Petrillo Speaks On State of The Union! CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 26, 1947 Billy Eckstine Revises Plans Mooney Mentor, Club Op To Keep Band Get Tough, Sign Peace New York—Original plans for New York—Some heated discussion pro and eon between singer Billy Eckstine to junk his Joe Mooney manager George Moffett and House of Dixon band and go into Billy Berg's os a single have been altered slight­ owner Freddy Lamb preceded the signing of the Herman Chit- ly as a result of his new pact tison trio, which opened two weeks ago in the club's Inu*. with MGM records. No question of conflict with the Eckstine will carry six ol the Mooney quartet was involved, since key men of his former band into they play the spot’s main room the Hollywood spot as a nucleus but Joe’s contract permits him to for a big band he will ouild for Hour At Grand approve other talent engaged for his first sides under the Metro the -pot. and manager Moffett felt banner. Sides reportedly to be New York—Something of a he had insufficient notier of the cut sometime in May. Idea be­ rec ord in hourly wage rates was ChittiMin engagement. hind this reorganization period attained by pianist Witold Mal- Lamb pointed out that Morris Is for a general hoiiseclenning of cuznski He received $3,000 tor Agency booker Joe Wolfson, be­ the be-bop book and a number three hours work cutting the cause of a death in the family, of the high-salaried sidemen. sound track for the movie De­ had been unable to huddle with Eckstine will take arranger ception. A film actor will ap­ him about in attraction to re­ Jerry Valentine to the coast to pear to be playing; though this place the Dardanelle trio, and pen the new book which is to isn’t the reason for the pic’s that he wa:« forced to discuss be beamed closer to Billy’s ves­ title. terms with Chittison un Jiort per-like vocals. notice. , Billy’s final bookings with his At one point the argument bc- (Ed. notes Following are quoits in port made by James C. Petrillo, current big sand ran out last BG Sells Art cam-' so hot that Moffett threat­ esident of the American Federation of Musicians, to a press conferenet week and Milt Ebbins told Down ened to take the Mooney unit out called two weeks ago in New York City.) Beat Eckstine would take a 6- of the club the next night and week vacation before going into take down all the posters, where­ New York-—“Well gentlemen, I called you here because Berg’s with the small unit. Eck ■ LundToWMA upon Lamb, an "qually tempes­ ready to upend that canned music money they told us stine’t opening has been set back tuous Irishman, told him to lay from March 11 to April 3. Hollywood—Tht William Mor­ finger one on just one poster. going to steal. We think the plan is a good one ris agency has taken over Benny Goodman’s interest in his former At press-time, ubsei vers, noting It's undoubtedly got evils, but we can only find those as we both men amiably having a drink 'operate it. This is the plan the singer, Art Lund. Beat poll win­ at the bar, decided there are all convention suggested and passed to Early Raeburn ner in . inger-with-band division through no fault of their own, kinds of ways of doing business. ! the executive board for action. We the memberships of these locals for 1946. appointed ■ special committee to by making records, help contrib­ Sides Scheduled Under vet-up being worked out consider the plan, which reported ute to the difficulties of the other at press lime, Freddy Goodman, back to the board in January, and locals with canned music. Since New York—Boyd Raeburn Benny’s brother who also owns Cole Hot On wc are now going ahead with it. they make most,of the money sides, originally made on the an interest in the singer, will from recordings, we feel that a continue as his personal manag­ Theater Tour F “During the last three years larger share of the fund should Musicraft, which purchased the er. Main play will be made for $1,756,000 has been paid into the go to less fortunate locals. Guild masters when the firm movie field in which several deals Chicago -The King Cole Trio, Recording and Transcription went out ot business. Raeburn, have been waiting for contrac­ currently knocking cm over on fund from the sums paid by th- not satisfied with the musical tual affairs to be settled. one of the hottest theater tours record companies. What? Did quality of these early platters, this cause the price raise from "The money will be used for Lund will be heard as featured in history, opened Feb. 14 at the has been trying unsuccessfully singer with Harry James on a State theater in Hartford; fol­ 50 to 60 cents? Not to our knowl­ public concerts by musical units to prevent their reissue. edge and it certainly shouldn’t f all types to give pleasure to platter to be waxed here hortly ic wed with week Downtown the­ have. According to our original the public, whether it be in mili­ First Raeburn platters to gG to However, there was no indication ater, Detroit, F< b 20; RKO thea­ agreement with the record com­ tary hospitals, park concerts, or retailers will be March of the that his association with James ter, Columbus. Maren 4-6. Pohu e panies these monies were sup­ schools. The locals will submit Boyds, Interlude (Night in Tu­ was to be on a regular basis. theater, Cleveland, March 7-12; posed to be paid solely by the plant 30 days in advance to the nisia), Boyd’s Nest and Blue RKO theater, Cincinnati. March companies out of profits and national office, and these plans Prelude. 13-19 Chicago theater, Chicago, NOT passed onto the public in must be approved. Men will be Because of the production de­ Sy Oliver Drops March 20 for two weeks Paradise any way. Furthermore the sum hired at scale, and only good mands of its January release. theater, Detroit, April 12-17. paid in od 50, 60, and 75 cent musicians, not men who haven’t Musicraft eliminated its regular Unit just recently closed at a records is the same, so factors touched a hotn In 20 years, will February release January sides Philly theater with about 15 other than this fund caused the be used. included wax by Sarah Vaughan. MixedOrkAttempt grand as their end of a record ¡price raises. If the record com­ “Only 5 per cent of this money Duke Ellington, Mel Torme and week’s take, then at the D’Jais, panies say this fund caused the Dizzy Gillespie. New York—Inability to get Secaucus, N J., more than tripled can be used for administration bookings with a mixed orchestra raise, they are not keeping their here in the national offices. I Future Musicraft offerings in­ the usual take at the .150-.eat word with the AFM. have appointed J. Wharton Goo- clude a Dizzy album, Torme re- has forced Sy Oliver to replace club. Cops had to be called out to tee, president of local 484, Ches­ stues, and singles by Raeburn white musicinn^ Bill Granzow, handle things Ellington, Valdez and Paul Laval. ter, Pa., as supervisor of the f and, Gale Curtis. Sy, who originally Cole, Moore and Miller broad­ “Since the report was made up and told him to get himself a cast for Wildroot Saturday after­ chose his side men strictly on noons, 4:45 p.m. EST. an additional $425,000 was paid strait jacket. You know, there's musical merit, was convinced it In January alone, which leads us nothing like the trouble you I Rae Relaxes | was a losing fight, once he got to believe that this year will be a run into when you want to out into the cold world of one banner year for the fund end spend money. The locals must nighters. Foreign Wax Has permit us to expand activities spend every penny for salaries Sy’s bookers, the WULam Mor­ even more than was hoped. and may not tax any part of it. ris agency, were willing to keep Angles Same As Here “We are dividing this money “You may remember that when trying to place the hybrid crew New York—The Beat has re­ on the basis of Juiif membership the senate committee Investi­ that Sy used at his Zanzibar ceived a letter with more infor­ of the AFM (183,000), though gated me, Senator Worth Clark opener, but all concerned finally mation on its January 29 article membership Is up another 22,000 told me that they were going to cancelled the noble experiment. un European wax Tut Belgian men, with a pro-rata amount.of investigate the recording com­ New instrumentalists are “Jay Clever” Is actually a pseu­ S I .43 per man to be paid to each panies, the radio business, and Frank Galbreath, trumpet; Wal­ donym for a Dutch band, monic- local, with the exception of New all the rest of those people Well, lace Wilson, trumpet; Bud John­ kered Pi Scheffer and his Sky - York, Chicago, and Los Angeles they got through with me, and son, tenor; Fred Robinson, trom­ masters, who are under contract which will get $2 00 per man for they stopped.