RECORDS Chicago. February 15. 1940 Chicago

tootin’ not only by the liadet but also by Jerry Jerome, and Johnny Waller Dock (With Chick) Guarmeri’s piano—heard here for the first time on records—comple­ ments the band well. The rhythm section rocki- along right smartly in a good groove. Reverse is i>oor, For Two Terrific Sides! Ziggj s trumpeting carboning his BY BARRELHOUSE DAN old “Bei Mir” style—a style not conducive to kicks. No vocals. The Because Fats Waller year after Unfortui ntely, however, Mr. Han­ dy, on the first two, occupies most entire band, except for Noni Ber- year remain« one of the moot pro­ nardi, is out of i.i n p group. lific of the recording artists, he too of the grooves- -vith pretty sad vo­ often in overlooked by those who cals. Only Madison’s ten->r breaks Mildred Bailey buy the new jau dist* In almoat through for kicks. The latter coup­ every weekly batch of RCA-Victor ling finds Mr. Handy blowing a trumpet, and badly. Higginbotham releases, one finds a Waller record­ Hardly fair samples of Miss ing. Among the current ones are gets ,i a solo on each side but hii tone is frightful. Hall’s clarinet is Bailey’s ability, these sides are “Darktown Strutter's Ball'' and “I noteworthy in that she contrasts Hot di Can't Give You Anything But Love," the only bang. Fans who are senti­ her new “chamber background” accused c two old evergreens that get royal mental will probably enjoy all of music of piano, drums, trumpet, musical v treatment via the Malic n»-thud these, but for those who are more bass clarinet, two clarys, English are calle and which reveal Eugene Sedric to critical, or must watch their dimes horn, bass and guitai with her be a strk'tlj 18-karal. top drawer when making a budget for discs, Mr Handy’s work will go unappre­ usual “hot band” background. Things i- the side with the new with anyone you care to name, ciated. His singing is as poor us instrumentation, and is unimpres­ Hawkins included. First side is full his horn work. His horn work, if sive. Reverse, though a pop, is of stabs, the Waller piano. Sedric's it is to be described, sounds like Boogie Mon Pete Johnson much more listenable and spots a tenor and the trumpet of John out-of-tune Henry Busse. record* for Blue Note. Shown here, fine tenor Una Mae Carlisle, colored pianist making alleged ‘‘comeback’ (Photo by Francia J. Wolf). Below a “Fls«k*d Agals.” Culmsbla Hoei and singer, who has been in Eu­ after four years back to Joe Sullivan. George Wettling mid rope noverai years. Her singing is spoil what might have been a real- Joe Turner, of the Varsity Seven, Thus»- might easily have been u ideal ly bang-up session! arrange How Long Blue, for a test titled “Concerto For Bull Fiddle." ii hoped The Waller band typifies “small On these sides Hawkins, side. The disc* all are reviewed on Jimmy Blanton, 19-yi-a.r-old ex­ a sort of band” jazz at 'its best. It demon­ I’olo, Carter. Sullivan, Livingston, this page by Barrelhouse Dan. Fate Marable bassist, duets with opinions. strates that jamming can be done Wettling and Shapiro, a great col­ the Duke. The theme on both sides artfully, without losing its “extem­ lection assembled by Warren W. Robinson work. Les has long been it simple, unpretentious blues. One sv poraneous” flavor and surprise riff­ Scholl and Leonard Feather. The regarded one of the greatest of Duke’s accompaniment to the bast State Br< ing. These s tmples. on Bluebird tunes are old standards. But by alto soloists but was always over­ is interesting; surely it would (¡wiry O’ 10573, shouldn’t be overlooked devoting a good portion of three shadowed by Artie Shaw’« clarinet. have been wiser to have given him atrocity They show Fat- and his men at sides to vocals—all horrible, af­ Auld’s tenor bites fiercely and more freedom. Hardly hot jazz but Whoupe J their best. fected and out-of-tune — most of Bob Kitsis adds a few fancy darned interesting, and perhaps it trombone, the spirit was killed. measures of keyboard artistry will strike you as humorous, as it MePartlai Back features Carter’s fine alto. -»lacking of a Hines-Mary Lou did this reviewer. •ounds as can’t be overlooked “Little Jazz” FareweU“ aad ‘Holl*’ Stomp“ Si “You Mama shows Carter on trumpet, Williams cross. The pop tune is Jack Teagarden trying ve Doa t Knoa My Mind “ Blu. Note IO A 12, with Sullivan Taking a good chorus and his big, unwieldy group tackle tently performed; note the lacks bot) Siao lid. both 11 Inohm and Hawk ending it up blowing two great old numbers wnich al­ love1 sax «ection ensemble and Th» Who The greatest and most musical two straightforward and gutty ready have been recorded by a lend it achieves. The band played be boogie pianist lives up to cxpecta- choruses, among best he’s dozen better outfits. The Eldridge definitely misses Artie but should Tea’s band has come a long waj on Tigt r tions here, appearing ‘tter waxed recently. Tight has more horn skyrockets around wildly, es­ be able to click without him, judg­ in the year it has been organized Stomp, bt form on the latter two sides, which good Sullivan piuno, and an ex­ pecially on Society, but an alto ing by its first discs, and provid­ it is easil: are strictly solos. First two show cellent Polo interlude Rider start and a tenoi cut through nicely to ing that Georgie’s h.-rn is not fea­ poor perl Junnson w ith Abe Bolar, bass, and Hawk and Polo. But those vocals! offset the leader’s capers. Roy’s tured too often. A tenor sax- - ATTENTION the Van Ulysse- Livingston, guitar, accom­ Note how Sullivan, playing behind truirij better Muskrat. especially when played Auld style ORCHESTRA LEADERS certainly panying. Breakdown is fast «nd her doe« his tast to save what he Mundy’s band needs a lot of hard —can be most monotonous. Don’t Baut Your Brains Out, Got Goodman not up to Pete’s par. Farewell, a probably figured was wasted wax rehearsals. Tenor (which doesn’t M. TAKE LIST" slow blues, seeps with sincerity sound like Jimmy himself), clari­ Ziggy Elman and must stand as a truly great Lionel Hampton net und sol» trumpet all are good Re< performance. Holler is fast, atompy Sunday actually is Buy It Cedi Rag. boogie piano while You Don’t Ensembles both bands Powerful Elman trumpet domi­ B. ROSEN Know is a ncr -boogie, slow blues Clyde Hart, playing piano nere, ragged and the arrangements nates here. Tootin’ show s potent performance. Utterly non-commer­ arranged these tunes for Hamp­ themselves are dull cial, Johnson’s unprovisations are ton. The lineup also includes Jer­ ome, Mondello, Webster, Elman, breath-taking all the way. This IO» SI U.IV column has icng -ihouted of John­ Bernstein, Casey and Slick Jones Uhr Thut, son’s prowess. It ii gratifying to on drums. Munson’- label says tete John: know he finally is beginning to be Hampton plays vibraharp, but This is the disc which was re­ DECCA WE SALUTE YOU! hr Slump leased with Harem Party, which for your courage m issuing this, the greatest jazz album in history An album ROB KITSIS appreciated, and that a firm like those first two piano choruses are JESS STACY Blue Note- which deserves patron­ strictly 2 - finger, machine - gun turned out to be a semi-longhair whose cover- will protect six records by the most exciting musicians in jazz an hardly be band. Someone made a mistake and today. Musicians who give from the word go, and make no concession to age of all musicians and coilectois pianologics which JOHN GUAM —has the initiative to preserve the charged to Clyde Hart, a great coupled the wrong band with commercialism. We all know that jazz, real jazz, originated in New Orleans Johnson boogieisme in permanent pianist Ziggy's solo is muted and Stacy’s. The one side, though, is and worked its way up the river to the Windy City. Once there, it settled form. hot. Reverse, and it’s a pleasure really good. Billy Butterfield, Jess, down and in this tough, wide open town, it, in our humble opinion, scaled to say so after hearing so many Fazola and Les Jenkins all per­ ht .ghu never attained befoie or since. ) es, good jazz declined from the year sloppy Hampton discs, reveals form excellently, and even though 1929 on for that was when Joe Public stopped paying to hear it. RENNT CAR it is a pickup group, the ensembles Lionel in his ton form on vibes Still this Chicago jazz did not die. A few musicians continued to cherish ncCYEl.M His improvising it remarkable, and are well-knit and very homoge- it. in fget some have never stopped playing it. These men give out in this Still far behind schedule in sup­ performed with restraint and feel­ neous. Of all the groups to set of records. They are the kids, lucky kids, who were the first jitterbugs, be recorded to date by the new ■illy am plying review copies of its new ing. Easily his best work, on discs, with this reservation primarily they were musicians. Imagine being fortunate I* Unit. discs to reviewers, Columbia finally in many months. The pickup en­ Oberstein firm, Stacy’s is easily enough to hear loe Oliver and Louis Armstrong in the same band, not to ROY ELDRI got aiound to sending a few sides. semble is guilty of poor intonation, the most consistent. This unit iiir-ntion Hines, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, and the great Bessie Smith. CORKY COB (which also includes Eddie Miller, MGS HAMII These Benny example« are late but but then it’s Lionel’s .-how and he They say that no present day outfit could ever cut that old King Oliver band. LEE CANTAI will be given space because they holds up his end. Al Casey’s guitar Sid Weiss and Don Carter) has AA ith idols of this type it is no wonder that these same kids grew famous. are the first he’s made on this label work i“ plenty noticeable in the yet to make a poor side. These young Chicagoans absorbed this fine old New Orleans and out jumped which equal to his Victor background. the Chicago Style, and we mean jumped. •ENNI CAR' LES ROBINS standard. Spring Henderson- Toots Mondello This album contains twelve old standards selected by critic George arranged and played neatly, with Avakian. A better choice of tunes would be impossible for here are the same a good beat. Rost also i Hender­ Hayton returns to wax with a i numbers the boys played ten years ago when Tesch and Bix worked with son’s doing, und featuring Charlie new band that shows promise. He’s them. Most of the compositions have been recorded by them before. All the Christian os a chorui- of solo gui­ Four solos, all originals by Mon­ using clever and non commercial I more reason for purchasing these ne Compare them and see if they tar Nothing thrilling here, nut dello, these pretty well prove that arrangements which allow soloists don’t stand up with the good old day good dependable BG music with the little Italian star "f Goodman’» plenty of chances for takeoffs. The the leader’s own brilliant individ­ band is a brilliant und able tech­ last chorus of Live sounds like thi • orded for the Chicago Style is our forte. We arc more than proud to sell ual work standing out as promi­ UNCIE nician on alto. Toots gets accom- Crosby band, and for good measure them, and at a price the Commodore never could have iwued them for. Here »«** Sou nently as ever. Say what you like paniment by Claude Thornhill. Hayton showcases Slats Long’s is a bonanza for the hot fan, six records in a Iwautiful album, with a descrip­ COLEMAN H —few bands are even near Benny’s clarinet plus an unknown but ex­ tive booklet by Georg< Avakian, all for $2.60 Jimmy Mundy n*N» FOL J. C. Higginbotham, Bingie Madi­ "Muskrat Ramble** A "High Society** by IRVING F47 son. Edmund Hall and Sidney Cat­ Eldridge, Varsity 8154i "Suu day Special*' tM. lett tacking him up, one naturally A “All Aboard** by Muudy, Varsity 8148. •eats low expect* nut of the ordinary jazz. Each band has similarities which Public Address • Systems WHY DELAY—SEE US OR—ORDER TODAY Brunswick * Vocalion * Decca * Bluebird * Victor Commodore * Hot Record Society ’U.H.C. 4. COMMODORE MUSIC SHOP JAIS WALI.I Blue Note‘Solo irt • Royale • Varsity Jack teagz SPECIAL OFFER! JOE TI R»» Evdotod fad 13.00. Hano ship Hia Dacca CS-’cago I’Na mae < Stylo album at toon at it it luusd oho bandleader* With Coupon WE SHIP ANYWHERE Mailed anywhere RQ NAME...... _l VIH EMfRGfNCY RADIO SÍRVICI UONH HAI THE groove record shop in the U.S. for .. O ADDRESS ♦323V1 S. PARKWAY Save Time and Money cm STATE mi S PARKWAY. CHICAGO, ILL Mail This Coupon