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EDMUND() ROS SIGNS SENSATIONALNEW TWO -BAND CONTRACTHEATH PRESENTS

DEPARTURE

PLATFORM

ARTIE SHAWON TV SESSION

Will front separate bands at
Bagatelle and Coconut Grove.

SWIFT reactions have followed the news of only two
weeks ago that Edmundo Ros would shortly terminate his nine-year run at the Bagatelle Restaurant.
The offer of an entirely new form of contract has been

made to him by the management in view of which Edmundo
has decided to re-sign for a further year from October 29.
Under the much more elastic terms of his new agreement,
he will make dance band history by personally fronting two
entirely separate combinations
every evening at both the Bagatelle and Coconut Grove.

Melachrino to play
As if this were not enough to at Jazz Jamboree
Palladium season

Graeme Bell and his manager, Mel Langdon, wave
goodbye to the MM" at thestart, last Friday, of the
Bell Band's tour of Germany
and Belgium.

kelp Edmundo even more fully YET another attraction has
occupied than he has been in
been added to this year's
the past, he has also received an
Jamboree. Instead of theoffer from impresario Val Jazz
Overture, the October 7
Parnell for a big season at the usual will
be opened by George
London Palladium, and will show
Melachrino,
appearing with theappear there for seven weeks as Empire Concert
Orchestra.
from October 29.
This appearance is made posAsked if a better financial sible
permission of theoffer had made him change his Empire,byLeicester
mind and decide to remain at The show, whichSquare.
featurethe Bagatelle, Edmundo told the 10 other bands andwill
vocal" Not necessarily a groups, starts at noon.two" MM
All seats
better financial offer, but the are sold.
opportunity of a contract givingme the freedom to appear at the
Coconut Grove as well(Continued on page 6)

Fans with TV sets were able
to see and hear Artie Shaw(in, a speaking role only)
when Ted Heath interviewed
hint during his band session
last Monday (17th), Thissession is reviewed
by" Scanner" on page 2.

New Swing Session
season commences
TED HEATH has once again

lined -up an all-star bill forthe first of this season's " Swing
Sessions " which, as previously,
are being staged at the London
Palladium.
The forthcoming concert on
Sunday evening (30th) will feature Kenny Baker and his Bandand the Johnny DankworthasAllen leaves. Funfair for`BIG BAND' SHARON Locarno: Gonella steps in
FIRST AIRDATE FOR

Ralph Sharon and his New ON the strength of their success as a dance and show Seven in guest spots, plus the

Ted Heath Orchestra with
Orchestra, which makes its
at the Festival Gardens, Nat Allen and his Sextet fullresident vocalists.
eagerly awaited debut at Wim- have band
been
bookedforaseasonattheStreatham
Locarno.
Comperebe the ever bledon Palais on Monday (24th),
They open on September 30, on a three months' contract, with popular Paulwill
Carpenter.
has already been given a broad- options,
and
Nat
will
augment
toeleven.
Their
place
at
the
On Monday (24th), the Heath
cast date by the BBC.
Gardens will be taken by Nat Gonella and his Georgians, band commences a week in
As a result, listeners will Festival
who
have
demonstrated
their
all-round
entertaining
abilityduringVariety
at Shepherd's Bushhear the new 12 -piece in a half- the summer at Coronation Holiday Village, Hayling Island.
Empire.
hour spot titled " Accent On To enable him to accept
Piano." This will be relayed Mecca's lucrative offer for theon October 20 (4.30 p.m., L.). Streatham Locarno, Nat Allen
Ralph has now finally assem- has kindly been released by thebled the outfit which he will Entertainments Manager of theJohn Firman,

Managina
DirectorofMessrs.
Feldman'sg,
left
London last week on a five week business -cum -pleasurevisit to the U.S.

front on piano and Clavioline. Festival Gardens, Jack Carlton.
It is Alan Donniger (alto, clt.),
was to have played at theFred Perry (alto, clt., flute), Nat
until the end of theKeith Barr, Gray Allard (tnrs., Gardens
clts.), Benny Green (bari., cit.), season there, November 3. In Bill Turner, Tony Grant (tpts.),(Continued on page 7)
Tony Russell (tmb.), Burt
Howard (bass), Leon Roy (drs.),

and June Ramar (vocals).

ROSE LEAVES

Scotland and backfor Burns Quintet
Norman Burns and his Shearing -styled Quintet start a batchof autumn engagements on
October 6 with a " Jazz For
Moderns " airing.
The following night they appear at the Chez Auguste, andthen go out of Town for a weekat the West End Restaurant.
Edinburgh, commencing October 8.
On October 15 the Quintet
plays the Barrowland Ballroom,
Glasgow, and then works its way
back to London via a series of
one-night stands.
Tonight (Friday) the group Is
at the Royal Forest Hotel,
Chingford. where Norman madeone of his most successful appearances with George Shearing
several years back.
Now filling the piano position

Ed Mathieu, Mrs. (Rose Murphy) Mathieu, and British vocalist
Helen Davis (right) are seen off at Waterloo by " MM's" reporter
Max Jones. They left last Tuesday (18th) for the U.S., where
Helen will sing with " The Chee-Chee Girl" on theatre datea

in the Burns Quintet is Clive
Chaplin.
On Tuesday night, Norman
collapsed on the escalator at

Liverpool Street Station and had
to be taken home. He is playing
tonight against doctor's advice.

CHARLIE SHORT TO LEAD AT MANCHESTER

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chester, for Mecca, on Sep- Goodman and Lena Horne.
Tracy on accordion.
tember 29.
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2RADIO COMMENTARY BY MAURICE BURMAN

Reed squeaksoof
course I hear them!

.

They made the Heathband into a glorified
concert party . .

band. Best feature was the girl
AREADER has written in to say that on a certain broadcast singer.
he heard the vocalist come in at the wrong place. On anotherso good.
show he heard the trumpet crack, and elsewhere he heard a Not
The Orchestra Angelina from YOU might think that, having at last got round to ourbest swing band, TV would have used it to let us hearsaxophone squeak.
Italy, followed. It had a flat sax
And in view of the fact that I reviewed each of these broadcasts section and unending vocalists. some worthwhile music.
No
beat
and
no
dance
music.
and did not comment on the mistakes made, did I hear them or
Not a bit of it. Ted Heath's band last Monday suffered the same
The last band, from Belgium. fatedid I not-and if not, why not?
that had befallen all the others-good and not so goodwas
one
that
many
BritishmusiMy friends, I heard them all.
cians who have worked there which have been on TV lately. It was made into another glorified
But I'm sufficiently experienced
know well-that of Fud Candrix. concert party.
a musician and critic to know
Fud was quite a jazzman in Trumpet player Duncanthat an isolated slip means
the days before the war, but all Campbell was introduced as theweheard here was some pretty inthegeneralTV-by ' SCANNER'
nothing at all
Hatter, and lived up to thetoned but flat saxophone playing, Mad
context of an artist's performdescription in his singing ofsomesecond-rate
dance
music
ance.
I'm Late." Dickie Valentine
and a rather poor attempt at "didAny professional musician
But musically they. too. meant
his impersonations of themodern jazz.
will tell you that the greatest
than they should have,
Ink Spots, Maurice Chevalier, much lessthe
numbers were sobe-causeartists in the world can and do
Rose Murphy, et al.
BILL BADLEY, representing thetrip up now and again. And
Bass player Johnny Hawkes- in -adequate.
average listener, writes :The band's feature was Sy.
worth's technically brilliant perwhat of it?
In these days, particularly, one
BBC is in danger of formance of " Tico Tic° " was Oliver's " Opus I "-a piece thatyears old, and which sounded
hap to bear a little in mind that letter to me he says he is very THEcreating a false impression ruined by being made the vehicle isnone the more up-to-date for thesome of the bands broadcasting proud of his band, and that he with these programmes. As a for his comedy stunts.
Of course, that was not all the old-fashioned arrangement.
may have had no sleep the night has something of which he hopes regular listener to the Continent,
Surely for the one number thepreceding the show, and may the Provinces can also be proud. I know there are bands over show. There were songs by Lita
have
have been travelling hundreds ofas good as, and even better, Roza and Dennis Lotis-even a band had to itself it might
Well, I think he is right up to there
band speciality.
been permitted to play somethanours-but
we
have
yet
to
a
point.
SonnyhasacleverCome to think of it. in these drummer and a neat pianist. hear them via the BBC.
thing new, which would havecircumstances it is remarkable although the former was far too
done justice to its reputation for
On this dull session, thehow few mistakes do occur.
being our most progressive large
Osterwald Sextet stood out from
The time to comment on mis- loud.
combination?
theoiliergroupsandplayed
inHe
also
has
a
nice
band-whichtakes is when they occur in such one could really be proud of if teresting jazz; the Ramblers wereLite Roza had a fair song (ifprofusion that they are actually the brass got rid of its hardness Quite a sound commercial proyou like waltz measure) in
spoiling the show. But as far as of tone and the whole group gave position-and the Fud Candrix"
Allentown
Jail." But her only
picking on one isolated occasion a cleaner performance.
unit made a gallant try. The
other number was " I Do Like
critic will remain suffi-yourOrchestra
Angelini,
however,
You,"
which
she sang as a boy ciently objective to ignore it.
simply did not play dance music.
loves -girl duet with Dennis Lotis..

...but are

they reallyworthy ofmention" DANCING ROUND EUROPE "TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC

10.15 p.m.

A real asset

BURMAN'S BAUBLE

15/0i51

to trumpeter Hazy Oster programme featured four goesNE night-oh, so long ago!- THIS
etweld and his Sextet for their
Continental bands. The first imaginativela/ when Ted was trombonist
playing.
Cedric Dumont's band fromwith Ambrose and I was, oh, waswhich, after starting
4,
such a newcomer, I was suddenly Switzerland,
as a very commercial group,
called upon to deputise for drum- out
BAR TO THE BAUBLE
suddenly
turneditselfintoHazymer Max Bacon.
gave goes to altoist Leslie Gilbert for
As the band only played Osterwald's Sextet andimpressive lead and solo
choruses, I was getting along tine forth some very impressive his
playing.
10.15 p.m.

10/9, 51

Dancers Irving Davies andEunice Crowther could have beena real asset to the programme.
They seem to like bright numbers which bands can swing, andyou can always shut your eyes
and listen to what the band isdoing.
I shut my eyes only to heara very ordinary arrangement ofjazz with a grand piano-until they whipped out a band modernsolo from our own Dennis

number in manuscript form Armitage.
which I had never seen before.
Next Week
So far, so good.
I was doing nicely with it until
Next came Uden Masman's " Jazz Club "-6 p.m., 22.1;51.
I came to a bit which said Ramblers.
from Holland-what we "Jazz For Moderns "-6.25 p.m.," Tamb-fill-in."

22/9,51.
Bauble -winner Osterwald
This shook me somewhat, but know as a typically Continental
espying a tambourine lying on
the bass drum I picked it up and
Our Columnist continues his search for the origins of Kansas City jazz
tegan to waggle it dolefully.
Meanwhile, Ted was taking a
hot chorus and lookingkept
at meonwith burning eyes. I

ONE NIGHT STAND

waggling doggedly until the end.
Ted looked at me balefully andInquired what was the idea? " Itsays tambourine fill-in," I said
meekly. He picked up the part. WHEN Kansas City was" That's not t -a -m -b." he said,
still called Westport
witheringly, " it's t -r -o -m -b! "Ted was always a delightful Landing, it had alreadyplug,

another " commercial"Shot Gun Boogie."

Admitted, of course, that TV
has to have its visual as well asaural appeal.
But surely the former could

have been obtained equally withnumbers that would have enabled
the band to give a better accountof its great musical abilities?

What the band had to play it

played well enough. The dull
studio acoustics did not tend to
add to its tonal brightness. But
you could always identify it as
Herschel Evans on tenor, Alphonse the Heath aggregation. and theTrent with Stuff Smith on fiddle, balance was a little better than
McKinney's Cotton Pickers with usual,
Claude Jones on trombone,
Lita. Roza not 'only sang whattrombone player, and today his acquired its current position
Horace Henderson with Don she had to sing well. She also
ERNEST blORNEMAN
band is equally delightful, withRedman
on
alto,
and
Al
Dennielookedgood. She has a goodits compelling rhythm section, as commercial and cultural
with Jay McShann on piano.
stage personality.
well -drilled brass, smooth saxes centre of the entire region I
Jesse
Stone,
meanwhile,hadAnd,
oh yes, I nearly forgotanythan in any other city at
and good singers.
off from Thamon Hayes to Artie Shaw appeared in a two Arrangements of the ballads covered in the travel route time of history, before or after. split
form
his
own
band
that
includedminuteinterview
with Ted which" We started out with a trio,
are very pretty-but when we I described last week.
Johnson, Keg Johnson, told us nothing, but at least
come to the band numbers we The location of the city on Pete Johnson on piano, Merle Bud
allowed
us
to
see
him.
BookerPittman,
Ben
Smith
and
Johnson on drums, and me holfind a rub.
Durham.
In fairness to all concerned, I
For a band of Ted's calibre and the most southerly bend east- lering the blues. But before long, Eddie
Pete
JohnsonattheSunset,ashould
add
that
after
all
standard they are dated. There ward of the Missouri River, we had Eddie Durham. Hot Lips, bootleg joint on 12th Street back over, Ted told Inc that itthewas
are obvious traces of Millerism, which was only recently respon- Lester, Walter Page and Walter of a grocery store, had a pick- bers were chosen becausenum-theyye anciente rifle and boogyitis.
Johnson, and at one time orband that contained at one are among those which have
There was some impressive sible for the disastrous flood, another most of IVIoten's cats up
time or another just about every proved his biggest successes
drumming from Basil Kirchin in had, on the other hand, the were in the band."musicianassociated before and during his recent appearances.
" Shot Gun Boogie " and beauti- strategic advantage, even before
ever
will
No one. I suppose," I would have liked," he added,
ful -toned alto playing from the coming of the trans- write a complete history of after with the Basie and Kirk
and had Joe Turner as " toinclude some of our better
Leslie Gilbert in " Sax Mambo." continental railroads, of form- Kansas City jazz, but if one is groups
As if to prove my opening ing the knot in the line that to be written. it should probably well as Jimmy Rushing as singers instrumentals.
(which explains a certain simi"
But
the more' I travel thestatement. Bill Geldard made a linked the Santa Fe and Indian start with the fact that Scott larityof style).
country. the more I am forced toa slight slip in one of his solos. routes with those leading to Joplin numbered among histheconclusionthat to -day the
I mention this merely to show
pupils two K.C, boys, Scrap
public is interested less in good
how unimportant it is in the case New England and the Mid -West. Harris and Charles Williams, who Blues singer
jazz
for
its
own
sake than it isof a player of Bill's calibre.
When New Orleans ceased to taught George Lee and his sister, Harlan Leonard, too, had left in simple tunes andcomedy. It's
As far as I'm concerned. I exist as a jazz centre and Chicago Julia. Julia, before teaming up Thamon
Hayes
to
form
his
own
pity, but there it is."didn't hear it.
was beginning to fade in the with New Orleans drummer Baby group. Erskine Hawkins was a If
this is true, it is not a pity;
early depression years. Kansas Lovett at Milton's Taproom, sang forming his first band a few
City continued to provide jazz- in- a kid band led by bass player miles away in Birmingham, and it's a tragedy.
SONNY ROSE AND HIS BAND
men with a good income as a Walter Page.
McShann was cutting out from
Midland Regional
resultofthePendergast
Al Dennis to form his own band
6.45 p.m. 11/9151
machine's spoils from gambling. The band grewwith Charlie Parker on alto andFOR a show lasting only fifteen prostitution, liquor and beer.
Walter Brown, that fine blues
minutes, Sonny played a
There was more jazz per square
Walter's
band
grew
to
includeas vocalist.
well -varied programme.
In a inch. according to Joe Turner. brother Lips, singer Jimmy Rush- singer,
The last two of the pioneer
11EX__1.4
Ing. Buster Smith, Lester Young, bands had dissolved-Chauncey
Dan Minor, Bill Basie.
Downs's and Terrence Holder'sGeorge Lee meanwhile formed the Pendergast era of political
Hatidgraa band that included Jesse Stone, corruption and high life came to
THE KING
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way of copying music ! whoHayes, Baby Lovett and Harlan down on K.C., the smaller bands
Leonard to form his own band.
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" I haven't played this in a
year," says Shaw. " I won't
stand up in front of a dance
band

with

and clown

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again

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" You can omit the ' gentle- act So much so that when I" IT'S not really fair to ask man' from the farmer."finished and expected him to pullme about music," says " But
you're determined not to a gun on me. he said: ' Mr. Shaw,

I'd been told you were a difficult
to music? "Artie Shaw. " I'm out of the go"backI'm determined not to stand man to get along with, butmusic business."up and clown in front of a dance you've convinced me you are aagain. on the other hand, great bandleader. Any time
" But I thought you were bandmight play concerts again some you want to come back with thisin this country to wax Iday
if the right combination of band, the place is yours. Why,

you've played the best music I've
offers itself.
eighteen sides for Decca? " circumstances
The main thing, of course, is heard since Blue Barron.' After" That's true, but that's just the" audience
that-back to my farm."
itself.
to work out an old contract. " What a guy would like is an " What do you think ofI haven't touched my clarinet audience of musically literate England and English musi-in a year, you know. I'll have people who don't build you up or cians? ""... but a concert series withI haven't heard many English
music by modern cornmusicians yet, but judging from original
before I can make a decent job
4..osers--thars a more exciting
what I have heard-excellent.
idea!"
cian has made a farce of jazz."of it."" As for England itself, well, it's
terribly hard to have more than
" Then what are you reallya superficial opinion after only ahere for? "few days in a strange country,
Britain's Top Tunes
talks to Ernest" Well, a holiday, most of all.
don't you think? I like most of
THIS list of the 20 best selling songs I'm a farmer these days. I've
the people I've met so far. They
Borneman in thisseem sane, somehow.
for the week ended September 15 lived and worked on my farm
" You have a much older tradiis supplied by the Popular Publishers' for a long time now. It's about
Committee of the Music Publishers' time I had a look at the rest of exclusive ' MM' article tion of mental discipline overhere,
and it shows itself espeAssociation, Ltd.
world, I thought.
I've
cially in times like these."
1 TOO YOUNG (A)Sun the
never
been
to
Europebefore."
tear
you
down
for
the
wrong
"
How
long will you stay
2 MY TRULY TRULY FAIR (A)here? "
Dash
" You said ' most of all.' reasons."
"
What
do
you
mean
by
the
"
Two
monthsprobably, but if
3 TULIPS AND HEATHER (B)What other reasons? "wrong reasons?"
anything really exciting comesJohn -Fields
"
Well,
the
other
one
is
the
"
They
deify
you
becauseyou
along,
Imight
stay
over."
4 TOO LATE NOW (A) .. New World
more important one, on second play loud, have a certain style of" Whatdoyou
consider6 MY RESISTANCE IS LOW (A)
suit
on,
and
are
marriedtoX,Y
exciting?
"
thought.
I've
done
a
book,
you
Morris" A film or a play, or even a
8 WITH THESE HANDS (A) Kassner know. A sort of philosophical or Z. They crucify you because
You don't flatter them and won't really first-rate concert series
7 IVORY RAG (A)Macmelodies autobiography.
on playing over and over again with original music by original
8 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (A)" It's due to come out next go
Campbell Connelly spring, and I've got to do a bit of the same kind of music they've modern composers."
9 SWEET VIOLETS (A) .. Morris editing before I hand in my learned to associate with you.
" If they'd rioted because I'm a
10 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE finished draft; so I thought I
with MIKE
YEAR (AiFrancis Day might just as well do my editing good or a bad musician, I
wouldn't
have minded.
11 UNLESS (B)Francis Day here and see England at the same
"But this business of the enorNEVARD
12 BE MY LOVE (A) .... Francis Day time."mous gap between audience and
13 I APOLOGISE (A)Victoria
musician has made a farce of YOU go on holiday, and what happens? Everything! Pot 14 A BEGGAR IN LOVE (A)" This business of the enormous
gap between audience and musi-to get my embouchure back first

ARTIE SHAW

Round the Clubs

Cinephonic

15 JEZEBEL (A) Campbell Connelly

jazz."
Farmingboiling controversies resolve themselves in luke-warm" So you are going to he an " That may apply to live affiliations. American stars create their own constellation in the

16 GOOD LUCK, GOOD HEALTH, author - cum - gentleman
GOD BLESS YOU (HICarolin
17 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY (A)from now on? "audiences, but does it really
farmer apply to records and record col- metropolis. And drummers switch around faster than kids playlecrors, too? "ing musical chairs.

"I think so, on the whole.

Leeds

18 KENTUCKY WALTZ (A) Southern
19 OUR VERY OWN (B)
Bradbury Wood
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ROWBOAT (A) .. Bourne MusicA --American; B-British.

Successful(ALL COPYRIGHT RESERVED)
THE STORY BEHIND THE TUNEAPOLOGISE" is a great ex-aample of collaboration between
three famous songwriters-Ed. G.
Nelson, Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman.
Nelson is famed for his " oldie,"" Peggy O'Neil " 119211, while Good hart and Hannan have written many
big songs for films and shows in both
Britain and USA, the most noteworthy"

being "First A Girl " and " This'll

Make You Whistle.""1 Apologise " was written in 1931,
Just 20 years ago. and was Goodhart's

first song. It decided him to makesongwriting a career.-J. M.

While Tech. Ed. Tony Brown and I hunted octopus off the
I sold more copies of bad discs Italiancoast, the forces of law and order witnessed the extinction
than of good ones. The one I
sold least of last year, for of the Roebuck Jazz Club at Portsmouth.
example, was the one I thought"Just as the Harbourside Jazz Band was playing the last chorus
most of."of 'Down By The River,'" writes Club organiser Frank Hurlock," the law entered the premises and we just laded out.
"Local complaints, probably after our recent rent party, broughtthepolice on the scene just as the joint was really jumpin'.""I
seem to remember that YOU
did go back to leading a band WITH the death of one *club, Portsmouth sate the marriage ofonce or twice even after you
others. "Club Dixie" and the " Portsmouth Progressive
made the memorable jitterbugs - Club"twoamalgantated to form the " Portsmouth Rhythm Club."are -morons statement."
The new body meets every Monday at the Conservative Hall," That's true. I had a group Fratton-road.
with Bill Cole and his Clubmen and the Portsmouth
playing legitimate music and we Jazz Band taking
the residency on alternate weeks.
made a quite successful tour. In addition to theselive sessions, the Club is meeting every
I was trying to prove a point, Tuesday for record recitals
at the Old Countryman. Traditional
and that proved it.
andmodernjazz
arefeaturedalternately*" But I also proved anotherone, the opposite one, when I
TO
make
this
a
real
"hatches,matches and despatches" column
picked up a bunch of Union men
we must mention the birth-or, rather, rebirth-of tne Cluband made them play stocks. It Mambo.
With
RonaldMyers'
Quartetin residence, the Club rewas so bad that I held my ears.
" The manager of one place opened on September 2 at London's Knightsbridge Studio Club.
Meetings
continue
every
Sunday.
thought it was a great comedy" What a guy would like is anof musically literate
People ..."

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MUSIC in the MAKINGEDITED

BY

MIKE

Louis II ellson_ )= THE young drummer who has caused such a sensation since=1 joining Duke Ellington a few months ago was born July 6. =E 1924, in Moline, Illinois. His father runs a music shop in that

NEVARD

who has recorded 12 sides featur- = town and plays guitar. After trying out the xylophone for a =ing Chico conducting an 18 -piece = while during his early childhood, Louis saw a drummer in a =parade, when he was five years old, who inspired him with the B.
orchestra in some originalE desire to play drums.
compositions.
E It didn't take long for him to start attracting attention, for B.
while he was still in a high school Louis won an amateur E
LATIN-AMERICAN music of E drummers' contest for three years consecutively, then came to E
various kinds is making E New York, where he won a contest run by Gene Krupa for the E
September 17.
more and more inroads both in = best drummer under 18.
Red's trio, with Tal Farlow on
circles and with the general = His first real job, not long after that, was with Ted Rito's
guitar and Charlie Mingus on Ella Fitzgerald. Flip Phillips, jazz
E band. He also worked with Benny Goodman for a year before =bass, is seen over CBS every after- Lester Young. Roy Eldridge, Bill public.
Alternatingwith Dizzy Gilles- B entering the army in 1943, and for another year after his E.
noon, five days a week (for at Harris, Oscar Peterson, Hank pie at Birdland
this
week
is B discharge.
least 13 weeks), in a show featur- Jones and Ray Brown.
Tito Puente's band.
E After that, Louis spent more than three years with the Eing singer Mel Torme.
Perez Prado, the mambo king, E Tommy Dorsey band, subsequently joining forces with Charlie E
This is the first popular enterhas
arrived
in
New
York
to
form
Shavers and 'Terry Gibbs to form an all-star sextet, which stayed E
tainment show to be scheduled in CHICO O'FARRILL, the Irish- a new band composed of Local E= together several months. Then he spent some time in California =colour television.
man
from
Cuba,
who 802 men, which he will take on E with Harry James until, along with Willie Smith and Juan Tizol, E
CBS is the only network doingsome of the best tour both in South America and he quit the James band to join the Dukecolour TV broadcasts for the contributed
to Benny Good - in this country.
Fatso Ford,
Bellson has been doing quite a bit of arranging for Duke, who =public, and at present its pro- arrangements
man's
last
big
band on Capitol trumpeter who recently left Duke B has recorded three of his tunes for Columbia-" The Hawk B.
grammes are limited to a half records, is now
Prado. - E Talks," " Skin Deep " and " Ting -A -Ling.' He also made his Eabig
Ellington,iswithgettinghour in the morning and a second build-up from Norman Granz, Leonard Feather.
E. own tune, " She," on one of several small -band Ellington dates E
half hour in the afternoon, so the
E for Mercer.
Norvo
group
is
singularly
An amazing feature of Benson's work is his use of two bass E
honoured to land this assignE drums, which is an idea he conceived years ago and has been =ment.
= using since 1946. Incidentally, he is completely ambidextrous E
Since this show will keep him
B and can write or use scissors with either hand.
in New York, Red has also been
persuaded to stay over inE A good-natured, exceptionally well -liked lad, Louis talks with
E enthusiasm about the drum set he hopes to have Grestch build =definitely at the Embers Club,Red NorTo

NEW YORK, Tuesday.

RED NORVO became thefirst jazz star ever to havehis own colour television programme when his trio started aseries of daily appearances on

appearing on
colour TV !

for him next year -four bass drums, three snare drums, four =E tom-toms on top of the bass drums,
four more on stands,
E cowbell and two high hat cymbals. He says he is working on B
E an arrangement that will use ail of these. '' unless you tell a E" Drum solos get monotonous," he says,= story. That means you must have a wide variety of sounds. E= Billy Strayhorn and I are working on a new thing inwhich E
It's going E

where the trio has been a big hit
for the past two months.
He is also trying to get a releasefrom his Discovery Records contract so that he can start recording for a major label.
THE

E.

E practically the whole band will be playing percussion

George'Shearing -Billy
Eclostine concert tour is

E to be a real wild sound! "now definitely set to start October 12 in Los Angeles and will

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play a total of 57 dates ending
December 9.

*

Continuing Jack Hartley's

GENE KRUPA, after a fast
recovery from his recent

Stan Kenton Discography

illness, has abandoned his band leading career for the time being
to join Norman Granz's " Jazz At
The Philharmonic " unit which
went on tour on September 14.
Also added to the line-up,
which will play 48 concerts in the
U.S. and Canada, is Illinois
Jacquet.
The rest of the unit comprises

FEBRUARY 3, 1850.

HOLLYWOOD.

(concert toaster):
Shank (alto,

George Kast
Pepper (alto);

Bud

flute); Cooper (tar., Eng. horn, oboe);
Bart Calderall (tnr., bassoon); Gioga(bar); Alvarez, Childers. Maynard
Powerhouse drummer Louis Bellson, of the Duke Ellington
Ferguson, Don Palladino, Shorty
pictured at his twin bass -drummed kit. Leonard Feather's Pen Portrait
Rogers (tpts.); Bernhart, Bette, Bob
of Bellson appears alongside.
Fitzpatrick, Bill Russo, Varsalona(tmbs.); John Grass, Lloyd Otto
(French horns); Jim Cathcart, Earl
Cornwell, Anthony Doria, Lew Elias,
Jim Hililmes, Alex Law, Herbert
Offner, Carl Ottobrino, Dave Schakner (vins.); Stan Harris, Leo Selic,
Sam Singer (violas); Harold Bemko,
enjoy, but who in my view do not Zachary Bock, Jack Wolfe ('celli);
Kenton (pnol; Jimmy Lyons (pno. In
yet qualify.
Someone suggested that Messrs. 54771; Almeida (gtr); Don Bagley(tuba); Manne (drs.);
Feldman, Scott and Ball might ibass I Englundthemselves have opinions on the Carlos Vydal (Congo drm., bon.),Notebook of a Modernist
FOR some time now I havebeen keeping a mental listof those British musicians who,
I consider feel naturally themodern idiom of jazz playing.

by;

Steve Race

subject.

Victor was out of town,
The fact that it includes only
but I asked the two Ronnies. Eachthose who have an instinctive
excluded himself (as modesty dictated), chose the remaining two
feeling for the idiom, and not
my list, and added a few
the many who have simply mas- did Don Rendell. Kenny Graham from
more names.
tered it satisfactorily, explains and so many others.
RonnieScott's list contained
why the list is so short.
Deuchar, Tommy Pollard,to feel the modern trend Jimmy
It consists of two names: - inBut
RonnieBall
and Victor Feldman..
jazz so instinctively that one's
Victor Feldman and Ronnie ideas fall without the slightest Ronnie Ball's selection was larger:
Scott. Or, rather, it did until conscious effort into that form -Ronnie Scott, Victor Feldman,
three weeks ago, when I added -that particular distinction be- Jimmy Deuchar, Lennie Bush,the name of Ronnie Ball.
longs only, in my opinion, to Tony Kinsey, Tommy Pollard andFeldman, Scott and Ball. Tony Crornbie.
I'm well aware that a great Messrs.
Any other suggestions?
Discussing the point with Mike
many famous names are con- Butcher,the most complete

spicuous by their absence. Notably that of Johnny Dankworth. Dankworth fan who ever drew
Banjo Riff
-I sometimes think he The compiler
I am not in any way trying to breathof the new Capitol
belittle Johnny's wonderful con- must be Johnny's mother -I was Catalogue,
resigned totribution to modern jazz in this surprised to find that he agreed the fact thatobviously
inthe Kenton bandme.
country by excluding his name. withanything
canhappen,us
Other light-alesmen joined in on page 26 that " Bongoinforms
I rate Johnny at the head of
Riff " feathose musicians who adapted the conversation, to suggest the
tures
a
banjo
solo
by
Jack
Cosof
themselves to the new idiom and addition to my short list
tanzo.
schooled themselves to play it Jimmy Deuchar and Tony KinThe question of Costanzo's
fluently and brilliantly. just as sey, two men whose work I always banjo
playing has long vexed thecritics. When be recorded " Artis-(

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Arr. Rugolo.
Conflict.

54851

raettinger-

CA.28003;

Cuban Episode. Arr. O'FaxCarlos Vyslal.V.
rill.

5486/

CA.28000; CLI1002.
Arr.
Amazonia.

5487

Evening In Pakistan (Marks

Almeida.

-Unissued.

Morks.Arr.
2).
CA.1043; 0L13334.
Saluta. Arr. Rugolo.-Unissued.
FEBRUARY 5, 1550. HOLLYWOOD.
No.

59881

Cooper I tors. I Gioga (bar.); Alvarez,;

CL11003.

5491- CA.28001;

Russo.

Bill

Soliloquy,

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Theme

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Johnny,L. -P.

Arr.
For Sunday.
Ken ton .-CA.28001 ; CL11002.

Hefti No. 1.

Arr. Neal HeftiFEBRUARY 4, 1950,

HOLLYWOOD.

-Unissued.

Lyona (ono.) in
5482, 5485
5482t Lonesome Road. Arr. Rugolo.

Same personnel.

Alt -held& Arr.
CA.888; 0L13273.
Round Robin. Arr. Rogers. Brazil).

V.

5490

54791

5481)

Trajectories. Arr Franklyn
Mai'ks.-CA.28000; OL11001.
Arr.
In Jazz.
Incident
CL11003.

Christy.-CA.28002; CL11005.
Arr.
(Falstaff).
Solitaire

Unissued.
Jolly Rogers (Expression from
Rogers. Arr.
Rogers).

CA.1043; CL13334.
Blues In Riff (Hammersmith
Riff). Arr Rugole.-CA.868;
CLI3273.
MAY 18, 1950. HOLLYWOOD.

5492

Personhel as for February 3, 1950.
60451

Art Pepper.
CA.28008.

Arr. Rogers.-

Cooper I Eng. horn(; Shank (flute);
Christy. - CA.28003; Alvarez, Childers, Ferguson, Palla-V.

MATTERS *dino, Rogers (tpts.); Bernhart, Betts,
Fitzpatrick, Russo, Varsalona ambs.);
Grass, Otto (French horns); Englund(tuba); Manne (cymbals, tympani).
6046f Halls of Brass. Arr. Russo.-

FOR

Personnel as for February 3, 1050.,

CL11001.

critics Elgar Jackson and Laurie listed as playing jawbone, andHandsaw gave five stars to each. the rest of the trumpet section
Even Steve Case liked them.
be cloves players.
"It's a pity about that banjo." are said toon my copy I can hearsaid Stan Kenton, interviewed by However,nojawboneorclaves (not even
our Americancorrespondent.
pair), and the label lists only
Feonard Leather. " That fellow one
Touzet in the
CostanzoandCostanzo changed' instruments.
rhythm department.
you know. He swopped his banjo Cuban
Why
was
the
trumpetsectionfor those little drum things you listed?
hold between your knees
Riff ""
UnisonAlso, on the" So I sacked him."session (October 22, 1947),. Costanzo is not listed as playing at
In 1971 . .
all, and no other bongo player is
as being with theSome of our " Collectors' Cor- reported
ner " friends must have caught orchestra. On " Unison," howthere are two definite short
their breath sharply last Satur- ever,for bongoes. They are alsoday, when they read the page 3 solos
headline in a popular daily featured in " Lament," from thesession.
paper:-" As Geoff. stood at the sameIf any light can be shed on
altar a friend broke his race re- thesematters I shall be very
cords." The Race Records inquestion, however, were not interested. -Jack Cook, Beeston
Geoff's collection of early Bessie Hill, Leeds 11.
Smiths, or even his favourite
A play -over of the " Fugue " pressfive -piano solo discs, but his reing verifies Jack Cook's observa-

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Arr. Chico (pno.); Almeida Igtr.1; Bagley (bass);
Mambo In F.
O'Farrill.-Unissued.
Manne (drs.); Vydal (bon.).
Rugolo.- 5489 Mardi Gras (Playtime In
Arr.
Mirage,try in Banjolero " and " The Houseof 4 -Strings," they were acclaimed
thehottest thing in plectrum wielding since Tarrant Bailey
Junior's " Burnin' the Frets " on I WAS very happy to see the
Dewar A.6930 (white label). The 1 start of the Kenton disrhythmic work of the former was cography, but noted a couple ofpraised by Shelly Mannl 'see confusing points in Part IIalso Capitol Catalogue). and the (" MM," 8/9/51).
string work of the latter by PeterOn the " Fugue For Rhythm
York (see Decca Catalogue under Section'
date (Hollywood, Sep" Fields, Gracie "). Noted British tember 25, 1947), Ken Hanna is

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JUNE 15. 1950. HOLLYWOOD.

6095/

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Maynard Ferguson.
Rog ers .-CA .28009 ; CLI 100E1.

Shelly Manne. Arr. Kenton.
-CA.28008.
AUGUST 16, 1950. HOLLYWOOD.
Pepper, Shank I altos); Calderon,
60961

Cooper (tors.); Gioga (bar.); Alvarez,
Ferguson, John
Howell, Porcine.
Rogers itpts. ; Bernhart, Bert, Betts.
Fitzpatrick, Varsalona (hobs.); Ralph
Blaze (gtr.); Bagley (bass); Manne(drs.); and King Cole Trio: Cole
ipn6.1; Irving Ashby (gtr.); Joe Comfort (bass'; Jack Costanzo (bon.).
6513

6514

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King Cole.Rugolo.
V.

CA.1184; CL13392,
Arr.
Jam -Bo.

CA.1184; CL13392.

Rogers. -(To be continued).

recommends
cords in the Manx Grand Prix,
he was as proud as if
had bought them all for 3d.
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tion.

Instruments heard on theside are drums, bongoes, maraccas,
piano, guitar and bass. American

album notes give them as being
Manne,
Costanzo,
Kenton, Almeida and
As to the " Unison
Riff " session, the words " Costanzo out " were printed as aresult of a clerical error, andplayedTouzet,bySatranski.

should be deleted,*

Tif AY I be yet another to add

his thanks for the publicaworks of Kenton will have be- .11.1of the Stan Kenton Discome as highly sought after by tion
us as the concert -style affairs of cography. However, I have one
query.
Paul Whiteman are now by the small
Under " December 21, 1947,
traditionalists. In other words.
New York," in last week's listings.
not at all.
states that the personnel for
Dare I predict that there will It Bongo
Riff " is the same as thatbe a revival in Lester Young and "forSeptember 24, 1947, except
Gillespie, with Miles Davis rethat " Pepper (alto) replaces
garded as the Armstrong of 1951. Pappalardo.
Parker thought of with moderate

Costanzoout."affection, and Getz forgotten? Should this read that Touzet isand not Costanzo, as I have
One thing is certain, anyway. out tohear " Bongo Riff " played
When we meet in 1971 in that yet
maraccas?-Tonyon
Stott,
musty old junk shop, I shan't Deansgate
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September 22, 1951'

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHMSHOW REVIEW by PETER LESLIE

ANISCHEN.VA''-BOUNDARY,ithc

GRENZE DER,

AMER iL4"- 'AN

Here's a man who really
does sound relaxed
buy for all discerning readers of
this column.
" You're Just The Kind " is inferior song material, and Frankie
Morning?
understandably fails to handle itto the best advantage.
(Capitol CLI3562)
On both sides, however, theDEAN MARTIN, that past - accompaniments
by Carl Fischer'smaster of relaxed singing
which features tight(he almost sounds as though he Orchestra,
ensemblework
andan infectious
records from the depths of an beat, provide an effective
foil forarmchair), joins former Jimmy Laine's lusty larynx.
Dorsey vocalist Helen O'Connell
in a couple of cozy duets.
DEAN MARTIN AND HELEN

NE.

O'CONNELLWe Never Talk MuchHow D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The

?

0, 0

f

.

..
.,

-

These two make grand recorded
Talk
Never
partners.
" We
lightful listening.

Much," the better side. is de-

Dean

MartinCORDON MACRAE
Cuban Love SongOl' Man River(Capitol CL13578)"Cuban Love Song," Gor-

Trumpeter Phil Rome (left) and ex -Cotton trombonist Rube
Stoloff on stage during a rehearsal for " Rainbow Square."THE

ON don MacRae sounds so re-

RED INGLE AND THE NATURAL markably like Tony Martin that I
SEVEN

had to check the label to makesure it wasn't the Palladium pinup boy.
Gordon sings this oldie excepThe coupling is more mundane
People Are Funny
tionally well, but the accom- stuff,
but Bing, the Andrews, andpanying orchestra, directed by a bandleader(Capitol CL13579)
Vic Schoen put overgentleman revelling in the name this ferry boat
fantasy in free if
someoneI'D be gratefulofCarmenDragon.
is
not
up
to
and -easy fashion.
would explain what " Oh! Corner.Jiouse standards.
Nick-o-deemo " is all about. Half
On the reverse. MacRae goes
MATTY O'NEIL
the vocal seems couched in some throughthe Uncle Tom routine
Little Rusty
peculiar backwoods backslang.
with embarrassing fervour. He Don't Sell Daddy
Any More Whiskey" People Are Funny "? Maybe sings movingly of lifting bales,(London L1037)
but the main burden he has to-but not here.
contend with is Carmen Dragon.
THESE titles echo the maudlin
Ohl Nick-o-deemo

RED INGLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA`RAINBOW' SCINTILLATESIN a musical with an Anglo-American cast, it is as pleasant

as it is unusual to find the honours going, without
exception, to the British artists.
But that is what happens in Robert Nesbitt's productionof " Rainbow Square," an extravaganza set in post-war
Vienna, which opens tonight (Friday) at London's Stoll
Theatre.
Radio star Alfred Marks and veteran comedian Sonny Haleare superb-the former as a Viennese spiv with as many different accents in his vocabulary as he has contraband goods
in his .pocket; the latter as the penniless leader of a street
cabaret.
The scene is set in a Viennese square separating the Russian
and U.S. zones. The plot, a gauche affair of counterfeit
dollars and midnight stabbings-with uneasy political undertones-is almost a hindrance.
-a-Songs by Stolz

When the show shakes off its embarrassment, it springs
gloriously to life-in the passing of people across George
Ramon's beautifully solid -seeming street set, in the movement and contrast of colour, in the fine chorus work, andin the set pieces.
The principals-Bruce Trent and U.S. singers Martha Kingand Gloria Lane-all sing well, but their acting is a trifle
stilt3d, both singing and dancing honours going to Doreen
Hinton in a comparatively minor part.
Of Robert Stolz's songs, " Wake Up And Whistle " and" Oh, Marie," should be popular. Most charmingly staged
was " Be My Sunday Girl " by Hinton, Hale, Marks and someof that always admirable chorus.
During a " fair " scene, MD Mark Lubbock's orchestra is
supplemented (on stage) by trumpeter Phil Rome and ex Cotton trombonist Rube Stoloff.

Superb Tatumbars a minute!
ART TATUM TRIO

tree**, Know That You Know (Vincent Youmans) (Ain. Comet
11S-T-2B-1..201Ai.
*****The Man I Love (Gershwtr)(Am. Comet D -T -IA -1202A).
(Esquire 10-166-6s. 51d.)

Tatum (pas.); Tiny Grimes (gtr.):
1/5/1944.
Stewart(bass),Slam
U.S.A.

IF nearly ten minutes of Art
Tatum for the price of six

interests you, here's your chance.
These were originally 12 -in. recordings. Although they now
appear ( for the first time in thiscountry) in 10 -in. form, nothinghas been omitted. and the playing
time remains the same.

"I Know That You Know "runs for nearly four and a half

Art Tatum

sentiments that were often

FRANKIE LAINE
Georgia On My Mind
You're Just The Kind

LAURIE RENSHAW'S

a feature of songs our forefathers
sang in the beer parlours ormusic -halls.

The lyrics of these songs are,(Oriole CB1052)

fact, so unbelievably mawkish`POPULAR' REVIEWS inin character that I was convinced
GEORGIA " was- one of thethevocals would turn out to benumbers Frankie Laine"burlesque performances.
sang in the Columbia picture
RAY
ANTHONYAND
HIS" When You're Smiling," andBut this is not so. " Little
ORCHESTRA
he delivers the song in much the
Rusty " is about a little cowboy
Faithfully Yours
same manner as he featured It
whoprematurely goes to heaven;
I'll Never Know Why
in the film.
" Whiskey," a song -study illus(Capitol CL13559)
trating the evils of drink.
This is typical Laine-fullvoiced singing with power -dive IFEEL that Ray Anthony could The tedium of the latter effort
slurs, and changes of volume
made even more insufferable
profitably leave waltzes, and Is
rather akin to the effect obtained the lush
the caterwauling of a baby
orchestral -choral setting by
if one juggles with the volume he has given
whom the daughter of the drink Romberg's"
Faithcontrol on the record reproducer. fully Yours," to, say, Fred plagued household has carriedaround to the " local " in a vain
Some may find it difficult toPennsylvanians.
to coax " Daddy " hackattune themselves to Frankie's Waring's
I'll Never Know Why," Ray attempt
to his neglected wife and family.
unusual style: but I consider that is In
backon
familiar
Tin
Pan
Alley
the innate jazz feeling and ob- territory. But although the If, perchance, any members of
vious sincerity that permeate orchestra plays with its custom- the Temperance League should
this performance should make it ary taut precision, little event- happen to be readers of thisan entertaining and worthwhile ful happens.
I can only recommend thisTommy Mercer paper,side as- a musical " must " fordelivers an effective vocal,

at 90

But even so these sides are notwithout their humorous touches.
They are found in the cutely introduced quotations. I've recog" Rhapsody In Blue " andYes, We Have No Bananas." notto mention some of a certain Mr.
Liszt's phrases. You'll probably
identify quite a few others.
TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC.
Briggs)*x'**London
Fog
(Reg.
(Decca DRI70001.
****Saxophone Mambo (Perez Prado)(Deceit DH15312).
(Decca F9624-45. 8d.)Reg
Owen
13090. - Les Gilbert,(altosi; Johnny Gray, Tommy Whittle(oars.); Bob Burns fbar.i; Stan Roderick, Dave Wilkins, Stan Reynolds.
Jackie Armstrong,
Mo Miller (tpts
Dick Bentley, Jimmy Coombes, Maurice Pratt (lreas.); Davie Simpson(pno.); Dave Goldberg igtr.); Charlie
Short (bassi: Jack Parnell (drs.).
16,12/1948. London.
15812.-Gilbert, Roy Willox (altos);
Whittle, Henry Mackenzie (IHO.):minutes; " Man I Love " for over
five and a quarter.
oar ride solo, " Man I Love " is in George Hunter (bar.); Roderfbk, Bobby
The compression of quart -size slog tempo throughout.
DuncanCampbell, Ronnie
performances on to a pint-size But Tatum contrives to get in Pratt,(tpts.); Armstrong, Bentley,
disc has been achieved by dub- so much in the way of fast right- Hughes(tines.); FrankM.
Pratt,
WallySmithbing the original recordings on

figurations, runs and em- Horrox (pno,); Sammy Stokes (bass!:a fine -thread cut which, of course. handbroideries-as he uses his phe- Parnell(drs.). 1.'2,1951.

BING CROSBY
Shanghai

BING CROSBY AND THE ANDREWSSISTERS
Black Ball Ferry Line
(Brunswick 04764)

IT has taken the recorded part-

their next tea party.
After this particular recording
I personally need a stiff drink.
TERESA BREWER

Longing For You
The Wang Wang Blues(London L1069)

ONGING For You," a waltz
nership of Bing Crosby andof sentimental appeal. isbandleader Dave Barbour to pro- the typeof tune that should be aduce this week's most stimusuccessat a Saturday -night
lating effort.
sing -song in the four -ale bar.
Crosby captures some of the Certainly this unpretentious
charm and rhythmical ease of his treatment should appeal to theheyday in " Shanghai "-factors
no doubt due to Barbour's bril- locals.
" Wang Wang Blues " is threeliant backing.
minutes of unrelieved tedium.
Bend an ear to the bass player Surely the Nickelodeon Girl canon this side. Whoever he is, he's unearth more suitable novelty
great.
material than this?

They all say it's WONDERFUL
THE NEW

001

allows more yards of sound track nomenal technique and melodic
per inch of wax.
to rhapsodise on
must have been one
The procedure can have its imaginativenessthe Gershwin melody-that at THAT
deuce of a London fog, fordrawbacks. First, it may neces- first one almost gets the impres- it seems
to have hidden thissitate some reduction of the bassthat he is indulging in a record for nearly
three years.
response in the dubbing equip- sion
fast,
free
-styleimprovisation.
However,
now that the murk
ment, which would mean a loss of And the illusion is not displayed by
Brixbass volume in the reproduction. pelled by the fact that, in his has at last dispersed from
Road sufficiently to enable
Secondly, as the walls of the accompaniments, Slam Stewart tonside to be issued, one can say
groove are thinner than with a contributes nothing more rhyth- the
RONNIE HUGHES
it has been worth waiting
normal cut, they are more liable mical than bowed bass minims that
for.
at
break
down.
particularlytolinkedup
withsomecrotchets.
The
number,writtenbyVicheavily recorded bass passages.
who finds it ideal for
Palace theatre orchestra
So the record may not wear too But the sense of beat that is toria
pianist Reg Briggs, who was thenwell, especially if you are still seldom absent in Tatum's music doing
his exacting solo andquite a few arrangements
Using one of those old-fashioned.
for the Heath Band, is a morsel
heavy -weight pick-ups.
oflight
descriptive
writing
intheThere is. however, no trace ofensemblework with theRECORD REVIEWS
modern manner that was well
the former contingency here, evensuitedtothe
Heathaggregation.
in Slam Stewart's bowed bassTed Heath brass team.
BY
lits performance, which features
and the second is worth risking.
Jackie Armstrong's luscious tromFor both sides are superb
bone tone and Les Gilbert's deliBobby Pratt (in the same
Tatum.
EDGAR JACKSON
cate alto artistry, has all the
Except for Tiny Grimes's eight subtlety
andfeeling
necessary
to
and
soon
band)
plays the "23" of course.
is in evidence here,
get the most out of Reg Briggs's!"
I I . I P 411!7,
enables one to recognise the true daintily
fancifulscoring.
tempo.
PROUDLY
music for quiet listening.
NOW OPEN ! !
" I Know That You Know " Nice
In Perez Prado's " Saxophone The trumpet that is different, distincOWNED B Y
takes us from the fancifully Mambo" on the obverse, thedecorative
totheexhilaratingly
BILLY TERNENT'S
British
tive,
and
an
achievementofrhythmsectionhasn'tquite
capThe Vogue Record driving Tatum.
Complete l'rompet
the true Mambo abandon.
SectionHe takes this Vincent Youmans tured
But Les Gilbert gives an even craftsmanship. Its new exclusive
SID
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ninetybars
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usuallyprovide,qi,.....IPTHE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

6MEZZ MEZZROW IN EUROPE-MAY BE COMING HERE

September 22, 1951'

Lewis Ork home from triumphanttour of U.S. Zone of Germany
Tape recordings for
AFN transmission
AFTER a triumphant tour throughout theAmerican Zone of Germany, Vic Lewis
and his Orchestra arrived back in Britain
last Friday night (14th). The month's trip
covered such prominent centres as Nuremberg, Wurzburg, Frankfurt, Munich and.
Stuttgart, and some 1,200 U.S. Servicemen
jampacked each of Vic's highly successful
concerts.
Apart from his dance -music and vocal offerings, Vic actually presented a complete entertainment programme under the title of " The Vic

Lewis Show." This incorporated acts by the
Andre Twins and Sandra, comedians Morecambeand Wise, and ventriloquist Ray Alan.

Jeffries, Moore in show
For the last fortnight of the tour, famous

Chicago clarinettist Milton " Mezz" Mezzrow,
who arrived in Paris on September 18 from theSouth of France, is seen here with his son,
Milton. Jnr. Mezz plans to tour France, andpossibly Europe, in November under Hot Clubof France sponsorship. Meanwhile, he is hoping
to accompany Big Bill and Hugues Panassie to
London this week -end for the fornier's concerts.

Vic Lewis (second from right)
snapped after hi.siappearance

the famous BurgerbraukAmerican singer Herb Jeffries appeared on the at
HERB JEFFRIES
keller, Munich (scene of theshow, and was accompanied at the piano by Bill attempted
assassination of
Moore, composer and arranger who has scored Hitler in November,1938).
BOOKED FOR
for Jimmie Lunceford, Tommy Dorsey andWith Vic are (1. to r.) AFN's
Mark White, Herb Jeffries,
Charlie Barnet.
and Capt. Jack Hall, of theMoore, who wrote Barnet's instrumental showU.S. Army Special Services.
EMPRESS CLUBpiece, " Skyliner," has specially written a new
opus for the Lewis band entitled " Skyliner No. 2." joined vocalist Denny Dennis
ONE of the many big attracIn an exclusive interview with the MELODY appeared on his first date with thetions booked for the winter
MAKER, Vie Lewis said:
cabaret season at the EmpressatDudleyHippoLewis
band
Club, which commenced" Our ' Tribute to Stan Kenton 'ondrome. Today (Friday), the bandproved a tremendous hit with the plays at Southsea, and follows up Monday (17th), is renowned
GIs. On the whole, though, the with dates at Hinckley and Black- American baritone Herb Jeffries,
Americans we played to had little pool on Saturday and Sunday.
who makes his first professional
taste in music. Most of the boys Immediately after its engage- appearance in Britain when heare young conscripts from ' out in ment at the " Jazz Jamboree " on opens there for two weeks on
the sticks '; if you mention Lee October 7, it leaves for a week of October 8.
Konitz to them, they just look one-nighters in Ireland.
Herb, who achieved fame withblank. Some even wanted to
Vic Lewis has now opened his Duke.Ellington, will be heard inknow if we played hill -billies!
own agency at 4, Denmark -street, the Crystal Room from midnight," While over there, we recorded London, W.C.1 ('phone: Temple and afterwards in Al Burnett's-leader Rudy Rome is ending a five-year run at the
Herbbroadcasts on tape, and Bar 4988/9), at which all busi- Stork Room upstairs.
VIOLINIST
Albany Club, W., and on October 15 moves to Quaglino's fourthese
are now being aired by the ness and communications regard- spent a brief holiday in London
Restaurant, W. He replaces violinist -leader Freddy Morrison, various
ing the orchestra are being in June of last year, but did not
AFN transmitters."
work here.
whose seven -piece concludes an engagement which has lasted for On Sunday last (16th), newly handled.
Bandleader at the Stork
18 months.
Room, which reopened on MonRudy, who doubles on sax andday,
after the summer recess, iswill lead a quintet, comParnell P oW Ork clarinet,
better known as Al
pleted by tenor -sax, piano, bass WEDDING OF GERALDO TRUMPETER Alberto,
Smith,
who retired from the proand drums.
fession some time ago, but has
Another change at Quag's connow made a come -back.
cerns Raymond and the Pigalle
Quartet, who have played in thedownstairs Allegro for two years.
PARNELL, MD of " Fancy They finish on October 13.
JACK
Free " at the Prince of Wales
Raymond is to augment his
Theatre. is to broadcast with his quartet
for another West End en" Music Makers " for the first time gagement commencing shortly.
postwar TV showon September 28.
Violinist -leader Tibor Kunstler
He will be using the musicians and his band remain at the
On October 8. Harry Roy is to
who appear with him in the show, Allegro, where they have also
do his first TV show since before
except for the string section.
playedfortwoyears.
thewar, other than relays fromJack will sing various numbers
the Lyceum, when his band all and will be supported vocally bynearedonly as accompaniment to
the Sam Browne Singers. One
cabaret acts.
item on the programme will be
LEVAN
3
FINISHAT
Harry
told the " MM " : " I'mthe new composition, " White
putting everything I know into
Suit Samba." which Jack wrote at
WHITE
BEAR
INN
the
programme,
which will be forthe invitation of Ealing Studios,themasses, and not the musiafter he had seen their comedy The Danny Levan Trio, concians.
I'mreallygoing to makepicture. " Man In The White tracted to the White Bear Inn,the people laugh."
Suit."
Piccadilly, since April, finish their
Harry,
who
leavesthe Empress
The samba is inspired by the residency there on Tuesday
Club on September 29, will therestrange bubbling sounds which (25th).
after
play
societyengagements,
emanate from a chemical retort
The boys with whom violinist
dances and Sunday concerts.
operated in the film by Alec Danny finishes this engagement
Guinness. The band has already are Stan Watson (gtr.) and Barrecorded the number on Parlo- ney Gilbraith (acc.).
phone, with Jack singing the Danny will continue to fulfil
vocal. The disc will be Issued in his other regular commitments in
October.
Town.
The wedding on Tuesday last week of Geraldo trumpeter Sid
Lawrence (centre), to Miss Catherine Bollard, at Chester Cathedral, was attended by many musical personalities. Shown hereare (1. to r.) Eric Delaney, Bob Dale and bandleader Art Gregory.
The series of four broadcasts
ORCHESTRAL CLUBpre-recorded by pianist -vocalist composer
Phil Moore before leavFELDMAN'S
24 ORCHESTRATIONS 30/
ing England in August is to beheard on October 28, November
CURRENT SUCCESSES
4, 11 and 18 (10.15-10.30 p.m.,(Continued from page 1)
piano accompanists in the Light).
Phil will be heard playing andbusiness."
Bagatelle. I am also Musicaltunes with a nostalgic
Arnold Bailey will, of course. singing
Director at the ' Grove,' and I remain
flavour, including some of his
with
his
dance
orchestra
have wished for a long time past at the Bagatelle, where his musi- own compositions.
to be able to make personal cal partnership with Edmundo
On all these sessions Phil was
appearances there every even- Ros has been an outstandingly accompanied by Frank Clarke on
DREAMS IN DREAMLAND
ing."
bass and Max Abrams on drums.
successful
one.
Under
regime,hisnewEdmundo's
visit
to
the
Edmundo plans to have two enwill be to take parttirely separate orchestras. The Palladium
in
a
top
-line
autumnVarietybill,
LOMAX TO PRESENT
one at the Bagatelle will remain
as it is at present; he will then in which the colourful Ros
form a second orchestra of a Orchestra will close the first half.
BIG BILL BROONZY
similar size-12-piece-to appear Under the terms of his old conat the Coconut Grove.
tract. Edmundo takes three
Last-minutenews of the two
weeks' holiday from the Bagatelle Big Bill Broonzy recitals at Kings Dash by carwith his orchestra as from Octo- way Hall this Saturday (22nd) is
He will visit Spain. He that famous American folklorist,
B. FELDMAN & CO. LTD., 125/7/9, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.C.2
Starting the evening with ber 1. one
day early from holi- Alan Lomax, will introduce him
TEMple Bar 5532
several sessions in front of his returns
to play his first session at the on the stage.
Bagatelle combination, Edmundo day
BBC's"GoldenSlipper Club,"Lomax, who is an old friend ofwill then dash by fast car to the where Santiago will
now play the Broonzy, is at present collecting
Grove," play a session there, first three dates while
Edmundoballads
in Scotland, and will drive
TWO OUTSTANDING SONGS
dash back to the Bagatelle for his and his boys are on vacation.
down for the concerts.
final sessions, and then return toRome ends 5-year Albany

stint to open at Quay s

gets first airing

Roy to play first

Phil Moore series
on air next month

ROS TWO -BAND CONTRACTNOT FOR ALL THE

THE DUBLIN JIG

EV'NING STAR OF HOMEASK ME NO QUESTIONS

AND MISSISSIPPI (Foxtrot)
MISTER
Recorded by Deep River Boyslennesse Ernie (Capitol), Gene Aulry(it.M.V.),(Columbia), Mills Bros. (Brunswick), Johnny Desmond (M -G -M), Johnny Dennis (Deere)Bach" withSO DEEP MY LOVE (Foxtrot)

Recorded by Toni Arden (Columbia), Lee Lawrence (Decta)

F.O. 41S.O. 3/6
KASSNER MUSIC CO. LTD.. 133A. Charing Cross Rd., W.C.2
All Enquiries"MISSISSIPPI," NOEL ROGERS (CER. 5063)"SO DEEP MY LOVE," AL LESLIE (GER. 9402)

finish out the evening in frontof his orchestra at the late night
Regent -street establishment.
Edmundo told our reporter:" I have given a great deal ofthought to the matter, and havefinally come to the conclusionthat nothing short of two
separate orchestras could dojustice to the new set-up. The
problems of travelling a complete
band, with instruments, between
the Bagatelle and the Coconut
Grove, several times in a night,

ORGANOLIANS STICK TO THE JOB

would be too formidable.

Mazer augmented

KENTUCKY WALTZ
Backed with LIGHTLY COME dc LIGHTLY GO (waltz)

THE LITTLE

YOU BELONG

WHITE DUCKTO MY HEART

Backed with BAR ROOM POLKA

Backed with CONGA BOOMSouthern Music Publishing Co. Ltd.

8, Denmark Street, London, W.C.2.

TEM. 4524" I already have a seven -piece
rumba group at the Coconut
Grove under Ronald() Mazar; itwill not be too difficult to augment this to 12. This augmentation will take place as from
November 12."In this connection, Edmundo
the three sections-brass, reeds
and rhythm-to write to him c/o
Ros asks interested musicians in

the " MM " whilst he is on holiday. He will consider all applications on his return.
Asked if Jack Nathan would beremaining at the " Grove " under
the new regime, Edmundo said:" I sincerely hope so. In addition to having a first-rate danceorchestra, Jack shines in cabaret
offerings

as one of thefinestts holiday snap, taken by reader Frank Boutei,
bandleader Jimmy Leach (right) and his bassist, Pete Ba.), preparing(lances for' an Olde Tyme Night at Shanklin Pier pavilion, iv1i,ere
Jiinitty's Organolzans are. as usual, in reszciOncp
rsi

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

Septeinbe-r. 22, 1951'

7

IF of M SEC. PADDY MALONE RESIGNSBUSINESSBOOMINGFOR GERALDO ORK.

`MY WORK IS DONE'
U.S. composer`We have founded a policy andcan carry it through'Don Heywood PATRICK J. (PADDY) MALONE, secretary of the Irish

Federation of Musicians, has handed in his resig-

coming,1

Virginia 'herenation. He is to move to the Crystal Ballroom as pianist inJohnny Devlin's Band at the end of September.
Paddy, who has been Federation Secretary for 12 years, has

DONALD HEYWOOD, Ameri- worked untiringly to further the interests of Irish musicians. " I
can songwriter and pianist, regard my work as being finished now," he told the MELODY MAKER.

I have tried to work out a long-term plan for the Federation.
composer of " I'm Coming, Vir- "We
now know how musicians should benefit, we have founded aginia " and many musicalpolicy that is to their advantage,
comedy scores, recently arrived
and we realise how best thatin England.
can be accomplished.
He is here for the production ' Ban breakers will policy' It has always been my conauof his latest show, 'tentionthat, like a Government,
Lait " (which will have a white
every organisation needs a reshuffle at intervals. For years I
tried to get the committee
IN what may have been his last haveelect a new secretary. Theyinterview with the " MM " in to
have
finallyagreed."his capacity of IFM Secretary, Mr.
Malone this week stated the result of the fight for control of Greatest achievement
British bands to Ireland.
he considered the
The IFM has come to an Asked whatachievement made byarrangement whereby the British greatest
Federation during his termMusicians' Union would inform theoffice. Mr. Malone said the fact
their members that no engage- ofthey had lasted and grownments in Ireland were to be thatstrongin numbers was the mostaccepted without previous sanc- outstanding
thing they had done.
tion from the Federation.
"
There
were several organisaShould the visiting bands
ignore this arrangement, the tions started before the Federa-be picketed'he said, " but for one
Federation would take steps to tion,"
reason or another they fellhave them boycotted.
" We will picket the ballrooms,
appeal to the relevant trades
union, and the Government if
necessary. We will see that publicity is obtained to prevent sucha band appearing," declared Mr.
Malone.
" We are absolutely determinedthat the control will be respected.
although we do not expect thatthese measures will be necessary.
We believe that the Musicians'
Union in Britain will assist us to
the utmost."

This picture, taken during a Gerald() session at the Empress

Ballroom of the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, bears out Geraldo's
statement that " Business was never better." Attendance
averaged 8,000 dancers, and approached 11,000 on Saturdaynights. Adds Geraldo: "My date -book is fuller than ever before."

Foster back on record

through. I am looking forward tobeing an executant in the band
business instead of being adviser."
The Chairman, Mr. Billy Gerrard, of the IF of M, informed the TRUMPET -vocalist -leader Teddy Foster made his first records
MELODY MAKER that he expected
for several years last week, when he etched two sides for
Malone'stoannounceMr.
Decca with his 14 -piece orchestra of six brass, five saxes and threesuccessor later this week.
rhythm.
On both sides, Teddy sings theBasil Kirchin rejoins

One number is the old" My Sweetie Went
Away," which is enjoying a revival in the States. The otheris a new composition called "A
Woman Will Get You."The record will be released in
October and will be available
both in Britain and America.
Teddy aired with his band on
Tuesday (18th), and has five
more broadcasts in the next five
weeks, on September 26. October
6, 9, 18 and 24.
He has a minimum of four onenight stands a week for several
weeks, and is to visit Ireland for
vocals.

favourite,

25 Broadway shows

and coloured cast), and antici- Foresythe sells 4
pates that it will appear in London this autumn.
Besides composing, Heywood
plays piano (he recorded West more to the U.S.
Indian music for Victor in the'twenties), and has toured the Charles Foresythe and Addie
States with a " vocal orchestra " Seamon, owners of the two
British publishing firms, Carolinof 40.
He has written or collaborated Music and Unit Music, returnedin 25 Broadway shows, including last week from a five -week visit" The Africana Revue," which to the States.
introduced Ethel Waters to
While there, they sold four
British numbers: " As Long As
Broadway.
The River Flows On," " Canyon
Canter," " The Wabbit Song," andM D A holds firstgolf tourney

to compete for the Jack Hylton weeks among the best-sellers.
Challenge Trophy.
Jack himself expects to bewatching the competitors, andwill present the cup at the Baton
Bragg for Beaton

Ball at the Savoy Hotel on October 7.
Bandleaders and musical direcwith Lew Stone
tors wishing to enter this tournament should contact Bill Sensier
Ernie Bragg has joined Lew
at 116, Shaftesbury -avenue, Lon- Stone on piano at the Pigalledon, W.I. (Gerrard 1620.)
Restaurant, W. He replaces Cohn
Beaton. who is going to Paris foran engagement with his dancer
wife at " La Nouvelle Eve."
An experienced pianist, composer and arranger, Ernie has(Continued from page 1)
played for Roy Fox. Ambrose,stead. Nat Gonella and his Norman Burns, George Colborn
Georgians, taking over on Octo- and Paul Adam, and accompaniedber 1, stay the remaining five Larry Adler. Paul Draper, Diana
Decker and Bonar Colleano.
weeks.
Ernie started at the Pigalle on
By way of a farewell from theFestival Gardens, Nat broadcasts Thursday (20th). Rev Terry has
direct from the Dance Pavilion delved with Lew Stone for three
on September 28, in the Light weeks.
Programme, from 10.20 to 10.40
p.m. This will be the first OB
from the Pavilion, except for
fleeting visits paid by roving

commentators.
Nat will retain his entire sextet

for the job at the Locarno. It
consists of Pat Rose (tnr.), Roy(tmb.), Dennis Roberts(tpt.), Johnny Farley (pno., vel.),Jack Lovell (bass) and Harry
Miller (drs.).
Bevan

Additions at present

bookedare trumpet and cornet soloist

May Birch, and Frank Cleveland,
who comes from Stan Osborne's
Band.
Nat Gonella will lead a seven piece at the Festival Gardens,
playing for dancing opposite Jan
Wildeman in the Dance Pavilion,
and presenting a twice -nightly
half-hour stage show in theAmphitheatre.
He ends his season on Hayling
Island on September 29, and has
been able to put off a three
weeks' engagement in Edinburgh, scheduled for October 1.
Both bands have been booked byagent Alf Preager.

NOW READY !

Sinding's

RUSTLE of SPRING
Arranged for
Solo Piano and Orchestraby

HARRY DEXTER
PublishedbyarrangementwithPeter's Edition, London.
KEITH PROWSE & CO. LTD.
42-43, Poland Street, London, W.1

Teddy tells the MELODY MAKER

that he is about to make somepersonnel changes, but emphasises that his style and policy

a new composition which they
have not yet started selling in

Britain, " Buttercups, Daisies andBluebells."
In under four years of business,these two firms have, with only
exception, published onlyone
A galaxy of star bandleaders
numbers.
will be " swinging it out " at British
Theircurrent hit, " Good Luck.
Wimbledon Golf Club on Tuesday Good Health,
God Bless You,"
next (25th) when they meet in has now climbed
from 19th to
the MDA's first golf tournament 16th in the " Hit Parade,"
after 32

NAT ALLEN

six days, commencing November
27, under the regis of Dublin promoter Sean Hoban.

will not be altered.
One change which can alreadybe announced is the return ofAt the Ilford Palais, pianist -leader Les Ayling (front) is appearing with his Ballroom Orchestra, consisting of (I. to r.) Harry
Pugh -Williams (vin.),' Bill Llewellyn (tnr., flute), Eddie Harris(ace., vcl.), Peter Seaman (drs.), Colin Smith (bass), and Roy
Stewart (2nd pno.). Les features " music for dancers."

The Winstone Stagecoachtakes the winter roaddrummer Basil Kirchin, whoplayed for Teddy for several
months before joining JackNathan and then moving on to
Ted Heath. Basil rejoins Teddy
on September 23, replacing Cyril
Sherman.

DeVere into Burns

Six won't go!
Former Afro -Cubist drummer
Dickie DeVere will not be joining
the Tito Burns Sextet as expected.
Instead, he is staying in Town.
Reason for this last-minutechange of plans was Dickie's
health. He was advised by his
doctor not to take a job thatwould entail extensive touring.
Among other activities, Dickie
Is temporarily filling -in for Don
Lawson, who left the Dave Davani
Sextet to replace him with Kenny

WINSTONE and his week's cine-Variety at the Ritz,
Orchestra conclude their Birkenhead.
season at Butlin's Holiday Camp,
Following this, the band enjoys
Pwllheli, today (Friday), and re- its first break for over a year
turn to London to take up a with a 10 -day holiday, returning
heavy winter commitment.
in time for another Light Pro- Graham.
broadcast on October 17.
Tomorrow night they play a gramme
air again on October 22 anddance at Llandudno. They air Theyover the Light Programme on other dates to be played during
the month are Bedford (19th), Mack trumpet for Rabin
Thursday next and next day Hinckley(20th), Hanley Sunday
Morris Mack trumpeter Murray
leave for the North for dances at concert (21st),
Wimbledon Palais
Vue, Manchester, and theis to join the Oscar
Southsea (26th), Bristol Campbell
HARRY GOLD'S 8 LOOK Belle
U.S. Officers' Club, Warrington, on (23rd),Rabin
next Monday.
(27th), and a Sunday concert at WithBand
Morrisall this season at
Friday and Saturday respectively. Dudleyon
October28.
thePalaceBallroom, Douglas,
On October 1 they open for a
81 DAYS AHEAD
They will make their first tele- IoM he replaces Bill Fuller in the
Harry Gold and his Pieces ofRabin line-up.
vision appearance on Nov. 19.
Eight have three air dates alreadylined up for the Light Programme HENDRICKS TO INGLEZ
next month.
There has been a reduction in
These are on the 9th (12 noon 12.45 p.m.), 13th (" Jazz Club "), the line-up of pianist -leader Bob
Navarro's rumba band at theand 16th (5.45-6.15 p.m.).
Hotel. W.
In the next 81 days the Pieces Washington
affected is
The musician
are scheduled to make 76 personal
appearances, and two of their five rhythm - instrumentalist John
Hendricks.
whohas
now joined" blank " days are marked down Roberto Inglez.
for broadcasts.
ERIC& D's HIT PARADE

UNLESS

Rabin
fixes big bands for
Rabin Agency is to insti-

THEtutename -band

visitsduring the coming autumn findwinter to six ballrooms in South,
West and East England. The halls
and the bookings are :Wimbledon

six ballrooms

Sharon and his New Orchestra(Sept. 24), Teddy Foster (Oct. 2), dall (Sept. 24), Teddy Foster
Burns (Oct. 4),
Ray Ellington (Oct. 9), Johnny (Sept. 27), Tito(Oct.
11).
LeslieDankworth (Oct. 16). Eric Win - Oscar Rabin
Douglascommences
his regularstone (Oct. 23), Oscar Rabin
winter season at Norwich on(Oct. 30), Vic Lewis (Nov. 6).
Coronation Ballroom, Rani s- Oct. 22.
gate.-Teddy Foster (Sept. 29),
Palais de Dance, Lowestoft.Geraldo (Oct. 6), Oscar Rabin Roy Fox (Sept. 22), Tito Burns(Oct. 13 and 27), Vic Lewis (Oct. (Sept. 29), Freddy Randall (Oct.
20), Johnny Dankworth (Nov. 3), 13), Ralph Sharon (Nov. 3),
Squadronaires (Nov. 10).
Johnny Dankworth (Nov. 10).
Majestic Ballroom, Reading.Oscar Rabin (Oct. 4 and Nov. 1),

NFJO AGM FIXED

committee.

LOVELIEST NIGHT THE YEAR

Sampson and Hercules Ball-

Norwich. - Squadronaires
Palais. - Ralph room,(tonight, Sept. 21), Freddy Ran-

The annual general meeting of
the NFJO is to be held on October 14 at the Refectory, Golders
Green, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Individual members of theorganisation are asked to contact
Secretary James Asman regarding nominations for the electionof the next year's officers andTHE

Teddy Foster (Oct. 11), Ken
Mackintosh (Oct. 113), Harry Gold

BE MY LOVEHAPPINESS(Nov. 15). Tito Burns (Nov. 22).

Full Orch's 41- each

Majestic Ballroom, Swindon.Oscar Rabin (Oct. 20) Teddy
Foster (Oct. 27), Squadronaires(Nov. 3) Eric Winstone (Nov. 10),Ralph Sharon (Nov. 17), Tito
Burns (Nov. 24), Nat Temple

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Vic Lewis (Dec. 6).

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"""1/1"`"...e.r
September 22, 1951'

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

Presenting the first part of a feature on saxes and other reeds

TECHNICAL

Saxophones and versatility
on reeds . . .
disadvantage as it took
WHEN I was first invited by tive
five clarinets to balancethe " MM to contribute aboutone
saxhornor Hugel -horn.
a few remarks on playing
Saxe, therefore, set about a
topics, I thought the task scheme to make amends andwould be easy and straight - strengthen the clarinet tone. no short cuts. However, there is on new music of any description
His first experiment was to make greater consolation in the fact for reading and everything else;
for yard.
of conical bore, wed it to
On contemplation, however, I aa tube
the harvest reaped by this and finish with another 10
clarinet -type mouthpiece and thatof sowing really does pay minutes long notes.
have come to the conclusion single-beating reed, bore some kindIf you add all that up you'll
that, to the person not so fortu- holes, and the result was a saxo- dividends.
notice it only comes to 55
nate as myself in family musi- phone.
minutes. The remaining fivecal environment, the tackling of It was a brass instrument, that An experience
minutes can be used, if you
most convenient for
an instrument is somewhat being the But
for a little rest in themake no mistake. I had the experience once, smoke,frightening and almost invari- working.
If you abstain, it can
the material of which our in- when I approached a famous middle.
be devoted to your favourite jazzably a disheartening business.. strument
is made is not acoustic - " straight " clarinettist for tui- phrasesorsnatches of bop.
There are problems of emboution, of being told there waschure. reed strength. fingeringnothing wrong with my playing Eleven per cent. of your prac-

PAGE

time is quite sufficient forthat couldn't be cured by four tice
this, as the other things are far or stops, begin again and, watchor five hours' daily practice! moreseemingly fantastic complexity.
Lessons from him would be a Theimportant.
the second hand going round,
Most of this is due, I think, toadvice of " long - ing
waste of his time, and of my notes " age-old
make a crescendo right up to a
the fact the* many semi-nros prois in many ways the healthy
money.
fortissimo by the fifth
cure a saxophone. having beendreariest of all practice subjects. second, then
JOCK
Concerning mouthpieces, he Itback tofired with ambition or bitten byneeds the utmost 'of self- silence on thediminuendotryamedium-open,
toldme
totenth.
a bop-bug-or both. and as soon(a quality all too rare
medium and medium-close-all disciplineas they can be tolerated, startInmusicians),
andisunrewardlength-with aof mediumplaying at school dances on FAU LDS
inasmuch as the progress is Relaxation
medium reed. and then practise, ing
Saturday nights.
nearly so evident as when Relax the abdomen completely
practiseandpractisemore. notMost of them practise, I be- ally significant. Fundamentally, Now, obviously, sometryingto master a difficult tech- with a few normal breaths thensince the nical passage.
lieve, but only perfunctorily. the saxophone is a conical -bore amount of time available
to the I have a couple of devices to begin all over again a semi -tone
The business of earning a liveli- clarinet and hence a woodwind semi -pro. for practice is limited.
then a semi -tone up, thenhood through the day, plus nor- instrument.
this long -note boredom. down,
tone down, and a tone up frompractice time should be worked combat
mal social intercourse, uses up
in the comfortable middle - atheoriginal
starting note until
Saxe did not succeed in his out and a routine established. Start
most of the available time.
of the instrument and,whole register has been
project, but did achieve If the period is one hour, a register
This is the more unfortunate originala clock or watch which has thecovered.
improbable. He invented a good schedule would be as withsince the saxophone in the earlier thesecond hand, start a note as If you do this every day, after
new instrument, though follows. Ten minutes long notes; aquietly
stages is one of the easiest of totallyas possible. If it fuzzes a month or so you ought to be
Therein it was not so very different from 15 minutes from the tutor exermusical instruments.
systems

and the like-all of

BY

able to extend the time of blowcise book; 10 minutes on all 12
lies the danger. One can, for a its parent.
ing considerably.
the whole of the foregoing major and 12 minor scales (andtime. jump walls before one has hasNow
CONTEST RESULTS(To be continued)
been
writtenasanintro.
to
don't
cheat!);
then10
minuteslearnt properly to walk
this: the best advice I can offer
anyone who contemplates playing
the saxophone is to start with
A necessity
the clarinet. It has been foundEventually a clarinet is recog- that, generally, although a good
ntsed as a necessity, and then clarinettist has little difficulty inthere's trouble-often of long tackling the saxophone, thestanding. too. It is evident even saxophonist rarely masters theclarinet with ease.
in otherwise good pro. saxists.
The Stapleton band is accrediThe reason for this is not hard
to seek when one considers the ted with one of the finest sax sec history of the saxophone. About tions in the country. We are, of
120 years ago, Adolphe Saxe, of course, far from satisfied, but I
THE South Britain (Western
Brussels, had been highly success- think it is highly significant that
Region) Area Final was cerful in improving brass instru- four of us were solo -clarinettists tainly a big draw for the Winterments. thereby improving the in good military hands during Gardens Pavilion, Weston -super combinations using those instru- the war. This also applies to a Mare, last Tuesday evening, whenments most-the military bands. surprising number of our top - a large crowd of dancers and band
The clarinet, hitherto supreme flight sexists-George Evans, Natattended.
in those bands, was at a compare- Temple, Joe Crossman, Frank supporters
Congratulations are due toNorman Impey, and manager
Reedy.
andDouglasearlier, Frank Weir, are the first Ashman, Band compere
Steward Les Tenby
half -dozen that occur to me.
andVernonAdcockand hisWHO'S WHERE
Orchestra-the House Band-for(Week commencing September 24)
thesmoothrunningandslickness
Clarinetsof the whole show, and to
Tito BURNS Sextet
of Entertainments Isaac
Wednesday: Lewisham
Ideally, then. I would suggest Director
who was the organiser.
Friday: Chingford
that
thebeginnerfirst gets a Davies,
The
13-piece band of Roy Allen
Saturday: Lowestoft
clarinet. Though I recommend well deserved
win, playing typiSunday: Southsea
the Boehm system, the Simple cal big band its
music with nicely
Billy COTTON and Bandsystem (with some extra keys) is scored arrangements.
Week: London Palladium
Its last
Willy
not
at
all
to
be
despised.
Johnny DANKWORTH Seven
1944.
Walker and Frank Weir are two contest entry was inQuintet
Monday: Hullwas
The Clubmen
technicians,
and
of
our
finestTuesday: Stockton
both use an extended Simple beaten into a very close second
Wednesday: Castieford
place
by
the
Russ
Jones
Sextet,system.
Thursday: Keighleysmall band
Obviously, the clarinet should with their futuristic
Friday: Huddersfield
The tenor andbe of as good quality as funds improvisation.
Saturday: DoncasterdrummeroftheClubmenwere
permit, remembering that a first
Sunday: London Palladium
worth their individual
quality second-hand instrument well
DELTA RHYTHM BOYS
wereawards,
while
good
solos
much to be preferred to an inWeek: Empire Theatre, Finsbury isheard from the guitarist andferior cheap new one.
Park
The leaders of the first three bands at Streatham pose for the
The next requirement is a good pianist in the Jones outfit.
Ray ELLINGTON Quartet" MM" cameraman. Left to'right: Brian Jenner, Ronnie Honer
orthodox teacher, and again obFriday: Cambridge(winner) and Jimmy Kerr.
viously it is only common sense
Saturday: Sheffield
that,
say,
a
courseoffivelessons
THE
SOUTH
BRITAIN(WESTERN
Sunday: Blackpool
5.30 p.m., and had to make a (Ron Cox), of Fred Hedley and hisfrom the principal of a symphony
REGION) AREA FINAL
Harry GOLD and Pieces of Eightcar journey to Streatham Band. There was no individual award
orchestra is to be preferred to 20 Judges: Leslie Evans, Ralph Sharon, hectic
Monday: Liverpool
fromhmiissihutopmetaot Btoniumrnpeemeleuatdhe.r for Clarinet.
lessons from an inferior player. Charles Short.
Tuesday: Southport
If
all
this
soundsdrearyadviceHon, MentionsA for: Trumpet (Brian
Wednesday: Porthcawl
Brian Jenner upset his playing Jenner),to those fanatically eager to get For the " MM ": Jack Pavey.
of Brian Jenner and hla
Thursday: Wilmslow
when
his
band
went
on
first
in
Music,
and Ronnie
Horler, of Ronnie
ahead,
I'm
sorry,
but
there
are
Winners: ROY ALLEN AND HIS
Friday: Blackburncontest.
Horler and his Music.
Trombone.
BAND (2 altos, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 theSaturday: Manchester}fie
injuredhisshoulderasthe
Bob Pratte, of Fred Hedley and his
trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, bass stand revolved, but had
Sunday: Morecambe
recovered band. Tenor (Edgar Morrisl, of
anddrums).
All
come.
to
Roy
Allen,Ted HEATH and Mush)Contest Fixtures 4, Trinity -street, Gorseinon, Swansea. madeenough by the time his band Brian Jenner and his Music.
Week: Shepherd's Bush Empire
its permitted second
LEEDS. - Thursday, September 20
Vic LEWIS and Orchestra
Second: RUSS JONES AND HIS attempt at the end of the contest(7.30 p.m. -1 a.m.), at The Locarno, SEXTET
Friday: Bridlington(clarinet, clarinet / tenor,
Saturday: Wisbech
CountyArcade,Briggate.
THE piano, guitar, bass and drums). All to he able to guide it into second

Roy Allen and Ronnie Horler
win at Weston and Streatham

Sunday: Hanley
Monday: Norwich
Wednesday: Bognor
Friday: Leighton

Freddy RANDALL and Band

Saturday: King's Lynn
Week: London Palladium
TANNER SISTERS
Week: Empire Theatre, Leeds
Sugar Chile ROBINSON

place.
to Russ Jones, 4. LlysgwynFrom the dancers' point of view
terrace, Pontardulais, Swansea.
the winning band might not have
THE CLUBMEN QUINTET seemed the best, but the adjudiPrice of tickets 3/-, obtainable from (2Third:
tenors, piano, bass and drums). cators stressed that they were
The Locarno Ballroom
corns. to D. Green, 54, Provident - forced to judge on musical ability
THE 1951
MELODY MAKER " Allplace,
Bridgwater, Somerset.
and arrangements. There was a
ALL -BRITAIN FINAL WILL BE HELDAT THE KING'S HALL, BELLE VUE,
Individualist Awards for: Alto long discussion to decide the
MANCHESTER, ON SUNDAY, OCTO- (Bernard Hanna), Trumpet (Terry second and third places.
BER 14, 1951.
Small), Baritone (Roy Allen), all of
the Roy Allen band. Tenor (Jack Impressed
Chesser), Drums (Don Green), of the
C lubmen Quintet Bass (John The judges remarked that they
Turner), of the Swing Stars Sextet. are becoming more impressed
Clarinet (David Glynne). Piano with the efforts of contesting(Russ Jones), 'Guitar (Keith Morgan), bands nowadays to tackle scoring
all of the Russ Jones Sextet.
far in advance of anythingNORTH

BRITAIN

AREA

FINAL.

Bands-The George Murphy
Orchestra and the Tommy Allan Trio.
Hoase

corns.

Hon.

mond

Mentions

James), of

for: Tenor (Raythe Russ Jones

tcihitherto attempted.
It shows that the standard has

Clarinet (Mervyn Bamsey), risen considerably both musically
Piano (Arthur Andrews), of The Club- and mentally, and even if these
Sextet,ambitious ideas do not always
come off, the bands deserve thegreatest possible credit for attempting them. These remarks
were particularly inspired by the*modernistic, but debatable, perTHREE dramas took place back- formance of Ronnie Horler andstage during the 1951 South his Music.
Britain (Southern Region) Area The house bands for the evenFinals, at the Streatham Locarno, ing were Stan Osborne and hisband and the Billy Harrisonon Thursday of last week.
Dennis Roe, lead -trumpet with Quartet. The contest was admirFred Hedley, was not billed to ably handled by Locarno manager
appear because he was on holi- Tom Reid on behalf of Mecca
men Quintet.

Outstanding Musician: Piano (Russ

Jones), of the Russ Jones Sextet.

day, but at 1 a.m. on Thursday Dancing.
he telephoned Fred and asked
him if he could take his usual THE 1951

Selmer/or

LES

GILBERT
YOUR

first

step tosuccess is to write"Selmer Sax Folder"
on a p.c. to-Selmer114, Charing Cross Rd.;
LondonW.C.2

place in the band.
Fred agreed, and Dennis madeSOUTH
BRITAINREGION)
AREA
FINAL
Judges: Leslie Evans, Johnny Dank -(SOUTHERN

a dash from the North of England to his home at Watford, worth, Charlie Short.
where a friend was waiting with amotor -cycle to take him on the For the " MM ": Chris Hayes.
pillion to Streatham. Dennis Winners: RONNIE HORLER AND
arrived with only a few minutes HIS MUSIC (trumpet, tenor, piano,
to spare and his substitute, Lew bass, drums). All corns. to R. Horler,

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Detrimental

Second: BRIAN JENNER AND HISMUSIC (trumpet, two altos, twoThis last-minute change, and tenors, piano, bass. drums, vocalist).

WORLD-FAMOUS'KOSIKUP'

the fact that Dennis Roe had not All corns, to B. A. Jenner, 1, South MOUTHPIECE for
Pavilion. Loose -road, Maidstone,
played at any of the band's re- ParkTRUMPET and TROMBONE
hearsals for the contests probably Kent.
effect,adetrimental
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Third: JIMMY KERR AND HIS Cushion rim, heavily silver
although it hardly accounted for ORCHESTRA (trumpet, two altos, two plated, supplied in shallow or

the astonishing collapse of the tenors, baritone, piano, bass, drums).
band, after many decisive vic- All corns. to J. Kerr, 39 Acacia -road,tories in contests over a period Merryoak, Southampton.
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Individualist

Awardsfor:

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THE MELODY NRICER AND RHYTHM

9JAZZ REVIEWS BY SINCLAIR TRAILLA jazz throne changes hands!

Hot Gospel-and theother kind of revivalism

There will be some of you, of
Pat Hawes's piano solo is somecourse, who have not yet " got what under -recorded and soundswith " this gospel -singing music. a bit thumpy, but it certainly has
I can only urge you strongly to a barrelhouse atmosphere quite
I'm Glad Salvation Is Free
give this record some attention.
in keeping with the general style(Vogue V302)
the music.
Sandwich It, if you like, be- ofThegospel song on the reverse
Act. by Herbert Francis (organ) on tween other recordings by the
first title: Francis, Mildred Falls really greatest of jazz musicians, is taken much faster, and the(Ono.) and Samuel Patterson (gtr.) and you will soon see the close ensembles are better knit thanon second. Recorded New York City, connection between this singing on the slower blues side.
The passage for the two cornets
12 1,50.
and the finest blues.
" The Last Mile Of The Way " is interesting, if only for the fact
WHEN Max stated, in an earlier is a spiritual. The accompani- that they have managed to proindividual sound.
review of Mahalia Jacksonby her regular organist, duce adoquite
not play perfectly to(- MM," 2/6/51), that to hear ment,
Herbert Francis, is perfect, and They
gether, but they produce a swing,
her for the first time was a mem- Mahalia sings with anintensityorable experience, he was guilty and depth that will really stir and they do sound hot.
of a typical British understate- you. Her tone and diction are
ment. The first hearing comes faultless and she builds this side Accurate
almost as a physical shock, so to a wonderful climax.
vivid is the ardour of her singing.
The other side will probably The clarinettist has plenty of
We have read just how the early prove of greater interest
to theto show what an exjazz musicians felt when they newcomer to this type of music, opportunitycellent jazz player he is, his fillwere first introduced to the sound for it is more rhythmic and is ins during the final ensemblesof Bessie Smith's voice: you can sung to a normal 4-4 beat.
very accurate and full of
get a like thrill if this is going Mahalia really rocks this gospel being
power-it is a pity his solo spot
to be your introduction
MAHALIA JACKSONThe Last Mile Of The Way/

And here ,s ore change -over ac,a.a...i.g taking place. Bechcc,
outgoing soprano and Page's incoming trumpet snake thefabric of New Orleans music, 1951.

IT Was a great night. Not quite as great as the day when

Sidney Bechet got married-but his return to Paris tohand over his stand at the Vieux Colombier to Hot Lips Page
was definitely a jazz occasion.

Be drove up to the club accompanied by his wife andCharles Delaunay; Andre Rewelliotty s band, which has takenover from Luter at the Vieux Colombier, was on the pavement outside to greet them.

They played " Maryland "-and brought enough police tothe spot to quell a riot! Don't ask me why.
In the usual cave atmosphere of thick smoke and cognac.
bride and bridegroom sat. like royalty in their places ofhonour, right in front of Andre's band

Flowers and champagne
There were flowers in profusion and champagne. The fans,still wearing beach dress from Juan les Pins, surged round
Sidney, shaking his hands and wishing him a safe return toFrance in three or four months' time.
At eleven -thirty came the time for the official change -over.
Hot Lips appeared, wearing a white jacket and carrying aTurkish towel over his arm.
Sidney stepped down from the " throne," brought out his
instrument and prepared to play, with Hot Lips, the tune
which would provide the bridge releasing Sidney for somemonths and bringing Hot Lips to the scene.
Rarely have I heard two great artists play so happily together.
Their timing was perfect. Each one felt the other's pulse andheld back to give his partner his head. Sidney treated us tosome magnificent improvisation and fingerwork.
His playing was so smooth and inventive that it was evident
that he was enjoying himself. I feel sure that the presenceof Hot Lips was responsible.
And what of the " trumpeteer "? Hot Lips held some noble
top register notes for what sounded like minutes. He gave
us examples of some remarkable chromatic playing-and as
for swingeven the fans sitting on the floor had to sway
like branches in a wind.
When it was all over the fans screamed for more-and Bechettalked.
He would be back-but his absence would not be felt, for agreat musician would replace him: " Mr. Hot Lips Page."
Then Hot Lips spoke into the mike. He called Paris " Paradise," and the fans screamed. He asked Sidney to acceipt a
little gift, which turned out to be a leather pocketbook. The
scene ended, but the music continued.-HENRY KAHN.
.

.

.

to song but, although she sings with is so very under -recorded.
great swing (for want of aDuring both sides you will hear

Mahalia.

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DELETIONS
1S promised, we begin thisweek the listing of records
to be deleted from the EMI
catalogues on January 31 next

better word), there is at all times odd shouts and grunts in thethat extraordinarily reverent feel- background. They are, I suppose,ing.
meant to help create atmosphere,
Here at last is someone whose but they merely sound as if therecords you can justifiably stack recording engineer was not too
alongside those of Bessie Smith. well, and I find they detract fromcareful listening.
THE CRANE RIVER JAZZ BAND

has started with the Blue Label(Melodist 1030)
Ken Colyer, Sonny Morris (come s),
Ray Orpwood (tmb.), Monty Sunshine(clt.), Pat Hawes (ono.), Ben Marshall(bjo.), Julian Davies (bass), Cyril
Louth (drs.).
Recorded London,
March 22. 1951.

Louis Armstrong Hot Five

old-time New Orleans sound it
had been striving for since its

year.
Wallington
collector
W.
McGhie, who sends these details,

COLLECTORS'CORNER

Dauphin Street Blues
Just A Little While To Stay Here

(Edited by Max Jones and Sinclair Trail!)

has a visitor

Parlophone cut-outs.
Because of the unusually heavy
demands on our space this week. JUDGING by the performance
we can only print a portion ofthis record, and on thethe Parlophones. Our comments otherson
previously reviewed ("MM,"on the disappearing items are
9/6/511. it seems a great pity thatheld over until next week.
this interesting band had to split
up just when it was achieving theR2292 Once In A While/Squeeze Me
R2282 Fireworks/Two Deuces

inception.

There were faults in the band,
such as a frightful lack of dynaLouis Armstrong Orchestra
mics
which meant not nearly
RZOi After You've Gone-Venuti enough diversity of sound. And
Blue Fourtherhythmsection, in its endeaR753 I Can't Give You Anything vours to produce a solid beat, beBut Love; Ellis
came
much
too heavy-the result
8865 Peanut Vendor/You're Lucky being a rhythm which, while It
To Me
had
beat,
was
apt to sound much
R942 Tiger Rag/Ellington
too ponderous.

Svend Asmussen Sextet
DP152Miss Annabel Lee/Sweet Sue

Buddy Banks Sextet
R:3121 Banks Boogie/Flurry's Debut

Team work
However, here was a hunch ofboys who really worked as a team.

Each knew what his neighbour
Count Basie and his All-American was doing, and they were able toproduce a uniformity of sound "THEN Sidney
Rhythm Section
ionelmcalled52982 Royal Garden Blues/ Basie not to be heard anywhere else thisonthelastciiet
weekside of the water.
Orchestrahelistened(alongwith
HumExcept for the clarinettist,
phrey
Lyttelton,
Denis
Preston
whose
work
I
find
extremely
inCount Basic Orchestra
Max Jones) to King Oliver's
5.2982 The Jitters, Basle All-Anzeri- teresting. there was no outstand- "andKrookedBlues " / " Alligatoring musician in the band, but all Hop."ea nR2992 Red Bank Boogie/Jimmy's were strong for jazz, and knew
The unidentified clarinettist on
what they wanted and which way
they were going.
In time we might have heard
something outstanding and origiBarney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
nal
from this group.
R3175 Derni-Tasse/Jazz a la Carte" Dauphin Street Blues " istaken
at a very slow tempo. It
Chicago Rhythm Kings (Rhythm gets off to a rather shaky start,
makers)theleadcornet not being any too
R2312 Who Stole The Lock? Somecertain, but the band soon settles
one Stole Gabriel's Horndown. and by the end of therecord the music has become easy
Di Ceglie E II Suo Re -Bop Style
DPQ2 Ad Tempo Del Can CaniDon and relaxed.
Blues

R.2012

BamboiThe Mad Boogie

Ramon

DPQ8 Harlem.

these has been thought to be

Dodds or Bailey. but there is muchdisagreement. Bechet claimed it

was neither, said the player was
Lorenzo Tio. Jnr. We have nonote of Tio's ever having recorded in Chicago.

Bechet left for the States last

Monday; we now look forward to
Big Bill's arrival and his Kings Hall
(22nd).

wayconcerts

tomorrow

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R 942 Old Man Blues/Armstrong

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Crescendo In Blue/Harmony

In Harlem

Jazz news from Switzerland

lowdown blues as well as the
OTHELLA STROZIER is themost modern jive tunes.
By Jonny Simmen
big craze of Switzerland
She personifies in our country
now. A former dance and singwhat there is of good jazz;in an outstanding session today
she, together with great artists
ing star of the Katherine Dun- gether,
some
great
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and
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like
Joe
Turner and Glyn Paque.
ham company, she is now settled
Present at this party were BillAt the beginning of her stay indown in Zurich and happily Coleman's whole band, with Switzerland
she wasted her
Bishop on drums, Glyn talents by singing
married to engineer Peter Wallywith amateur
Joe Turner, Sidney Dixieland bands, using
who is also her Paque,Wydler,a kind ofBechet, and all the dancers and jazz which was not quite
up hermanager.
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thisThis little lady is about the only Fields's Afro-American company, great little artist is more insinger in the country covering as well as some Swiss musicians. contemporary groove, and thata
jazz from the old tunes up to Othella is not only one of the right now she is featuring herthe latest jump songs, and sing- greatest dancers of her time, but self in a strictly 1951 style which
ing them to perfection.
she is really somebody to keep
her talents much better.
Some time ago she put to - the jazz fraternity hip with the suits
Husband Peter Wydler's occupations aren't restricted, however,to his wife's musical activities.
Arvell Shaw. Louis Armstrong's
fig
featured bass player for over six
years, just arrived in. Switzerland, and Peter quickly took overas the great man's manager.

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1951'

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A READER TAKES THE BBC TO TASK FOR THE PAUCITY OF ITS JAZZ OFFERINGS'If it wasn't for the Continental programmes, myradio would stay mute...

IAGREE most wholeheartedly commercial stuff from beginningwith what Maurice Burman to end. At one time I can evensays regarding the BBC and jazz remember hearing an occasional
1" MM," 15/9/51).
" Fats " or Goodman disc on
When onecomparesthe " Family Favourites," but itover by someone of the Ray Ellington doing " Ooh Thatamountoflisteninghours
theappears that the people respon- is quite cheap even for Lower sided
various
Edmundo Ros/Roberto Inglez Kiss " and Vic Lewis doing "HeatContinental
stations sible for compiling those pro- Manhattan.
You just bring a jug of beer calibre. - Nigel G. Hunter, Wave."devote
to
jazz,
the
BBC
is
just
a
grammesaresmittenwith
thebarren waste. In fact, if it same disease.
Perhaps you could then prevailover to your table and you're Morden, Surrey.
upon some of the record comwasn't for these programmes
In the evening, while the Con- right for the night.-Co/in Grant, LATIN-AMERICAN MUSIC
paniesto issue a handful of thosefrom the Continent, my wireless tinent is rocking to a cross- RMS "Caronia," Southampton.
which there is the greatest
would stay mute for good.
section of the world's best jazz
IWOULD like to second that for
demand.
- Paul V. D. Horne,suggestion by Dior O'Brien Welwyn Garden
Surely this country has a large ("ancient or modern ") we areCity.
rocked by the proverbial
enough jazz following to luet16
that
the
"
MM
"
shouldgiveabit
MELODYor someBedtimeofspace to Latin-American USE OF THE CLAVIOLINE
more than 30 minutes a. Week " Boo.
scientificcharacterbabbling
inmusic.
(and even that 30 minutes lacks
with interest your frontMAKER
plenty). The symphony concert- terminably.
Up to now the only reviews I READ
page article concerning
For heaven's sake, BBC. shake
have been of Mambos by Prado
goers seem to be well catered for
MAILBAGoff the bias that shackles you to-why not the jazz folk?
Machito and Burke. They were Ralph Sharon and his new featuresame old dreary routine.
only reviewed because they were hand (" MM," 1/9, 51).
When one does get an occa- theI thought perhaps it might beYour programmes have about asjazz influenced, while the truesional hearing of our (so called) .much
as
a
hunch
of
gout
music
of South America has of interest to you and your Prolife
best bands, it is the same old ridden Colonels at a temperance
vincial readers to know that I andbeen ignored.
garden party. -David F. Nichols, I WOULD like to second Dior
HMV have a wide list of Latin- my four -piece hand have been
O'Brien's suggestion i" MM," American records on their GV specially featuring the new
Leeds 6.
15/9/51)foracolumntobeseries,and the DC Columbia " Clavioline " for the past six
A GREAT JAZZ CONCERT
devoted to Latin-American music, label has all the latest Xavier weeks.
We play at the Chelwood andI HAVE just returned from New its trends and aspects.
Cugat records on it, as well as
York, where I witnessed a As reader O'Brien stated, all two good mambo records by District Welfare Association Club,
where
we are under contract until
Humberto
Morales.
-RobertA.
otherstylesarecoveredpracticjazz concert in Greenwich
I NOTE that a certain Mr. Leon greatat the Styvesant Casino, ally without exception, yet L -A Carr, Billinghani-on-Teesi, Co. March 31, 1952. The instrument
Casel-Gerard has engaged Villageisprovinga great attraction andentirely
Durham.
music
isalmostowes much popularity tofor the Orchid Room " a special- whichasset to my hand. -(Mrs.) Kathneglected.
ity act, consisting of six roving the late Bunk Johnson.
ANOTHER POLL?
leen
Hughes.
Broadgreen, Liverin
thePersonnelchangesOn the stand during the five - better-known bands are briefly Wiiior
violinists, costumed and masked, hour
run an rtnsnualkpionlgi pool.
performance were Max
and known as 'The Venetians ' Kaminsky,
yourrecorded,andoccasional
pictures
Roy Eldridge, Gus
MIKE DANIELS BAND(" MM," 15/9/51).
to name the six records THE
Williams, Omer of some groups appear, but next themwould
HEARD the broadcast by Mike
He did not engage the cus- Aitken, Sandy
most like to buy, but 1Frank Signorelli, Tony to nothing on the music they they
tomary rumba band because Simeon,
Daniels's Delta Jazz Band,.1
are unable to do so because:
Morey Feld and Bob play.
last week by Maurice" dressing up a few musicians in Sbarbaro,(a) they are deleted from the reviewed
Record reviews are extremely
Wilbur.
Burman-and although I am notcoloured shirts and passing them
except for a few in mambo catalogues;
outstanding playing was rare,a"mouldyfig." I do agree comoff as a rumba -band is an insult byThe
(b)
they
have
never
been
and
Mr.
Burmanseems
Omer Simeon, Max, Roy, and vein,
pletely with Maurice's award toto the intelligence of the public." someonly to review a Latin-American issued in this country;
kazoo
and
trap
work
by
the
group
of
a " Baublette."
(c)
they
have
never
been
made
group
when
they
are
sharinga
Does Mr. Leon Casel-Gerard,
whose name, plus
It does seem strange that thiswith an ordinary at all.
then, imagine he is paying a Sbarbaro.
Signorelli's, conjures up the radio snot
For
example,
(a)
Harry
Roy
:s
hand,
which
has been under the
the
then
Even
band.
dance
tribute to the intelligence of the ODJB.
men only get the tail -end " Casa Loma Stomp " and Ted noses of the old-time critics for
public by dressing up a few
Also with Simeon added we rumba
Lewis'"
Dallas
Blues
";
(b)
Tony,
so
long,
has
to be brought intoof the last paragraph.
violinists in cloaks and masks and have memories of Morton.
A few paragraphs a week would Pastor's " Making Whoopee" and prominence by a modernist
passing them off as Venetians? These shows go on every Friday suffice,Fats
Rosetta';
Wailer's(c)writer!
-V.
Irving.
London. E.1.
I
think.
Especially
if
preJohn B. McLean, S.W,4.
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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM'12PROVINCIAL PALMS FIX WINTER SEASON BANDSPERSONALITIESManchester bandleader to
AMER TROMBONE take over Baths Ballroom
AFTER four seasons as bandleader at

ERNIE MILLS TO LEAD AT

AT WEDDING OF

ROCHDALE CARL TON
October 1, there will be new faces on

FROM
the bandstand at the Carlton Ballroom,
Rochdale.. Tenor-saxist Ernie Mills is to takeover with his band in succession to Emrys

Harpurhey Baths Ballroom, Manchester,
trumpet -arranger Rae Allan recently bid successthe winter season tenancy of the
Broadway Baths Ballroom, Moston, where he will
open with his ov,-fi band on October 12.
fully forGriffiths and his Band, who have been in residence there since Easter, 1948.
Changes at this famous ballroom (from where
many of the BBC's " Saturday Night at the
Palais " broadcasts were heard during the '40s)
are so rare as to. occasion considerable surprise.
Freddie Platt held down the job from its opening
in 1932 until 1948-apart from two summer
seasons when, with Freddie away at the coast,
Tommy Smith and his Band filled the gap.
Emrys Griffiths, pianist in Freddie's band, took
over when the latter left to succeed Joe Kirkham
at Blackpool's Tower Ballroom, where he stillholds the baton.

The M2nchester COrporation has installed a

new dance floor, and Rae has spared no expense
in installing new lighting, furnishings, etc., anda bandstand which he has built himself fromplans sent over by a cousin in Los Angeles of aformer Hollywood Sunset Boulevard club stand.
FIFTEEN -PIECEHe Is now forming his band, which will be fifteen
trombone, three rhythm and two vocalists. It will
include several men who were with him last winter.
Already fixed are vocalists Noreen Day andJohnny Ashley, lead alto Roger Fleetwood and lead
trumpet George Burt.
During the summer months Rae has been leading at the New State Ballroom (Blackley Palais).

strong and comprise five saxes. four trumpets,

IN NORTH WALES
Ernie Mills, too, is an ex -Freddie Platt sideman,
being at the Carlton until 1948, when he moved
over to Bolton Palais, and later joined Harry Roy.
After war service with the Royal Marines, during
which he was fortunate enough to be able tocontinue his musical activities. Ernie (in 1946)
took a five -piece to the Embassy Restaurant,
Colwyn Bay, where he remained for two years.
He later led at the Winter Gardens and Majestic
Ballrooms, Llandudno. at which latter venue he is
On Thursday last week (13th), Garry Brown, ex -George Evansjust concluding a year's run.
trombonist now with Charles Amer was married at centuries -oldHis personnel for the Rochdale booking is
Stranton Church, West Hartlepool, to Miss Phyl Norman. inalready complete and will comprise (in addition tothis " MM" picture are (1. to r.) Charles Amer, the marriedhimself on tenor) Les Percy (alto), Johnny Evanscouple, Ivy Benson (Matron of Honour) and George Evans.
(tnr.), Jimmy Phillips (bari.),on Scott (tpt.), Arthur Turner(drs.), Jimmy Stackhouse (bass),
Alan Blomerley (pno.), and analto yet to be fixed.
RONNIE HOWES, 20 -year -old Dublin vocalist, will be resident
singer with Radio Eireann's new edition of " Beginners.

BILL NEIL'S FIFTH
ST. ANDREW'S YEAR

7i ILL NEIL, whose band has tenanted Glasgow St.
1..1 Andrew's Halls since dancing was introduced
there four years ago, has opened the new winterseason playing to good crowds.
Three new members of the
Swingtette are Bobby Kelly(alto). Leon Swirsky (tnr.) andAlex Bailey (bass and piano), whohave been brought in to join previous members Reggie Scott(alto), Jimmy Kelly (tnr.), Tommie O'Neill (drs.) and Bill himself
on piano.

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21st Birthday
Celebrations forLiverpool Graham Please,"
which commences in October and runs until January,1952.
Bradford Gaumont Millar.
New vocalist is 22 -year -old Lana
Ronnie became Dublin's starsigns new vocalist singer
almost overnight following
HOTELIER
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On
Mondaynext,
theGaumont
Bill Neil, an art teacher in a
his engagement by former Thea-

Ballroom, Bradford, celebrates its Glasgow school and a talented

Latest recruit to the ranks ofRoyal MD Peter Rose. He has
Hal Graham's Band at the Rialto tre
Ballroom, Liverpool. is ex -Tommy broadcast a number of times durthe past year, and is justSampson bassist -vocalist Drew ing
his summer season atWayne, who starts with the band finishingwith Phil Murtagh.
for its date at the USAF NCOs' Mosney
On
September
21, 22 he will
Club at Burtonwood on Septem- be guest vocalist 20,
With the Royellaber 30.
Molesworth
theatSwingtette,
To start off the winter season
Adelaide Ballroom andat the Rialto, the management is Hall,
this week running a " Glamour " Sandford Club.
Earlier this month Roy Fox
competition, the prize for which madehim an offer to sing withis a two weeks' holiday at theRonnie had comHotel Transatlantique, Biskara, his band, but
Algeria. plus a return flight by mitments here and turned itout
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conducted by the Rev. Geoffrey ballroom, the Winter Garden Wolverhampton,
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behind at Torquay owing toHymns were played by Freddie from the Crystal band.
and for Ronnie's Sunday
Platt and the Tower Band, the Joe Coughlin, of the Crystal illness,concertat Dudley Hippodrome
choir was augmented by members band, will take over the baton in on September
9, Barry Phelps, aof the Tower Ballet. The Hum- the Winter Garden. As yet there
Coventry
bandleader and former
ming Birds from Lawrie Wright's is no definite information as to Hancox musician,deputised.
"part.
On with the Show " also took the personnel of the orchestra.
ADDITIONS.-Ted Astleyat SaleLido, Manchester, has signed Geoff
Walker on lead alto; Kay-wife of

due to appear at Hull, City Hall fora Sunday evening concert this Sunday(23rd), and the Johnny Dankworth
Seven will play for dancing there on
held the position of Entertainments
and Publicity Manager to the Fleetwood Corporation since S,1:ptember,
1947, has been appointed Director ofForeshore, Entertainments and Publicity to the Skegness Council. At
Skegness Mr Bosworth will be responsible for the management of the
Embassy Ballroom.

MAPLE LEAF FOUR are to appear
in the all-star concert at Birmingham
Hippodrome this Sunday, in aid of
the Jewish National Fund. Norman
MacLeod, leader of the group, married
Bunty Gordon, daughter of comedianHarry Gordon, in Glasgow recently.
ERNIE WATSON, noted Hull trumpeter, who has been resident withCeres Harper's Band at Bridlington
during the summer, is due to- leavethat
combination
thisSunday.

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cluded,Ronnie Hancox and his
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month, but it is expected Orchestra
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water. This year's service was changes
personnel, since it is Saturday and at the Civic Hall,
held on September 9 and was rumouredofthat
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known in the South from hisband at the Olympic for the Frank Gatty (drs.).
season.

should see Ernie again

taking his place with the Newington(LA RONDE)

been allocated to two of &TWO
closest friends, Harry Clements
and Bert Osborne.
Harry was Sim's pianist -manager for 16 years, and Bert is wellments for the winter season. building was opened in 1936.
Phil Murtagh returns to theBoth have stated to the " MM "Metropole Ballroom from Mosney that all the boys that Sim used
Holiday Camp to open the season would be retained.
this Sunday, September 23.
Bert at present leads a 12 -piece
Pat Moran. resident at the Four outfit at the Guildhall. the lineProvinces Ballroom all summer, up of which includes Ru Davis,
continues there for the winter, Des McCloskey, Roy Collins, Berwhilst Niall Kearns and his nard Hartland and Harold Welch
Orchestraremain on the stand (saxes), Taffy Evans and Bob
at Clery's. Alan Beale will go Lewis (tpts.), Jim Berry (tmb.),
ahead with his talent contest to Tom Pudney (pno.). Jock Goyns
determine who will sing with his (gtr.), Spike Lee (bass) andchanges are expected on
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