occasionally stimulating performance by Paul Barbarin and a 1951 crew, plus Scott Finishes 19-Piece a second side by Sharky Bonano, also NEW JAZZ NEW as of 1951. Both were cut originally Dance Album For Victor for Circle. The title of the set is New New York — Tony Scott has com­ First ART PEPPER LP in Orleans Contrasts. pleted a 19-piece, jazz-flavored dance two years (TP-28) Wise, bearded Dick Bock, realizing set for Victor. Arrangements were by that not every record buyer is likely to Tony, Nat Pierce, Johnny Carisi, Son­ Just Released. buy every Pacific Jazz LP and reason­ ny Truitt, and Bill Evans. ing further that some record buyers Among the personnel at the various THE have to be led gently into jazz, has sessions were Jimmy Nottingham. Thad conceived a series of imaginative LPs Jones, Clark Terry, Carisi, Henry ART PEPPER QUARTET on various central themes. Rodgers and Coker, Benny Powell, Truitt, Quentin (RS 1001) Hart Gems (JWC-504) has an R&H Jackson, Britt Woodman, Sahib Shihab, songbook with Gerry Mulligan, Kitty (Transcribed horn part enclosed for the Gigi Gryce, Frank Foster, Zoot Sims, White, Chet Baker, Bud Shank, Jack Frank Wess, Danny Bank, Milt Hinton. FIRST TIME with a jazz LP) Montrose, and Bob Brookmeyer. Sev­ Osie Johnson, Evans, Freddie Green, eral tracks are available only on this Paul Motian, and Les Grinage. LP . There’s also Ballads for Back­ HI-FI SAMPLER and grounds with a most attractive fore­ 12" number is C3507 There are JAZZ SAMPLER (SA-100) ground cover and caressing perform­ four new tracks that make Lennie Nie­ Combined on one LP $2.49 list ances by Laurindo Almeida with Shank, haus Vol. 1: The Quintets a 12" album. Mulligan, and Brookmeyer, plus num­ To C2513 is brought a January, 1956, bers by Shank, Baker, Brookmeyer, CONGO DRUMS (RS 1000) session with Niehaus, Stu Williamson, John Lewis, a Fred Katz cello solo, and Hamp Hawes, Red Mitchel), and Carlos Vidal, Tony Rizzi, Mike Pacheco, etc. Bill Perkins. Most of these tracks are Manne. available only in this collection at pres­ Blue Note is responsible for a par­ ent. ticularly funky collage of Horace Silver Prefaced by a Dylan Thomas insight, and the Jazz Messengers (1518). Two there is The Blues with Mulligan, Chico previous 10" LPs with Kenny Dorham, Hamilton, Shank, Lewis, Perkins, Russ Hank Mobley, Silver, Doug Watkins, Freeman, and Montrose (JWC-502). and Art Blakey make for one basic ball All three volumes are generally well with such bacchanals as The Preacher, assembled, and Bock is to be congratu­ Doodlin’, Room 608, and Creepin’ In lated on his merchandising imagination. Three previous 10" LPs, plus one The same label has taken a previous 10" alternate master make for two 12" LPs LP of Baker vocals (PJLP-11) and (Blue Note 1521, 1522) that provide added a vocal date made last July documentary of a February, 1954, H2I Vest Pice BM Les Àafeles t, Calif. with Freeman, Jimmy Bon, Larry Mar­ Night at Birdland with the Art Blakey able, and Peter Littman. If you like Quintet that included the late Clifford Baker’s lieder-with-a-dying-fall, this is Brown, Lou Donaldson, Silver, and for you (PJ-1222). Curly Russell . And finally from Period has an unusually varied Jazz FOR THE BEST IN JAZZ: Blue Note comes a collation of 1952-53 Digest, Volume II (SPL 304) with per­ sides by the Silver trio with Gene it's jozz:w«st RECORDS formances from the catalog by Charlie Ramey, Blakey, Russell, and Percy Art Pepper is"... one of the lead­ Shavers, Jack Teagarden, Big Bill Heath, plus two tracks with just Blakey ing jazzmen on his horn." Broonzy, Ralph Burns, Django Rein­ and Sabu on conga drum. Such titles hardt, Charlie Mingus, Osie Johnson, as Opus de Funk, Horoscope, Ecaroh Down Beat review 1/9/57 Maxine Sullivan, the Jones Boys, Josh and Message from Kenya are included. White, and two tracks from LPs not yet If you missed the excellent original released here — the Birdlanders with 10" Storyville Pee Wee Russell LP, Oscar Pettiford, Kai Winding, Tai Far- don’t overlook a combination of that set low, Milt Jackson, J. J. Johnson, and and another in We’re in the Money others. The two different Birdlanders (STLP 909). The Pee Wee date has Vic units were cut in 1954 by French pian­ Dickenson, Doc Cheatham, Buzzy Droot- ist Henri Renaud for a French com­ in, John Field, and George Wein while pany . Also on Period, Vol. 1 of a the second had Wild Bill Davison on Django Reinhardt Memorial including cornet and Stan Wheeler on bass in two tracks with Rex Stewart. On most place of Cheatham and Field . Story­ of the set Hubert Rostaing is heard on ville which, by the way, doesn’t always clarinet with the Quintet of the 1947 say when it’s releasing reissues, has a THE Hot Club of France. Too bad full per­ Ruby Braff 12" volume (STLP 908) sonnel is not provided. There are 15 excerpted from three earlier 10" sets. ART tracks. The title is Hustlin’ and Bustlin’, and JAZZ WEST Contemporary has expanded its 1954 among the sidemen are Dickenson, Jo NOW ON SALE ... A *★★★ SELLER Oboe/Flute 10" LP with Bob Cooper, Jones, Drootin, Sam Margolis, and Ken "Tha Ratura Of Art Pepper" JWLP-10 Shank, Claude Williamson, Howard Kersey. Watch for February releases: Rumsey, and Max Roach. Four new Duologue (Storyville STLP 911) Lester Young Howard McGhee tracks were cut last September with takes four of the eight tracks on the Willie Smith Coleman Hawkins Buddy Collette, Sonny Clark, and Stan 10" Ellis Larkins’ Solo Piano LP 316, Billie Holiday Joe Turner Levey joining Rumsey and Cooper. It’s all of Lee Wiley Singing Rodger« and Harry Edison Illinois Jacquet a thoroughly attractive set (C 3520). Hart without, alas, the George Frazier And four new numbers makes a 12" notes. The new Cal Kolbe notes are imteuedi RECORDS LP of Barney Kessel, Vol. I. The more fine but goof badly in not specifying 5352 W Pice Blvd.. L. A. 19, ColH. recent session included Collette, Wil­ that this is a reissue . The Women liamson, Red Mitchell, and Shelly in Jazz (Storyville STLP 916) is more Manne. The 10" was C2508. This one is honest, indicating by number which of C3511. the previous albums in the catalog have The same procedure has been applied been culled for tracks by Miss Wiley, to elasticize Shelly Manne & His Men, Mary Lou Williams, Milli Vernon, Volume 1. To 10" C2503 have been Teddi King, Toshiko, and Jackie Cain. added four numbers by Joe Maini, Bill A notable LP, questions of gender Holman, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Enevold- aside . Four sides have been added sen, Freeman, Ralph Pena, and Manne. to 10" LP 322 by Jackie and Roy to The earlier numbers include Giuffre’s make Sing; Baby Sing! (STLP 915) Fugue and Russo’s Gazelle. The new by that hippest of couples. January Down Beat.