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ex- Ellingtonian, Louis Benson, playing THE SOUND OF GENIUS... properly non -soloing drums. The opposite side has a warm Hodges and Brown col- laboration on On the Sunny Side of the Street and Hodges' classically velvet touch on Warm Valley.

ARMAND HUG PLAYS ARMAND PIRON PARAMOUNT 114. 10-in. $3.85. Armand Hug, piano. I Can Beat You Doin' What You're Doin' to Me; Pretty Purple Rose of Cairo; Mama's Gone, Goodbye; Day by Day; Bouncin' Around; Kiss Me, Sweet; I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate; Mama Goes Where Papa Goes. For a man whose recorded past has been devoted largely to rather tinkly ragtime performances, Armand Hug does an as- tounding about -face here. Playing eight compositions by the New Orleans violinist, A. J. Piron, whose greatest claim to fame is I Wish 1 Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate, Hug reveals a sensitive, swinging style and a positive, assured manner very similar to that of Jess Stacy. Piron's works are not the most nutritious fare for a pianist - although behind such a ghastly title as Pretty Purple Rose of Cairo there lies a very attractive melody - but Hug chews away at them as though they were prime steak. At times, you almost believe that they are.

JAY AND KAI SAVOY MG 15038. to -in. $3.85. J. J. Johnson, , ; Billy Bauer, guitar; Wally Cirillo, piano; Charlie Mingus, bass; , drums. Bernie's Tune; Lament; Blues for ; Co -op; Reflections; Blues in Twos.

KAI AND JAY JAY PRESTIGE 195. Io -in. $3.85. Kai Winding, J. J. Johnson, trombones; , piano; Peck Morrison, bass; Al Harewood, drums. We'll Be Together Again; Don't Argue; How Long Has This Been Going On; Bag's Groove; Riviera; Dinner for One; Hip Bones; Windbag. Mating the trombones of Johnson and Winding was an inspired thought. The two horns together have a majestic exuber- ance that is extremely appealing. In their duets, they use big, rich tones with sweeping melodic lines which have the happy effect of The genius of Bruno Walter is more than a rare Recent Columbia Masterwork, lifting them out of the dry, mechanistic rut understanding of a man for music. Doctor Walter has "Lp" Records by Bruno Walter with the Philharmonic -Symphony to which they limited themselves as soloists nourished the subtle genius of other great men before him in the past. The Savoy disk, which was made Orchestra of Ne. York include: as only the greatest of interpreters can do. His creative before the Prestige, shows an early stage in Mahler: Symphony No. I in I) their dueting career when they were still performances of the works of Johannes Brahms and Major-SL -2I 8. S5.95 depending largely on solos to carry their Gustav Mahler stand unique and immortal in the history Brahms: Complete Orchestral pieces. the Prestige release, however, On of recorded music. Bruno Walter's flawless performances Works -SL -200. $29.95 they have advanced enormously as a team, with the Philharmonic- Symphony Orchestra of New York there is much less soloing and what there is Strauss: Death and Transfigura- have been brilliantly is moving in a direction more consistent recorded by Columbia sound tion, Don Juan -ML 4650. 53.98 engineers with the same artistry he brings to music. with their duet style than it had been. This We will be pleased to send you is an interesting venture which is showing Doctor Walter has chosen to record exclus tell for a copy of the above photograph. progress: even the recording of the later Columbia Masterworks Records. suitable for framing. Write Co- disk, Prestige, gives evidence of lessons lumbia, Room I-H,7th Ave.,N.Y.C. learned from the first one. COI.IJ ill! I3I A RECORDS KID ORY'S CREOLE BAND, 0 1954 ._. 9P T. N. ,.,,,. ., ,,.o,..ro LIST.

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