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THE music profession is among the first to feel theimpact of the Conservative Government's economy
drive.
The import of musical instruments and records,
A BIG shipment of Manto- hitherto
unrestricted, is to be drastically curtailed.
vani's recording of
Initial reports indicate that a 75 per cent. cut may be" Charmaine " on the Lon- expected.
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Representatives of the music trade have already voiced
strong protests against the Government's action.
The decision to restrict imports, announced by the ChanLatest news is that the records

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London, intent on marketingthe disc while demand is still
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copies pressed by RCA Victor at for Korea, Japan
Import licences will now be retheir Indiana and Pennsylvania OSCAR PETTIFORD left San quired for gramophone records,
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Francisco recently to start wind and percussion instruAccording to " The Billboard," a three -months Service tour of ments, certain stringed instruAmerican Variety magazine, no Korea and Japan, heading an ments (including guitars), accormethod has yet been evolved for all-star group which includes dions, harmonicas, concertinas
the import of London's LP J. J. Johnson and Howard and melodeons, and parts
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thereofDecca. During a similar strike
Rudy Williams (tnr.), Clifton
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Reeds exceptedpressings by air.
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Excepted are reeds for wind
instruments. and members of thefamily.
ARTIE SHAW TAKES WINGS FOR HOME violin
This is part of the new

Government's plan to make a

cut in imports.
£600.000 -worth of musical instru£130,000,000

ments were imported during the(Continued on page 6)

Temporary " star " acquisition to the Gerald() sax
section last week was Hollywood's
Fred
MacMurray(centre), who joined the band
during a dance at the Grand
Hotel, Birmingham, after the
Royal
Film
Performance(Replica)
on Wednesday(7th). The sax was Fred's

means of livelihood before heachieved fame in films.

MEZZROW TOUROPENS IN PARISMEZZ MEZZROW'S band, including Zutty Singleton(drs.) and Lee Collins (tpt.),

begins its European tour for the
Hot Club of France next Tuesday (20th) with a concert at theSalle Pleyel in Paris.

the band will play in SwitzerAir -band cuts 'merely land-atBasle, Zurich and Berne.
routine changes'-BBC ber 4 at Lille.
Then, from November 22 to 28,

Lausanne, Geneva,
On
November 30, Mezzrow appears
in Nancy, and on DecemMezz, Zutty and Collins
SURPRISING BBC moves, announced this week, to cut two areWith
former Claude Luter trom-" outside " bands from regular air spots in favour of the

Mowgli Jospin, pianist
resident Stanley Black Orchestra and other house bands, bonist
Andre Persiany, and tenorman
have caused consternation among members of the Music Guy Lafitte.
Directors' Association.
Only last week -end an Extraordinary General Meeting of the

MDA was held to discuss proposals to demand higher rates
for musical directors and bandleaders-from the BBC and

His British recording plans temporarily shelved, Artie Shaw
waits at Heath Row for the plane that took him and Doris
Dowling (right) back to the States last Saturday (10th).

Kirchin, Moors in Royal-other bodies.
Our executive committee has
not yet had time to discuss thisnew BBC decision," MDA secretary Bill Sensier told the " MM "early this week. " But I feel surethey will deplore the whole position."
The moves, ascribed by the lay

Press to " economy cuts " after
overspending on Festival of
Britain programmes, are attributed by the BBC to " routine

Lyceum Mecca switch

They affect thechanges."(Continued on page 6)

TWO major dance band moves on the Mecca circuit take placenext Monday (19th). Ivor Kirchin and his Band will transfer from the Royal, Tottenham, to the Strand Lyceum, while Matt
Moors and his Band will switch

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Ernest Borneman's weekly commentary

The wolfish smile of Mr. ParryOne Night Stain

But now that it is all over, and"TARRY PARRY was handed
Joan has become no more thana date last week by TV (andamemorywho walked off to meet
TV
by
'SCANNER'" date " is the right word for it)
her regular boy friend before AFEW days ago, at a party say that the whole Russian
that, during the few brief
Harry
-had
even had time to get
moments that it lasted, made (Cantab.), put Harry off his - her 'phone number,
he is wondergiven by one of this theas o7ieinno too only the ballet,owedg
his recent " Music Rall " com- stroke.
ing whether it was worth it after
most enthusiastic it maintained its vitality only as
pering job seem to him just likeballetomanes, the conversa- long as it stayed a part of the
He obligingly helped the " Pro- all.
another everyday chore.
He has come to the conclusion tion turned to a subject that
fessor " to treat Joan to Jimmy'slie-(t)grlfainglenctild 11;irocity grief rc?ril
patent -applied -for that a smile from even such a
In Friday's " Kaleidoscope " he own special, arrangementof lovely as Joan can be expensive- has interested me for a great without.
appeared in the role of Answer euphonium
now
that
the
price
he
is
havingThus, in Russia, ballet could" Twelfth St. Rag."
years-the similarities not
To The Maiden's Prayer.
be destroyed as easily as it
pay for it is having himself many
While it was happening, no one tooriginsofinthesocialhad
been in France: it was armed
hailedbythemembersofhis
The maiden (or " date," accordhave appeared to be enjoy- band as the safety -pin for TV's Russian ballet and American against
artificiality because it
ing to which term you prefer) could
ing himself more than Harry. And Pin-up Girls.
could
not become the passive inwas Joan Kirkpatrick, 20 -year -old no wonder.
Negro music.
Even bandleaders
strumentof a group of poets.
Hoddesdon (Hefts) beauty who don't get the chance of playing
Serfdom in old Russia was Steve Race.
in his epitaph on
had been chosen as the pro- wolf with such luscious lambs aslargely responsible for the pre- ConstantLambert. might havegramme's Cover Girl of the week. Joan Kirkpatrick every day in Weird sounds
servation,
if
not
the
very
creaquoted
one
more
passage: that in
Given three wishes by producer the week.
pianist Winifred Atwell tion, of ballet.

Bryan Sears, her first was to meet
Harry Parry.
Cursorily dismissing my question " Why? " as irreverent andirrelevant, the gallant Harry
wasted no time in answering thesummons.
Hastily donning his guaranteed to -kill white tuxedo, and with afinal mirror -rehearsal of his mostdevastating grin, he quickly hied
himself to the Lime Grove studios

and the reason

The Russian which Lambert so brilliantly sup-ported this theory by pointing
HOW
produces some of her weird masters encouraged their serfs to outthat Russian music. as welland wonderful sounds was dis- dance just as the southern slave as ballet, had always been-longclosed when she appeared in TV's owners
encouraged
their before the coming of the Soviet" Music Hall " last Saturday.
"nigras " to make music. In regime -a purely proletarian
She has what she calls her bothcases,
andin
bothcountries," other piano "-a vintage up- the master's motive was, of tradition.
And to prove his point, he reright with legs that make Betty
us that in Russian opera
Grable's look like broomsticks, course, not purely aesthetic; it minded
the most characteristically andand a tone that would make even was, at best, a combination of "movingly
national passages are
a New Orleans barrelhouse 88-er pleasure in the performance of invariably given
to the chorus."
blush for shame.
his nigras and shrewdness inallowing them to do what theyand in due course viewers saw
and heard him regaling the fasConfirmation
so obviously liked to do.
Righteous musiccinating Joan with the " Indian
By showing that he enjoyed
Geoffrey
Gorer. in his book on
Love Call " as only a Welsh bard
Just what it adds to the artistictheir performance, he flattereddancing, threw an intercould play it.
merit of her playing is highly them and short-circuited their in- African
estinglightonthis whole subject
questionable. But it certainly clination to use music as a formsaying that he had foundproduces the gin mill quality cal- of veiled protest and secret com- by
among
Africansa much greater
Second wish
culated to make the kids believe munication.
with, and understandthat her boogie woogie is the Both the Russian serf and the sympathyingof,
Russianmusic,
particuNot even the fact that Joan's
most righteous since Jimmy Negro slave thus obtained in larly of the first half of"the19thsecond wish had been to meet thecircenses what they lacked in century," than of jazz.
Yancey.
newly appointed Lord Rector ofideal arrangement as I remember another confirmaIt is a pity that her over -busy panem-an
Aberdeen University, Mr. Jamesas the master was concerned.
style does not always complete far
Keith(" Professorof this in one of PaulO'Neillfor he did not have to pay for tion
Joan Kirkpatrick
the illusion.
Morand's African travel books, in
Jimmy " to you) Edwards, M.A.
the circenses.
which
he says: "African natives,
Arnold Haskell, the spiritualfrom reacting favourably tofather of British ballet, used to far
jazz records, find records ofA controversy continues in this week's RADIO COMMENTARY

it was there!

Russian folk songs more exciting
and sympathetic."
Gores explained this oddity bysuggesting that there was more
resemblance between the socialand economic circumstances of
the African peasant and the 19th I formed surely one of our
THE chickens, I'm afraid, have way.
century Russian serf, than befirst
jazz
bands
in
school,'way
come home to roost. For
tween the African rural Negro andin 1924.
a long time I have been warning backhis American big city cousin.
Later,
in
my
first
job
with
a
that our younger, jazz -hungry
No one, as far as I know, hasof my own at the Weyrnouth
generation was being fed with band
Palais, I incurred the wrath of the times, Rollini, Fud Livingston, for this extremely difficult instru- ever taken American Negro musicof
the rudimentary character ofthe wrong sort of stuff, and that management-and the sack I-for Armstrong, Elizalde and Mel ment, and hence play in a sax - Alan
Lomax's samples in " Trumjazz.
it might in time come to accept playing
Powell.
likemanner
with
a
saxy
tone.
Of The Lord " to Africa. If
The same thing happened at thethis ersatz as the genuine Dalston
The music we played was the I'tn so used to hearing inept petsit
hadbeen done. I feel, the reDance
Salon.
type of jazz which you go for to- clarinet players with tones like sult mightarticle.
been quite difday-but in those days it was as sopranos that when a real soprano ferent fromhave
The letters appearing in thethat obtained bydaring and new as today's latest does appear it's almost auto- playing samples
last two issues prove, un- A ceaseless battleof unspecified
Tristano
epic.
fortunately, that the danger has
to assume it is just another 'jazz " records.
from drumming, I have matic
now become a reality, and the For years, as a musician work- forApart
of
those
sax
-tonedclarinets.
is
in
the
music of theFor
ityears dabbled with the type As for the difference between rural American Negro
only weapon in the hands of my ing in such bands as those of Roy
that theassailants is precisely that imita- Fox, Ambrose and Geraldo, I kept of music you profess to love, on trumpet
realresemblance
to that of theandcornet,he's
being
tion of the real thing against a ceaseless battle going for more both trumpet and cornet (the pedantic-they're both edition - rural African Negro lies.
which I have been warning them. jazz to be played, and less com- difference between which Ron of one basic instrument, andDavies thinks I don't know I), not differ aurally merely in breadth
Those intolerant youngsters mercial music.
who raise their voices so loudly More. I formed jazz groups in to mention- piano.
Intelligible
against me might want to know the hands, which played in Why have I mentioned all these ofItone.
play them both anyway, Ron.
If the music of the 19th -century
by what right do I assume to lay coaches, railway trains, darkened facts about myself? It's not by Do you?
serf. as highly diluted as
the law down to them. I do so stages, dressing rooms-in fact any means to boast, but to prove It is noticeable that nearly all Russian
it appears on 20th -century grr.moby virtue of my associations, both anywhere and any time the boys to you that I have a practical the letters indulged in personal phonerecords,
holds an ythIlig inbackground; and I should like toactive and passive, with jazz- could get together.
upon myself, with a com- telligible to the rural African
which go back quite a long way.
I used to tramp the streets of know if any out of all you letter - attacks
Negro.
thenthemusic of theplete lack of any constructive reMy mind goes back to the time London at night looking for a writers can begin to match it.
outhern rural community, as
when, at the tender age of nine, place where I could sit in and Now for the letters. First, the marks to prove their point.
preservedinunarranged
wirituals,
The only attempt in this latter ospel hymns and work
I heard the Original Dixieland play; and in very exalted com- Mulligan band.
songs,
Jazz Band at the Hammersmith pany have I found myself on Mick Mulligan is a charming direction, but an abortive one, shouldbeinfinitely
more
intelPalais. and fell for jazz in a big occasion-including, at various and modest person, with no I'm afraid, came from Denis ligible to him.
Byrne,
v'
madehimself
lookillusions about his playing-and
Here lies a field of research that
who, in fact, agreed with many of rather sil. .,y remarking that the noneof the anthropologists andmy remarks regarding amateur Freddy Clayton band was " prac- musicologistsof the new world
tically indistinguishable from have yet tackled:bands.
obviously, it isHis band was used by Rex Harris ' Jazz For Moderns.' "next stage in the study ofin his " Your Music Club " broad- May one ask what particular the
relationAfro-Americanmusicalcast, which brought forth ad'Continued on page 8. col 3)
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1951

HENRY KAHN describes an historic session with Mezz Mezzrow and Zutty Singleton

Yes, it was a great jazz nightfor Paris

Below, Zutty Singleton introduces himself tothe Vieux Colombier by sitting in with the
Mezzrow-Luter groupforBlues"" RoyalGardenPARIS, Tuesday.

zUTTY SINGLETON and " Bring Down "arrived in Paris last week. Mezzrow hadbrought over the great percussionist-called
by Armstrong " the greatest drummer in theworld "-and Zutty himself had brought" Bring Down," his favourite chow.
Mezz and Zutty stepped into the Vieux
Colombier at 11.30 on the first night Zutty was
in town-and almost started a riot. The
drummer was instantly surrounded by fans,poking pieces of paper under his nose andfountain pens into his hand-autograph hunting.
There is no need to describe the atmosphere;
it was the usual smoky blue without which
Paris jazz would be nothing. Zutty carefully
picked his way over hundreds of pairs of spread out legs, found a table and a bottle of champagne, and then settled down to receive a little
well -deserved hero worshipMezz was waiting

Zutty stood up, bowed, and then took the stand. Zutty (left),sea legs (he had only arrived that day on the Hugues PanI asked him where he had been playing before His
Ile de France) still gave him something of a roll, assie (centre)
he came to Paris and he said : " With Barney and no doubt he would have liked to sit back and and Mezz
Mezzrow
Billings in Los Angeles." I asked him when was listen for a while.
But the fans refused to take " No " for an (right) get tothe last time he was in France and he replied : answer,
gether
a
and
so,
amid
the
clamour,
Mezz,
Claude" During World War I. I was in the Navy then " Luter and Zutty took us all into the Royal Gardens bottleoverof-and that was just about all I could ask him.
champagne
and
the
fans
squatted
on
the
floor
and
began
For Mezz had already reached the stand, rolling their eyas and their shoulders to the music. when thewhere Claude Luter was in trim, waiting to roll
Zutty offered us four or five numbers, includ- session is
over.
ing " Black and Blue," " Sweet Georgia Brown,"
out " Royal Garden Blues."
and
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My All pictures on"Ladies and gentlemen," cried Mezz into the Jelly"Roll."
mike. " Tonight we have the world's greatest
page are
He plays with a wonderfully steady beat-and thisHervedrummer with us; Zutty Singleton." That somesuperb hot breaks. You simply have to get by Derrien.
almost brought the walls in.
up and dance.
When it was all over, Zutty was tremendously
enthusiastic. He told me that al this reminded
him of his old Chicago days, when jazz still meant
something to American youth, " Now Americans
doze over jazz," he said.

The combo was goodHe thought the Luter combination as good as it

could be, and told me that he had never heard
two musicians play so happily together as Mezz
and Luter. " They just shape each other magnificently. They answer each other smoothly andthere is no bumping or boring, no grab for thelargest slice of the musical cake," he said.
Mezz, by the way, has come to Europe to stay.
" I like France," he told me. " It is the mostcivilised country in the world-and I shall stayhere. Naturally I shall return to the States now
and again, but my boots will be in Paris."At the moment he is preparing for his first big
concert, which will be followed by a tour organised
by Hugues Panassie and the Hot Club de France.

Round the Clubs
with Mike Nevard

They came to hear Zutty play with Mezz. Most of them arealready enthusiastic; some of them reserve their judgment
until the first number is over-but they are all happy.

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THE Morecambe Bay Jazz Club started when
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" Until we went to theFestival jazz concerts wewere just collectors," writes
Mrs. F. " But several people

After it's all over, Zutty tries to sit down fora quiet drink-but the fans crowd round withpens and autograph books.
-.11011.

heard we had been to theconcerts and called at our
Morecambe

homewhat they were like.

ask

to

" That started a run

of

90,0

record sessions and, eventually, the club."The club, which has a
traditional slant (" The Progressive concert bored us,"says Mary), meets Sunday
afternoons in the Central
Pier lounge. The Riverside
Jazz band is resident.

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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

4

Leonard Feather

Wardell Gray

Benny Goodman heard him

ONE of the most originaltenor sax men in jazz
today; his sound, instead ofstemming from the Lester
Young -Stan Getz or Coleman Hawkins school, combines elements of both togive him a robust tone anddistinctive personality.

at one of these concerts andbrought him to New York in
the Spring of 1948. Heworked first with the Sextet,
then after a few weeks with
Basie, rejoined Benny for the
big band, and was featured
on a number of BG's Capitol
records with both the large
and the small outfit, notably" Blue Lou," " Undercurrent
Blues," etc.
From late 1949 until acouple of months ago, Grayagain worked with Count
Basie, and once more alternated between the septet andbigCount'sreorganised
band. With the latter he wasfeatured throughout " Little
Pony," one of Basle's 1951
Columbia sides.
Wardell has made numer-

Hines

Born in Oklahoma City 30
years ago, he went to schoolin Detroit; first musicalstudies were on clarinet.
Worked with lesser -known
bands such as Jimmy Racheland Benny Carew; got his

first real break with Earl
Hines, whom he joined in1943 when the band featured ous small -band record dates;
a string section, girl vocal for Dial he was on thequartet, etc.
This was during the recordban, but after the ban wasover, when Hines had a regular swing -style band on thepow -defunct ARA records,
Wardell cut his first sides.
Some of them, though neverWardell GrayCharlie Parker " Camarillo "session and the Dexter Gordon " Chase " duet: he also
made dates for Apollo (withJ. C. Heard) and Sittin' In.

Carterreleased in the U.S., came out
recently in France on Jazz
Selection.
After leaving Earl in 1945,
Wardell stayed in and around
Los Angeles for a couple ofyears, working with combos
under Benny Carter, Vernon

Benny Goodman

Slim and quiet -mannered,with an unusually small face,
he is a popular figure amongmusicians, and has nevertried to popularise himself
among the fans by becoming
a honker, even though thisseems to be mandatory nowadays when playing tenor sax
for a jazz concert audience.
Latest news of Wardell wasthat he had joined Benny
Carter's new band.

Alley and others, and with
Billy Eckstine's small band.
He also played several of

Notebook of a Modernist

Gene Norman's " Just Jazz-"
concerts, the results of whichcame out on several records.
wonderedtime
I
CORRESPONDENT Jack
FOR
some
by
whether Race's Rocket should
Duarte, of Manchester,notbeawarded
to
Miss
J.
E.
Coles,
raises a neat distinction on the
who wrote in last week's " MM ":question of Maynard Ferguson.
" Jazz is not good music; if it"I share most of your views on
were, the BBC would give it more
air space."
the subject of Ferguson," hewrites, " but I do not agree that (with audience) to Hooper -jazz, I decided in the end that, sinceand the smaller Studio 2 (with- Miss Coles obviously believes her
he is devoid of artistry.
to Grant -jazz.
statement, a little gentle explana" What he lacks more than any- out audience)
two meet occasionally, as tion might be of more use than
thing else is discrimination. forThe
instancewhenadeputationa Rocket award.
Many times he phrases most senJ. for Mods. sets outsitively; for instance, in ' What's from" Jazz is riot good music; if it
armed
to
the
teeth-foramid
New,' which he opens with some rehearsal cuppertea, glancing were,
the BBC would give it more
really lovely playing. Then in neither to left nor right as it air space."
Miss Coles's touching Kurt Mohr says Haleen may be GIL FULLERthe middle he goes stark, staring passes the figgy audience queue- belief in BBC logic would hardly
mad, in such a way that it ia ing on the stairs.
besharedbya single BBC em- y DON'T know who first put only speaks and writes Arabic
hard to believe it is the same man
great or small. Would she 1 forward the idea that the (I've had a written piece checked
Later on, in the saloon bar of ployee,
playing.
further,
I wonder, and name " Baleen Rasheed " might by a linguist)-his passport eventake it
He is an artist, but he is the Grosvenor, diplomatic rela- agree that Billy M ayerl is a better cover Tadd Dameron's identity, hears the name Liaquat Ali
are fully restored. and Beryl composer than Sibelius? He cer- but I first heard of it in Paris Salaam.
either intoxicated by his own vir- tions
or Freddy Randall may betuosity or by the money he can Bryden
last Spring, when Leon Kaba, of Here is a list of AFM Local 802
seen sharing the pint of peace tainly gets more air time.
make out of such displays.
Vogue Records, showed me the (New York) members registeredwith
distinguished
Dankworthies" No, I haven't gone so far as and Scottsmen. Like
Walter Fuller personnel on its in the Local's directory under
Beer Minority appeal
to say that I like him, but he can be a great leveller,Time,their Moslem names only :receipt from Discovery.
fascinates me. and I must keep By now, "The Cellar "too.
Among the 16 names (no instru- Abdallah Ibn Buhaina (Art(so calledplaying his discs at odd times, because it lies on the first
Blakey,drs.), Mustapha Daleel
The fact of the matter, Miss ments were given), five were (tpt.), Abdul
just as I enjoy reading horror and " The Roof " (one floor)
Hameed (tmb.),
floor Coles, is that minority air time Moslem. We found the instru- Sadik
stories."(pno.), Arleem
not to bad music, but to ments played by everyone, except KareemHakim
higher) are occupied by the clean- goes
(PinkyWilliams, alto),
forHaleen,andsinceapianist
music
with
a
minority
appeal.
ing staff, who open the windows Strangely enough, the only con- was still missing we concluded Musheed Karweem(Rudy Powell,wide
and-ifuninformed
opinionCellar v. Roofalto). Gonga Musa (Orlandomusic which the that it must be him.
is to be believed-collect the sistently badout-the
Wright,tnr.),
Abdul
Salaam (tpt.),
entr'acte.
We
asked
Kenny
Clarke,a
MosBBCputs
cigarette
ends
for
bulk
resaleIn" T AZZ for Moderns" continues
cafe -orchestra stuff which any lem himself, but he could not Arbdual Salaam (drs.:, LiaquatCP
to occupy the lamb's share West End clubs.
Ali
Salaam(KennyClarke),Sahibfiddle-playercanhalf-trained
help
us
out
about
this
name.
By
the
time
both
studiosareof the BBC's jazz time, though by
favour with the vast I doubt that Tadd wanted to Shehab (Edmund Gregory, alto),
what delicate assessment of pub- locked up for the night, the Figs write-finds
IdreesDawudmajorityoflisteners,
and
is
Ibn
hide
his
identity,since
Discovery
Sulieman
and
Mods
have
reachedastate
lic opinion one cannot say.
therefore given more air space records do not print the person- (Leonard Graham, tpt.).
Recent references by John Hooper of mellow tolerance, and are thanany other kind. Quality nels, and even ignore the instru- The following are registeredto " Down here in the cellar " making music together in the doesn't
enter into it-only de- ments.
under their English names only:(and by me to "Up here on the Grosvenor.
mand.
My suggestion is that Haleen Walter Bishop, Jnr. (pno., IbraITOOWs
no
For
once
their
music
roof ") have called forth a few
Rasheed is Gil Fuller himself. He him Ibn Ismail). Howard Boweenquiries as to just where the barriers. New Orleans and Bop
SulaymanRasheed).
plays enough piano to have been ( tmb.,
City meet without restraint in a
BBC's rival jazz clubs meet.
with Dizzy's first big McKinley Dorham (tpt., Abdul
The answer is, in Bond Street. great, unfettered polyphony of RACE'S ROCKET goes to BBC featured
Hamid).-Kurt
Mohr,
Steinenring,
band,
so
why
shouldn't
heplay
The two Aeolian Hall studios are sound.
Basel, Switzerland,
Philip Slessor, for with his own band?
There's an old mill by the announcer
given over to jazz on Saturday
attributing last Saturday's broadcast
And, by the way, this Moslem
stream, Nellie Dean . . ."afternoons; the large Studio 1
to " Tight -o " Burns. Even in Bel- " fad " does not seem a mere craze
grade they pronounce it " Tee -toe," like wearing berets and goatees. -and a reader suggests

Haleen Rasheed andthe other Moslems

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English Vogue release of " MeanTo Me "/" The Scene Changes."I state with certainty that the
pianist is Milt Jackson, who also
plays vibes on the record.

BELLSON-DUKE RECORDS

opinion is backed up by
rr HEsonfirstonEllington
records to be released here with Louie Bell - theThis
fact that there are no piano
drums will be available within a few weeks. They chords behind Jackson's
vibes

-1

ivoui RAGBOURNE MUSICEDITEDhas been much discus-

THEREsion in these columns lately
as to the identity of Haleen
Rasheed, listed as pianist on theand also by the characterisare six sides by Duke Ellington and the Coronets-a unit from solo,
piano chords of Jackson heard
Duke's big band-featuring other ex -Harry James men Willie tic
ontherecord and easily identified
Smith and Juan Tizol.
by comparison with other discs
The sides will be on Vogue.
on which he plays piano.Duke on piano, Cat Anderson (tpt.), Paul Gonsalvez (tnr.), Derek M. Coleman, London,

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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

Ncirember 17, 1951

5'

These new sides by Kenny

Kenny Baker rehearses the band

which made the discs reviewed
Left to right: Kenny, Pete

here.
Bray,

Milne,Vic Ash,Dave
Alien Macdonald, Tubby Hayes,

Baker are delightful
KENNY BAKER AND HIS BAND

?i***1 Can't Get Started With You(Vernon Duke, Ira Gersliwini(Parlophone CE13516)

I Only Have Eyes For You (Dubin,
Warren) (Parlophone CE13515)(Parlophone R3452 -5s. 4)d.)Baker ftpt.), Vic Ash (alto, clt.),
Jimthy Skidmore, Tubby Hayes aims.),
Dave Milne (pno.), Alien Macdonald(Doss). Pete Bray (drs.),
24/7/1951.

EDitievas!,

London.

+REVIEWS

Jimmy Skidmore.

much the same general trend of

their predecessors. But they havesome new points of interest.
In " Chariot " Dizzy adopts a
new role-that of vocalist.

The unison chanting by theband does not mean much. But
on his own Dizz, sounding notunlike Louis, is completely effective and charming.
Also in between the vocal parts

he plays some of his more renumber since Bunny Berigan's strained and artistically notablefamous 1937 version on HMV trumpet, and the Richards groupmanages to ride comfortably
TI-1SE are the first records by C2939.
him.
Kenny Baker with his own DIZZY GILLESPIE PLAYS, JOHNNY behind" Snterlude In C "-which inband, which he formed earlier thismore of Dizzy's morecludesRICHARDSCONDUCTS
year.
thoughtful trumpet-is the bestLow, Sweet Chariot (W. B known
In view of my recent dig at ****Swing
themefrom the RachmanMourant. Arr. Richards) (Am. inoff " Concerto
Parlophone for not giving someNo. 2 In C Minor
Discovery D385)
of our modern -style combos a18)."place in their " Rhythm -Style " ***Interlude In C (Rachmaninoff) (0p.
Did
I
hear
someoneagain 'murseries, now that they no longer(Am. Discovery D392)
muring something about jazzing
have any American bands availtheclassics?
(VogueV2040-6s()able for it, 'let me be the firstwhich impertinent query
to congratulate them on having 385-Gillespie (tpt.) with Johnny weWith
can leave for the moment Mr.
taken on Kenny.
Richards directing Phil Shuken (alto - John Birks Gillespie.
He approached it somewhat Reumont (french horn), Lionel
His records are really delightful. flute), Haskell Issenhuth (flute), Harry
Vaudevoir, Mar.
But not this jazz with strings tentatively. These sides as typical Jean Gaunet. Charles
On both sides he plays magnifi- Steinteld (oboe), Shirley Thompson innovation!
Moody combo swing, much as we eel Beaujojan (v1ns.), Robert Jadoux,
cent trumpet.
(bassoon), Henry Coker, Richardof it has have heard it from his Cool Cats, Guy Rogne ('cellos), Bernard Gana.%
Another
exponent
It is emotionally uninhibited Kenny, Harold Smith tmbs.), John arrived on the scene-none other plus some fiddle s
in a wa (harp), Raymond Fol tpno.), Pierre
almost to the point of effusiveness, Graas (french horn), Misha Russell, than Mr. G.'s ex -satellite James that suggests theyusedmight almost Michele). (bass), Pierre Lemarchand
Riebe(bongoes).
and it sounds none the less so Henry Hill, Jack Shulman, Felix Slat - Moody, in:
Pepitoasanafter- 13/7/1951.
fdrs.),
have
been
added
because of his full, luscious tone. kin, Walter Edelstein, Victor Arno, JAMES MOODY WITH STRINGSParis.
But unlike certain others, on Harry Bluestone, Sidney Brokow, John ***Cherokee (Ray Noble) (Swedish thought.
However, they play nicely, withboth sides of the Atlantic, of Quadre (vins.), Eleanor Slatkin, Cy
good bite, as well as giving a new IATITH six strings and three
Metronome MR -211-A)
whom the same could be said. Barnard ('cellos), Barbara Whitneywoodwind --not to mention
coloration to Moody's moody.
V
Kenny has a sense of jazz that (harp), Paul Smith (pno.), Jack ***Pennies From Heaven (Johnston, quasi -bop tenor.
also a french horn, harp andalways saves his emotionasism Cacsales (bass), Charles Wright (qrs.),(Swedish Metronome
Also worthy of special mention bongoes-now added to the conBurke)
from sounding cloying or insin- Carlos Vidal (bongoes), 31/10/1950.
MR -210-A)
is Rolf Larson. Here is a pianist ventional rhythm section. Moody
USA.
cere.
who knows how to use the bop had to go in for something very
(Esquire 10-166-6s. Sid.)
1/11/1950.
There is, however, much more 392 --Same personnel.
idiom sensibly and tastefully, and much more comprehensive in the
Moody ftnr.), Rolf Larson (lino.), whose smooth touch does nothing way
to these sides than just Kenny's USA.
of arrangement, and a
Almstedt (bass i, Andrew Bur- to conceal a nice sense of jazz counterpart of Dizzy's associate,
trumpet playing.
THESE are two more of the Gunnarman (drs.y. six strings and harp. feeling.
JohnnyRichards, was found ineight sides from the Dizzy
But it was not long before the person of Andre Hodeir.
Gillespie -Johnny Richards ses- 21/1 1951. USA.
Hodeircertainly wasn't slow ininapparently
came
to
the
Moody
THE
idea-dareIsuggestsions from which we have alreadyspired by the Gillespie and conclusion that he should follow cottoning -on to the Richards'
The arrangements-both by had " What Is There To Say? " Parker
outtheGillespie
andParkeridea
pattern.
recordings?-seems
tohave
Kenny himself-are quite a reve- " Million Dollar Baby," " On The hit Moody when he was in rather more ambitiously by add- But whether his incorporation
Alamo " and " Lullaby Of The
lation in how to write in the Leaves,"
ing some woodwind to the strings, added anything to what Richards
on Vogue V2001 and Sweden last January.
modern manner, and yet keep
and the following July he pro- had to say, or even resulted in
the music melodic in anybody's V2002, reviewed 23/6/51.
any improvement on Moody's
duced, in Paris:
For the benefit of those who
sense of the word.
earlier sides with just strings, is
And the band plays them with may not yet have heard any of
JAMES MOODY, HIS STRINGS AND open to argument.
something more than mere com- them, I should explain that the
RHYTHM
Most of the numbers are slowish
petence. There is an under- idea was to feature Dizzy with a**Bedelia (Michael Pan. Arr. Andre ballads treated accordingly. The
standing that must have warmed " concert " instrumentation, in
Hodeirl (Fr. Vogue 51v40561
arrangements, typical of the
Kenny's heart.
much the same way as Charlie**Jackie, My Little Cat (Michelot. modern, light French school, areOne finds it in the solos as well Parker was featured in the un(Fr. Vogue tuneful and musicianly, andArr. Laurence)
issued here ( but much discussed
as in the ensemble.
Moody, playing alto in most of
51v4061)
For instance, Jimmy Skidmore's in America) " Charlie Parker With
them, contrives to combine the(Vogue V2056 -6s.)
sudden passionate outburst in the Strings " recordings.
modernjazz character with the
Although it all turned out tofourth bar of his solo in " Eyes."sentimental
and somewhat effu***Aimez Comme Je T'aime (Love
It infuses- exactly the right elec- be rather more in the nature of
sive
approachnecessitated by the(Giraud,
I
Do
You)
Me
As
trifying touch into what is other- a compromise between Bop Citythetunes and thenatureof(Fr.
Lucchesi. Arr. Hodeir)wise primarily a coaxingly melodic and Hollywood than an epoch quasi-concert
treatments.
Vogue
51v4055)
marking fusion of le jazz andpassage.
Unfortunately,
the rest of the**Chanter Pour Toi (A Song For
On the same side there is also legit., at any rate Dizz and theYou) (Hodeir, Niemas, Francis) group does not follow suit.
some nice clarinet by Vic Ash, and Richards menage gave goodplaymusicians
The
French(Fr. Vogue 51v4059)
pianist Dave Milne adds to the accounts of themselves according
competently. But they don't ride.
(Vogue V2057-Ss.)
enticementof" Can't Get to their respective lights-and at
Most
of
them,
particularly
theStarted " with a solo that is none least they provided us with a new**Autumn Leaves (Prevert, Kosma. plodding drummer, sound likethe less tasteful and appropriate sound and something new to
what
they
probably
are-acollecArr. Hodeir) (Fr. Vogue 51v4057)
because it is in the hop idiom. argue about.
**Une Boucle Blonde (A Curly - tion of " long -hairs "-and theyKENNY BAKER
This is the best record of the These latest releases follow
headed Blonde) (Dutailly) (Fr. seldom get much nearer to swinging than just playing in tempo.
Vogue 51v4060)
And they don't always do that.
(Vogue V2058 -8s.)
Parts of some of the arrangeare in
ments(e.g., "(Gillespie,**September SerenadeArr. Hodeir) (Fr. ad lib. tempo.
Williams.
However,
if
you
like
the
kind
of
Vogue 51v4062)
you might do worse than
INOTICED in the last two***Si Jolie (So Lovely) (Gerard, thing
give
Mr.
Moody,
his
Strings
andma rnay. Arr, Hodeir) (Fr. Vogue
issues of the " MM " that
Rhythm a trial.
51v4058)
everybody seems to be jumping
The starrings are based mainly(Vogue V2059 -8s.)
On your Radio Critic, Maurice
on the understanding of jazz
Andre
shown
in the arrangements and
tnr.)
with
(alto,
Burman.
Moody03955 and Oriole ,CB1052) in- Hodeir
Porret the performances. Simply as lightMax(conductor),
It seems to me unfair thatcluded.
music,
therecords probably rate
RobertJeannoutot(hautbois),
People who give public perform(flute),
Presumably the two transances should resent criticism;
ferred to Columbia together, and Henri Bellicourt (clt., bass-cit.}, Rene rather higher.
after all, a critic is there topart of the contract provided for
criticise.
label credits for Mr. Fischer.In the past, I have had someB. C. Pucknell, Ling/ield, Surrey.
very severe criticism from Mr.
Burman, and resented it; but on
OUR THANKS TO
listening to my recordings, I
ERNEST BORNEMAN'
found that he was usually 65 per
IIIHE facts which Ernest Borne cent, right.
1 man discloses in his article
During the last three years aMM," 3/11/51) must havecertain BBC official criticised mycome
as a rude shock to many
work, and I always resented it.
ofhisreaders.
However, at the last meeting, I
We are all indebted to him, andasked for suggestions, which heto the MM " for so forthrightly
gave to me.
printing these unpleasant facts,
On studying what was said, I
and we express the hope, which
decided to give his way a trial.
must be shared by the vastand found, to my amazement,
majority of your readers, that thethat I have had nothing but
entertainment profession of this
Melody Maker Mailbag
praise from all sections of thecountry will never have to labour
public since accepting his advice
under such an incubus.-Mauriceand criticism.
Burman, Jack Nathan, London,
them
I
will
give
their
views
every
Consequently, from now on I consideration.
N.W.1.
JACK PARNELL & PHIL SEAMAN
WAG ABBEY
listen and take a good deal of If these critical letters make for TECHNICAL FAULTS
notice of things said about me, better jazz, then they will not AND THE PRIVATE LABELS"Fancii Free" Prince of Wales"SouthPacific*
particularly the bad points.
MAY we say how much wehave been written in vain.Drum,
Lane
In conclusion, may I suggest Freddy Clayton, London, N.W.6.
agree with Edgar Jackson'sthat the critic who gives an .un- NOW
record review feature ("Is the ,FREDDY
GETS A
biased opinion does good to therecordgood or bad? " " MM ")ild tprofession as a whole. Although HAND FROM A READER
10/51). But the example with
we do not like it. it is advisable FREDDY CLAYTON'S " Jazz 20,
specific
technical fault givenaClub " broadcast was excel- was recorded
to sit down, study what has been
an independent
lent; the band played in a relaxed label, giving bysaid and, if necessary, ask forerroneously
musicianly manner, with and, we think,quite
alternative suggestions-that is, andunintendedbyplentyofbeat,
andFreddy's
trumof course, if. we have any ambiMr.
Jackson,anindictment
of inplaying was superb.
tions to do things which will petI suspect
dependent
labelsandthestudios.W°°..n155101V
that
thewritersofthegenerally he accepted!-Teddy letters condemning it are purists recording them.
Foster, London, N.W.8.
independentof theMost
who only appreciate basic New studios
have equipment and techOrleans style.
AND HERE IS FREDDY. .
As the music of Freddy Clayton nicians on a par with major
CLAYTON ACCEPTING IT!
hardly came into that category, it studios and produce sometimes,
31AURICE BURMAN certainly did
not appeal to them.
may we say it quite humbly,
1 started something when Thereis an all -too -prevalent superior records in the mainly
CHARLIE BOTTERILL
he said he liked my recent " Jazz assumption
BARRY MORGAN
these
days
that,
to
in
specialised field for which theyClub " broadcast.
"Gay's The Word"
Edmund° Ros
be worthwhile, jazz must fall into are recording.
Reader Byrne states that myof two categories: (a) the We agree that there are some
Saville Theatre
Rumba Bandrhythm section was " slushy." If one
New Orleans form, the studios here and in America Loriiion/Palladium
this is so, then in future we shall traditional
LONDON'S
older
the
better;and(b)out-andwhere technical standards which
try and do better.
bap.
a good disc are not a sine
Messrs. Stevens and Giltrap out
In my opinion it is high time makequa non, and more power to Mr.
think we were the worst band thisridiculous
theorywas
aboJackson's
if he can bringheard on " Jazz Club " for some lished, and John Hooper, by pre- it home toelbow
them via -a band reTHEATRES
time. If they would like to say senting the Clayton session, thewhat, in their opinion. I could do Ted Heath programme on the view and consequent drop in
to improve the hand, I can assure Duke and the tribute to Danny sales, or vice versa-John CapeManager, Universal
Polo, has made three good moves (Technical
Programmes Corporation, Ltd.).
towards achieving that end.- London,
W.1.
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new at the expense of the old "accussmTeof1:0oiguptge

credit given to Carl Fischer on in my script for Joe Muddel's
the label of Frankie Laine's Jazz for Moderns " broadcast
Columbia recordings (" MM," (reviewed by Mr. Burman last
27/10/51), page one of the same week).
issue of the " MM " may provide
May I state that any compari-

MAX LEWIN

with G. Melachrino's
Orchestra

JOCK CUMMINGS"Kiss Me Kate'
Coliseum

ALF DUKES
son between old and new groups Empire' Leicestera clue.
"Zip Goes a Million"
Referring to Laine's forth- in my scripts refers to styles andPalace Theatre
coming Variety appearance in sounds only-and no criticism ofphrase any person is in any way whatthe
country,this" . . . Larne, along with his well- ever implied or intended.
known pianist, Carl Fischer . .." My privilege and pleasure is to
Write for details of the Pipper & Pipperette Snare Drums" sell ' jazz music and musicians
occurs.
Further, many of Laine's earlier to the public, and this I shallrecordings featured continue to do to the best of my
Mercury
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Three Leaders leave for Overseas

Stapleton TV series
may take place ofmonthly band show
Loss Ork in December spot
WHAT may be the last for some weeks of TV's monthly
dance band features takes place on December 12, andspotlights Joe Loss and his Orchestra (writes " Scanner").

On the eve of his departure for South Africa
last week, Henry Hall discussed Dominion
theatrical conditions with South African -born
Harry Rabinowitz. Harry has been MD of

Before boarding the stratocruiser for her recent
trip to New York, Ivy Benson pauses to show
her camel mascot to BOAC receptionist Audrey
Straight. The mascot was presented to Ivy
when entertaining troops at Tel-el-Kebir
during the war.

The new monthly " Hit Parade " series, starring Cyril Stapleton
and his Orchestra, is due to commence on January 14 (as exclusively announced in the " MM " on September 1), and it may be
impossible to find vacant dates for another dance band programmeduring its continuance. The Stapleton Orchestra will be augmented to 30 for this production.
Next Monday night, Eric Win stone and his Orchestra will beseen in an informal TV offering
entitled " Summer Camp," with

Stapleton 21
ClaudeLondon Melody," presented
Langdon and Henry Hall.
prepare forand the Butlin American Scottish tour
Square Dancers.
LESLIE BAKER WEDS SecombeCYRIL STAPLETON takes hisbythe boys in summer attire besidea swimming pool. More time will
be given to featuring the band.
since outside acts have been restricted to comedian Harry

Josh and Beverly

new 21 -piece orchestra on

its first visit to Scotland next
SINGER JOYCE CLARK AfTopping
the bill in Richard Tuesday (20th) for a short series
ton's " Top -Hat Rendezvous " of one-nighters. The band, with

Baker and his tomorrow (Saturday) will be featured artist Carl Barriteau,
its tour at the Eldorado
vocalist Joyce Clark were married at Kens- famous U.S. folk -singer Josh opens
White and his 12 -year -old daugh- Ballroom, Leith, where Carl was
ington Register Office on November 8.
fortwoyears resident leader.
ter
Beverly.
This
will
be
Beverly's
Friends who attended to wish the couple goodTV date in this country. The From Leith, the band goes toluck included BBC producer Leslie Bridgmont, first
Aberdeen, Inverness and Falkirk,
Beverley
Sisters
will
also
be
in
music publisher Stan Bradbury and agents Bill the programme.
returning on the 24th to the
Elliott and Guy Lane.
The Ray Ellington Quartet and Eldorado.
Week -end engagements precedDirectly after the reception at the Georgian the Malcolm Mitchell Trio will
Club, Mayfair. Leslie and Joyce hurried to continue to alternate in " The ing the tour include an appearFolkestone, where they were appearing at the Police Eric Barker Half Hour " until the ance at the Royal Star. Maidstone.
tomorrow night (Saturday).
Ball the same evening.
series finishes in January.
On Sunday, the band preBroadcasting on Wednesday (14th), Leslie introrecords a "Variety Bandbox'
duced a violin solo he has written and dedicatedbroadcast,and on Monday underto his wife, entit ed " Jump For Joy." Announcing
a " live " airing (11.15-11.45
it, the compere referred to their recent wedding.
ISLAND REVERIE takesa.m., L.).
VIOLINIST -LEADER Leslie

Leslie is broadcasting again
with his band on November 22, in" Music While You Work," atConductor -composer Ray
Martin left forfive week s in
the U.S. o nLeslie Kettle backin Denmark Street

Indian bands hit
by prohibition

3.45 p.m.

November 7. This " MM"photo shows Ray being seen
off by singer Teddy Johnson(left) and Columbia recording chiefs Norman Newelland Leonard Smith.

This Miller band

Prohibition has forced many

hotels and clubs in Bombay
to dispense with their dancebands, according to Scottish
drummer -writer Ian Miller.
Ian has just returned fromgoes modern
Holland's

MillerSextethasout on a new modern
THE opening of the Trans- Matt Heft appointed launchedpolicy, and started a tour ofatlantic Music Co., under
Germany
last month with a rethe auspices of Harry Parr Davies,
personnel. " MM " Dutch
marks the return to the music FD & If executive formed
Correspondent Anton Kop, Jnr.,business of Leslie Kettle.
writes:Leslie was for many years on Famous pianist - accompanist Ab de Molenaar, who leads thethe professional staff of Messrs. Matt Heft took charge of Messrs. group on guitar, has been one of
Later, when his Francis, Day and Hunter's profes- the most popular Dutch leaders
Chappells.
friends, George Melachrino, Ted sional department as from last since he formed his present band
Heath and Eric Robinson formed Monday. Matt has been con- in the early war days.
Music Artistes, he joined forces nected with the firm's exploita- His principal aim has always
to have a commercial group,with them as general manager.
tion department for the past beenplaying good music. And it may
Now, with
offices at 23, year,
safelybe said that he has always
Bert Corri, who has been withLeslieKettleDenmark -street,in this respect.
makes his bow in this new con- Messrs. FD and H for 25 years, re- succeeded
Personnelof the new Sextet inmains
asOrchestral
Manager,andnection with an American song.
cludesHarry
Verbeke (tnr.), Kees
released this week -end, entitled will now assist with exploitation Smal (alto. clt.,pno.), Coen vandutiesaswell.
" There She Goes," which has
Nassou(vibes,p110.) and PaulPeter Daniels, late of Messrs. Schwippert (bass).
been recorded by Percy Faith on
Chappells,
joins
Matt
Heft'sdeColumbia and Robert Q. Lewis on
Vocalist
is
Sanny Day, whoMGM.
partment as from next Monday.
appeared in Britain with theJohnny Meyer Sextet last year.

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The Two Top Hits

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BROADWAY

hands forced to reduce their sizeis that of saxist Mickey Correa.%leader at the Taj Mahal Hotel.
Mickey's band included. in thepast, guitarist Ike Isaacs andvocalist Charles Judah. At present, it occasionally features
singer Molly O'Connor, who spentsome time in England.
Ian Miller will shortly be visiting Hong Kong, Columbo, Penang
and Singapore.

MECCA SWITCH(Continued from page 1)

stiene (2nd tnr.), Bert Quarmby

Ralfini stays on
Bandleader Jan Ralfini hasdenied statements to the effectthat he will be spending the summer at the Cliffs Bandstand,Southend.
Although selected for the job
by the Southend Council, Jan has

LULLABY OF

India, and reports that among" It ought to be mine now,"sighs Stanley Black trumpet
George White, as he ruefully
surveys the repaired island
indicator in Finchley-road
which he had demolished ina car accident on May 24 last.
The bill, just presented, was(pno., arr.), Hughie Waite (bass),
Derrick Fairbrass ( drs.) and Eileen
Roden (vol.).
Leader Matt Moors, who plays
violin, is recruiting three further
violinists-all girls-to augment
his'band for his date at the Royal.
The matter is so urgent that Matt
wishes to issue an S 0 S at once
for competent girl violinists-pre-ferably those also able to singto contact him immediately. He
will hold an audition at the

Lyceum on Saturday at 11.30 a.m.
Matt Moors, who has spent 12
years with Mecca, takes the standat
the Royal with a 13 -piece band.
for £24!
played since April.
It is being given the title of Matt
Moors and his New Ballroom
Orchestra.
The outfit supporting him there
will be led by bassist -vocalist
Arthur Dimery, with Jackiepno.), Eric McDer(Continued from page 1)" This will curtail our activities Emblow(drs., vibes, pno.) and Victor
We have built up mottfirst nine months of this year. immeasurably.
Jaques(ele.
gtr.).
extensive trade in the sale of
The corresponding figure for the an
Emblow was with Dimery in
long-playing discs-Ellingsame period last year was French
Melfi Trio; McDermott was
tons,
Garners, Gillespies and the£260,000.
until
recently with Harry MarMr. Chas. E. Timms, Organising Bechets."at the Lyceum; and Jaques
Selmer's Dick Sadleir added : golis,
Secretary of the Association of " These
comes
Raymond's Pigalle
import restrictions will Quartet,fromMusical Instrument Industries. have a veryat the Allegro, W.
seriouseffecton
manywhich claims to represent 100 per businesses. Furthermore, prices
cent, of the manufacturing and are going up from 10 to 30 per
wholesale distribution trade of cent. owing to labour troubles on
this country, told the MELODY the Continent."
HARRY GOLD'S
MAKER
ARRANGEMENT
85 per cent. exported

decided to remain at the Orchid
Ballroom, Purley. where he has

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BBC CUTS" Before the war. 95 per cent. ofmusical instruments were im(Continued from page 1)
ported.
With the development ofWith records by Steve Conway (Columbia), The Sam Browne
the manufacturing industry in Gerald() and Cyril Stapleton
Singers (1-1.M.V.), Leslie Howard (Dacca), Bobbie Breen (Nixal
this country, the total is less orchestras.
today. But 85 per cent. of ourGeraldo will be taken out of
F.O. 3/6
S.O. 3/output must be exported.
" Calling All Forces," while' These new restrictions will Stapleton will be dropped from
I'A
therefore prove a great blow. " Variety Bandbox."
who play piano accordionsOverspending " by the BBC
1 24, ClG1 PULTENEY STREET, LONDON, W.I.
GERrard 3265 1 Those
harmonicas will be the people on Festival of Britain proL.,,m,,-ik.-,--4,--c---,.^4,--0^0^0^-0-^<4....A....dei...P7 andmost seriously affected."grammes, plus the recent GovernA spokesman of the Music ment economy edicts, are given as
Trades Association, which repre- reasons for the present BBC* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * sents
600 dealers, said :in the lay Press.
" Of course we are protesting retrenchments
The BBC Press Department
against these restrictions. But made the following statement
one must not lose sight of the to the MELODY MAKER " Special
over-riding national interest in arrangements were made.
by thethese difficult times."
for the extra expenditure
Doug Whitton, of the Vogue BBConprogrammesconnected
withRecord Shop, which specialises in the Festival of Britain. It is
the import of jazz on French not the case that there was conlabels, said :siderable overspending and that

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EDDIE
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3
Asked how the dropping ofSO
Cyril Stapleton and Geraldo with
theirorchestras from the pro4/
AT
SUGAR
HILL
THE WORLD IS MINE TONIGHT
grammes mentioned above could*
Pianist Eddie Thompson, whose be explained, the BBC stated :These are merely routine
jazz group aired in " Jazz for "changes."
Moderns" on Saturday, is now
Jim Davidson, BBC Danceleading a trio at the Sugar Hill
Music Chief, told the " MM "Club in Duke -street, W.
Art by PAUL WEIRICK. S.O. 4/- (WALTZ)
Guitarist Bobby Corum and " Any statement at the present
bassist Ronnie Stone complete time would bepremature.
A SAM FOX Pubhcarlon
the " Sugar Hill Mob."
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Eddie himself doubles the Sun- about by the economy drive, we
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ESSOLDO

MIKE DANIELS

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Commencing at 7.45 p.m

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1951

7

THE PROFESSION PAYS TRIBUTE TO BILL PAXTON

Relaxing between sessions at
Palais - Teddy
Wimbledon

Foster, Vic Lewis and Mrs.
Lewis. Both leaders madeoutstanding contributions,with their orchestras andsingers, to the evening's
programme of music.

This group of stars shows (1. to r.) tenorists Ronnie Scott andPete King, saxist-leader David Ede, and drummer -leaders Joe
Daniels and Jack Parnell. Jack made a fine solo contribution.

Five aces at the Ball -1. to r. seated, Lita Roza. film -star Lana
Morris, and vocalist -publisher Johnny Johnston. At rear. Les
Perrin-who did a great organising job-and Dickie Valentine.

nationally famous dance bands and a host ofmusical stars played to nearly three thousand people"EVEN
at Wimbledon Palais on Monday in one of the most brilliant
functions seen in years.
Their efforts raised over £400 as a tribute to the late Billter

Paxton.

Cyril Stapleton, Teddy Foster, Ralph Sharon, Vic Lewis, JohnnyCharlie Creath Dankworth
and Joe Daniels, with their bands and vocalists, allgave their services and put over a scintillating show, as did Ken
Mackintosh's house band.
Several of them also organisedriverboat band collectionsof their own to swell
the fund which had been given so New drummer joins
grand'a start by the thousands ofand fans who made thepioneer, dies musicians
Sid Phillips Ork
trek to Wimbledon.
Film and stage star Lana Morris

THE death is reported from presented raffle prizes, while Litaa bevy of' singers reChicago of cornettist Char- Roza headed
for raising a worthy
lie Creath, a St. Louis musician sponsible
sum
by
the
sale
of raffle tickets.
and one of the riverboat band " Jazz for Moderns" comperes
pioneers. Creath, who had been Steve Race and Tony Hall
emceedill for several years, died on the Ball.
October 23 at the age of 53.
Creath was leading his owngroup as early as 1914, and he BOB DUFFY JOINS
soon became one of the most influential of the Mound City jazzmen.

Blues specialist

ELLINGTON FOUR

Besides cornet, he played altoand soprano saxophones and piano

accordion, and won fame as amulti -instrumentalist and leaderof a hand that specialised in blues.
For a time Creath worked with
Doc Cooke in Chicago, and during the thirties he and the late
Fate Marable had a band together
that played on the Mississippi
riverboat " St. Paul."the show was one youth who

made in 1924-27 for the Okehlabel, none of which has beenreleased in Britain.

Changes in Tatum
two top -line American triosthose of Art Tatum and Red
Norvo.
Bassist Charlie Mingus has left
Norvo after almost two years;
Clyde Lombardi is depping temporarily.

31.

BassistBob

Duffy,

who

joins the Ray Ellington Quartet on November 26, makes
his first appearance with thegroup two days later at the
Ritz, Manchester.

CONTACT MEN HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING

Colville to 'guest

SPECIAL XMAS ISSUE
December 15.

To BAND LEADERS,CABARET ARTISTS,CLUBS, AGENCIES,

Leader trumpet
Joe Parker diesnouncer Tony Hall.

announce the death, on
November 4, of trumpet -player
Arthur George (Joe) Parker.
Taken suddenly ill with internal
trouble at his home in South London, he died in St. James's
Hospital, Balham.

Modernist." who was
assisted by Studio '51 an-a

THE MELODY MAKER regrets to

HAZEL SCOTT BACKON CONTINENT

are going to Town with

He can be contacted at 26,

London,Cross -road,
Charing
W.C.2, or at 69, Glenwood gardens. Ilford. Essex.

The Annual General Meeting of
the Music Publishers' Contact
Personnel Association takes place(19th), at Feldman'sat Hammersmith next Monday
A guitar change in the Tatum
125, Shaftesbury -avenue,
trio brings in Everett Barksdale Bandleader Norton Colville is Theatre.
W.C.2.
The
meeting
is timed forin place of Johnny Collins.
taking over the Monday " guest " 6 p.m.
appearances at the Hammersmith Items on the agenda include
Palais, commencing next Monday the election of officers to serve
119th).
TITO'S FAREWELL
He will feature a presentation for the following year.
The Tito Burns Sextet will add to be known as " Norton Colvillestrings again for its broadcast on Calling All Dancers," which will
Hugues Panassie
November 26. The following day, consist of a strict -tempo non On November 10. a picture
Tito, Terry Devon and the boys vocal programme played by his showing
Hugues Panassie of theleave for their Mediterranean 14 -piece band.
Both Colville and his wife, Sall Hot Club of France was stated to
tour.
be
of
CharlesDelaunay of the Hot
Lobel, are well known in the
dancing world, Norton as a Club of Paris. We very much reteacher and examiner and Sali as gret any inconvenience this inaccuracy may have caused.
a ballet expert.
24 pages

Poll winners Ralph Sharon

and Johnny Dankworth, who
led their bands at the Ball,
come between the comperes.
On left is Steve Race, writerof the " MM's" " Notebook ofcollared Sid Phillips to tell him:
had been in the profession" You did such a good show, Hazel Scott returned from the forJoe
over 20 years and had been
we put your tyres back."
States last week for a week's playing for Harry Leader at theappearance in Paris at the Drap Astoria, Charing Cross -road, forprobably the chicest niterie five years. He was also associatedHoward Baker seeks d'Or,in the gay city. She admitted to with Henry Hall for five years.
" MM "
Paris
Correspondent
He was 49 years of age andKahn that she disliked the leaves a widow and daughter, tobands, musicians Henry
cabaret bright lights. and pre- whom
we
extendsincereferred the theatre and concert hall sympathies.
London gig king Howard Baker which, she believes, are best for Joe was cremated at Streatham
has so many dates for New Year's her kind of programme.
Vale Crematorium on November 5
Eve that his own extensive
Hazel starts her offering with and most of his Astoria colleagues
organisation will be stretched to jazz and ends with the classics.
attended the service.
the utmost, and he will be able
to book various freelance bands
and musicians.
Howard needs the services of
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ton, Pops Foster, Tommy Ladnierand Dewey Jackson. Zutty married Charlie's sister, Margie, who
at one time played piano in theorchestra.
Creath remained active as aband promoter for years after hishealth forced him to give up playing, but in the mid -forties hefound employment in Chicago as
supervisor of an industrial plant.
His only records were 12 sides

and Norvo Trioson Saturday week (24th).
His successor, whose first engagement with the band will bea private dance at the Savoy
Hotel, London, on November 25,
is John Blanchard.
Before joining Sid, Michaelplayed for Hedley Ward at Birmingham and Bing Stern at Ilford.
John, a pupil of drummer Max
Abrams, has played for several
years for pianist -leader Peggy
Clarendon
Poulton at the
Restaurant. Hammersmith.
Sid Phillips and his Band, theMalcolm Mitchell Trio and theStargazers entertained a packed
house at the Trocadero, Elephantand Castle, on Sunday.
Among the crowd waiting togreet them at the stage door after

Among the men who worked
with Creath were Zutty Single-

Changes have taken place in

MICHAEL NICHOLSON,
drummer with Sid Phillips
for 16 months, leaves the band

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8These are the examples:Technical Page presents IVOR MAIRANTS, writing on

Extemporisation

Example 1.

for the guitar

JUST over two years ago thelast of my series of articles
on extemporisation was published in the MELODY MAKER. In
these, I spotlit the guitar solosofCharlie Christian, Tony
Mattola, Ary Garrison, Oscar
Moore and Chuck Wayne (orCharles Jagelka).
I also threw in one of my own
efforts with an explanation of
the method by which the notes

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examples of leading guitar soloists, I went on to explain the drab
details of finger drill.
Don't worry, though. In thisfrom beginners to well-known pro- sation on " Lover " by Richardcase the sugar comes after thefes.sionals
Rodgers.
pill,
Just as the concerto is the
Furthermore, the articles have
The first thing a would-be culmination of hard slogging at
found their way into a good many guitarist
is
how
to
must
learn
exercises.
scrapbooks to he used for refer- make both hands work together.
is where you find out how
ence.
effective way of doing toThis
adapt the exercise to extemAs such an interest was taken Theismostby making the left hand porisation,in these transcriptions, let's ask thisfinger or stop the frets either exercise Is. elementary though theourselves why.
or descending, and for
To illustrate. I have written
Were they studied with the pur- ascending
plectrum in the right hand to out
16 bars that I sometimes playpose of copying them note for the
pluck
these
notes.
inone of the Geraldo band'snote? I don't think soThis is also the method used arrangements
3i. This sounds
for the Spanish guitar, in which effective at a (Ex.
very fast tempo.
the fingers of the right hand take
You may complain that what
Fingering
the place of the plectrum. It is is possible
for the skilled player
the Tornega Method by cannot be played
They were studied for much the used in Rochby you at thh
and Emilio Pujol, stage. Well, there mightsame reasons as a musician Pascal
be somehave both written authorita- truth in this, but it muststudies a score -out of general who
be
tive
books
on
the
Spanishguitar.
interest; in order to examine the I mention this because, when accepted that a correct method ofstyle of a player, his fingering I adapted this exercise for plec- practice will soon eliminate theand his method; and because, by trum guitar pupils of the first technical restrictions imposed byutilising these discoveries, it is grade, I noticed a quicker techni- tempo.
possible to improve one's own cal improvement.
As you can see, the first threetechnique and to adapt what has The finger drill commences with bars of the solo are identicalbeen learnt to other pieces.
withthe first three of Exercise 6.
of the left hand
Each player develops a tech- the first finger
have practised properly,
the first fret of the theyou
nique based on, among other stopping
fingersof the left hand will
string, followed by the have moved
things, the scales and exercises sixthin time with thesecond,third
andfourthfingers
he practises. Inevitably he will stopping the second, third and down and up strokes of the plecbe able to play some more readily fourth frets.
trum,
than others.
the same time the plectrum
When he extemporises he Is At
the right hand starts with a Method
supposed to play more freely. But indown
stroke, followed by an up
there are limitations imposed bycontinuing alternately
And what is the correct method
his inventive melodic, aural and stroke,
down,
up, down, up. A down of practice? Very simply, this.
technical ability.
stroke,ofcourse, moves toward At the start, you must practise
That is to say, it is not enough the higher
strings, and an up slowly and deliberately. The
for a player to be able to think stroke is across
toward the lower speed should he 80 quavers to theof the phrases he wishes to play : strings
(see
plan
above).
minute. As there are 80 to eachhe must also have the ability to
exercise you should take exactly
play the notes which come to his
one minute to play each on themind.
one string.
So we have two main proposiOnly when the action of both
So
we
have
left
hand;
one,
two,
tions to consider. The first Is three, four fingers; right hand; hands
is automatic should thetechnical ability; the second.
speed
be increased sixfold -that
down, up. down, up.
adaptability.
to 80 quavers in ten seconds.
Now shift the hand one fret up is,When
Actually, it is very easy to conthe execution is so
withnect technique and adaptability. the fingerboard and, startingthat you no longer haveTake, for instance, an exercise the fourth finger, play four, smoothtodevoteconscious thought towhich I give to pupils when they three, two, one -continuing down the movementsof the hands,
begin to learn the guitar, and and up with the plectrum.
thenphrasingand dynamics may
Proceed up the fingerboard, this come into the picture.
then let me show you how to time
moving the first finger toadapt it as part of an extemporiIn this way is techniquedeveloped.
In subsequent articles I will
give examples from the playingofJimmy Raney, Barry Galbraith,
WELCOME
Chuck Wayne, Billy Bauer andexamples given were studied byguitar players of all standards,

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It may seem strange that, after
ninting that I was going to givefor too long. They would like

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horribly out of tune instead ofdelightfully IN tune, would thathave secured the mark of his
approval?
No my dear readers, you all
betray a very strong bias infavour of one facet of your subject, even though it is the genesis

6.0.11111M111,1,grumerur(continued from p. 2)
make Of tin ear Mr. Byrne
possesses?
And if the band had been

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Navember 17, 195

9COLLECTORS' CORNER-Edited by MAX JONES and SINCLAIR TRAILL

Mezzrow talks about the old
Jim Crow&RRIVING in Paris late on an Octoberafternoon, I found myself, within
half an hour, at the Vieux Colombier,listening to the first rehearsal of the
I don't like phrases at him that only wereally written.
Mezzrow-Luter band.
But that guy Bernie could understand. He opened
After the rehearsal was over, we all went to a writing.
Wolfe, who collaborated on it up a bit, but only a bit, because
Chinese restaurant, Milton Jr. being included in withhe saw I knew the Race and theme, is quite a guy !
our party.
" I wrote the original version music.
Mezz's son's biggest kick in Paris was to follow in longhand and he typed it
Before he left France he took
his father's glittering Lincoln sedan through the out, with a few ideas of his own. Hugues and Madeleine into his
room.
-He had to talk to them.
"
Good
ideas
he
had,
but
I
had
streets on his racing bicycle.
got confidence in those two
wrap them in my language. He's
I say " was to follow," for Milton Jr. is now tobecausewhat they are
But
we
had
troublewiththatback in the States, probably riding his French book ! The first proof came doing forhetheknowsmusic.

bike through the streets of Harlem or Sea Cliff.
" And here's what he told
back from the editor with 60,000 them.
' I don't want you two to
Mezzrow must be the journalists' dream, for he words
blue-pencilled out!
befooled. That Mezzrow is a
withoutanytrouble-"It's
grants interviews" Seems we were trying to get Negro
who's trying to pass the
because I've got a lot to say and I want them toline.'
understand it before they write it. I want you toandMadeleine"Huguesquote this as I say it. It's important," is his In
laughed and tried to explain how
war cry.
they had known me for 20 years.
Said Milton : " I got in the 9th of August andIt's possible,' said Bill. ' but you'phoned my friend Panassie straight away. I took
can't teach me anything about
the first train out to go and see him and I ended
them things. I know that typeup, staying down there.
BRUYNOGHE of
guy-and it's tough to see yoll
' Somebody told me you had good trains inbeing fooled. And I know what
Europe. I tried out those shakers for myself- too much done at once, too I'm saying.'
and ended up by getting my car sent over. Now much wrong put right, for a lot" Bill wasn't to be told. His
at least we can ride comfortably.
of the most important passages mind
was made up.
and a lot of stories that were too
the biggest kick I've
true were out-too tough for got" That's
since I've been over here.
the States!
You
knowwhat it means? It's
" Madeleine Gautier, Hugues Panassie, my son" But you don't lose out by an honour forme to be taken forand myself made a sort of tour.
waiting. I mean to write a book a Negro, and I'm proud of it."" We met Big Bill down on the coast. I got hold about the language of theof a whole cheese at Roquefort and ate it all in coloured race-the idiom thatfive days. Ah, formidable!
created and their contribu" And after Roquefort? Well, I guess I like they to
the USA-the only real
those sausages the peasants make . . all the tion
art
formthat is American: jazz
country dishes. . . Yeah, and crap Suzette."
music.
Mezzrow speaks calmly; he reflects; he reasons.
iviezzrow tells his story to Bruynoghe (right).
It's
their
language, with all
Since he's become a literary perstory of their music and attisonality on his own account, he the
tude
of
life
up in it.
finds that the questions he's It's vital andwrapped
SINCLAIR TRAILL REVIEWS
beautiful and it's
asked during interviews tend to got to be showntotheworld.
spotlight this.
" Mr. Mezzrow, could you tellme, please-you certainly read a
lot-who is your favourite" Did you know that the
5. PLAYING
author? "Government put the heat on myTHE
I know what his reply is going editor
to
try
to
suppressmy
INSTRUMENT.
to be before it hits the innocent
after publication, and thatreporter. " I never read. I'm book(b)
TheSound.
was followed around for more
ignorant, and I don't know a Ithana year by a Fed?
thing
about
books
or
about
" This character comes up to
CHRISTIE BROTHERS STOMPERS any sense of dynamics. Play these grammar. I guess I was a badmastered the intricathree records one after the other, student."
me one day and tells me he HAVING
cies of the hold, the student
Heebie Jeebies Creole Song
as
I
have
just
done,
and
the
same
doesn't
like
the
job
he
has
to
do,
is
now
ready
to essay sound pro(Melodisc 1173)
The Paris correspondent of a for he thought the book was duction, without
volume of sound comes at you London
which accomnewspaper was talking to swell.
Ai Ai Al,, Bucket Got A Hole In It from beginning to end.
plishmentnohowsoeverabout the publication of(Esquire 10-160)
It was his boss who had graceful his player,
It is not necessary to play loudly Mezz
stance,"Really
The
Blues
"
in
Britain,to play jazz, and this band is too mentioning that HRH Princess ordered the heat. He was for himself fully equipped.may deem
Winin' Boy BluesiCielito Undo
good to be classed among the Margaret possessed a copy. " You passing for a regular guy-but if The scientific principle of(Esquire 10-170)-'em -with -noise " brigade.
just saw a Negro kissing his
production in the Kazoo is
Ken Colyer (cornet); Keith Christie deafen
ask Her Royal Highness," heFrom among these I give pride must
daughter he'd fall stiff on the soundhighly complex.
(clt.); Pat
Ian Christie(111113.);
said
Miltonwithasmile,
"
what
of
place
to
the
sides
on
Melodisc
floor,
Jack!
A
column of sound waves,
Hawes (pno.); Ben Marshall (WO.); -merely because the band has she thinks of the way I treated" See what I mean?
which it is the player's vocal duty
Micky Ashman (bass); George Hop- been so much better balanced.
theKing'sEnglish."
"
Those
Feds.
would
have
liked
Denny
to supply, is passed along the
kinson (drs.) (for Esquires).
" Heebie Jeebies " is played
to pin something on me, so as to body of the Kazoo, causing the
Coffey replaces Ashman, Bill Colyer
with
a
fine,
free
swing,
and
the
be
able
to
put
me
back
in,
as
a
pigskin reed to vibrate against(washboard) replaces Hopkinson (forlesson. Yeah, that Mezzrow guy the trellised wire grommet with
Melodisc). Melodisc recorded 15/8/51; cornet lead-particularly during
Talking
of
his
book.
"
Reallylastensembles-is
extremely
good
who
wrote
that
book'sbackin170,
constant frequency.
Esquire 160, 1/7/51; Esquire
The Blues," Mezz told me : " I where he belongs-so don't you
and strong.
Locked as it is by the spadger
25'3151.
On the reverse, he rather over- think it was a success because I go getting big ideas, brother! ' screw, the airtight reed transmits
the vibrato stuff towards the wrote in plain, simple language they'd say.
to the transient column a moduone go forward by going does
end, but it is obvious that he has that anybody could understand.
" You should learn how that lated impetus, thereby directing
CANback?
long and ardently to I wanted the book to be read and colour bar works in the States! it in a magnified and highly disI think, with reservations, that listened
Mutt
Carey
and
has
benefitedunderstood by the most illiterate Go get a taste of that Democracy torted form into the soundthe answer to the question is yes. by it.
at work!
Ask Madeleine and chamber.
Negro in the States.
These boys have taken uponThe
clarinettist
has
taste
and
When they were on
Before that, I had never Hugues.
themselves to fashion their jazz technique, but I am not quite
tour
with
Louis
in the South,
on the ultra-figgy type as pre- sure if he is a strong enough
Lucille-that's Louis' wife, and a Modification
sented to us in fairly recent times player to cope with two such
charming
lady-couldn't
use theby the more ancient but genuine virile brass men.
Here. the sound waves aresame washroom as Madeleine.
New Orleans jazzmen.
bandied from wall to wall, drawThetrombonist,
for
the
mos
Good
old
Jim
Crow!
a
adoptedwhatingfurther modification from the
have
part,
is
extremely
good,
but
he
is
They
" If you slip on a banana skinor plastic constituents
friend of mine from New Orleans apt to overdo the ' rough-hewn "In the States, the crowd hands metallic
therein,and are finally forcibly
calls the " wide-open tone." the tailgate stuff.
you the laugh as you lie there- ejected bychief characteristic of which istheir own momentum
and passes by. In France, they'll from the aperture
what another friend of mine (a Greater cohesion
laugh, and then hurry to pick the player's mouth.furthest frombop one this time) calls the " St.
you
up.
In
England,thepeopleFrom Esquire I much prefer 170
This procedure results in mostVitus vibrato."
go get Scotland Yard to find the instances160. The band shows greaterin the full, glorious
man who left that peel lying raspberry tone
Well, they have certainly got tocohesionand has obviouslyof the ideal Kazoo
there, and why he's done it.
the sound all right-more power worked hard on these tunes.
sound.
"
You
see
why
I
like
France?
to them.
Keith Christie
The Mexican song, " Cielito
An ingeniouS usage of man's
Another point about these re- Lindo," makes a great jazz tune
vocal chords is manifest in thiscords is that the band has also played this way, and I heartily only assume from the choice ofprinciple. and it is obvious thattaken the trouble to give some commend all concerned for get- numbers that it is the jazz one.
natural gifts in this direction are" Here in France I've got one a decided asset to the musician.
attention to what a rhythm sec- ting away from the rut of well- If that is the case, then it mustbe said that they fail miserably, of my biggest kicks ever. Yoution of the same genus should worn New Orleans favourites.
Alto, tenor, baritone, bass,
True to type, it is nearly all for there is less jazz here than know Big Bill? He's from the soprano, contralto, falsetto-allsound like.
but there are good you will find in any commercial South and knows what 'It really would find full expression in theOn these sides it is inclined to ensemble,
means
from clarinet and trombone. recording by Bing Crosby.
playing of the Kazoo.
be a trifle thumpy in places, but solos" When he met me first he was
Jelly Roll Morton tune on" Barrelhouse Music " is theYet so great is the prejudice
the section plays together and theThestraight
onthedefensive-'
Who's
back
is
full
of
good
things.
but
inagainst the instrument that its
successful"Side,
morecertainly keep an eye on that Both Christies have solo spots, neither does Mr. Bramwell show that White Afnerican? 'usein Grand Opera seems to bebeat.
" I felt it at once and tried to unlikely for many years to come.
Colyer's eight bars of solo signs of being even a good
The main thing lacking here is andget him to forget it by throwing -PARP GREEN.
cornet are right in the old New crooner.
Orleans tradition.
Hawes's piano solo is terribly
clangy and under -recorded, but

an interview
with Yannick

4We met Big Bill'The Kazoo.

.

Ensemble jazz andblues from Britain

The heat

A successDefensive

his breaks in the last chorus areteateat waste ttilst

most expertly taken in perfect
Jelly Roll pattern.
It is a pity that " Al Ai Ai "suffers from bad recording, forthe ensemble playing goes witha good swing, and there is someinteresting solo work.
Thismight have been the best of allthese sides. but much of the goodwork is hidden in the very mushy
recording.

Almost the same can be said
a little better here, and one getsa chance to hear what Hawes's

for " Bucket." The recording is

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13"
14"
15"
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most unsuccessful part ofTHEthe jazz picture, as painted
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Somehow, it never seems rightto hear anyone from these pallid
isles copying the coloured voice,and the whole thing often tends
to make one feel uncomfortable.
There is. however, a public for
George Melly's light - hearted
warblings, and he therefore fulfils a want-which is more thana lot of us can say.
Actually, if you don't try tocompare these with the originals
by Bessie Smith and Huddie Ledbetter, I suppose the sound of
George's voice is no worse thanthat made by any of our musicians when copying the sounds
made by New Orleans jazzmen.

£3. 4.6"BOUNCE" each

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£30. -Bat. 5739.

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DRUMS 62. per word
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VIC O'BRIEN, Cymbal Tilts. 5/,
VIC O'BRIEN Vellums, 25:- to 50/-.
MISCELLANEOUS 6d. per word
IF YOU have anything to sell, write,
call: Freddie Fox, 101, Derby St.",
Bolton.

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FOOTE DOES IT!
Finest reconditioning. Saxes, Brass, Woodwind,

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HARRY HAYES Repair Service isuniversally accepted as the best andmost economical in Great Britain:

lacquering a speciality. -.-20, Rowdily
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HOHNER SERVICE for repairs iscompletely
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Woodwinds, Saxophones, Percussion,as well as Piano Accordions and Hohner Chromatic Harmonicas. Expert
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arranging tuition. -91, Clifford Road,LEW DAVIS specialises in the overhaul and repair of Saxophones and
GEORGE SWIFT Trumpet Vir- Clarinets
Gold lacquering, S.P.-tuoso, for tuition. - Green Gates. G.E., guaranteed seven days' service
Gordon Av., Stanniore, Grimsdyke 696. -134. Charing Cross Road, W.C.2.
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IF YOU CAN SING AT ALL
PRICES CUT !
M turice Burman will do the rest. On all Instr :moots. Let me quote yen. Write
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Easton 1200.-S.A.E.. 293. The White SPECIAL OFFERS. B. & H. Super Boehm £36
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Conn Alto, G.L.. as new 138. Lincoln Tot, new £15
Pi
S T. -Harrow 1599
OVERHAULS & REPAIRSJOHNNIE GRAY has vacancies for
PIANIST. -Tottenham 7489.
Boehm Sys. .. £2 15£2 5
Beginners/ Clar. S.S. ..
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£5 5
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£4 15
Tenor ..
PIANIST. -Vic Munday, Maida Vale Advanced. -13 Cleveland Square, W.2. AltoFree estimate for gold lacquer and silver plating.
2726.
Paddington 2837.
Nylon
Drumheads
141"
dia.
29 6. Seed old hoop.
PIANIST, DRUMMER, - Elmbridge
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U.S.A. and British.
8990
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ALTO SAXES L°.complete
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SelmermodelsTENOR SAXES cLoorLfeiwtehin cases

Leon SpOb replated; repadded Ey to low B 117 1
Arcadia Sp9b late style top F art Gy etc .. £22 1
Windsor plated repadded etc aux F art G$ £22 1

Hawkes g'1 replated : repadded top F etc.. £42 10
OIL Sp(lb late model aux F art GO ext By £52 10
Kohlert g.1 repadded replaced am Fete.. 255 0
Dore SpGb French FAM reptd 'repadded 156 0
Penn -Spec SpGb pearl Inset. aux F art 011 261 15
Adolphe g I 0 -told finish aux F art Off .. £85 0
8 ,per Dearman g /I replated etc am 11 .. 862 10Gold finale I brand new model aux F art 0 665 0
Dolnet SpGb new model impvd etc aux 5' 175 0
Selmer g I cut -away replated etc aux F .. 267 15

Adolphe SpGb perfect etc top F art 0$ .. £24
Ramponi g lacq replete.' irepadded aux F £24
Cavom SpGb "Invicta" top F art 06 es BY 225

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Guenot g ;1 reptd repadded aux 1, art 06 235
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Penn -Special g .I pearl insets aux F etc .. 145
Selmer g. I replated repadded aux F art 0$ 847 1
Martin u I repadded replatell FAM perfect 547 1

Dearman "Master" SMIli C slender perfect 213 10
Gomes g ;I replated as new slender Y pitch £14 0
Emperor g 11 slender $ mod replated as new 114 0
Karl Fischer e I super replated etc., Med. 115 0

Premier white 20" x 15' resprayed etc .. £12 10
Broadway white brand new 20" x Is' value £14 14
Premier yellow pearl 22' x 15" like new .. 215 0
Olympic white 20" x 15" Internal damper.. £17 11

Autocrat black 26' x 15' chrome fittings.. 21210
Premier white duroplitstic 26' x 15" new.. 130 0

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manhattan SpGb slender $ & y super valves £15 15
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Rolls -Dip 2 y g.I med replated AA new .. 21910
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Boosey g / "Solbron" 2 slides $ & 5 sound 121 0

Vega clear lacq USA model 4 & Y replated £27 10
Bach clear lacq 2 -fold tried Y replated etc.. 230 0
Selmer SpOlo current model soiled bore 23 £55 0

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perfect etc
Rampone BY straight SpGb top Ey low BY 213

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white .20' BD 61' 813 all accessories etc.

89 12'11 deposit, balance 26 ; -mthly... £28 15

Crystal Flesh collapsible 28" BD 51' SD

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Olympic white 51" chrome fittings new .. fal 16
Ajax re glitter 71' deep chrome fittings .. £16 15
Olympic white 51" Boating heads chrome.. 218 5
Autocrat latent white 51 -chrome new .. 119 10
White SI' wood shell QSR heavy plate etc 18 11Black 71" deep chrome

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EXPERT AND PERSONAL
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4619.

TENOR /VI OLIN. -Euston 7900,

TROMBONETENOR SAX SATCHEL 27 10

Invieta Spilt. top Ey low MI plating pert .. 825 0
Super -Selmer frost g, lacq aux F art 0$ .. 835 0
B.lescher SpOb"Truetone" top F repadded 240 0
Marlin g.. lacq "Handcraft" top F replated 242 10

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fication. -Ste. 3665.
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White folding Di' BD SD 2 Tom Tome etc £17 10
Whilst available great value Be -bop kit

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6 p.m.
TENOR.-Addiscombe 7571.
TENOR.-Finchley 5749.
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CONCERTS 9d. per word

JAZZ FESTIVAL Concert, De Montfort Hall. Leicester. Sunday, November 18. 6.30 p.m. Mick Mulligan and

CASH OR EASY TERMS.

.

brand new, complete with one£23
Bass Drum, 20" x 15", white nnish, shop
HO Soprano Sax.. t 'ono. artiste's, silver platedsoiled only..
£15,10BO Clarinet, Triebert, Sax. flooring, coy. holes 118 Bus Drum, 24" x ID", white finish, shop
Bb Clarinet. Selmer, Sterling, Boehm system,
oiled only..
lot o model, as new..
Drnm Outfit, complete withx
Baas Drum,BP Clarinet, telmer, Boehm system, metal
IC Side Drum, all usual aocessoriee
1127
Pb Clarinet, Boehm system, wood, as new£20 Piano Accordion, Settimio Soprani. 120 hare,
BP Cornet, Dixieland model..
£13
3 automatic couplers, modern design..
.. 152
BP Trumpet Cornet, Coon
222 Spanish Gaiter, Reliance, teetritig model, emu Mete in aee. first-chtes condition ..
Eb Trumpet. Monarch, gold lac.. an new£20£13
1952 Swing World Musicians' Diaries, 192 pages, attractively bound in black leather grained mine,size
x 3", are now available. 5 9d. post free. DON'T DELAY --SEND TODAY.
All instruments except Drums complete with case. unless otherwise stated.
Tenor Sax., Ormestion, simple Ryan, nickel plated £15

C Melody Sax., Lafleur, artiste's. plated

£18
£19

.

Repairs and re -lacquering to all instruments by the trade's experts. Estimates free on request. Mention M.M.
ALDERSHOT and district musicians can obtain these Wagons
Bend for Bargain Budget No. 6
PART EXCHANGE CONSIDERED"rf

from theAldershot branch, 45. Station Road.

THE DANCE MUSICIANS'
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Tel.

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GIGSTER'S GUIDETENORS

Selmer, B.A., brand new in Selmer
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£95
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£45
£40
£35
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Manhattan, as new, silver, G.B.
325
Paul Cavour, silver plate
Boosey & Hawk's '32' mdl., silver,G.B. £25
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Pennsylvania, S.F.., clear lacquer ...

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BOEHM CLARINETS

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at the keenest prices

low lb£40£30

pre-war special, splendid

The ever-growing demand for Calteau reeds
is proof of their popularity. Only selected
French cane is used in their making, chosen

Beason,by experts, skilfully cut and graded in theusual strengths from soft to hard.

Boom, & Hawke*, pre-war special
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8659 By Clarinet
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8663 Eti Alto Sax
Is. 3d.
Paid8664 Be Tenor Sax Is. 8d.
From your local dealer or write to:Large stocks of new and secondhand
American Mouthpieces.
New Sax. Cases, ALTO £9 158., TENOR
10 gns. and 11 gns. Strong Collapsible

,00d

£35
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Corm, pre-war spec., splendid wood

135

Sax Stands Alto & Tenor £2, post tree.
20, Romilly St., London, W.I. Ger. 1285

BOOSEY 6L HAWKES LTD

295, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.1

his new Magnolia Jazzband, George

BROWS

Black. Tickets at doors, Sunday, 2 to 5/-. An Arthur Kimbrell Promo-

Dance Dance Dance teez)

Melly Trio, Cyril Scutt Boogie Woogie
Trio. Cy Laurie Group. St. Louis Ragtime Stompers, Beryl Bryden. Michael

Alto Six., Pan American, made by Conn, g. lac. £34 Be Trumpet. B. a H.. Imperial model, ft. lac.,
Alto Sax., Pennsylvania, Special, g. lac., as new 542
shop soiled only, in secondhand case
£34
Alto Sax., Hawker, gold lac., a* new.,£32 BP Trumpet, Buescher, gold hie., an new
228
Alto Sax., artiste's model, plated
125 Bb Trumpet. B. & II., Regent model, plated,..
Alto Sax., Kohkrt, artiste's, gold lac.
128
shop soiled, in geemellivaid cue£23
Alto Sax., Conn, gold lac., as new/45 BO Trumpet, Beeson, Protean°, gold lac., as new £29
Tenor Sax., Super Selmer. gold lac., as new£89 Bb Trumpet, dance model, gold tae.
114
Tenor Sax., Lewin, full artiste's, g. lac., as new £52 BO Trombone, Dixieland model, without rue .. £13
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Note the new price!
EXCELSIOR'S

tion,POPLE'S

PALACE(Adv.

3331).
Thursday. November 22, at 8 p.m.:
MICK MULLIGAN and his MAG-NOLIA JAZZ BAND. Admission 3 -.
2/- and 6.
STAN KENTON Tribute, Acton Town
Hald, 7.45 p.m., Sunday, 18th.
Toni
Anton 20 -piece Progressive Orchestra,
Matt Ross, The Antones, Bix Curtis.
surprise guest Tickets: 3/-, 3/6, 5,a t door.
TITO BURNS Band Show, Croydon
Empire, this Sunday, 7.30. Wilcox
1

Presentation.

DANCES 9d per word

PINNER (MET) ASSEMBLY HALL,

Cnapel Lane, Saturday. November 17.
7.30 p.m., the terrific Mick Mulligan's
Magnolia Jazz Band. Admission 3/-.
Car park.
CLUBS ed. per word
AAAAAAAAA FABULOUS Feldman
Club, 100. Oxford St., Sunday. 7.30.
Super -Stupendous. galaxy of Stars:
Jack Parnell, Ronnie Scott. Joe
Harriet. Henry Shaw, Lennie Metcalf,
Bruce Swain: also Johnny Rogers
Live.
Quartet.
Maurice Burman.

laugh and listen to the best in theland. Members 3,6. guests S/ -a mere
riem!
ABBEY WOOD, "Harrow Inn."every Monday. 7.30 p.m. Nov. 19:
Charlie Galbraith's Jazzmen, George
Webb, Cyril Scutt. Jimmy AMEtell,
ACADEMIC, MONDAY:
Messrs.
Davant, DeVere, Harper, Hayes. Liversey, Perry, Barr, Smullian, Sykora.
Tenor,
Squad's Pianist, Lewis's
thanks,-" Prince Wales," Hammersmith,
AND IT'S SUNDAY MORNING!
Grand opening, 11.30, " Boathouse,"
AFRO KEW.
Kenny Graham's
CUBISTS! Dickie DeVere. Dancing!
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ANTON
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First
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price 1/6.--Blx Curtis, 48. Hazeldean
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AT COOK'S FERRY. Angel, Edmonton. Sunday, Nov. 18. 7-10 p.m. " A
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and his Southern Jazzoand, also Len
Beadle and his Imperial Jazzband.
Fully licensed bar. Buses 102, 144,
84, 34.

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495
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CURRENT "POP" ORCHESTRATIONS S.O.
Just For A Night (We),eFive Minutes To Mid't (V7s)

Dimples & Cherry Cheeks
Metro Polka (Gs)
I Wish I Wu (QS)
All My Heart & Soul.:
I'll Sing To You
My Friend The Robin (QS),.

1.1 You Go

Dance With A Stranger ..
Baking Up For Sally
It Takes No Time
And So To Sleep Again..

Kissing Bug Boogie.

All I Want For Xmas..

Confetti

Bah HaiYounger Than Springtime
In Love With Won'tul Guy
Gonna Wash That Man ..
Cold Cold Head

Let Me Look At Ion..

Ordinary People ..
And So To Bed.
I Won't Cry Any More ..
Do You Really Love Me ..
Oh You Beautiful Thing ..

-I Know A Dream..
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Lullaby 01 Broadway (ils)
Old Shanty Town (We) ..
Dream Of Wedding Bells..
When Yon Come Home ..
Who Knows
What A Day..
Longing For You (We) ..
Love Me Little (Ws)
Come On -a- My House ..

My ePty"Tthe

American Patrol

Barbados
Bugle Call Rag
Cymbal Simon
Familiar Moe
Free Lance Louise
Good EarthHamps Boogie

I'm Coming Virginia
Indian Love Call

Jim For Joan

Lost Week End
Love Walked In
Miss Magnolia
Opus One.. 3,9

6 Kiss Somebody G'nightate

Ciribiribin On Mandolin ..

Alin In Dixieland
ClarMarmalade( Gold)
Copenhagen

Darktown Strut (Gold)
Georgia Camp Meet
Hoes D'Oeuvres/am Band Ball (Gold)hiss Me Hlues/Memos Rag (Gold)
LoagJohnStomp, Gold).. 3/6

Blow Out The Candle
White Suit Samba
Yon Are The One
8 /6

3/6

HBAellearippiach:'ii:LtThebiartySuB:

Walking & Whistling Etna 3/6
Mr. And Mississippi.. 8/6
8/6 So Deep My Love ..
.
Good Morning Mr. Salo .. 3/6
Amada Mia
Shanghai
8/6
You Love Me..

35 I Want To Dance

Tulips And Heather..
3/6 How Can I Leave You (Ws)Too Young
Siff I Love A Man..
5/6 Would Yon (QS) ..
I'mInl'WheryA"Lin
Wonder
8/6 Dark Is The Night
Cool Of The Events(
3/6 InBonne Nuit (QS) ..

8/6
8,11

LightlyKentucky eo mWealF

Unless (W)It Blight Be You (W)Shot Gun Boogie.
.

Loveliest Night t WIThe Irish In Me AV)
The Minnte (WeiLaud Of Make Believe

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3/6

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My Love
11/6
8;6 BeDream Awhile..
Some
Enchanted Evening 8/ 3/6

Castle Rock3! -you Are My Destiny (WI..
No Boat Like A Row Boat

3/ 3/ -.

5/-

Side Of Met. .. Si8/6 Morningl'Em 3/6
ManCan %Live
I'll
Be
Around
3/6
3/6 White Wedding ..
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51A
Kiss
On
Xmas
Day
5/ 3/6 World Is Mine Tonight Ma).. 4! I/ 3;6 Sunshine Of Your Smile
3/11

Christopher Columbus ..
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5/6 Vanity
Goodlack, Good Health (W)..
6/ - Sweet Violets

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Orig. Boogie Wangle
Pagan Love Song
Rift Up Them Stairs
Seven Not Out
Skyliuer
Sloppy Joe
Somebody Loves Me

Dancing In The Dark
Deming TimeDo Do Do
Embraceable You

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Fine Romance

Sometimes I'm Happy
Stardust
Stratton St. Strut
Summertime
To Each His Own
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Harry Margolis returns to Glasgow
Northern Press
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after Lyceum season

Galloway drops

two brass for

TN a bold effort to produce the
HARRY MIARGOLIS, whose band was booked for three months
elusive " new sound," Ericat the Strand Lyceum and stayed for six, is back in Glasgow
bandleader at
Brighton's Aquarium Palais de resuming his extensive Scottish activities.
A
hecticshuttle service between London andDanse, has re-formed his outfit. Glasgow had
embarking on his winter proHe has dispensed with 2nd gramme evenhim
before his finishing date at thetrumpet and trombone, and is Lyceum a fortnightago. As his presence wasmaking a strong feature, in the required at two Glasgow
dances in the Grand Hotel,
reed section, of oboe and cor he left the Lyceum orchestra in the hands of
pianist Dennis Coe and travelled north to front his
anglais.
It is frankly just an experi- eight -piece Glasgow outfit on November 1 and 2,
ment, and it may not come off," returning south for his last two London engagesays Eric, " but at least it intro- ments on November 3 and 4.
duces a new and unusual tone On November 5, he again took the train to
Glasgow for another Grand Hotel date- the same
colour into the ballroom."
Eric's re-formed personnel in- evening, with another engagement, at Marlboroughcludes Fred Lee (1st alto, clt., House, on the following night.
pno.), Jack Green (2nd alto, clt., His eight-piece-which is one of the two residentvin.), Joe McKenna (tnr., clt.), bands at the Grand Hotel-has the following perTommy McGrady (2nd tnr., clt., sonnel: Syd Wolffson and Jack Paine (altos), Leonvcl.), Alf Veal (baritone, clt., Swirsky and Jimmy Kelly (tnrs.), Jimmy Boyleoboe, cor anglais), " Flash " tpt.), Jackie Sharp (tirs.), Hugh Kemp and Eddy
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Hazel Frazer, winner of the Astoria vocal contest, faces the " MM" camera with Don Smith(left) and Ken Mackintosh.

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ured in addition to the band, as
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competitive events, the commitVictoria Hall, Hanley, on Novemtee decided to eliminate jive Miller, and Chappells' exploita- ber 25.
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Selmer, Tenor, Frosted S.P.
Model, Superb finish ...
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Cushion Rim, Rangefinder.
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Rangefinder, Trombone...

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Paramount, Ebony, Alto
39;6
Paramount, Ebony, Clarinet ... 32 /6
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Trumpet Mouthpieces :17;6... 19'6

25 /-Dance Band Chords for Guitar, .by

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8/6
Woody Herman Clarinet Stu. dies ... 7/6
Artie Shaw Clarinet Method... 12/6
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