Butterfield Hampton Opens Club On Coast Cuts 4 More By RALPH J. GLEASON New York—Billy Buttecfield'i ork made four sides for Capita Oakland—Oakland took a flying star* over San Fran­ Absinthe House Keynote Firm with an augmented band includ. cisco in ihe race to see which of these two Bay Cities could ing: Jimmy Maxwell, Andy Fer. Will Use Names Sitting Pretty opei start jumping first with ths announcement that Lionel e tti, trumpets; Will Bradley, tram, Lon New Orleans — The Absinthe bone; Hymie Schertzer, alt«* Hampton and John A. Bur-Ton, local name band promoter, New York — Keynote r«?cord House, oldest bar in the United Danny Perri, guitar and Co^ implemented its announced inten­ Wy had completed a deal to take over the Swing Club, long- States, which up until now has re- tions of sticking close to the classi­ Cole, drums beside the regular will vacant mghUpct. lied on the piano of Fats Pichon cal field from now on, following men; Jack Stametz, Bob Hampton will close at the Swing and strip teasers to draw in the Archie Johnson, trumpets; Eddie Street Hampton, hi* full band up its deal for European masters dein Club Oct. 26. instead of Nov. 2 as trade, opens tonight with Ethel by signing William Horne, young Butterfield, and Ken Shunter, and stage show, opened there Oc­ ■hoi originally announced. Bur-ton in­ Waters, embarking on a new policy trombones; Johnny Signorelli, alt# tenor who has been drawing rave pror tober 19 for a two week ran. formed Down Boot at-press time. oi name talent. concert reviews. Jimmy Hudgins, tenor: Norm*« The Club has been re-named Although Bur-ton says business Elvin, baritone; Sam Bruno, h** Other acts to come in include Keynote will be one of the few vent the Hamp-tone Swing Club and has been good at the spot, he Mickey Carrato, piano. Eddie Heywood and the Deep outfits sitting pretty in light of that Bqr-Ton, who had been dickering agreed to release Hampton a week Tunes were: I Can’t Get Started Rivet Boys, the spot pointing out the Petrillo band since prexy John with for the place for some time, made early as Lionel had a sudden op­ “you needed hands during the Hammond told the Beat that there With You, Bugle Call Rag (ar. the deal with Hampton, took over portunity at the Meadowbrook a war for business—now you need is more material available than ranged by Bob Haggart), Mal*, the club and announced the open­ week early. heads.” the firm can ever possibly release. guenu and Ethelbert Nevin’s Nar­ ing a flurry df activity last week­ cissus. B< b Peck arranged 311 but end. the Bugle Call. Opining night was jammed to capacity till closing. COLE’S CARNEGIE BASH JUST MISSES Other Nam«* Set DeParis Into Following his date at the Swing, New York—The King Cole Trio gave a concert here last Club. Hampton takes the band month to a two-thirds house. As usual, the music was excel­ back down to Los .Angeles open­ lent, but the general concensus was that the concert was a Lonesome ing at the Meadowbrook for four New York — Wilbur DeParii shade hurried, and th* level starting Nov. 4. Following whose bands have played contin. weeks the top level expected from musi­ that there's a ded cooking for a cntal cafes and New York spots cians a* good •* Ccle. Ashby and by Don Wolf and Baby I Need You Morocco date. is the first colored band to play Miller. Standout of the perform­ jock Plans for the club, according to (Gunnaway*. Latter includ.s sev - in a Child’s restaurant. Wilburi ance was Irving Ashby's guitaring. with Bur-Tor., include runs by Ir*uis eral classic lines, one o( band opened October 15 with ha Hi* first New York appaarance of V Jordan in late February following caused trade how I rother Sidney on trumpet: Wil­ Ashby impressed the reporter as from his week at the Golden Gate The­ needs Mercer, but Mercei bur, valve und slide trombone; having better tone than Oscar wtnl ater, Johnny Moore’s Three Blaz­ them worser.” Eddie Barefield. clarinet; Don Ab­ Moore and a more complex har­ ing < es, Luis Russell, possibly Arm­ Mix ney, piano; Huey Long, guitar; monic grasp of his instrument's tion strong and the Mills Brothers. Carl Powell, bass; and Lest« solo possibilities. DOWN BEAT'S DECISION. The spot stands a good chance Nichols, drums. They are at the Cole himself played and sang A good concert but for a for 1 of living up to Bur-Ton’s predic­ Paramount Child’s, 44th st and wonderfully despite a cloudy mike variety of reason* lacking the und tions as he’s in a particularly ad­ Seventh ave. for an indefinite run. system (those old Carnegie Hall excitement and virtuosity to for 3 vantageous position regarding tal­ barrelhouse speakers again*. Main make it a musical event. Noth ent He’s by far the biggest book­ trouble was that he simply didn't ing climactic was heard or at Wld er in these parts «spending over play enough “stridin’ ” piano for tempted. bins half a million dollars a year on Gotham Jockeys an audience a little surfeited with bands* and, as he picks up band prettiness. Other contracts in blocks, he can play All three of the men bounced In Mad Scramble doinf them up and down the coast on leather heels on the floor during Iceland Has the • one nighters and shoot them into New York—The disc jockey the tunes to some audience dis­ this club > week or two weeks at scramble around this town gate comfort. Johnny Miller caused Hollywood — Imagine tour madder with the latest entrant, a time. Tn between runs df aame Its Jazz Club strong men letting this get away audible titters during one of his Johnny Kane, night columnist for talent Bur-Ton will keep the club Reykjavik-—Iceland, which is not from them! But ihe Modern­ bass solos by taping counter-beaU the Enquirer a Sunday only rag open, but as a bar only. is cold us most Americans think, aires can apparently use only with his right foot. favored by the publishing and At press time deals arc being is due to get much warmer soon. one gal and Paula Kelly'* got The program was hurried, since hoss trade He will have a oat set to give tht spot radio time This year saw the birth of the th* job. Virginia Maxey, above, the hall had to be cleared by 7:45 hour shot nightly from the Green­ on the west coast networks, local who took her place when Paul* p.m. for the regular evening con­ Icelandic Jazz Club and that San Francisco stations and possi­ became a mother, u now doing wich Village Inn and Sammy’i Eberl cert, but even so, this didn’t quite club’* paper, edited by Tage bly a transcontinental wire a aingle. Bowcry Follies over WOV start­ Geur; excuse programming which Ammendrup Jr The club ar- Same Hamp Band ing at midnight. This Slot was ru­ Heck jammed a serious tune such as ranged for Rex Stewart and a Hampton, who has been playing mored set for ex-WORmen Eddi* drum Naturs'i Boy between two blues. combo to go to Iceland Oitober 6 one nighters in this area for Bur­ Newman and Barry Gra) at one sang, Asiiby's Allegro Suit* included a for a jazz, festival. With Rex are Ton for some weeks- will have the Victor Waxes time, but their present assign- goes pretty waltz bit, while Cole intro­ trombonist Sandy Williams, altoist came band he's been using all ments are still not set. early duced two novelties which are John Harris, tenor man Vernon summer with a couple of replace-1 Spots sure record hits: Now He Tells Me, Story and pianist Jimmie Tanner. Three Shows ments. Show opening with Hamp NaMown Promoter a thn A group of Icelandic musciana. New York Three Broadway is his regular theater show includ­ band, many of whom have studied in the shows have been recorder! by RCA ing Red & Curly, a couple of tine Pulls Fastie On Cole holdi United States will jam with this Victor with original cast produc­ dancers who end doing has « group New York—An unusual tions. These are Allegro, the new squab­ his ti knocked out drum routine, Mara Favorite local combo that Rogers-Hammerstein epic panned ble aee eloped last month in hi- banu. Kim, a Chinese boogie woogie Good Break neaded by trombonist Bjurn R. by most of the critics, High But­ dianapolis. Nat Cole scheduled to dancer, the Hamp-tones. Wmnie New York—Mary Lou Williams, Einarsson The sextet records for ton Shoes, with a well-received play a concert at a local theater, Brown, Herman McCoy, and Ro­ the Icelandic Gramofon Company jazz pianist who has had her share Julie Slyne score and The Medium, arrived to find the Earl Hin« land Burton. of bad booking breaks in the last and recently cut Gershwin’s Sum­ operatic thriller with music dance at Tomlinson Hall placard­ year landed a good one finally. mertime1 and Prima s ( hHstopher Gjou-Carl* Menotti. ed with signs saying in large type: Sar Heard in Washington at the Ben­ Columbus. Gunner Egils, a clari­ King Cole Anniversary Week," gasi by producer Burt Goldsberg, net student now in California, did mdorneath Earl Hines Orchestra Bobby Morris Lan«, John Spar she has been set for ■ Hollywood the Goodman like solos on I hris- Bill Siegel Combo Will Play Here with “The King row.