Chicago, July I, 1953 Rhythm And Blues DOWN BEAT ’ 15-S

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By ACE MITCHELL RHYTHM and BLUES THE READERS WRITE: Thal SUNNY BLAIR Dear Ace: (Meteor SOM) svin- My name is Bill Gibbon, D. J. on the first r&b station in CHARLES BROWN (Al addi ■ 3191) I Leu PttrrMnt WaK- Virginia, WANT in Richmond. We started here with a music ham, and news format leaning heavily on the rhythm and blues ALLEN BUNN mxay (Apollo 447) omea idiom. The station has succeeded in every way. Our mail is New exceedingly heavy—many come to ong- Wild Young Men. Seems like Ruthie ULNCTT LOBB rex.. my show, Jive at Five. (Marcili? 70171) Con- The Du Droppers look like they never misses. rork, have a big smash here, I Found Honey Jump still doing tery well LUCKY ENOIS yser. for Oscar Mi I olli«- of Modern Saul (Modem 903) Hint, Out. rano, Maybe «ome of your reader» will Bihari should be happy These THE FIVE KEYS Foolish Things by Thr Dominoes (Aladdin 3190) lyne, drop us a line. Foolish Things. 907: is really skyrocketing . . . Eddie iaxo- Sincerely, Meaner Dear THF FOUR PLOD THHOATS My Inspiration Pa.. is excited about his (Mercury 70143) Bill Gibbon John Letter • . . Lloyd Price happy Eider, Radio Station WANT with his new one, too. REV. JOHN T. HIGHBAUGH 513 East Main St. Where is Herb Lance these days? «Kin« 4639) Vag. Richmond, Va. Ovar Thora 868; . • . Bob Shad is really swinging LYNN HOPI Tondorly indi, Dear Ace: with hits these days. One of the ing), best r&b recording directors around (Aladdin 3188) per I was delighted to see the t&b column in Down Beat. It might . . . That’s it for now. Let’s hear BILL MOOSE JACKSON surprise you to see a letter from from you. I Kin. 4634) rano, Black Dross On lack, an r&b fan in England, but I uni III., an avid collector of dises and in­ Il B KING formation in connection with (R.P.M. 386) Highway Round ss ist, iller. rhythm and blues. If you know of BUDDY* JOHNSON Tha ft Ha ?an*. any enthusiasts who would like to (Mmnry 701S3) correspond with collectors in Eng­ born land, plea.M* pass on my address JOHNNY MADDOX oser, Thanks. (Dai 13090) per- Sincerely, BOBBY MARCHAN Sam Benjamin (Aladdin 3189) born 4, Vinefields »nee, Eastgate Street AMOS MILBURN Erno Bury St. Edmunds (Aladdin *168) tane, 1RTHI R PRYSOCK Id Givo 55; Suffolk, England (Dr.saxophone,'<$>■ available. >s, for Crazy, Crazy, Crazy . . . Tiny A few nights ago, after doing (XAUDK THORNHILL'S ORK (TYwd,'^ ------Bradshaw is doing well with his once as low in prestige as in a broadcast with Rill and hi? com­ 4/28/53). Trump eta— Dale Fearon, Sonny Jorut FawUly Affair t Rosa of tha Ria let new discing of Heavy Juice . . . register, has gained several bo from Snookie’s, a small and Ruth Brown’s new smash is Wild, M actin gill and Billy Verplanck j aa«ao— important new advocates in lively nightclub >n 45th street, I Gene Quill, Ralph Aldridge, Davo Figg« Red abel CLAUDE THORNHILL’S ORK (Trond, 4 ted the last couple uf years. Hard on sat down with him und learned a Norman, aad Disk Zubaehf Preaah homa- the heels of Charlie Ventura, Serge few surprising facts about his life Sandy Slocelataia aad Al Antonueeii rhy- 4/29/53). Samo personnel aa above, except the AMERICAN Tony Becker, vocal on Hoad and Al Young rms Chaloff, Leo Anthony (featured nnd times. 11 W inalou and Bill Barber, out with brother Ray’- hand), Lars Born in 1918 in Kansas City, the You Go to My Hoadt Flow Bro thaws4 >nce RECORD Foor Littlo Rich Girl 4 Sunsur Modlays i of Gullin, and Gerry Mulligan, a town that gave us Bird on alto and COLLECTORS' gentleman named William Henry Ben Webster on tenor, Bill was DIRECTORY Graham has entered the race and raised in Denver. “I went to Den­ ngn until it broke up, rejoining Dizzy BILI 1 MLXTED’S TRIO (Coral, 4/14/. limited Wflor is i'inking a strong bid for promi­ ver University and used to gig ides in the small eombo in 1951 ana S3). Billy Masted, piano । Kenny John, TAe “Bitt Booh" j! nence. with my own band around Denver, mer Amerieca CoUtetort playing alto and tenor; Paul Quini- leaving him shortly after return­ SparJUo by READY for MAILING NOW ing from u European tour with LleM the nn» r. addrmeti, phone num­ chette worked with me quite a lot ffer, around that time.” Diz a few months ago. for beta and collectIns Internata of the moot In the interim between the big BILLY MAX TED'S TRIO (Coral, 5/8/33). aetiw oolleeton throughout the Amer­ The House of Jazz' Another early memory is Bill’s Sama personnel aa above. field ica*. I OR REÍ ORDS TRY recollection of Charlie Parker, back and small band jobr with Gillespie, The Only Book Ever Published in the Kansas City days, “when Bill found time to conduct harmony ¡Thich Lists Collectors Of All Types Bird was still trying to get 'a and solfeggio classes at the Hart­ Of Recorded Music From Cylinders style.” Bill recalls that Buck Doug­ nett Studios in New York, and to CHARLIE PARKER wilh CIL EVAN'S ORK 1» 45?s. ’ ^«CORDBAR las, alto player with the Douglas play with several name bands, in­ (M.riary. 3/23531. Charlie Parker, ,lto| Thu anthentle collector1 a handbook will brothers’ band, was .in important cluding those of Erskine Hawkins. put yon la cune eontaet with hundred* Ed Wilcox, Herbie Fields, and Thaler, baacoonf Hol McKuaiek, clarinet | of other coUeetora interested in •» influence on Charlie. “That’s where •hanging, buying or Milins record* Compirti Line Of Bird got his sound,” he declares. Lucky Millinder. Pries: ft.00 POSTPAID JAZZ . DIXIELAND ■ POPULAR Bill also spent a couple of years Bill’s combo at present seems and Dave Lambert's Choir. (No C.O.D.’t) studying at Tuskegee Institute in to be in the middle ground between Order from Publishers CLASSICAL - BLUES the jazz and rhythm and blues On All Three Speeds Alabama. HOLLYWOOD PREMIUM Mustered out of the army early categories, but, as he says himself, WOODY HERMAN’S ORK, featuring LEE RECORD GUIDE in 1945, Bill resumed his educa “It’s going to have to fall into HENLEY (Mare, 5/14/53). Trumpet»—Tom­ one department or another. Basi­ my DiCarlo, Roy Caton, Stu WiUiamooa, and P.O. Box 7B29D 112 So. Midi. South Bend, Ind. tion, -pending almost a year at ...... Hollywood 28, CólWomla______Lincoln university in Missouri Joe cally I believe in a danceable type of music. I want to get my feet Gayles, u hometown buddy, recom­ Jille, and Sam Staff I rhythm - Nat Pierce, mended him for a job with Dizzy planted firmly or the around and piano । Red Kelly, base, and Art Mardigan, Gillespie, whose big band he joined play the way I like, with a real RECORDS, HI-FI CLASSIFIED late in 1946. He remained with it Kansas City beat.” Thirty Cents per Word—Minimum 10 Words AL ROMERO’S ORK (Vietor, 5/11/53). ilaailttanoe Mutt Accompany Copy ClusiIM Deadline—One Month SULTAN’S RECORD SHOP Hal MeKuaiek, alto A el. | Barry Galbraith* (Coont Name, Addrew City and State) Prior to Date of Publication 24 EAST 23rd STREET DANCE & COMBO LEADERS guitar | Matt Matthews, accordion । Dou El- NEW YORK 10. N. T. OUR CHUCK WAYNE ARRANGING SERVICE Duebeoae, conga { Johnny Rodriquas, bon* goat Willie Rodriquea, timbaleo, and Al S. S. COOL/A N.w Kind O« IS WHAT YOU NEED Romero, piano. Lev. (IB) ...... 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