooting movies EDDIE CLARKE spins ’em every day single January 3, replacing Georgie Car­ Boyd Raeburn’s young band, favorite based on swing bands, especially if the in Kansas City (Missouri) on KCKN’s roll on the NBC Kay Kyser show. Spike Jones’ Parody topic of discussion among hipsters on scripts make the slightest sense. A forthcoming short in the “Speak­ “Romance Hour” and “Dance With Georgia, who is Mrs. Kyser in private the coast, is in the temporary bust-up life, will retire from show biz to con­ ing of Animals” series that Paramount America” shows, stage. Band has been laying off the Jimmy Higson’s Teen-Agers band is-' centrate on home life. Incidentally, the is producing will feature an all-dog or­ two of the most past few weeks and several of the key­ breaking into movie work. Ork is shoot­ Town Criers will also leave the Kyser chestra, playing in the corny style that popular disc men have left the coast to return east. ing a short subject, "Double Rhythm,” program to join Bob Crosby. made Spike Jones famous. Flicker will shows in one of Raeburn says th a t he’ ll s ta rt w orking over at Paramount and is set also for a be called “ Hillbillies” and will present the home towns again when he gets his booking prob­ part in “One Exciting Week,” flicker the canines playing accordians, fiddles, Amy Arnell, who was with Tommy of jazz. Back in lems straightened out. now in production at Republic. banjos and a washboard. the groove after Tucker’s band before going out on her 32 months o f Fio Rita Filler Johnnie Johnston should arrive in own, is the replacement for Connie Disney Disc Promotion navy d uty, Eddie Hollywood early this month to start Haines on the Abbott and Costello pro­ Ted Fio Rita’s band moved into the Capitol’s Peggy Lee and Harry James’ started his radio w ork a t MGM on “ T ill th e Clouds Roll gram. She joins the show th is m onth, as Meadowbrook here December 24 to fill vocalist, Anita Boyer, recently cut some career in K.C. as By.” Singer has been held up in the east does vocalist Bob Matthews. Another in the few days following Harry James’ wax here with top jazzmen as part of a singer, moved by theater and night club dates that change is Carl Hoff, who takes over the exit and Benny Goodman’s opening on a promotion campaign for Walt Dis­ in t o an an­ had to be fulfilled. band in place of W ill Osborne. Connie January 3. Meadowbrook, incidentally, ney’s forthcoming “ Make Mine Music.” nouncer’s berth Haines leaves for NYC and a possible is going back to its earlier policy of Broadway show. The platters will be sent gratis to disc­ at KCKN five Hold on to your hats, girls! Two of HELEN HUMES is th e gal whose full-week bookings for name bands. jockeys all over the country. years ago. He doubles now as a news­ your favorites, Van Johnson and Errol “ Be - Baba - Luba” you’re probably caster but gets his biggest kicks work­ Flynn, sing in th e ir n e x t movies. Van humming right now. Once with Carmen Cavallaro’s new radio show King Sisters Retiring ing on platter shows. His favorite re­ Slack Building Band will do a song-and-dance routine with* Count Basie, she left the band to for Sheaffer will emanate from Man­ It hasn’t been confirmed officially cording is Capitol’s “ Serenade in Blue,” Capitol star Freddie Slack is setting Lucille Ball in “ Till the Clouds Roll By.” do a single, never got the attention hattan shortly, the pianist moving with but the story is that the King Sisters featuring Martha Tilton and Paul plans to build a new band here on the Flynn plays g uita r and croons a love that she deserves. Easily one o f th e his band to open the Biltmore Hotel in will soon retire permanently from show Whiteman’s band. west coast. He’ll write the book, take ditty to Alexis Smith in Warners’ forth­ best jazz singers of our day, she Gotham January 27. Air show is heard business. Gals recently returned to Hol­ ork on the road eventually. coming “ San Antonio.” should soon ride to fame. every Sunday at noon (PCT). lywood after a theatre tour. i PACE 14 THE CAPITOL hand stands

TED FIO RITA: Meadowbrook BENNY GOODMAN: Meadowbrook Opening Jan. 3 GENE KR UPA: Palladium RED NICHOLS: Morocco Club DIZZY CILLESPIE: Billy Berg’s SLIM CAILLARD: Billy Berg’s JAN GARBER: Trianon ALVINO REY: Casino Gardens HOWARD McCHEE: Streets of Paris Bolin Street beginnings RAY HERBECK: Aragon CE-16 JIMMY CRIER: Biltmore Hotel FREDDY MARTIN: Ambassador

CEELLE BURKE: Bal Tabarin THE MATTY MALNECK: Slapsy Maxie’s g o l d e n EDDIE HEYWOOD: Shepp’s Playhouse ERA MIKE RILEY: Riley’s Madhouse JOE TURNER: Joe T urner’s Blue Room K ID ORY: The Jade FREDDIE FISHER: Radio Room DESI A R N A Z : C iro’s JAZZ . . . This one was shot dur­ SPADE COOLEY: Riverside Rancho Corny Band ing Dave Matthews’ latest recording EDDIE LeBARON: Mocambo session for Capitol. The talented ar- CEE-PEE JOHNSON: Swing Club ranger-tenorman cut a batch o f WINCY MANONE: Cay Inn Plays Jazz originals for the Capitol label with LEE YOUNG: Down Beat an all-star jazzmen line-up. Included ERROLL GARNER: Susie Q For Kicks were some of the musicians seen The Golden Era TEDDY B U N N : Susie Q Jazz fans who drop into the Radio above. Left to right, Matthews, Dave ord spiral • • ■ Room on Vine St. here are often Barbour, Nick Fatool and Billy May. CE-17 $ 4 2 5 Watch Her! surprised by the “ double-take” hot — Charlie Mihn Photo music Freddie Fisher’s Schnickle- fritz band plays from time to time. Jordan May Trail Fisher and his group really make with the Greatest Assemblage of corn most of the time that they’re on the stand but if there are any jazz fans Dizzy Into Berg’s in the house who demand to hear some At press time, it looked as? Jazz Artists Ever Recorded! real music, it’s available. The sidemen keep on their funny hats though Dizzy G illespie’s band \ b u t th a t’s as fa r as th e hayseed rou­ would cut short its date at Billy | tine goes because, musically, they jump Berg’s night club here, replaced! ALL NEW RECORDINGS . . . right into verbatim copies of some of possibly by Louis Jordan’s ork,| the most famous of traditional hot re­ Reason for the fast change hinges on | cordings. Even more surprising is the (Not re-issues) Illustrated booklet with the fact that Dizzy’s music, though it’s ! fact that the guys really play the stuff each album. More than 100 Jazz Greats in regarded by most hip musicians as thr*; well, especially a cornetist named 01 lie Then Came Swing best thing to hit Hollywood in years. | : 40 great tunes that will live forever . . . VOL. Ill Harris. He was one of the late Bix Beid­ just doesn’t register yet with typicai r Musical evo lu tio n ... erbecke’s closest friends and plays a night club audiences. CE-18 $4.25 horn remarkably similar to Bix’s. Since Gillespie follow ed Eddie Hey-jj Vibes Expert Plans wood’s band into the club, business has | fallen off considerably and the manage-1 THIS To Build Own Band MODERN ment claims that this is because D iz jh Charlie White, arranger-pianist-vibra- AGE and his band play music that’s way overf; harpist, is another Hollywood musician the heads of their audience and won’t |i with plans for starting his own ork. Not KAY STARR has caused more well-known outside of jazz circles, tone it down or commercialize it. favorable comment among hip jazz White commands tremendous respect musicians than any singer in a dec­ locally among musicians. There’s a pos­ ade or more. Last year she worked sibility that he may take a band into with Charlie Barnet’s band for a the Palladium here as Monday night re­ short time, later returned to Holly­ lie f ork. wood where she now does guest network air shots, doubles at the Ellington’s Foreign Tour Coronet Club. Her “ If I Could Be Duke Ellington, set for his annual W ith Y ou” platter in Capitol’s Carnegie Hall Concert on January 4, has v This Modern Age “ Then Came Swing” album is a announced plans to travel to Europe every week, Benny Goodman’s band today and tomorrow . . . highlight of the jazz wax series. early in 1947 for a concert tour. holding down the stand over week-ends. CE-T9 $ 4 2 5 "King" Cole at the Copa

THE KINC COLE TRi/) was in a happy frame of mind date at the 400 Restaurant, perhaps earlier if they com­ when this pic was sh$ ‘ W ing their recent hold-over at plete plans to move into the NY Paramount Theater the Copacabana night h NYC. The boys broke it up in February. This month, lucky jazz fans can catch their in Gotham and will rf Philadelphia......