recorded in 1940 by a group made up of Stewart, Brown. Bigard, Braud, Billy Kyle, Brick Fleagle, and Dave Tough. They are full of gutty Stewart passages and that flowing luster of which Bigard was capable in his Ellington days. Four tubbily recorded selections made in 1946 by Stewart, Kyle, John Levy, and Cozy Cole are of only moderate interest. There are also two pieces by a group led by Jimmy Jones, one of them a solo showcase for Carney's fluent lyricism on the baritone saxophone, the other a groping effort that gets nowhere. The first side carries this disc easily, how- ever. for Diga Diga Doo, Cherry, and Bugle Call Rag are played brilliantly and Solid Rock comes off only a little less well.

"Thesaurus of Classic ." Columbia C4L 13, $18.98 (Four LP). The title of this four -disc set is over- ambitious, for its area is actually quite limited -the small white groups in New York in the late Twenties and early Thirties. Most of them are part of the numerous Miff Mole - col- laborations -the Little Molers, , the Redheads, and the Arkansas Travelers -plus the Frankie Trumbauer - -Bix Beider- becke groups and a sprinkling of early Dorsey Brothers groups. The Dorseys en- livened almost every session on which they played (Tommy is heard on trumpet in several pieces here); and Adrian Rol - lini. , and Beiderbecke are almost as useful, although they can't always redeem some of the stodgy pieces only for those who want the ultimate by Trumbauer's orchestra. The Nichols- Mole combos, however, had a hard time swinging unless they were in a fast tempo. There are several saving graces on the three LPs devoted to them -Mole SHEROOD-S3OOO 1 himself. . , and Lang often energize some pieces by FM /MX STEREO TUNER sheer force of musical personality -but one becomes very conscious of the The FM tuner that has everything ... 0.95Nv sameness and stiffness of many of the sensitivity, Interchannel Hush noise muting pieces played by these groups. Never- theless. much of the set is well worth system, "Acro- Beam "tuning eye, cascode bal- having back in circulation, and even anced input. automatic frequency control, "local- some lesser items have their of the distant" switch ... now brings you the only piquant charms -for example. a delight- ful period piece called Lila, a bouncy FM TUNER with "CORRECTIVE" INVERSE FEEDBACK dance arrangement typical of the Twen- ties. complete with a wonderfully arch Every high fidelity amplifier today incorporates tenor vocalist (and, as lagniappe, there's "corrective" inverse feedback for lower distor- a little Bix and Lang in too). of evidence, tion and improved response. Now, Sherwood brings the same performance benefits to the "At Newport." Chess Muddy Waters: S- 3000III FM Tuner; these include reduction of 1449. $3.98 (LP). Waters, who carries on the blues singing distortion due to overmodulation by the FM sta- tradition of Big Bill Broonzy in a man- tion and better quality long -distance reception. ner that lacks the raw bite of Broonzy READY FOR FM STEREO but retains much of his lusty appeal, just barely squeezed into the Newport Stereo via FM multiplex broadcasting is just Jazz Festival program last summer. He appeared on what turned out to be the around the corner. The S -3000 III contains final afternoon, after rioting resulted in chassis space and all control facilities to plug cancellation of the rest of the Festival. in a stereo multiplex adapter. Other features This on- the -spot recording of a lively, stomping set of pieces shows off Waters' include flywheel tuning, plus 7" expanded slide - sure skill and the brilliant aptness of the rule tuning scale, cathode -follower output, and little band that accompanies him. More front panel output level control. Sherwood than this, the disc contains a minor bit of jazz history -a song called Goodbye Electronic Laboratories, Inc., 4300 N. California Newport Blues, written backstage on a Ave., Chicago 18, III. telegraph blank by Langston Hughes when he learned that the Festival was ( *t Other fine Sherwood Tuners: being cancelled, and sung very affect- S -200011 AM -FM Tuner $145.50 S-2200 AM -FM MX Stereo Tuner $179.50 ingly in a major blues tradition (one that is quite different from the Waters - FOR COMPLETE TECHNICAL DETAILS WRITE DEPT. 2H Broonzy vein) by Otis Spann. Waters' pianist. JOHN S WILSON CIRCLE 94 ON READER -SERVICE CARD

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