DOWN BEAT 1953 Chicago. November I, 1953 Poll Coupon—Bond Routes DOWN BEAT'S 17TH ANNUAL MUSIC POLL Baritone Sax...... All-Star Band eeks Clarinet...... Favorites Of The Year it ion Trumpet ...... The Music Hall of Fame Piano...... Dance Band...... (Name the person who ha» contributed the most Trombone...... to music in the 20th century.) id con ic Guitar Jazz Band...... nth g:ig ouations, Uto Sax...... i. Ga y. Ba«. Male Singer...... ravelin« Tenor Sax...... (NOT working as a band vocalist) hotO Ff» ?at, Chi- Female Singer...... Tavelin « ce. Sert»! (NOT working as a band vocalist) 6, Down Records Of The Year nd form, (Name only records released in the year ending Instrumental Combo...... ience in rchest ra. Oct. 1) (3 to 8 pieces)

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ATEI) Poll Rules Miscellaneous Instrument*...... have i t ' Send only ONE ballot. All lolly wood duplicate vote* will be thrown housands Bund Vocalist (Male) out. Every living artist i- eligible. Do not vole for prison. who are mging Hand Vocalist (Female) ...... deceased except in the Mu«i< State...... olytonal Hall of Fame, where you nun name any artist, living or dead. N-4 irranger...... •spond- r—«ox King. Henry (Palmer House) Chicago, Out D 11/18, h Dale Duo (Lighthouse) NYC, nc Kisley. Steve (Statler) Detroit, h Davis Trio, Bill (Tiffany) Los Angeles, Out 10/30, nc; (Downbeat) San Fran­ Goad Time Jazz RTf Lande, Jules (Ambassador) NYC, h cisco, 11/5-18, nc DOW*» LaSalle. Dick (Statler) Boston, h Dee Trio, Johnny (Blue Room) Elizabeth. FtCTIVI Lombardo, Guy i Roosevelt) NYC, h N. J.. Out 11/15, nc ZÏ/1/1 Long, Johnny, Wilmington, Deia., 11/4-6 DeParis Brothers (Jimmy Ryan’s) NYC, Issues Ten EPs HUFF M nc FOR I w vu McGrane, Don (Radison) Minneapolis, Domino, Fats (Showboat) Philadelphia, Chicago—Good Time Record Co. Minn., h 11/2-14, nc reissued on 10 EPs last month, >ORES McIntyre. Hal (Peabody) Memphis, Tenn., Dominoes. (On Tour) ABC jazz sides cut by almost every art­ McKinley, Ray (On Tour Texas) GAC: Fields, Herbie (Surf Musical Lounge) Bal­ LISTIRS EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS: b—ballroom; h—hotel; nc—night club; cl—cocktail lounge; (Peabody) Memphis, Tenn., In 11/16. h ist on the label. Numbered 1011 r—restaurant; h—theater; cc—country club; rh—roadhouse; pc—private club. NYC—New timore. Md.. 10/27-11/8, nc through 1020, the 45 rpm dough­ 0 UPS McNeely, Big Jay (BanjMJox) NYC, 11/3- Five Keys (Trocaveria) Columbus, O., York City; Hwd.—Hollywood; LA.—Los Angeles; ABC—Associated Booking Corp., (Joe 16. nc nuts run as follows. Glaser), 745 Fifth Avenue. NYC; AP—Allsbrook-Pumphrey, Richmond, Va.; GAC—General 11/3-8, nc Marterie, Ralph (Concert Tour) GAC Furniss Brothers (Basin Street) NYC, nc Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz Band— Artists Corp., RKO Bldg.c NYC; JKA—Jack Kurhe Agency. 214 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, Masters, Frankie (Conrad Hilton) Chicago, Cakewalkin* Babies; Riverside Blues; Tiger Calif.; McC— McConkey Artists, 1780 Broadway, NYC; MCA—Music Corp, of America, Rag; Come Back Sweet Papa, 598 Madison Ave., NYC; MG—Moe Gale. 48 West 48th St., NYC; RMA—Reg Marshall May, Billy (Palladium) Hollywood, Out Garner, Erroll (Concert Tour) MG Turk Murphy’s Jazz Band. Vol. II—Little Agency. 6671 Sunset Blvd., Hwd.; SAC—Snaw Artists Corp., 565 Fifth Ave., NYC; UA— Gaylords (Triton) Rochester, N. Y„ 11/2- Johns Reg; Mesa ’Round; Bay City; Min­ Universal Attractions, 347 Madison Ave., NYC; WA—Willard Alexander. 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Melba. Stanley (Pierre) NYC, h 8, h; (Spa Athletic Club) Erie, Pa., strels of Annie Street. NYC; WMA—William Morris Agency. 1740 Broadway,Broadway. NYC. Mooney, Art (On Tour) GAC 11/9-15 Wally Rose- Springtime Rag; Top Liner Morgan. Russ (Statler) NYC, Out 12/3, h Getz, Stan (Blackhawk) San Francisco, Rag; Euphonic Sounds; Harlem Rag. Morrow, Buddy (On Tour) GAC Out 11/1, nc; (Sardi’s) Hollywood, 11/5- Kid Ory, Vol, 1—Creole Song; Blues for N 12/3, nc Jimmie Noone; Get Out of Here; South. Albert, Abbey (Statler) Washington, D. C.. F Neighbors, Paul (Aragon) Chicago, Out Gilmore Quartet, Stiles (Weekapaug Inn) Kid Ory, Vol. II—Panama; Careless Love; Ferguson, Danny (Robert Driscoll) Corpus Weekapaug. R. L, h Under the Bamboo Tree; Do What Ory Anthony, Ray (On Tour) GAC Christi. Tex., Out 1/15/54, h Greco, Buddy (Theatrical Grill) Cleveland, Say. Fields, Shep (Schroeder) Milwaukee, Wis., Palmer, Jimmy (On Tour) ABC O., nc Bunk Johnson—Careless Love; Down By Bair, Buddy (Sheppard Air Force Base) Out 10/25, h; (On Tour—Texas) MCA Pastor. Tony (Roseland) NYC. Out 10/29, H the Riverside; Nobody’s Fault But Mine; Wichita Falls, Tex., Out 11/8 Fitzpatrick, Eddie (Mapes) Reno, Nev., h b: (On Tour- Eastern terr.) GAC Harlan Duo, Lee (Elkhart) Elkhart, Ind., h When I Move to the Sky. Barnet, Charlie (Colonial) Toronto, Out Flanagan, Ralph (On Tour — New Eng­ Perrault. Clair (Town Club) Corpus Heywoid Trio, Eddy (Orchid Room) Kan­ Armand Hug—The Cosey Rag; Frog-l- 10/24, nc land) GAC Christi, Tex., nc sas City, 10/23-31, nc More Rag; Kansas City Stowps; Good Barron. Blue (On Tour- California) MCA Foster. Chuck (Roosevelt) New Orleans, Phillips, Teddy (Cocoanut Grove) Los An- Hope. Lynn (Showboat) Philadelphia, Out Gravy Rag. Borr, Mischa (Waldorf-Astoria) NYC, h 10/22-11/18, h geks, Out 10/27 10/21, nc Bob Scobey—Peoria’ All the Wrongs C Prima, Louis (William Penn Tavern) Al- You’ve Done to Me; Do You Know What Cabot, Chuck (On Tour—Texas) GAC Gar tier, Jan (On Tour) GAC exandria, Pa., 10/30-31 Jackson, Jack (Village Nut Club) NYC. nc It Means to Miss New Orleans; Blues My Carlyle, Russ (Trianon) Chicago, b George, Chuck (Iroquois Gardens) Louis­ R Jordan, Louis (Cafe Society) NYC, Out Caylor, Joy (Òn Tour) GAC Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me. ville, Ky.. Out 11/1 Rodney. Don (Arcadia) NYC, b 11/1, nc; (Birdland) NYC, 11/5-15, tic The Banjo Kings—The Burglar Buck; Clifford. Bill (Riverside) Reno, Nev., h Gillespie, Dizzy (Birdland) NYC, 11/5-11, Rudy, Ernie (New Yorker) NYC, h K Banjo Bounce; Stephen Foster Medley No. Cugat. Xavier (On Tour—South Pacific ne Keller, Jack (Lamplighter) Valley Stream, 2; Pickin’ the Banjo. territory) MCA Glasser, Don (On Tour) MCA Spivak, Charlie (University of Georgia) L. L. N. Y., nc Firehouse Five Plus Two—Chinatown; Cummins, Bernie (Peabody) Memphis, H Athens. Ga., 10/30-31 When You Wore a Tulip; Runnin’ Wild; Tenn., Oui 11/2, h Harris. Ken (Mayflower) Washington, Straeter, Ted (Plaza) NYC, h Lee, Vicky (Horseshoe Lake Inn) Waters, Lonesome Railroad Blues. D. C.. h Mich., nc DeVol, Frank (Lido) Long Beach, Calif., Harrison, Cass (Tequindama) Bogota, Co­ Thornhill, Claude (On Tour — Midwest) M b (Saturdays only) lombia, Out 2/5/54, h GAC McPartland. Marian (Hickory House) NYC, Drake, Charles (Oklahoma) Oklahoma City, Herman, Woody (On Tour) GAC Okla., Out 10/30, pc; (The Club) Bir­ Hill. Ray (Coral Gables) North Weymouth, Waples. Buddy (Glass Rail) Bradley. III., cl Merlino Trio, Joe (Coral Gables Lounge) Simmons, Del (London Chophouse) Detroit, mingham. Ala.. In 11/2, nc Mass., Out 1/1/54, b Watkins, Sammy (Statler) Cleveland, h North Weymouth, Mass., Out 1/1/54, cc Durso, Michael (Copacabana) NYC, nc Hill. Tiny (On Tour) ABC Weems, Ted (Statler) Los Angeles, Out Monte. Mark (Plaza) NYC, h Sparks Duo, Dick (Annex Bar) Sandusky, Howard, Eddy (On Tour—Texas) MCA Morris, Joe (Royal) Baltimore, Md., 10/23- O., cl Ellington, Duke (Paramount) NYC, In Hunt, Pee Wee (On .Tour) GAC Welk, Lawrence (Aragon) Ocean Park, 10/28, t Calif., Out 2/10/54, b N Tatum, Art (Storyville) Boston, Out 10/25, Jacquet, Illinois (Concert Tour) MG Wills, Bob (On Tour—Texas) MCA Nocturnes (Spa Athletic Club) Erie, Pa., nc James. Harry (Ambassador) Los Angeles, Tierney, Wilma (Lamplighter) San An­ 10/28-11/24, h gelo, Tex., r Jerome, Henry (Edison) NYC, h Orioles (Orchid Room) Kansas City, 11/2- Tipton Trio, Billy (Monkey Room) Sill­ Jones, Spike (Curran)( San Francisco, 8, nc man Hotel, Spokane, Wash., cl v COMEDY CARAVAN 10/18-11/7. t Trahan. 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