blue note THE FINEST IN Records are reveiwod by Dom Coralli Don Gold, and John A. Tynan and are initialed by the SINCE 1939 erden. Ratings: AAAAk Excellent, Very Good. AdrA Good, ** Fair, ★ Poor.

THE LATEST Art Blakey tortai; Louie Bellaon drums. Wendell MenM,

buse nose 1580 sutusr, 1 A NIGHT IN TUNISIA—Vik LX-111S: A Rating: Night -a Tunisia Of the Holl; Theory of Art; Couldn’t It Be YouP; Evant. ELL'NGTON INDIGOS — Columbia CL MM, Personnel: Blakey, drums; Bit. Hardman, Solitude. Where ar When; ; tue* —JIMMY ; John Griffin, tenor; Jeckio McLean, Leaver; The Shy Fell Down; Prelude to a tui- olio: Jimmy DeBrest buss; San- Dockery, . Willow, Weep for Me; Tenderly; Darning « Dark. SMITH Personnel: Ellington, pieno; Andersen, lern The Messengers, hitting hard and clean Cook, Nonce Harold Baker ; J asks* Woodmen. John Senders, trumbuees, Camry, again, paced by Blakey at the drum». Proeope. Hamilton, Gonaelvee, Johnny HoSan* The title track is a long (nearly 13 aooJa , Caaa UJaAria-*■>A drunaa a liaaaau U A L. . . minutes) rhythmic probing oi Dizzy's Hal mg- tune, with opening and closing rhythmic The Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown LP ha passages featuring everyone in the group Ixtn reviewed before, but with Duke. playing a variety of rhythm instruments. Tone Parallel to Harletn instead of Cm- The remainder of the set, except for troverual Suite. The latter work was sub McLean's Couldn’t It Bt You!, a medium stituted for the rather pretent iota ballad, is all swinging Messenger. Griffin's Parallel, and the repackaged set was slipped work is impressive, as is the trumpeting of into the market without any fanfare In Hardman. McLean blows hot and cold. Groovin' at Smolh Paradiso" The tab­ Columbia . . . and certainly without am Dockery shows Hashes of promise. warning. ulées Organ Trio at Harlem » famous The up tunes are loose heads, with 1 he rating is for the Controversial Suite, cu Niteiy solos strung out and the proceedings pro- a longish work in two sections: Before BLUE NOTE 1585 [relied by Blakey. (D.C.) Dui My Time and Later. I he first section is a a u spoof, often needle-sharp, of Dixieland aonny elark Wile- Davi» Joh and the mold of standards existing in the RELAXIN'-Prestige 7129: If I Were a Bell; You’re My Everything; I Could Write a Book; traditional. Perhaps Duke ts lebutting tht Oleo; It Could Haffen to Yon; II tody’n 1 jazz-came-up-thc-river concept again. Personnel: Davis, trumpet, , teno ; , piano, Paul Chambera, baaa; Latei comes on with Duke’s music, paad Philly Joe Jones, drums by a metronomic clicking, as it to imda Rating line that time is lunning out. Each move­ After all that walkin’ and cookin', it's ment grows in Jnterest with repeated time for Miles and men to relax. That’s playings. what they do here. Thu is an informal, The rest of the IP is first rate if you cm one take-a-tune session, complete with asides take Bellson's hi-fi solo its full length m from Miles to Prestige's Bob Weinstock Skin Deep. is exquisite, and a false start on Everything. Perdido is good; and “A“ Train, with Miles plays muted horn on all but Betty Roche’s hip vocal, is a delight up ta ■■&.ALJU1 If oudy'n here. He plays with his custom­ the tenor solo. ary delicate, intricate impact. Chambers is Ellington Indigos is virtually a dance SONNY CLARK superb. Garland plays effectively in sup­ set. Duke mixes some of his tunes with The Naw Fionn Star In hl« lint Trio vecevd- port and solos authoritatively. Jones, less some standards bv other composers and ing. WHh Paul Chambers, Fhilly Joe Jones oppressive here than in past conquests, plays them with the emphasis on shads BLUE NOTE 1579 contributes inspirationally, too. The ma­ of color. . terial is of interest, with the standards par­ He has Solitude pretty much to him ticularly well handled. Its pleasant to hear self; Gonsalves' breaths tenor has a show­ a co-ordinated jazz group approach such piece on If here or When; then Bake tunes. (muted) takes over Mood Indigo, and tha There is a hesitancy and lack of melodic shouldn't be missed. Shorts pops up win content in Coltrane's playing at times here his lovely open hotn on Willow, which that hampers his effectiveness for me and also spot» Duke and Hodges. Nance it OJhere lowers the rating of the LP. This is par­ heard on violin on Autumn Leaves, tin ticularly true on the first two tracks, on spotting an overblown vocal by (tab which his solos seem to me to lx* rather Bailey, and on trumpet on Duke’s luad COMES aimless and somewhat strident. However, some The Sky Fell Down. he is quite fluent on Oleo and Book His No collection of F.llington would bt „ LOUIS eilorts, throughout the LP, lack a con­ complete without a spot for Carney, and sistent quality. he is heard, too briefly, on Dancing in At In general, however, this is an attractive Dark; while Hamilton's ba art SMITH set. And when all the meml>ers of the Tenderly right through. This could hni, quintet are inspired, as on Book and Oleo, back dancing ... or at least dance» LOUIS SMITH it is a valuable demonstration of conceptu­ (D.C.) New Trumpet Star from Atlanta. Ga With al prowess. Firehoiw Five Plus Two “ludcshol La Funke”, Duke Jordan, Tommy ira Gitler's notes are frank and informa Flanagan. Doug Watkins, Art Taylor. FIREHOUSE FIVE PLUS TWO GOES TO tive. (D.G.) SEA—Good Tune Jazz L-12028: By the te^t BLUE NOTE 1584 /■/ See; II hen My Drrombuat Comet Heat; Miaaie the Mermaid, Over the Haven s Maa 12" LP, List $4 98 in the Moonlight; On tht Good Shi; LollyHi HI-FI ELLINGTON UPTOWN—Columbia CL Ptiiit: Asltef in the Dee» She Mn« hr' Old Compiala Catalog an Request 8-0 Shin Deef; The Mooche; Take the "A" Sailor’s Sweetheart; Between 'he Devil and la Fran; Perdido; Controvertioi Suite. bee» Blue Sea; Red Soils in the Sunset; Anthea m Personnel: Ellington, pieno; Cut Anderson, A weigh. ___ M BLUE NOTE RECORDS Clerk Terry, , Roy Nonce, trumpets: Personnel: Ward Kimball, ; Ussst a>to 47 West 63rd St., New York 23 Jann Tirol Quentin Jsekmn Britt Woodmen, Mguire, trumpet; George Probert, soprano a» tr Jtiones; Poul Gonsalves, . Jimmy Frank Thomas, piano; Dick Roberts, '••»V dom Hamilton, Rusnell Proeope, , Ralph Ball (Tracks 3. 6. 7), George Hr* Wai

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