»ge George Wein and Ed Sarkesian. was tune for the foot-stomping St. Louis Little Tenderness was diabetically sac­ plaudits must go to Joe Rico, assist- Blues, Paul Desmond tidily stepping charin. Mrs. Troup, Julie London, dem­ r-snapH -» promotion manager of WGR-TV, through Ragged Waltz, and Joe Morel­ onstrated what could be done with a ,|oae missionary efforts for in n beati lo’s deft and thoughtful drum specialty. ballad. Her Don’t Smoke in Bed kept Buffalo over the past 13 years are cred- * Got» Take Five. The Cannonball Adderley the ever-attentive audience silent until ds. O* dud with most of the appearances of Quintet, which followed Brubeck, played the last note. Then the applause seemed performances here. only two numbers before closing with ig, U» to explode. Three encores later the slow N Spotlighting the magnetic profession- the expected Sack o’ Woe. Both the Ad­ crowd was still cheering. ilistn of the groups playing the festival er wet derley and Brubeck groups performed The ovation for Pete Fountain started kit the opening-night performances completely and thoroughly but expect­ before he reached the microphone. His by the Kai Winding Septet, Lambert- edly. cd ho» tone and technique were in good form; Hendricks-Ross, Joe Williams with the It remained only for Dinah Washing­ to coat his arrangement of Avalon was Good­ Harrv Edison Quintet, and Gloria ton to sing her recordings and for td agar man. Lynne with the Earl May Trio. Maynard Ferguson’s big band to pro­ a two- On Sunday night the recent illness of Winding, with his trombone-trom- vide some clear-cut rocking numbers, and the Nina Simone was not reflected in her bonium group, had the misfortune of d ragged and the second Buffalo Jazz Festival performance as she held the audience yning the festival before a wide- came to an end. electioa in rapt attention. The appearance of ytead and thin audience. A good part If the festival “proved” anything, it ment ■ the Cannonball Adderley Quintet was d tbe crowd was still filtering in. His could be that a combination of produc­ n Sleigh the highlight of the festival. Brother Section of a program in the face of tion, performance, and receptivity pro­ ring the Nat’s solo on Autumn Leaves was the in scattered audience was perhaps duces something of value for all. Seibert, ultimate in taste. sot tbe best. •itten by —Gurth Minegar The appearance of Lambert-Hen- It was a man from San Francisco, dricks-Ross was preceded by the Ike Bde heard on the eastern shore, who DETROIT to point Isaacs Trio with Pony Poindexter, who napped the crowd alive on that warm, Bad weather has hurt many festivals ould be played soprano saxophone and did a tumid night. Something about Lambcrt- in past years. Ed Sarkesian, the ubiqui­ scat vocal that showed him to be im­ istic sup- Hendricks-Ross being slightly delayed tous promoter of Detroit's American aginative and humorous. Then came ia prison vb announced over the speakers. Com- Festival of Music, held the weekend ■ho says L-H-R, with talent and showmanship, ig on stand was their accompanying after the Buffalo event, is not a man and Jonah Jones with some more, not re­ group, the Ike Isaacs Trio, with saxist to take chances with rain watering the though his of a considerably more pre­ ss of i Pony Poindexter. take; he held the festival in cavernous dictable nature. When Poindexter rooted out with a Cobo Hall—14,000 upholstered seats, wrapped up the festival of major air conditioning, and a limping sound mata It system. (Emcee Willis Conover’s witty on, lìti remarks were almost inaudible to those on the main floor.) Both performances of the festival were opened by localite Jack Broken- sha’s group. Each night the vibist played the same opening tune, And Then I . ers. co LHR Said, written by the group’s bassist Nick Gene Wright, Brubeck ucce» « Fiore. Pianist Bess Bonnier played with a further rock-solid version of Sack o’ Woe on power and assurance in both Brokensha in a rousing fashion. Solo honors be­ 's secad nprano sax, the audience warmed up. outings. Drummer Dick Riorden kept long to saxist-flutist Frank Foster. It Memoria From that point, and for the remainder the pace moving with a strong but unob- was standard Basie bill of fare though ball pari of the festival, the audience was on, and strusive beat. —Li’I Dartin’, Blues in Frankie’s Flat, ori ngh it was a down-hill romp for the eight The first night of the festival, the April in Paris, and a close with Old Man 9, and i or nine acts to follow. Rev. Joseph Dustin, Detroit’s banjo­ River. ons com- Dave Lambert, , and playing priest, followed Brokensha on Generally, the music was good. e, and * , the vocal trio which has the program. Father Dustin appeared —Bob Archer raised juvenile kidding to an art, were with a Dixieland group and broke up cach thè mtant crowd pleasers with their often- the audience, especially with his vocal SAUGATUCK ist years heard festival programing and fashion- on Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Of these three not-big, not-small t of con­ «Ne Esperanto. Home? events, the Saugatuck Jazz Festival, held no more Joe Williams, the Count Basie ex- The Four Freshmen’s program that a week after the Detroit event, was the d Buffilo potriate, joined the trio for his thor­ night was about the same as it was a one coming closest to what many feel import* oughly worked Every Day and went on week earlier in Buffalo, as was the Dave a festival should be—stimulating pro­ *roductn to finish his segment. Brubeck Quartet’s stage stint—St. Louis graming, workshops, and afternoon ses­ conduci The Horace Silver Quintet, with Blue Blues, tidy Desmond, crowd-rousing sions (held, in this case, in city parks Mitchell’s resourceful trumpet, rounded Morello. and on boat docks). uster w * the first night’s program, deftly and brothers came For those who want jazz festivals to ,f Buffalo performing fascinating and sometimes on strong with a blues and closed with be more than just musical montages, Che * orally obscure arrangements. Caravan. Unfortunately, the brothers Saugatuck, a resort town with an artis­ Frank A The four Freshmen, a festival fell victims to the sound system. The tic bent located on the eastern shore of >r of fc Wition. opened the second evening. guitar sound was heard coming first Lake Michigan, provided art exhibits ra; Fr* Aad their performance was equally a from the hall’s speakers and then from and sport car races. But most persons hanno* Wition—Paper Moon, Day by Day, Wes’ amplifier. The split-second dif­ came for the music. :h. super W Route 66. ference was disturbing. The evening performances were be­ ols. 1* the time the Dave Brubeck Quar- Bobby Troup swung through Thou gun by the Dixieland Kings, a young, lished k| ht moved on stage, a full moon was Swell and I’ve Got My Love to Keep inexperienced group. Next was the Paul producen Mgmg over the top of the stadium. It Me Warm, but his rendition of Try a (Continued on page 65) September 28, 1961 • 15