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EVERY FRIDAY - 6d.

RABIN BAND BOOKED FOR SEASONAT STRAND LYCEUM
BAKER CUTS FIRST PARLO. SIDES

Band's first London residence
for twelve years

NEVA SINGS ABLUE NOTE

the first time for nearly twelve years, Oscar
FORRabinand his Band are to play a resident engagement in London. The entire touring and broadcasting
band will appear at the Lyceum Dance Hall, in the
Strand, for a season, commencing on November 5.
The band will play every afternoon and evening, except
Monday, when it will have a day off. Oscar's last resident

engagement was at the Hammersmith Palais and wasbrought to an end by the outbreak of war in 1939.

There is one change in Oscar's
Decca launch new trombone
section, Charlie Messenger replacing Jack Walters.
The
other
trombonists are Kenstrict -tempo ork Wray and Tommy
Cook. Charlie

ANEW and ambitious strict - Messenger, who comes from Eric
tempo dance orchestra has Winstone at Butlin's, Pwllheli,

been formed in London by joined Oscar on Monday (23rd)
famous ballroom dancing cham- at the Grafton Rooms, Liverpool.
The Kenny Baker band cut
pion and former dance -band
its first sides for Parlophone
News from Harrymusician Wally Fryer.
last Tuesday, and in this
Geraldo's Embassy
picture Kenny is seen
Vocalist Marion Davis, who session
It comprises four saxes, three
chatting with vocalist Joanviolins, trumpet, two pianos, recently married Eric Winstone
and pianist Davebass and drums, and will make tenorist Ronnie Keen, is at pre- Brook
Milne, newcomers to thenon -vocal discs strictly for sent with her husband atgroup. Titles cut were "I
Pwllheli, but remains underdancers.
Can't Get Started" and" I Only Have Eyes For You."The new outfit is already contract to Oscar Rabin.
under contract to Decca and cut News from Oscar's partner,(Saturday)
its first sides for the company compere and conductor Harry
FROM
tomorrow
there
will be open-air dancon Wednesday (25th.
The Davis, who is on a visit to his
BALL
AND
KINSEYing provided by Geraldo's Emorchestra is also booking many vocalist daughter Beryl inBand at the Festival of
America, is that he has been ill IN DOUBLE WEDDING bassy
priyate dates for the winter.
Britain South Bank site on two
Before achieving success as a with internal trouble, but,nightsaweek.
dancer, Wally Fryer played following a period in hospital, PIANIST Ronnie Ball and
Directed by drummer Cecil
is now well and about again.
drums and sax.
drummer Tony Kinsey, who Black and led by violin-clarinetare close friends and reside to- saxist Mickey Seidman, thegether, will participate in a Embassy Band will play from 9
double wedding at Caxton Hall. to 11 p.m. every Tuesday andWestminster, on August 11.
Saturday in a colourful atmo-

Band to play inglow of Skylon

Neva Raphaello sings a blues

into the telephone. At theother end of the line is the
manager of Chicago's Blue
Note. Result : Neva will ap-

pear at the Blue Note thisautumn. (Full story on p. 6.)

Roy Fox signs four modernists for Ronnie, who is with Frank
Whispering Rhythm
AMONG the stars signed. by Roy Fox for his new band,

FOREMAN FIRSTAT SILVERSTONE

which starts a countrywide tour next week, are 17 -year old drummer and vibraphonist Victor Feldman, Afro -Cubist

trumpeter Jo Hunter, bassist Lennie Bush and tenor-saxist
Pat Bateson.
The band will be known asMUSICIANS PLAN Roy Fox and his Whispering'MODERN NM,

Rhythm.

Janet Webster (vets.) and a five piece string section led by Jerry
Parry.

driving in
On August 3, a 27 -year -oldnine -seater Rolls-Royce, seven

TIN PAN ALLEY RAG
THE klINIIITE WALTZ
And the over -night Radio SensationLast Saturday at Silverstone,
BBC producer John Foreman
entered his 1923 Bentley in
two events at the Bentley
Drivers' Club meeting. Com-peting for the first time, hecame second in the Sprint
race and won the five -laps
Handicap for 3 -litre cars.
Former " Jazz Club" pro-

WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG

kiAGGIE BLUES

THE WRIGHT ORCHESTRAL CLUB - 24 Nos. - 24/ Telephone
LON DON, W.C.2 TEMple Bar 2141
19, DENMARK ST.,LAWRENCE WRIGHT

ducer Mark White (now Production Manager of Empress
Hall) took this shot of John
(one of his successors on the
programme) standing by his
victorious Red Label "Bent."

feet high, will leave Manchester
World-famous conductor Leo- on its way to London. Within
pold Stokowski heard the groups will be the members of theof Kenny Graham and Ronnie Saints Jazz Band; on the roof
Ball at Studio '51 on Wednesday will be their instruments. With
night, and said : " The music isa stop -off at the Victoria Ball- AMBROSE AND CAVEZ
very interesting."
Accompanied by his wife, the room, Chesterfield, for a dance
Vanderbilt.
formerGloriaevening, they expect to HOLIDAY FROM CIRO'S. Stokowski spent half an hour in that
London the following day.
Ciro's Club is to close for two
the club, his presence unknown reachThen they will begin a three- weeks from August 4 to 20 while
to the fans who milled around day
jazz club visit to the Lon- the staff take a summer holiday.
him. Also with him were Decca's
Hufh Mendl and " MM's " Max don Jazz Club on August 4, theIt is understood that when
Jones.
Wood Green Jazz Club on the Club reopens the music will
Stokowski expressed a liking August 5. and the London Jazz again be supplied by Ambrosefor Graham's percussion, and Club again on August 6.
both he and his wife were very They have been booked into and Francisco Cavez.
impressed by Dicky Devere's
these clubs by the Wilcox
drumming.
The conductor declined to talk Organisation as a result of their Mona Baptiste off
while the groups were playing. success at the Royal Festival
In one interval he said, " The Hall Concert of July 14.
music is very interesting, but I
on Continental tour
(Continued on page 6)
think some of those boys would
have sounded better if they
Mona Baptiste is leaving
didn't have so many musical
Britain next Tuesday (31st) for
ALTOIST PHILLIPS
degrees and things."
a nine -month cabaret tour on
Told that trumpeter Jo Hunterthe Continent. She opens on
had been to the Royal College of
JOINS
FRANK
WEIR
August 1 at the " Flying DutchMusic, he lifted a surprised eyeNoted alto-saxist Jimmy Phil- man," Amsterdam, where shebrow " . and it didn't spoilhim." he said.
lips has joined Frank Weir at will stay for a month.
While at the '51. the visitors
replacing Eric Ent - After that, dates in Brussels
heard Graham's " Good Bait," Churchills,
and Rome will keep her busy
" Grey Hambo." " Skylon " and whistle.
He
will
be
heard broadcasting until she goes into the Nouvelle" Keen And Peachy," and Ball's" 52nd Street Theme," " Some- with the band tomorrow (28th). Eve in Paris for a six months'
engagement.
body Loves Me " and " Indiana." 3-3.30 p.m., Light.
.

(Continued on page 7)

klAKIE-BELIEVE

Welsh opening
Victor has been playing for

Ralph Sharon and Norman
leaders: two. " MM " Poll -win- Burns, recording on Esquire andners; one, a vice-president of the Melodisc and appearing as a
NFJO.
soloist on television. Jo Hunter,

Stokowski listens
to Afro -Cubists

the Skylon.

LAND OFThe remainder of the personnel is Bert Annable (pno.), Ray

There was much criticism of son of famous actor Ian Hunter,
the NFJO's handling of Festival has leapt to recognition with
Jazz Week, and in particular the Kenny Graham.
Festival Hall concert.
Lennie Bush has been freeDiscussions were only prelim- lancing, with Ronnie Scott's
inary, and at the end of the Quartet, etc. Pat Bateson has
meeting it was decided to con- played for most of the touring
tact all those who took an active bands. Bert Annable comes frompart in the presentation of Manchester and has recently
modern jazz : bandleaders, musi(Continued on page 6)
cians. etc.
A further meeting, to which
all these will be invited, is being
The Saints comearranged.

The dance floor is a stretch ofsmooth macadam inset withlight -ports and situated on the
Fairway near the Dome of Discovery and under the glow of

These are the WRIGHT Hits
you're hearing over the Air

Seven musicians met in the Dempsey (gtr.), Judy Joy andWest End of London last week
to discuss the formation of amodern counterpart to the
NFJO.
All seven are among the top rank instrumentalists of themodern school. Two are band-

sphere.

Weir at Churchills, is to marry
actress Pam Wellard. Tony.
who has just left Johnny Dank worth to join Jack Nathan at
the Cocoanut Grove, will wed
book-keeper Pat Dawes.
Both girls are Londoners.

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2This was one of1951'

Mr. Davidson keeps

YOU in mind

best-evercabaret shows!
T

It proved, for example. my
GOOD news, my children, statementsthat the amateurs ingood news.

PAMELA
MACARTHY

IF you missed Dorothy Dandridge and Phil
Moore last Wednesday week, imagine
Lena Horne with Fats Waller's effervescence

Last week general are noisy and rough, havebad tones and ponderous rhythm
I pointed out that the bands sections,lack artistry, polish,
of Johnny Dankworth and taste and true
feeling-and
Kenny Baker were not re- do more harmjazz
than good byceiving any broadcasts.

broadcasting at all.

A lot, I hope, will have beenThis week I am very pleased learned from Ken on correcttion of Lena-and you will have a very goodto tell you that both these bands volume, dynamics, rhythm, sectone, relaxation and phrasidea of what these two, coloured stars,-and that of Jack Parnell- tioning.
are to receive airings.
currently appearing at London's Cafe deIamnot holding Ken's hand
The reason for the delay was up as theParis. are like.
last word in jazs. On
that
the
three
leaders,
inagreethecontrary,both the pianist
It was 15 minutes of the art of personality
ment with Jim Davidson of the and clarinet need more ideasand the fascination of rhythm, with each conthe band has all the import
BBC, had decided to wait until but
tributing about equally to one of the best cabaret
necess.s.'y for a goodthe bands were really played -in antqualities
programmes TV has ever put on.
jazzband, which Eric Silk's lacks.
and ready. (Oh, that some of If we
There are times when Dorothy's love ofcanmake
our amateur
our amateur bands would adopt
dramatics lures her into over -acting. It was
this public-spirited attitude !)especially noticeable in her declamation of Phil
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Jim Davidson told me that he
Moore's romantic ballad, " Something I Dreamed
thought highly of these men,
Last Night."
and if their bands matched up
to their own skill, he felt the reShe gets top billing
sult would be of a very pleasing
But as a singer she has all one expects from=-7-- by MAURICE BURMAN
nature.
a leading coloured star who has developed her
I have known for a long time
technique to appeal to the white " smart set."that Jim is a very fair-minded
Dorothy always gets top billing. If Phil Mooreman; this conversation with him
also showed me that he has the bands realise this and benefit
is mentioned it is usually only as her accomidea of furthering dance music from it, then a great deal will
panist. To my mind, however, he is rather morewell in his mind, and is quite have been done towards fui therthan 50 per cent. of the act.
aware of what is going on among ing jazz in Britain.
Such numbers as " I've Got A Wonderful Girl,"
A very pleasant surprise was
the younger and newer bands.
' Shoo Shoo Baby " and " Buy, Buy, Buy For
You will doubtless be gratified the appearance of the American
Baby " did not show him to be a particularly
pianist-bandleader, Phil Moore,
to know, as I certainly was, that
outstanding song -writer, and although his "Blowas far as possible he does try to who sang and played in a warm
the needs, for instance, of and intimate jazz way
Out The Candle " was considerknows bqtter how an arrange- fulfil" readers.
ably better, the programmement should be interpreted than " MM
BILL BADLEY says:This, of course, is one of thewould probably have been im- TV by 'SCANNER' the man who wrote it.
The star of the show was unmost
promising
I've heard(3) Because Eric Robinson was for a long, long things
proved by more compositions
doubtedly guest Phil Moore. Histime.
I
cannotengagedonaTVballet,thisbandfrom other writers than merely the supporting orchestra In last for "Diversion " was conducted recall any other department chief number on piano was wonderful.
Frank Loesser's " Love Isn't Friday's so-called Miniature by Jack Jordan.
taking such a broad-minded and The Ken Rattenbury Quintet
Revue. " Diversion."
are a great little outfit. Tradiview.
Born, It's Made."
Because of the trickiness progressive
The combination consisted of (4)in style, they have
But as a performer Phil can mostly
I have never hesitated to criti- tionalist
some
of
his
arrangements,
of
the
TV
"
regulars"brought their kind of jazz up to
hold his own with the best.
band rehearsal time cise the BBC when necessary. date,
Clouston and Jimmy Goff additional
andthoughslightly lacking
To an unfiurried and immacu- GeorgeThereverse
is
also
true,
and
so
allowed for this programme.
(altos); Mossy Kaye and Frank wasin technique, they play in a wonlately polished poise he adds an Miller(5) Musicians always play in this case I am happy to con- derfully relaxed manner.
Sid Craven (bar.); better
intimate and ingratiating way of Clinton(tnrs.);
gratulate
Jim
Davidsononhiswhen they have music
Silk band. vastly imfirench, Billy Riddick, that interests
singing and a delightful piano Joe Curranand on the fact that the The Eric
them, than when outlook,since their initial airing,(tpts.); Nobby Clarke, having to wadestyle.
above - mentioned bands will proved
dull
throughneverthelessfaded into comparaRussell
Wright,Jack
Quinn orchestrations designed chiefly to brighten up the air in the near tive insignificanceHe is one of those instrumen- (tmbs.), Alan Bristowe (pno.),;beside thetalists who get the maximum Wally
make
them
easy-andsosave future.
brillianceofMessrs. Moore andandRoy
Morris(bass)
effect with the minimum of effort Rawlins (drums).
rehearsal time.
Rattenbury.
-short, simple, melodic phrases
I will, however, add this muchwith a rhythm that comes mainly
off my own bat : first, Bill Lyon "RHYTHM RENDEZVOUS"
from the subtle accentuation
Shaw
seems to have the right
THE RALPH SHARON SEXTE1" IN TOWN TONIGHT "and perfect timing of every note. Conclusions
ideas on accompaniments for11.30 a.m. 19/7/51
He does not use his left hand What, then, made it sound so Variety shows; second, in Jack
7 p.m. 21.7/51
es a time -keeping machine. It much
more exciting. so much Jordan he has found the rightHE'S not hungry any more. Or
EVENTEEN - YEAR - OLD
works mostly as an adjunct to more like
man
to
carry
out,
his
ideas.
agood
moderndance
maybe he's slimming. Or ti Pamela Macarthy. vocalist
his right.
than TV's orchestras
perhaps he'd rather starve after with Ken Mack's Band in India,
For beat he relied on a bass band, do?
A
reply
all-asthe music I heard cer- has come to Europe for treatment
player. And this is where I pay usually
For various reasons I'm notsounded to me as if Ralph of a serious illness. She sang andtribute to an unannounced, un- answering
REPLY to the many readers tainlythat question-at any
hasforsakenhis recent economic spoke on this programme.
seen and unacknowledged-but rate this week.
who have written in asking
But if you careoutlook in favour ofVery much heard-third member to draw your own
Pamela has a fine morale, andconclusions for details of the (as one corre- gastronomicof the show : bassist Bob the following pointersamoreaesthetic,
cul- made light of her incapacity She
may help : spondent rightly put it) "de- tured and artistic musicallyone.
Roberts.
sang
sweetly, with a nice quality.
lightful
music
"
which
accom(1) The arrangements were by
In the vernacular-Ralph is
Our best wishes to her for a
Jack Jordan. For some while panied last Monday week's views back
on
a
bop
kick.
completerecovery.
from
the
South
Bank:
now pianist Jordan-well known
A good lift
It was records-Peter Yorke's Here, once again, were Ralph's
to patrons of the Camberwell
Bob plays on most of Eric Palace, where he plays with Orchestra's " I'm In The Mood liquid, rhythmic piano, the very
Robinson's TV dates. After hear- Conrad Leonard-has been doing For Love " (Columbia DB2411), original vibe choruses by Victor
BAUBLEing the grand lift he gave to all the orchestrations for TV pro- " Dawn Fantasy " (DB2639) and Feldman, the pleasant, modern - goes toBURMAN'S
Bertie King for hie
Dorothy Dandridge and Phil ducer Bill Lyon Shaw's pro- " Evensong "' (DB2458) and the sounding playing of Fred Perry stimulating
jazz solos
Moore, I can only say that it is grammes.
Melachrino Orchestra's " Portrait on tenor, and interesting, well a pity it is not made more use of He turned out first-rate scores Of A Lady " (HMV B9678) and phrased arrangements.
Maybe
Ralph's
solos
were
not
to help swing
those
TV of " Young and Healthy " and " Star Dust " (B9723).
quite as inventive as they usedorchestras.
NEXT WEEK" Running Wild " for the dance
to be. but the group-indeed the 11.30 a.m., 27/7 51. - The FrankNot that there was not a good routines, and of " Love Is Where
broadcast as a whole-was of alift-and most of the other You Find It " for singer LucilleBaron Quartet.
high standard.
things it takes to make a good Graham.
10.20 p.m., 27.7/51.-Jack Nathan
Variety accompanying unit-in(2) It is seldom that anyone
and his Band; Freddy Randall-and Fats assuming the suave sophistica-

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12.15 p.m 21/7/51

BIGGEST news on the AustraDURING the early part of thelian jazz front has been the
Harry built up a great
departure of Geoff Kitchen from namewar.
a swing bandleader onFrank Johnson's Fabulous Dixie- " RadioasRhythm
Club."
landers.
Although this was a commerKitch is one of Australia's cialbroadcast,thestyle of thegreatest clarinettists and has been
and choice of tunes werewith Johnson since the band's band
more on the side of jazz than offoundation.
music. The instruThe natural successor was bril- commercial
was alto, tenor, trumliant Sydney reed man Johnny mentationpetandrhythmMcCarthy, who journeyed to Mel- Harry on clarinet. section-withbourne to fill the vacancy.
The sound would have been
Unfortunately, owing to accomgood had it not been formodation difficulties, Johnny did very
fact that the intonation of
not remain for more than one the
the
saxes
was bad at times; theweek, and Johnson is now at his ensemble was
ragged, too.
wit's end to find a musician of The boppishoften"Gone With The
the calibre of the rest of the Windmill " wasthe best tune.
band.
Good solos were taken by theand his Band.

Dorothy had a date

Geoff Kitchen is forming his
and piano, and two exown group, but details are not trumpet
ceptionally good ones by the alto.

yet to hand. He has been leading who sounded like an experienced
the Len Barnhard Band under his jazzman who had brought himself
own name on special dates.
up to date.
And sure enough it turned out
A new group
to be Bertie King, who you may
remember
was one of our best
A new progressive -style groupplayers a few years hackhas hit Melbourne-Bruce Kennet jazz
Allowing
fortechnical faults
and his Orchestra. First reports Harry gave usthe
a good and interwould indicate that this is a esting show, withgood singing bysolid combo and a big future has Nadia Dore and Ronnie
Milne.
been predicted.
As
I
reviewed
Hermanos
Another Sydney jazzman. trum- Deniz Group last theweek, I will
peter Terry McCardell, has left merely conclude by
for the Solid South to take the were better than ever.saying they
trumpet chair with the Melbourines Jazz Band.
BILL BADLEY, representing the
average listener, writes:-

I enjoyed this broadcast by
Sydney's
because not only did hegloomy Sundays was short-lived, Parryattempt
to cater for all tastes,
as the authorities have now but the outfit
managed to soundbanned the Modern Music Con- a little different
similarcerts after only one Sunday groups heard on thefrom
air.
show.
The Parry clarinet seems to

The brightening

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As Sydney Town Hall is next
lost some of its old vitality,
door to a cathedral the protests havebut full marks to Harry forwere considerable.
catering for the jazz fans, bothmodern and otherwise, yet at thesame time playing commercial
Arrangements are well in hand numbers with considerable taste.
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5.15 p.m. 21/7/51
TE heard two bands this week,

Ken Rattenbury's Quintet
Gus Merzi and Don Burrows
Eric Silk's Southern Jazz have returned to the Sunny Land andband.
after extensive tours of Canada, I think that Ken has popped
U.S. and Britain. Their musi- tip just when he is needed most.
cianship has progressed accord- He is a musician who plays aingly.
modern form of Dixieland trumpet, with lovely tone, feeling,ONE
NIGHT STAND
ideas and relaxation. Putting
him and his group on with Eric
PAGE
FOUR
IS
ON
Silk was a splendid idea.

Cabaret star Dorothy Dandridge,
whose TV date is reviewed by" Scanner " in col. 1.

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195

5That's how Mr. Page swings -likea pendulum ...

" MAN, Louis Armstrong

is a great
trumpeteer. He will be remembered
50 years from now . ." It was Hot Lips

hot music before we had to leave

for the New Orleans where Hot
Lips was due to play at thestroke of midnight.
He played on and off until.

Page ' speaking-over a dinner of Russian
Zasouki and vodka in the Belgian seaside
resort of Knokke, where he is playing until

four in the morning, and con" I have a plan," he said, " for fided to me that he thought

bringing my combination over to French pianist Bernard Peiffer,
Europe in the autumn. I should who is also at Knokke, one ofalso bring J. C. Higgenbotham, the greatest jazzmen at theAugust 26.
A couple of hours later I was listening to Hot
Lips himself. He was playing at the New Orleans

one of the greatest trombones ivories.

ever, with me, as well as Big Chief

Cabaret which had been specially opened forhim by the Casino. The " existentialist rats " ofSt. Germain, Paris, with Boris Vian at their

Russell Moore and Pete Johnson. Making sides" We would visit all the Scandinavian countries and then move
"I should like to make somethrough Belgium, France, Italy sides
with him," said Hot Lips.
and so on. This plan is still only This may
be possible, for theon paper but I hope it comes off." trumpet player
spend a week
Wearing a wide - brimmed in Paris beforewill
he returns to thehead, had also been invited to Knokke.
Andre

Rewelliotty and his

New Orleans band, very a la
Sidney Bechet, completed thecompany-so that the new Mr. and Mrs. Hot
Lips Page have acabaret was everything a fan champagne
dinnerpanama hat, Hot Lips attracted

more than a little attention as U.S.
When he gets back to the U.S
we walked along the sea wall. Hot
Lips was in town and everyone he will continue where he left

could wish for.
arrival
Hot Lips started playing at mid- on their
Knokke, Belnight, when the cabaret was at
gium, .where thefilled with people and tobacco
trumpeter issmoke. A couple of " rats " had star
until
amused us with some hectic jive playing
August 26.
and we were all in the mood for
Hot Lips.

off; that is, touring the country
giving concerts and taking onenight stands.
Before I left him to return toknew it.

Lost papers

Paris I got him to pose for aand suggested that he" Man," he said to me as we picture
might like to take a ride, at the

pushed our way through the holi- same time, in Boris Vian's 1911
day-makers to a niterie called Brasier car, which created almost
The Horse's Neck, " I almost as great a sensation at Knokke
didn't get to Europe this trip. I as Hot Lips himself.
longer jazz. It was allonce.
had to get vaccinated and some- After
Every now and again we were academic.
when we had ahow, getting that done, I man- coffee onthat," Charlie is one of the few
treated to some magnificent andterrace of his hotel,
aged to lose my passport, my about two the
HENRY
KAHN
dozen
green -uniformed
dexterous executions which re- musicians who can play this typeticketand every paper I
vealed what a great " trum- of music-because no matter
They werepossessed. Within half an hour gentlemen arrived.
allpeteer " Hot Lips himself is. But what he does with his lips andcarrying
instruments,
andevery policeman in Harlem was they had come to give a brass
it was the purity of his tone his fingers, we remain in comout
lookingforthosepapers.
pany with the melody and we
which I found most attractive.
band
concert.
"I almost gave up when thestill feel the beat.
telephone rang and a voice said:" But for many jazzmen it was
Aboutsome papers belonging to
no longer a theme with variaa gentleman named Oran Page. Serenaded ?
I told him so later. " Man," he tions; it was all variations and
I've
found
them.' Man, was I" Looks as if you are about toreplied, " I do everything to keep no theme!"
What a load that was off be serenaded," I said to Hot
Since he visited Paris in 1949 happy.
I wanted Hot Lips to tell me Hotthat tone."my mind."Lips.
just grinned.
Lips
has
been
doing
a
lot.
he thought was the next He has married and he has also We met Lew Harris, who used The He
We were given " The Sheik of whatHeband started with " Oldsaid that jazz could not formed his own combination.
Araby," around which Hot Lips step.
toplay
a tenor sax with the Man River," played in stentorian
weaved a veritable tone poem. and would not stand still, but " My combination is small and RAF at The Horse's Neck. There and heavy tones.
But he lost neither the beat nor however it developed tt had to includes
guess you could weave a lot
Electric Top Wilson were two bands-both known asremain jazz. " The melody and (bass), Dannythe melody.
Stoffens' but only one of " I interesting
Smalls (piano), Johnny
improvisations
beat must be our bible. If Trappy Trappier
Page admits every trick that theworth
hearing.
around(drunis)-he
we lose those, then we lose our played with Fats Waller-Paul
his three valves and his hot lips musicalWhen we walked in the band suggested. that rendering," I
religion."can produce-but there is one I understood perfectly what he Quinechette (tenor sax) and grinned and the music, which was "Man, I sure could," said Hot
thing he will not admit in jazz: meant when I heard him play. Vinnie Bey (alto). My singer is slightly Afro-Cuban, grew hotter. Lips. " But for a brass band" academic harmony."were
handshakes, that's a good band-take it from
Anderson and we have ThereI had a long talk with him on Hot Lips swings like a pendulum. Mildred
recording for Victor and brandies -and -water. and morethis very question and he told me It is, of course, a hot pendulum been
Columbia."that Buster Smith, who taught -but how it swings!
He has also made some Circle
Charlie Parker. first introduced
label records with Sonny Frees
what became known as bop.
(drums),Walter Page (bass) andHis
combination" Of course," said Hot Lips,
pianos played by Kenny" we had been playing ninths, I have no doubt that with his two
CurseyandDan Burley. Other
flattened fifths and all kinds of own combination the music recordings weremade with thedepressions for years.
But we would have been perfect. As it ace femme singer Blue Lou
never permitted them to master was he was limited by the in- Barker, who made famous
us. We always remained their experience of Rewelliotty's band. " Won't You Feel My Legs?"
masters.
are good boys but I have
Hot Lips told me that he had" Then one day we started "toThey
play what they can play," Hot never forgotten Europe and thathearing jazzmen playing hunks Lips told me.
hewas crazy to be back again.
of chords. There was no melody
and the heat had gone. That was

He has a thousand tricks-but
he does not pour them all out atnointerviews

Hot Lips Page

Keeping the tone

CONTEST Rhythm, and a lovely
FIXTURES tone that's Kitty WhiteWESTON-SUPER-MARE. - Wednesday, August 15 (3 p.m. -midnight), at
Winter Gardens Pavilion. --The 1951
Severn Estuary District

by Peter TannerHouse Band-Vernon Adcock
and his Orchestra. Price of tickets
ship.

5/-, obtainable in advance from theManager, Winter Gardens Pavilion.
Organiser: Mr. I. Davies, Directorof Entertainments for the Borough of
Weston-saper-Mare, Winter Gardens
Pavilion. ('Phone: Weston -super -Mare

IT is not very often that a work in films," said Kitty. " You-a- recording
artist makes a know: choral stuff that you hear
the background. But now wesimultaneous debut on two dif- in
to start on our own.
ferentlabels-especially
if that want
512.1"
We both play the piano and
SWANSEA. - Tuesday, August 28 artist is almost entirely un- the organ as well as sing."
at the Patti Pavilion. known in this country.
(8 p.m. -1
Though Benny doesn't have an-The 1951 West Wales District ChamBut both Brunswick and Capi- organ
in his house, both girls
pionship. House Band-The Carlton tol have issued an initial release demonstrated their virtuosity on
Orchestra. Price of tickets in advance by small and vivacious Negro the piano as well as singing for
3/6, obtainable from the Organiser singer Kitty White, whose voice us for over an hour-ending up
and Mr. R. Bateman, 7, Singleton - has previously only been heard with a few duets, including anover here on the soundtrack of amusing version of " Messy
street. Price of tickets at door 4/-.
Organiser: Mr. J. South, 34, Mansel- such films as " Duel In The Sun," Bessie " and " Here Come The" Till The Clouds Roll By " and British," the latter for my benestreet, Swansea
fit!
NEWCASTLE -ON -TYNE. - Friday, " The Pirate And Jenny."Though Kitty, who is married
Maudie's voice had depth andAugust 31 (8 p.m. -1 a.m.l, at The
to musician -composer Edward

impressed with Kitty's
unaffected vocal style,which combined awonderful sense ofments. Price of tickets 4/6, obtain- business all her life,
able in advance from the Organiser, it is only recently that
Mr. W. Clement Millard, Westgate she has taken up

Winifred ATW ELL

Week: Empire Theatre, Edinburgh

Graeme BELL'S Australian Band
Tuesday: Wimbledon

Friday: Exmouth

Saturday: Weston -super -MareTito BURNS Sextet

Monday: Liverpool
Tuesday: Manchester
Wednesday: SaleThursday: Stockport
Friday: Ashton
Saturday: Fleetwood

Johnny DANKWORTH Seven
Week: West End Restaurant,

rhythm with a lovely
tone - reminiscent at

Edinburgh
Ray ELLINGTON Quartet

twins a job at Billy

Sunday: New Brighton.iii1111C)ii

Monday: Llandudno
times
of
Ethel
Friday: Chingford
Waters.
So impressed was Teddy FOSTER and Orchestra
Saturday: Bedworth
Benny that he got theHouse, 6a, Fenkle Street, Newcastle - singing professionally.
When I was in('Phone:
Newcastle
1.
on -Tyne,
Hollywood in 1947,
23839.)
people were talking
Rules and entry forms for the above about a new and up contests are available from the re- and - coming musicalspective organisers. Early application act known as The
Bilbrew Twins, andin each case is advised.
one evening Benny

Carter asked me up
to his lovely hillside

WHO'S WHERE(Week commencing July 30)

timbre, but particularly was I

Oxford Galleries, New Bridge Street.
and is the--The 1951 North Britain (Eastern White,
Region) District Championship. House mother of four children,hasbeen conBand-George Evans and his Band.
Special Display of Musical Instru- nected with the music

AREA FINALSBIRMINGHAM. -Thursday, August
23 (7.30 p.m. -12.30 a.m.), at The Grand
Casino, Corporation Street, THE MID BRITAIN AREA FINAL. House Bands

Hot Lips tears off a chorus in the back of Boris Vian's 1911 Brasier
motor -car. Boris himself is at the wheel, with one of the " rats of St.
Germain " beside him.

Berg's, where his own
band was currently
appearing. But some-

how the act didn't

KITTY WHITE

click with the public.
The girls lacked personality and, in spite

LOUIS ARMSTRONGFRASER-HAYES Quartet

Week: Empire Theatre, Middles-

broughHarry GOLD and Pieces of Eight
Week: Sunderland
Vic LEWIS and Orchestra
Monday: Belle Vue, Manchester
Tuesday. Conningsby

TOTTENHAM (London). - Friday.
August 24 (7 p.m. -midnight), at theRoyal Theatre of Dancing. THE
BRITAIN (EASTERNSOUTHREGION) AREA FINAL. House Band

recall the name of their mother, went back to her film work forMrs. A. C. Bilbrew, who is noted a while, getting several featured
for her choral arranging in many vocal spots. In 1949, however,

Trumpeter of International fame and"King of top notes"

ALBERT HALL

The well-known Trumpet with

above
.
high
. combines won of the high musical
Hollywood, to hear derful rhythm with a standard, there was an
Wednesday: Ramsgate
them audition forlovely tone."amateurish atmoThursday, Friday: Nottinghamhim.
sphere about the act-Freddie Barrett and Mannie Berg.
andthat
failedtoBilbrew
impressthe
Jack
PARNELL and Music Makers"
Meet
MaudiePrice of tickets 4/-, obtainable in Kitty White," said Benny when I sophisticated patrons.
Season: Prince of Wales Theatre,advance from The Grand Casino.
LondonSo the twins split up and Kitty
arrived: and added that I might

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July 28, 1951

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

4When the SAnts
from the hillsrme down A Festival

cantly enough, " A Song Is Born,"

John Fish, the pianist, is athat glorified comedy of swing turner; Tom Gregory. the bass
player, is an aircraft technician;music.
is a
The second one was a Christ- Jim Lolley, the banjoist, John

They had never heard of the
THE surprise of the first whole
folklore of jazz-all theyFestival concert, for wanted to do was play dance
preferably like Glenn
many of us who had only music,
or Artie Shaw. They had
heard the band on the air Miller
never heard of the critics, blessbefore, was the Saints Jazz them.

Came the war, and the two
Band from Manchester. Last boys
with whom it all beganweek I had an occasion to go clarinet
player Al Radcliffe andMike McNama-were
up North and watch the trumpeter
called up.

band in its own habitat.

jazz concert

mas and New Year's engagement metallurgist; drummer
is a draughtsman; Ronat the Levenshulme Palais de Mills
Danse, followed by a whole string Simpson, the trombonist, is aof one-nighters in other provin- machinery packer; Al Radcliffe
cial dance halls from Leeds to and Mike McNama work for textile and wholesale companies.
Liverpool.
And there is one more semiBy then the Lancashire Society
member of the band withhad found its first home at the official
whom it could never haveThatched Cottage, a pub on out
flourished-Jim Starky, the taxi LAST week Britain's modern

Post-Mortem

jazzmen made their debut
driver and ragtime pianist, who in the
Big Time concert field
made the unit mobile and foundand,in my opinion, made athem the fantastic 1926 RollsRoyce which has become their farce of it. Never was I moretrademark and band bus.
than during the early andThis astonishing machine (a boredstagesof that Royal Festiconverted hearse) has to be seen finalval
Hallconcert.
to be believed when it drives
Beforeproceeding
further, may
across the moors covered in pos- I make it clear that theJohnnyters and loaded with the band, Dankworth Seven excelledwith
its instruments and girl friends. its smooth, polished and lilting
Here is a gay, uninhibited band music. If we must have jazz onthat has come a long way and the concert platform, this is thehas still a long way to go.
of group to present it.
Ron Simpson, the trombone typeBut must we suffer these misPiccadilly.
Here Jim Lolley player, hardly uses more than theguidedto make the lusty
joined them-the banjo player first four positions for the time child ofeffortsa Lord Fauntleroy?
who had been a child prodigy being, but he has fine ideas, and By farjazz
thebest
modern sounds
and still remains the most all those who heard him sing during Festival Week
thoseliterate musician in the group.
" St. James Infirmary " at the produced in the clubs.were
Why not

ONE NIGHT

They had gone to school toThe Lancashire Society of gether,and when Al had played
Jazz Music runs Saturday night in a local dance band he had met
dances at the Grosvenor Hotel bass player Tom Gregory. On
Sunday afternoons they had
on Piccadilly, Manchester.
played at a girls' club, and then
You walk down a few steps they
met pianist John Fish andinto something that looks like drummer
Jim Lydon ; they had
a poor man's " American " bar, the nucleus
of a band.
then up a few steps again into With a groupso young, the war
a large room with a glass formed a major hiatus and test
cubicle on one side where a of will; but the boys made up
sweating waitress draws fabu- their minds, and when they were
they came together
lous quantities of bitter for a demobbed
like the pieces of a jigsaw
fabulous number of sweating again" He reads," as the boys say Festival Concert will have noticed leave jazz there?
puzzle.
citizens who crowd the tables,
Jim Lydon got married and was proudly.
that here we have one of thechairs, corners and windows- replaced
With thisthey best jazz singers in the country.
by John Mills on drums.
not to mention that clearing in Ron Simpson-" Slim " to the played a secondpersonnel,
engagement at
Warm acoustics
the human forest, about the size boys-switched from trumpet, his the Levenshulme Palais, sixteen
Admittedly, the acoustics otf
of a small bald spot, where the original instrument, to trombone. weeks this time, and by Septemthe Festival Hall are warm andFish got beyond the first ber, 1950, they were ready to Mike McNama's tone is not all friendly.
cats are trying to swing a mean John
But the atmospheretwelve bars of the boogie and the start their extraordinarily suc- it should be, partly, perhaps, be- was completelyhip.
lacking in the
cessful run at the Grosvenor, cause he is using a trumpet
Well, you couldn't swing a cat team was complete.
intimacynecessary
for any sucwhere
300
to
350
peoplecame
tomouthpieceonacornet;but
hecessfulliaison
there, of course, and if I say
between people
jam the room every Saturday drives the band as it should be playing, and people
listening to,that the joint makes 100
night.
and he plays a fine a virile music like jazz.
Oxford Street on a Saturday Their first job was at the The Lancashire Society, largely driven,ensemble lead.
The
only
group
that really
under
the
impactoftheband,night seem like a mighty lone- Piccadilly Jazz Club. It lasted grew from a couple of dozen Al Radcliffe, the clarinet player, jumped at the Festival
concertsome place, you'll have a fair for exactly two engagements- members to about 4,000; the beer strikes me as the most developed was that of Tito Burns.
Rexwhich they were known flowed plentifully, and everybody musician in the team. His tone Morris's squealing tenor may
idea of what it's like to be a during
as the Storeyville Jazz was happy.
and phrasing are remarkable, and have caused tongues to probe the
jazz fan among the Lancas- grandly
Band.
I doubt whether he has many cheeks of the more serious jazz
trians.
superiors among the London students, but on the whole the
They soon dropped the term,
All of which is a kind of but
bands.
itisimportant,
for
it
marks
solos had a pleasing abandonbackhanded compliment to the the date on which the boys beThe band's present drummer, ment.
Saints and their drawing power came aware for the first time that What is the secret of the band? John Mills, was away when I was
Tito's showing was certainly
purely musicianly standards in Manchester, but my recollec- Interesting,as well as to the Lancashire there was such a thing as New By
end put a temporaryitiscertainly
not
among
the
tion
of
him
at
the
FestivalConjazz in America-and a first two or three jazz bands instop to my study of the Hall's
Society of Jazz Music and its Orleans
cert
was
that
of
a
forceful,agile
phenomenon
known
as
the
jazz
architecture-athat hadenthusiastic, efficient and busi- revival in London and closer the country, but because of its drummer well suited to the type started with Tonistudy
Anton's opennesslike organisers, Paddy home.
enthusiasm, its lack of conven- of music the band plays.
ing of the concert.
McKiernan and Tony Kendrick. Yet it was not till they met tion, its ability to keep otherAt no time, largely due to poor
The history of the band is likethan jitterbugs happy, it acoustics, could I hear the piano.
Smoky City Stompers that dancers
that of no other in this country. thehas established a most character- banjo and bass sufficiently well Commercial
live
jazz
they
heard
their
first
The reason. I think, is that most band.
istic position for itself in the to make up my mind about them.
The All -Star group played politeof the band's original members The experience changed their British jazz world.
in all British jazz bands, the versionsof just what one would
are not big city boys, but come pattern of thought, if not of Jim Asman would say that it As
section as a whole have expected.
Would that Kennyfrom what they call " up in the music. They had always thought all has something to do with the rhythm
soundedprettystodgytome.
butGraham's
had been usedhills "-the tiny moorland ham- of themselves as a dance band difference between the North and that. of course, may well be the at the fronttalents
his Afro -Cubists!
lets where you can be as isolated and they were determined to South, and truly there is a spirit result of my own predilection for They wouldofhave
been a worthy
as in the Appalachian Mountains. remain one.
among the musicians and fans up a light and bouncy beat, as op- substitute for muchthe bill.
the north country which is posed to the ragtime banjo clang Why, oh, why did of
Paddy and Tony heard them- in
Lewis
offered them a job as resident immensely ingratiating by its preferred by so many tradi- choose the big event Vic
inthe jazzband for the newly formed Lan- straightforwardness and lack of tionalist bands in the country.
calendartoembark
on
an
even
sham.
The
Saintswill
100 more commercial
In those mill towns-" town " cashire Society of Jazz Music, But there is more to it, I Oxford Street and atbetheatWood
policy? Vic
being a euphemism for a few and got busy writing letters to think,
Lewis,
theman
whofilled
and
the
fact
that
most
of
Green Jazz Club on Bank Holi- critics with trepidation whenthe
buildings and company houses every manager in the Northern the members of the band are day:hesome of the London cats
scattered around a mill-the boys area.
Progressive Jazz at ShepThe first result was a six -night working boys has probably some- might do worse than pay them played
grew up with little more contact
herd'sBush
Empire.
a visit on that day.
with the jazz world than an occa- engagement at the Apollo Cinema thing to do with it.
If we have to have carbon
sional Radio Rhythm Club or in Manchester, where they playedcopies at jazz concerts, let theminterval
music
beforethefeatureSpike Hughes Swing Club broadbe of Kenton-not Whiteman.
cast.
As I left the South Bank, I
came on-which was, signifiheard someone say: " I was reallyproud listening to those chaps
playing in the Festil Hall."STAND

by Ernest

Fine leadFirst job

The secretContacts

Round with
the Clubs
MIKE NEVARD

Personally,ashamed,I

wasrather

MIKE NEVARD

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8

Jack Marshall comperes at the '51 and Mike Nevard sits in on drums
with his chosen group, which comprises drummer Dickie Devere (at rear),
Joe Muddel, Dill Jones, Jo Hunter and Kenny Graham.

THE heat evident

in early graphs of a group assembled fromchoice of musicians.
the Festival my own
would be ludicrous for me
Jazz Week was still apparent as toItcomment
their performthe week drew to a close. But ance. Sufficeon
it to say that I enYEAR (A)Francis Day
it was more thermogenic than joyed it.
14 GOOD LUCK, GOOD HEALTH,
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And so did " MM " Associate
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There was a combination of Editor Jack Marshall. He com- Blannin, who rounded off the
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both at Studio '51 on Saturday, pered the session and lost two evening.
16 YOU ARE MY DESTINY (B) Swanbut colleague Chris Hayes found pounds in weight !
"
Give
me
the
open
air
any
17 WOULD I LOVE YOU (A)the former overpowering.
My thanks to the boys who time," gasped Chris Hayes as heIn
between gasping for air he was took part. Also to the Ronnie staggered from the Great NewWalt Disneyable, however, to take photo- Ball Trio and bassist Pete port -street basement. And that18 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP (A)was, in fact, what he got at
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19 LITTLE WHITE DUCK (A)Clapham open.air party. L. to r.:days before. Positive proof of hisSouthern
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A Great Song Revived
visit appears above.
20 LIFE'S DESIRE (B) Cecil Lennox
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" If I had had five shillings, andhad had to pay, I would not havecheated. Although the diaOf the film show, Max Jones felt
logue couldn't all be appreciated,
reports :I
got
This was not an unqualified a film.the impression it was quite
success.
In fact, but for the " The Basie short could havewonder of Bessie Smith in ' St. been
good if the powerful music
Louis Blues ' it would have been
had come across undimmed. Don
an unqualified flop.
" Fats Waller's film was so Byes, Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells,
amateurish a production that we Walter Page and Basie took solos,
concluded it must have been and the brass team made prodigious noises.

made for home movies. He played
well-when you could hear the "I guess there are soundmusic. But on the show I reasons for using 16 -mm. films at
caught, the projection mis- private shows (shortage of halls
behaved, and anyway the repro- with 35 -mm. projectors, etc.), butthey are not really suitable forduction sounded shocking.
"Next came a Redskin short public performances like this."without any jazz at all; then theBessiepicture. Dating from
1929 (I think), the film had
THE basement at 6a, New
naturally deteriorated, particuCompton -street, looked likelarly in the soundtrack regions. a Hollywood
studio for Friday's
But Bessie was magnificent to midnight session. And I undersee and hear, and there was ex- stand that visitor Sonny Tufts
citing music at all times front wasn't the only one " acting "Joe Smith, Buster Bailey and for the National Press cameras.

several unrecognised cats.
However, Saturday's stomp at" It was a pity the choir with Holborn Hall provided a fitting
Bessie wouldn't let up. However, climax to the NFJO-organised
through the lowing, her charac- events of the week.

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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHMSHOW REVIEWS

ALICE WAS IN
WONDERLAND

5

Now it's `Black Moonlight'
in the O'Day
time

THE latest and long-awaited
Disney production " AliceANITA O'DAY
has yet achieved the elusive " newIn Wonderland " (Odeon, Leisound " he is striving after with
Moonlight
cester Square) is the mixture as SomethingBlackDreamed
this line-up of four trombones,
Last Night
tenor -sax and rhythm (we are
before of riotous colour, beauti(London L975)
too accustomed to the sound offul draughtsmanship, unseen
trombones to regard it as
Choirs and wonderfully in - IT is somewhat unfortunate that four
" novel "), but he deserves credit
one
of
the
first
songs
suitedcharacter voice imagery.
for
attempting" something difto
Anita
O'Day'svocal
talentThere must be very few people
she started soloing on the ferent."
in the English-speaking world since
If
more
Britishdance musiLondon
label
shouldprove
tobe
who have not read Lewis Carroll's Black Moonlight." Comparison cians followed George's
coin masterpiece and formed some "withmendable example we could, perthe"classic"
recordingpersonal conception of the fan- made some 20 years ago by Bing haps, get away from the distresstastic characters in its pages. Crosby is virtually inevitable.
ing tendency to play follow-myThe risk that Disney took wasto the styles set by theAnita sings this sul- leader
the possibility that his own con- tryAlthough
Americans.
number
withtorchyfeeling,
ception would not match.
I

LAURIERENSHAW'S`POPULAR'REVIEWS

version is by far the
CYRIL STAPLETON AND HIS
better. Possibly it is because the
ORCHESTRA
sentiments of the song are more
Pretty Eyed Babysuited to male delivery. However,Cider Night
Anita is not helped by her accompaniment. The backing given(Dacca F9705)
Bing by Jimmie Grier and his
this " Pretty Eyed
Orchestra was far more effective. LA.LTHOUGH
Baby " is less attractive than
Anita's staunch attempts to the Jo
Stafford-Frankie
Leine offrise above the lyrical and musical spring (reviewed 28/7/51),
themediocrity of " Something I Stapleton crew play with comDreamed " must have given her mendable drive. The debit sidenightmares,of the performance lies solely inthe vocal. I found the repetitive
GEORGE HARRIS AND HIS" telephone trilling " or the word
ORCHESTRA" pretty "-affected
and act, whereas, for the Marchby
Jean
Pick Yourself Up
Hare. Mad Hatter, and equally
Campbell-tediousintheDown By The Riverextreme.
mad Queen of Hearts, we really(Esquire 5.025)
have none.
" Cider Night," a composition
But, for the most part, theour own Harry Leader and
IAM inclined to agree with byfilm is almost awe-inspiring in its
Harry New, is given a rousGeorge Harris that these lyrioist
technical efficiency.
ing
treatment well in keeping
which come from the samewith the sentiments of this gusty
Readers of this paper will be sides,
sessionas"
TryA
LittleTenderinterested in the performance of ness " and " Jealous " (reviewed drinking song.
can only he described as undis- Possibly in the States Lee Ls
Kathryn Beaumont, who gets 9/6/51), are better than the iniconsidered as " just anothertinguished.
star billing as the " voice of tial efforts.
DORIS DAY
10,432 Sheep " is the sort of singer." I guarantee, though,Alice." Kathryn is the 13 -year However, the best of the four
You Love Methat
if he were to emigrate tonoveltybettersuitedtothevocal
Old daughter of English singer titles
is without doubt " Pick
10,432 Sheep
exhibitionalism of Betty Hutton. Britain, our "sweet " bandleaders
Ken Beaumont, and was dis- Yourself
Up." The tempo is ideal,
wouldsoon be bidding for his(Columbia
082887)covered by an MGM talent scout and the lightly rhythmical treatservices.
LEE SHEARIN
in Acton.
ment
isenlivenedbycrisp,
well
NEITHER of these songs, which
Lee
Shearinhas the four -star
She delivers her lines with phrased piano contributions from
Need YouI
come from the film "Fineassets of the " society -music "great expression.
Tommy Watts and attractive solo and Dandy," offers much scope Give A Broken Heart A Chance to Cry singer-sincerity,
lyrical sense," A Very Merry Unbirthday " isbytenor-saxist for the vocal talents of Dorisstyle and charm.
(London L695)
a certain family favourite; " All interjections
Day. The numbers themselves
George.
The
songs
themselves
ideal
In The Golden Afternoon " is the
While played with appropriate contain little intrinsic melodic I CONFESS I had never heard material for this artist's are
intimate
most tuneful of the bunch. But tranquillity, the Bob Dale vehicle, value, and the orchestralbackingsof American singer Lee delivery, and the discreet orchesthe melody hummed on the way " Down By The River," tends to fail to offset this shortcoming. Shearin. However, on the strength tral accompaniments represent
home from the theatre was the sound sluggish when compared Doris sings " You Love Me " of this initial release, I hope American commercial dance
theme song itself-"Alice In with the easy -moving coupling.
with feeling to a lush string ac- more of his recordings will soon music at its very best.
Wonderland."-TONY BROWN.
I am not so sure that George companiment, but the outcome be made available.

However, I doubt whether there
Will be any complaints. Alice, arefined Miss, is not aggressively
English;Tweediedtun
Tweedledee come to life asanda
rotund Lancashire double act; theWalrus is a most fruitily villainous "swell."
The caricatures are infinitely
more convincing than Alice herself, the animation of whom is
inclined to be jerky.
For the human we have a standard, of comparison. We know
immediately how Alice would talkBing'sCharlie Parker wasn't satisfied
and neither am I!

many records as Charlie Parker Jordan does anything to redeem
has, there are bound to be some the position.
If his aforequoted comments some very fair J. J. Johnson"Wee Dot (J. J. Johnson) (Am. had been all he had to say, there trombone, but there is nothing
Savoy 34951.
would have been nothing for me else worth mentioning.
to add but a word of congratu- The trouble with these four
(Savoy 945 -es. Sid.)lation to him for having so records is less what the soloists
CHARLIE PARKER ALL STARS
readily admitted that he has had per se do, and more the usual
Bird Gets The Worm (Charlie his off -days.
failings of so many early combo Parlor; MM. Savoy 833).
But he makes a further con - bop performances. There is little**Cheryl (Charlie Parker)(Am.
of a tune; no attempt at interestSavoy 3422i.
ing treatment; the same old(Savoy 952---8s. 5)d.)hackneyed routines; an inescap6652-Charlie Parker (alto.): Milesable feeling that everything was
Davis(tut.); " Dizzy " Gillespie Record Reviews by concocted and slung together in(pno.); " Curley "OHARLIE PARKER'S BE -BOP BOYS***Thriving On A Riff (Charlie
Parker, i Ain. Savoy 58521.
LEO PARKER ALL STARS

Max Roach
USA.

1945.

3495-Leo(drs.).

Parker(C)

Recorded(bar.);

DexterGordon (tnr.); Joe Newman (tilt.);
J, J. Johnson (tmb.); " Hank " Jones(pno.); " Curley " Russell (bass);" Shad" Wilson (drs.). (C) Recorded
1047. USA.
833. 3422-Charlie

Parker(alto);(drs.).

Recorded

1917.

RALPH SHARON"A Bachelor Gay (Tate) (Melo-o11~11.11.111.111.111,0,11-~.

fession which puts a very

dif-

Roach
USA.

(C)

again rendered with uninhibitedverve.
I feel that, instrumentally
speaking, the Hedley Ward Trio
could have produced more beat,but both sides pack a full quota
of mass -appeal entertainment
value.

Charlie Parker

disc 113).
Compared with this blare out,***Slightly Oliver (Shar6n) (Melo- " I Can't Believe " is almost a
disc 112).
lullaby. The English MGM pub(Melodist: 1169-6s. 5;d.)licity notes say there is an organ

Sharon (Ono.); Bert Howard (bass); solo by Hampton.

Rex

Bennett(drs.).
London.

22;3'1951.

Recorded

1.1have gone

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off

on

a

1947

"1 Can't Believe That You're In " Dizzy " Gillespie tack. Possibly
the group doesn't play with quite
Love With Me (Clarence
Jimmy McHugh) (V by Janet the finish its ideas deserve. It
Thurlowi (Am. MGM 51-S-157). gets a little untidy at times, andthe rather heavy recording of the(M -G -M 401-55. 410.)
157-Hampton (sib.); Gil Bernal, bass and drums makes themCurtis Lowe, Jerry Richardson, Bob sound somewhat less polished
Plater, John Board, Ben Kynard(reeds); Ben Bailey, Idres Sulieman,
Walter Williams, Ed. Mullins, Leo(tots.); Al Gray, Jimmy
Powell, Paul Higaki(tmbs); Doug Duke (organ); Mill
Buckner (pno.); William Makel (gtr.);
Roy Johnson (bass);
Ellis Bartee
Shepherd

Cleland, Benny(drs.). Recorded 17 4 1951.
160-As above, minus Duke.

Same

date,

AFTER four years with Victor
and then nearly ten with
American Decca, Lionel Hampton
now makes his debut on MGM.

It is not a particularly brilliantone.
" Air Mail Special " - firstrecorded by Benny Goodman in
1941-is another of Mr. Hampton's tear -ups. I pay due tributeto the technical prowess andastonishing lung power of thehigh -note trumpet acrobat. But
the side's main claim to distinction is that it is fast and loudeven for Hampl

may at times be drawn from thecentre of the cornfield.
The " Metro Polka " is. as thetitle might suggest, green -earedcorn, but this piece-which
seems to echo a dimly remem-

comedy to the performance.
The backing, one of the mosteffective numbers from Walt Disney's " Alice in Wonderland," isThere is anorgan in the combination. But
it
would
have
been
a miracle if
he continues, "I find there has
had operated it. It
never' been one which completely " OLIGHTLY OLIVER" would Hampton
would have meant that he playedever I dare to say a word satisfied me. I'm sorry, but my 17 for more reasons than one organ
IF against
and vibes simultaneously.
a Charlie Parker best on wax has still to he made." have been more suitably named
I am told that the organist isrecord the result is an immediate Anyone hearing these latest " Thoroughly Sharon." The opus actually
Doug Duke, and I
avalanche of letters accusing me Charlie Parker records released is a typical example of tuneful wouldn'tone
call what _he plays aalmost everything from here is not likely to query the Sharon modernism, and Ralph solo. Mostofofthe time he is justbreeches of the gaming laws to truth of those last ten words.
plays it in the best Sharon scored in with other instruments.
not being able to recognise a " Thriving On A Riff " is per- manner.
Bestfeaturesof the side arehaps the best of the three.
great artist when I hear one.
Except for the ad lib verse, " A
Thurlow's competent singIn view of this, Parker's own Before it finishes up with the riff Bachelor Gay " is in dance Janet
ing
and
some
prettyopinion of his records is particu- " Dizzy " Gillespie recorded on rhythm, and it is obvious that Hampton's vibes. phrases from
HMV B9624 as " Anthropology." Ralph intended this version of
larly interesting.
Recently, he was quoted in an there is a good chorus by Miles the late Jimmy Tate's song from
American publication as having Davis, followed by two of Parker's " The Maid of the Mountains "said, Rrst, that his worst record definitely better ones. " Dizzy's " for the less specialised majority.
Butwas "Lover Man "-" made the piano solo also has ideas. makeThose who like this kind of KENNY GRAHAM'S AFRO -CUBISTS
ty before I had a nervous break- bad balance tends tothing will find it tasteful andDome or Discovery (Dollimorel
wn, and a horrible thing that Parker's alto overpowering, and pleasant listening. But I cannot(Esquire P-7-185)
should never have been issued." all round the recording is none help feeling that this endeavour
Skykm (Graham) (Esquire P-7Then he corrected himself by too good.
tocapturetwo
totallydifferent
184).
" Bird Gets The Worm " is markets with one disc may only
saying that worse still were " Be (Esquire 10-147-6s. 5Id.)
notable chiefly for the agility result in it not selling very well Graham
Bop " and " The Gypsy."(tnr.); Jo Hunter (WI:
dives in either,everyone" All awful " was the way with which
Ralph Dollimore (pno.); Roy Plummer
Parker described them, and the through bop phrases at an inCliffBall(bass);
Dickie(gtr.);
nervous breakdown plea could credible speed.
Devere (drs.); Leonardo (maracas);
LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS
Parker does well enough in his
hardly apply to ' Gypsy " because
Bob
Caxton(conga).
Recorded
ORCHESTRA";
this was made at a different early contributions to " Cheryl
Mall Special (Good Enough To 4/01951, London.
not so well in his later ones. **AirKeep)period.
(Charlie Christian, Jimmy
However, when one makes as Neither Miles Davis nor Duke
Mundy, Benny Goodman (Am. TZENNY GRAHAM seems toDavis ((lot.); Duke Jordan(pno.); Tommy Potter (bass); Max ferent complexion on the matter.
" When I listen to my records,"

Miles

Hedley Ward Trio generally

contrive to offer something
musically
productive,eventhough the chosen material

vivre. A flavour of " Happy Hoedown "square-dance rhythm
adds an appropriate touch ofrecording.

EDGAR
JACKSON(HMV 810100)

THE Tanner Sisters and thebered nursery rhyme jingle-is
put over with enviable joie dethe studio, and not very good(bass);

Russell

THE TANNER SISTERS

With THE HEDLEY WARD TRIO
Metro PolkaThe Unbirthday Song

than they probably are.
Still, if you like jazz in the so-called Afro-Cuban manner you
might do much worse than getthese latest Kenny Graham sides.

CORRECTION PLEASE!
Since we first gave detailsof the new Norman Burns
Quintet, several readers havewritten to point out that sixof the George Shearing trio
sides made for Decca (withNorman on drums) have been
issued here, and not four as
stated.
Right. To recap, titles are"Poinciana "/" To Be Or Not
To Bop" (F9065), "Consternation "/" I Only Have
Eyes For You " (F9386) and" The Fourth Deuce "/" The
Nearness Of You " (F9445).
Remaining third of the trio
is Jack Fallon.

SANTIAGO AND HIS LATIN MUSIC
Elube Chango
Esclavo Triste(Oriole C810410

ALTHOUGH " Elube Chango "is described on the label as
an Af ro-Cubano, the music
would certainly disappoint admirers of. say, Kenny Graham.
However, these sides, with
their convincing Flamenco -styled
vocals by Santiago himself, makepleasant, if uneventful, listening.

elodisc* RECORDS*RALPH SHARON

1169-Slightly Oliver

A Bachelor Gay

1176-You Are My Lucky StarHeart and Soul

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Heebie Jeebies

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I 170-South-Richard M. Jones BluesSCOTT JOPLIN RAGS

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1028-Easy Winners
Elite Syncopations

CALYPSOSLORD KITCHENER

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I 72-The Denis Compton Calypso
No More Taxi Calypso
1177-Randolph Turpin's Victory
I

Calypso

Saxophone-Calypso

TONY JOHNSON

1175-Me Donkey Want Water
Mango WalkCHARLIE PARKER ALL STARS
945-Thriving On a Riff-Wee Dot
952-Cheryl-Bird Gets the Worm
951-Half Nelson

FATS NAVARRO QUINTET
Going To Mintons

DEXTER GORDON ALL STARS
913-Settin' The Pace (2 Parts)

CRANE RIVER JAZZ BAND

1030-Dauphin St. Blues

Just a Little WhileJOE SAYE TRIO

1174-Harlem Nocturne-Forte(AFRO -BOOGIE)

TRIO DONALDO

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6

Stapleton cricket sidemen Allen

to give Festival

stage shows: Wildeman

to remain with 5 -piece
NAT ALLEN and his Sextet, who are resi-

dent at the Festival Gardens Dance
Pavilion in Battersea Park, are to play a

HARRY GOLD 8
TO PLAY FOR

The presentation will have a " crazy " theme,
similar to the Sunday concerts which Nat has
been giving during the past few weeks while
appearing with visiting American stars.

EASINGTON FUND

twice -nightly half-hour stage show in the
Gardens Amphitheatre, starting on Monday
next (30th).

Cyril Stapleton's band photographed after a recent cricket match against a strong
RAF team on the Isle of Man, which they lost by only 20 runs. L. to r. are(front) Ted Brenner, Dave Carey. Cyril Stapleton, Tim Bell and Ronnie Verrall,(back) Pete Winslow, Monty Norman, Dave Stephenson, Frank Street. Sid Holmes.
and Bill Metcalfe. The band is currently at the Palace Ballroom, Douglas.

Joe Loss -cornettist

RACE TO WRITE
FOR THE 'PAM'
STEVE RACE, brilliant pianist,arranger, critic and compere, is joining the distinguishedlist of regular MELODY MAKER
contributors. His first article willappear in the issue of August 11.
His many appearances in " Jazz
For Moderns," " Jazz Club," inLondon clubs and, more recently,
as compere at the Festival Hall
Modern Jazz Concert, have estab-their own coach fares.

Neva 'phones her way to
Chicago's Blue Notelished him as one of the mostandwriters
speakers in his field.
His work as a musician is typi-knowledgeable

fied by such records as the four
titles by his own bop group on
Paxton, his multi - recorded
Columbia piano disc, " Mambo
Jambo "/" Cavaquinho," and hison

BLUES -SINGER Neva Raphaello has been invited to make aguest appearance at the Blue Note, Chicago.
Neva received this invitation at a private recording session, whenthe manager of the Blue Note
telephoned London from Chicago
TAYLOR -MADE FOR to inquire about the success ofstrings sides" MM " readers voted him into
second place in the 1951 Dance
Band Poll piano section.
His MELODY MAKER writings,
under the title of " The Notebook
piano and
Columbia.

of a Modernist," will cover thewhole field of modern jazz, andwill prove not only an informative and inspiring guide to
students of this music, but alsoa stimulant to his contemporary
exponents of this idiom.

Tubby keeps going
despite collapse" Tubby "Hayes,

16 -year -oldtenorist with Kenny Baker andhis Band, was taken ill on thestand at the Winter Gardens,

DANKWORTH 7
Having warmed them up at

the Villa Marina. Douglas,
where his band is playing thesummer season, Joe Lossafterwards cooled them down

-by rolling up his sleevesand helping serve out ice
cream cornets.

Graham adds eight

for Afro-Cuban
history lesson

programme.

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CLAP HANDSA LARRY CLINTON ORCHESTRATION
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Tate extra year
Alto -leader Phil Tate, who was
originally booked at the Hammer-

smith Palais last December fora trial period of four weeks andthen given a contract for six
months, has now been re -booked
for another twelve months.

This means that Phil's 10 -piece
outfit, which specialises in sweetmusic, will be resident at the
Palais until July. 1952. Phil leads
six saxes, three rhythm and one
trumpet. The hand next broadcasts on August 1 and 3.
This is Eddie Taylor, the firstnewcomer to the Johnny
Dankworth Seven for 14

months. Before taking over

Reopening after the summer
vacation, the Joe Daniels Jazz
Club holds its first meeting ofMonday, Eddie was with Rae
Allen at the New State Ballroom, Biackley. He played
last winter with Leslie
Douglas at Brighton.

Two air dates for

Ken Rattenbury
bandleader Ken
Rattenbury, who played his first" Jazz Club " on July 21, hassigned for two further broadcasts
Staffordshire

withhis Jazz Quintet.
On
Jimmy Grant's " Jazz Interlude."August 11, he will be heard in

Two days previously, he and his
SAINTSboys air in " A Tale of Two Trum(Continued from page 1)
pets " from Midland Regional.
After their London week -end,
The Rattenbury group, formed
The bands scheduled for this they will make their first appear- only last March, will have totalledoccasion are Len Beadle and his ance in Bolton, when they will four broadcasts in eight weeks by
Jazz Band, who won the NFJO be the first New Orleans band to the time these latest airings are
Jazz Band Contest of 1950, and enter that famous bop centre, the heard. The boys are shortly
the Rivermouth Jazz Band. from Bolton Rhythm Club. Subse- making their first out-and-out
Newcastle, who will be making quent local appearances include jazz concert appearance at Dudtheir first appearance in London. the Lido Ballroom, Sale, Cheshire. ley Hippodrome on August 5.
Admission to the club is 3s., not
6s. as erroneously stated in a
recent classified advertisement.
CONFERRING OVER A CALYPSO
The club caters for listeners andjivers and is ideally situated. It

the winter season at the AssemblyHall, Pinner, on August 4.

is in the middle of a park.

FOX DATES(Continued from page 1)

HANS MAY'S THEME SONGI

Hammersmith sign

the group's drum stool on

Daniels Jazz Club
resumes sessions

the Festival Hall Traditional Jazz
Concert.
During the conversation heheard Neva singing in the studioand specially asked for her to singfor him over the 'phone.
Learning that Neva is to visit
New Orleans in the early autumn,
he requested her to make a flying
visit to the Blue Note.
Neva has been approved by the
BBC for radio and television and
expects soon to be heard in bothspheres.

Oldham trombonist Kenny Graham and his Afro Cubists get their fourth " Jazz
Moderns " airing tomorrow indeps with Winstone Fora presentation designed to show

Isle of Wight, on
When trombonist Charlie MesInfluence of Afro-Cuban
senger recently left Eric Winstone, theThursday (19th).
Roy music on jazz, and vice versa.
He was taken to a doctor, who at
Butlin's, Pwllheli,Fornumbers the groupattributed his collapse to ex- Bassett, who has been with will befour
augmented to fourteen.
cessive heat. He was advised to Tommy Smith at the Savoy BallMen to be added for theyears, haprest for a couple of days. but room. Oldham, forontwoholiday
at occasion are Chris Stonely, Alex
refused to let the band down and pened elito be
Jack, Norman Fantham (tnrs.);
travelled with them to Bognor on Pwllh.
Birch (bari.); Dave Usden
Friday, to appear at the Rex BallEric asked Roy to fill-in for a Oscar
and Ray Davis (tpts.); Ginger
room. He has now recovered.
few days and Roy is still doing so, Johnson(bongoes) and Roywith the permission of Tommy Plummer (gtr.).
Smith. Altogether, he has been
Woolwich Afro-Cubanism delving for three weeks.
The augmented group will play
bandleader
Tom
Woolwich
As reported elsewhere in this originals by Kenny Graham
Mead will front a nine -piece Afro- issue. Charlie Messenger has now (" Afro-Cadabra," " The Noisy"), Ralph Dollimore (" Cuban
Cuban group at the Feldman joined Oscar Rabin. Eric Win - One") and Alan ClareClub this Sunday (29th). when stone hopes to fix a permanent Nocturne
star attraction is the Kenny successor by the end of the (" Siesta ").
Baker Band.
current week.
Revell Terry will introduce theVentnor,HARRY GOLD and his Piecesof Eight have generously
promised to give their services
at a dance at the Crimdon Park
Diana Coupland added
Pavilion, Blackhall, West HartleNat will, of course, continue to play regular pool, on July 31, in aid of thesessions in the Dance Pavilion. For his shows Easington Colliery
Miners'in the Amphitheatre, he will augment with Disaster Fund.
popular vocalist Diana Coupland.
This appeal, originally inNat has a television date on August 3 with his tended to assist the relatives oflarge orchestra, acting as compere for the the 83 miners who lost theirat Easington on May 29,
whole show, and on August 13 with his own band lives
now, through the kindness
show, featuring vocalist Carole Carr and a new willofthepeople of Easington, also
discovery, a singer who has been programme - give aid
to the bereaved of theselling at the Festival Gardens. men who were killed shortly
Jan Wildeman, who plays afterwards in an accident at
opposite Nat Allen in the Dance the nearby Appleton Colliery.
The Easington Rural District
Pavilion, has now been informed Council,
inaugurated thethat his services are to be Fund, havewho
informed the MELODY
retained, but his band will be MAKER thatinquiries regarding
reduced from eight to five.
Harry's visit on July 31 have
Recently, Wildeman was told been so numerous that a sell-outthat his engagement would end is expected.
They wish to offer special
on July 21, but he was subse- thanks
to Harry Gold and his
quently given an extension until Pieces ofEight, who refusedAugust 11. It now seems likely to accept any
expenses for theirthat he will remain for the appearance andare even paying
entire season.

GER. 9000

been with Johnny Devlin at the
Crystal Ballroom, Dublin.
Ray Dempsey spent two years
with Edmundo Ros and has since
freelanced. Judy Joy has sungfor Teddy Foster, and Janet Webster with Steve Race and George

Jerry Parry is ayoung Welshman.
The outfit opens at the Rex
Ballroom, Bognor, on July 31, thenvisits the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl (1st), Victoria Ballroom,
Cardiff (2nd), Belle Vue, Manchester (3rd) and the Officers'
Club at the U.S. Air Base at Burtonwood, Lancs (4th).
Scott -Wood.

Other dates already booked are
two weeks at Green's, Glasgow,
starting October 29, followed bya week of one-night stands in
Scotland.
Roy is anxious to recapture hisformer stage manager, Barry
Barrett, who should contact Roy'sagent, Maurice Kinn, at Whitehall
5531.

Most recent of Lord Kitchener's compositions is ' The Denis
Compton Calypso," and here he is, snapped by the " MM," interviewing the cricketer to obtain his material. The disc was madeby Melodist last week with Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm.

July; 28, 1951'

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

7ANDREWS SISTERS HERE FOR $200,000
TELEVISION WORK-OUT
British Variety only medium
for trying -out TV act

Weedon and
Wolkowsky
reunited
THE radio partnership
tween

ANTICIPATORY
TOAST

THE Andrews Sisters, tour de force of the current U.S.

be-guitarists Bert
Weedon and Andy Wolkowsky,
which was interrupted by Bert's
recent illness, is to oe resumed
on August 11.
They will play guitar anddomra duets in " Instrumental
Interlude " on the Home Service
at 10 a.m.

vocal invasion of Europe, arrive in London to -day. On
Monday they commence a two-week season at the London
Palladium, and follow it up with weeks at Glasgow andBirmingham.

The ten -person retinue which arrives with them on the s.s. New
Amsterdam includes conductor and arranger Vic Schoen, pianist
Walt er Weshler and drummer Irving Cottler.
Schoen has arranged and conducted for the Andrews for the
past fifteen years. He has scored every number they have everrecorded or broadcast. Weshler aired regularly with David Roseand played with Jerry Gray's dance band. Cottler was drummer
with Les Brown. He left when Btiddy Rich joined.

60 -minute Palladium act

Now completely recovered, Bert

Before leaving New York, the Andrews Sisters gave theiris freelancing in the studios withfor embarking on this British Variety tour. Mainly it
several bands and is broadcasting reasons
to gain experience on the halls-the most essential preparaas featured guitarist every Sun- wasday (8.20 a.m., Light) with the tion, in the Andrews' estimation, for television.
The Andrews have only appeared twice in TV, and these were
Tommy Reilly Quartet.
experimental dates. They felt they wanted tomaster the medium before entering it seriously.
On September 24, however, they commence a
THREE AT THE FIFTY-ONE seriesof eight one -hour television shows on NBC,

Harry Roy and his wife, snapped by the " MM " in the Empress
Club as they raise their glasses to the month's holiday Harry istaking from the Club. They leave tomorrow for Juan-les-Pins.

with $200,000 in the offing. A Variety tour became necessary. There is no
Variety as such in America;
therefore they turned to Britain.
In their hour-long act at the
Palladium the Sisters will feature four or five solo vocals by Patti, now making
an individual name for herself in the States asa solo record artist. Rest of the act is built up
mainly of requests from British fans.
The Andrews Sisters will have little spare time
prodigy Sugar Chile Robinson is expected in England
during their month here. La Verne has brought PIANO
aboard a Pan American clipper 'plane at noon tomorrow£500 -worth of films with her; wants to film theFestival attractions. Maxine, who bought a (Saturday). Ten hours later he will appear in his own 15 -minute
Healey and a Jaguar during the Sisters' 1948 television spot.
visit to Britain, hopes to get another Jaguar.
During the evening the 11 After their week at Birmingham the three girls year -old keyboard sensation will
will go to France, where they will take part in rehearse with drummer Martin Ward 3 guitarist
the Ray Ventura film, " Baby Beats The Band." Aston and bassist Lennie BushThis film also features British vocalist Carole for the TV show, which goes on collapses on eve
The soundtrack is being-and Sugar Chile flies into televise tomorrow

Guestsat
Studio '51 last

BELL BOYS CUT
4 MORE SIDES
Graeme Bell's Australian Band

recorded more titles for Parlophone on Thursday (26th).
These were " Gonna March," acomposition

byGraemeBell;" Big Walk About," an originalCarr.

duplicated in French and English.
Lou Levy, who " discovered "the Andrews Sisters 15 years ago
while he was engaged in a tapdancing act and is now their personal manager, arrived in London
early this week.

at 10.05 p.m.
The following day Sugar Chile

Franklin appeared without aguitarist.
Deputy for the " 96 " opeA2ing
was Wolverhampton -born Peter
Sloan, secured at short notice byHedley Ward.
Jack McKechnie is sufferingfrom acute neuritis. His condition is reported to be " unchanged."
The Trio is due to record thefirst of the new " Educating
Archie " series on August 3, inguitarist Bud Baker; and for Eddie Thompson" Cake Walking Babies," sung by
Neva Raphaello.
Engaged at the Celebrite" band - within - a - Restaurant. New Bond -street, W.,
Graeme'sband," Lazy Ade's " Late Hour for a week's trial, blind pianist Boys," recorded " Hallo, Jim vocalist Eddie Thompson has
Eadie," featuring Lazy on piano, proved successful and is to remain, leading a trio and playing
trumpet and clarinet.
by(31st), opposite Wally Rockett and hisnext
On Tuesday
Graeme Bell's Australian Band Band.
will appear at the Wimbledon
Palais, before setting off on ashort tour of the West Country, Ros airs another byvisiting Bristol (2nd). Exmouth(3rd), Weston -super -Mare (4th).

Belfast Stone at

which they are teamed, as previously, with the Tanner Sisters.

Bissetto & Davey

HERMANOS DENIZ SIGNBob Bissetto. who leads at theJacaranda in Knightsbridge, andwith
Roy Davey, trumpeter
Tommy Rogan at the Berkeley.

Streatham Locarno compositions

GUY LORRAINE
New vocalist with the Hermanos Deniz Cuban Rhythm
Band, which has now been resident at Grosvenor House for two
years, is Guy Lorraine.
A Belgian, Guy has a flexible

have had another of their joint

Jack Stone and his Band, who

broadcastbyRos.
finished an engagement at the Edmundo
Ed. aired their first number.
Plaza, Belfast, on Sunday (22nd), " DoingThe Samba." This new
opened on Monday at the Streat-

ham Locarno.
They replace Sammy Ash andhis Band, who have left thecircuit. Jack Stone is leading a
As already re10 -piece band.
ported in the " MM," saxistleader Benny Daniels has taken
his 11 -piece band into the Plaza.
Belfast.

EDMUNDO ROS BAND
AT BLACKPOOL
Edmundo Ros makes one of hisrare out-of-town appearances on
Sunday (29th) when he appears
with his band at the Opera
House Theatre, Blackpool.
He will play two concerts (6.20
and 8.15 p.m.) in a bill including
Lee Lawrence, Marion Saunders
and Semprini.

96' debut

has another date with the BBC.
of
He broadcasts in the Light Programme from 1.15-1.30 p.m. with
McKECHNIE, guitarist
Frank Deniz (gtr.), Frank Clarke JACK
with the Hedley Ward Trio,(bass) and George Fierstone collapsed in Birmingham last
Lou heads and operates Leeds (drs.).
Thursday, the day the trio wasMusic Corporation, one of the
On Monday he opens his to open at the " 96 " in Piccaworld's largest publishing houses. Variety tour at Glasgow Empire. dilly.
A deputy was found for the
While in Europe he plans to make Weeks follow at Newcastle -on Tyne, Liverpool and Birmingham. opening, but the Trio had to cana business trip to Paris.
cel its " Variety Fanfare " broadcast due to be recorded on Sunday for relay today (Friday).
For a midnight matinee at
SEND-OFF
FOR
A
SONG
STAR
Celebrite contract
Southend Odeon on Friday last.
the Trio's Bob Carter and Derek
Saturday included the Rita
Sextet.
Rcys
atcurrently
the West End Restaurant,
Edinburgh. They travelled totown for the occasion. Here,
Rita poses for the " MM"with tcnormen. Ronnie Scott(right) and Pete King, of theJack Parnell Orchestra.

voice, particularly suited to the

L. A. effort is titled " The Woman
Always Pays."style of the band and sings inseverallanguages,
includingFrench, Portuguese and Spanish.

A further boost is given Bob's
bandleading activities when heappears with his outfit in a television show from the Nuffield
Centre on August 20.

In his theatre dressing -room
vocalist Teddy Johnson shows
his brother, actor and singer
Bryan Johnson (centre), andMoss Kaye, freelance
Moss Kaye, tenor sax and woodwind specialist who has beenwith Ambrose at Ciro's,
Helen McKay turns back Paramor some of the con- working
is now concentrating exclusively
on freelancing owing to his manyhismusical -adviser

the television clock

ELEN McKAY, a member of husband Bob Winnette's Songvarious artists. Among these are" Sing A Little Sweeter " and" The Kissing Rock " with Donald
Peers, due for release shortly.
They have also recorded soundtrack music for the Donald Peersfilm. " Sing Along With Me."'SKYLON ' BAND(Continued from page 1)

The band is a 14 -piece, conof

saxist-leader,

screen and radio will be introduced to the dancers, and there

are distinct possibilities of broadcasts direct from the spot.

For the past 18 months, theEmbassy Band has gained a big
reputation all over the country.
It plays at almost all Geraldo's
private engagements and has
many times appeared before
Royalty.

and as a teacher at the Central

School of Dance Music.

UNLESSTHE

LOVELIEST NIGHT

THE

YEAR

BE MY LOVE

four

saxes, two trombones, two trumpets, piano, bass, drums, electricguitar and vocalist. Its season
will last until the end of September.
At every session stars of stage,

At the NFJO Festival Stomp at Holborn Hall on Saturday 121st)
famous Indian bandleader Rudy Cotton, who is visiting Britain,
chats to Freddy Randall (left) and Eric Silk, whose bands
together with Chris Barber's, played at the Stomp.

commitments both in this sphere

F & D's HIT PARADE

Pedlars, played an unusual part on television last week-that of Helen McKay, the first girl to appear on a high definition
TV screen anywhere in the world.
This first TV appearance was in 1936 at Radiolympia, when Helensang the television signature tune "Here's Looking At You." Herre-enactment of the debut was in " The Passing Show."In addition to Bob and Helen.
the Song Pedlars comprise Nadia
Doreand Frank Holmes. They
SILK AND COTTON RAGTIME
appear next month in the BBC
series, " Sing It Again."
They have recently recorded anumber of HMV sides withsisting

Norriegratulatory telegrams received on the opening nightof his current Variety tour.

HAPPINESS
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July' 28, 1951'

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

S

BREATH CONTROLIN 1945, I was playing with
Duncan Whyte at the Astoria,
Charing Cross Road. I was only
eighteen then and had beenplaying sax for three years. Six

months before, I had changed
m7 alto for a tenor and I hadn't
yet become accustomed to thechange.
My tone was thin and I had

and how it

affects your tone

TECHNICALPAGE

The breath has to be conserved,
Now, this might seem a tedious
way of establishing simple facts, therefore it is necessary to pracbut my experience has been that tise taking really deep, fullvery few wind instrumentalists breaths, holding them for inget around to working out the creasingly long periods, and thenmechanical principles involved. breathing out as slowly andbeen doing so much experimentevenly as possible.
giving my personal opinions for however simple they may be.
ing with reeds and mouthpieces
When I started playing, nobody
what
they
are
worth,
andI'll
bethat I didn't know quite where I
grateful for suggestions (or cor- told me very much about breath- Control
was.
rections)
fromother wind ing, and although later on I
Most readers of this page will,
heard vague talk of diaphragm- Remember, though, that there
players.
of course, know that I hadn't
It
seems
to
me
that,
in saxo- atic breathing, very few saxo- will he a tendency when breathbeen giving myself a fair chance.
phonists could say exactly what ing out slowly to hold the breathphone
playing,
the
lungs
are
a
Shortly afterwards I had somereservoir of air. The mouthpiece it was.
back front the throat. This musttuition from George Evans, who
Everybody uses the diaphragm be avoided, for the control must
(controlledbytheembouchure)
told me so in no uncertain terms.
is a point of resistance between in normal breathing, though come from the diaphragm.
He went on to say that if I didn't
the air reservoir and the instru- most aren't conscious of it. There
While playing, it is often
settle on a mouthpiece longment. To overcome this resis- is a certain amount of lateral necessary to snatch a hurriedenough to get used to the feel of
expansion
of
the
chest
in
inhalatance
and
set
up
vibrations.
presBreathing ex e r cises
breath.
it. I wouldn't get anywhere.
sure is needed-a higher pressure tion and this is equally normal. should also cover this eventuAfter reading Johnny Dank thanthat
neededfornormalexexpanding theality.
Practiseworth's brief few words on tone
halation. The necessary compreslungs to their full capacity inproduction (" MM" 7/7/51), I
Capacitysionshouldbeforthcomingfromtheshortestpossible
space offelt that what had happened tothe diaphragm.
time.
me must happen to thousands ofTryholding
the
hand
on
the
Similarly, the breath has to be
young players all over theupper part of the abdomen while available
for a loud, fast passage
country.
breathing in deeply.
There
playing, so practise breathing
Mechanics
should be some pressure under ofoutquickly
evenly.
hand, and this is caused One otherbutpoint
Factors
concerning
What is the diaphragm? In theentirely by the downward move- buildingupbreathingcapacity.
itisamuscularsimpleterms,The personal factors thatof the diaphragm. Con- You are concerned here
wall which separates the abdo- ment
Johnny specified were breath
versely, exhaling should cause increasing the capacity of with
the
I
don't
men
from
the
chest.
control, air expulsion, throat
inward movement.
it is uselessthink that it is necessary to go someandembouchurerelaxation,
Obviously, the wind instru- lungs-therefore
deeplyandmerelytobreathemuch
deeperinto
thesubject
formation. You'll notice thatneeds a greater lungit, at that. The aim should
than that. The meohanios of mentalist
there are three things that affectthan that required for leave
to take what you normallyblowing will be made clear if capacity
tone before we get to embouchure.
normalbreathing,plus a better beconsiderdeep breath, hold it
readers study the diagrams repro- degree of control over
Unfortunately, most pupils are
the dia- for a split asecond,
and then suck
duced on this page.
led to believe that embouchure isphragm itself.
in
some
more
air. As the lungs
view
the
front
One
gives
first
consideration.
The
their
A
few
saxophonists
acquire
this
get
used
to
accommodating
theof the saxophonist with the unconsciously
beginner buys his instrument
while
playing. slight increase, the capacity gets
The fact that I can hold a position of the diaphragm shown. Others
and a tutor, puts the instrument bottom
needexercises
to
build
up
bigger.
B fiat at moderate volume For good measure, there is also both capacity and control. But
in his mouth and blows it.
Given good lung capacity, diaMost tutors deal with em- for only 15 seconds, while I can a side view, which indicates the all are capable of improvement phragmatic
control, and no conB flat one octave up for diaphragm, lungs, throat and and should work for it.
bouchure in a very cursory sustain
strictionof the throat and45
seconds,
suggests
to
me
that
It
will
be
noticedthat
tongue.
fashion and the poor beginexercises are easy enough raising of the
tongue to restrict
more air must be blown the throat is open and that the toThesener who encounters trouble looks muchformulate. The thing to the free flow of
air, filling thethe instrument for low tongue is reasonably flat to en- remember
for the cause in his embouchure throughis that, if you wish to instrument, with consequent
imsure that the flow of air is not increase youror. more frequently, in the reed notes.
breathing capacity. provement of tone, becomes
Therefore,
as
there
must
be
restricted.
and mouthpiece.
logical way is to practise possible.
reasonable equality of tone in To make both these sketches theBreath control? Well, what is all
registers, it follows that absolutely clear, there is another deep breathing.
there to do apart from taking a breath
control is of the greatest diagram which reduces thedeep breath and blowing?
Conception
Air expulsion? Surely that importance. The flow of air must breathing and blowing action to
be unrestricted so that any note the simplest possible terms. This
There is another factor thatmeans blowing.
The
Diaphragm
affects tone, and one which isThroat relaxation? Search me! on the instrument can be is in the form of two conessounded
adequately.
onetorepresentthesaxophone:very
difficult to get down on
T
T
is
the
principal
muscle ofThose would have been my
Many saxophonists suffer from the other, the lungs, throat andpaper. It is, nevertheless, acknowanswers, anyway, if the questions
1- inspiration (or breathing). In
choked
tone,
and
this
is
often
mouth.
ledgedby most leading saxhad been shot at me a few years
the curvature of thedue to muscular constriction in At the point of junction of the breathing,ophonists nowadays, who agree
ago.
diaphragm barely changes.
Ittheregionofthethroat.
Probconesisthemouthpiece
which
that
producinga certain tone
Now I know that control of the
moves downwards nearly parallelcolumn of air that enters the ably some psychological factor is offers resistance to the flow of to its original position. This means " thinking " it.
involved
here,
becausefew
saxoAt
the
wide
end
of
the
cone
air.
I won't pretend to understandsaxophone has more to do withdownward movement displaces thephonists are conscious of the representing the lungs is the abdominal organs, thus causing how this works, but the player
tone than anything else.
restriction.
diaphragm, shown here as a form soma protrusion immediately be- must have a very clear concepMy own view is that these of piston. It is the piston action low the ribs.
tion of the tone he wishes toVolumeplayers, in the effort to get the of the diaphragm which comproduce before he even stands a
The diaphragm is called into
pressureofairrequiredtosoundpresses
the
air
to
the
point
when
chance of getting near to it.
actionduringall
expulsive
funcNearly everyone can pick up a
Mouthpieces can, of course,
tions of the body, and a deep
saxophone mouthpiece and blow a note, try to exert force from it will vibrate the reed.
affect tone to a certain extent,
inspiration
takes
place
beforeit. A small child could do it.
POSITION OF DIAPHRAGM IN EXPIRATION
but the biggest influence issneezing, coughing, laughing, cryBut when that same mouthpieceexerted by the player's own
ing and, it may be assumed, blow
is attached to a saxophone aThis sketch
mental conception of that tone.
ing a musical instrument.
different situation arises. Whereshows how
But, in my view, the best
Its
range
of
movement
variesas the volume of air in thethe piston
quality instrument, mouthpiece
between
12
mms.
and
28
mms.
for
mouthpiece alone is very small,actionofthe
INSTRUMENT
shallowanddeepbreathing.
andreed, and a crystal clear idea
blowing the mouthpiece while itdiaphr a g nt
It is possible to train the inof the tone you are after, willis attached to the tenor sax
compres s e s
MOUTHPIECE
dividual
to
not
help
you if you are not fillinguse
thediaphragm
means moving a very large
air to vibrate
independents of the other muscles
the instrument. The best sax involume of air.
the
reed.
of
inspiration.
the world still has to be blown.
I am not mathematician enough
POSITION OF DIAPHRAGM IN INSPIRATION
People who have heard Coleman
to assess the precise number ofHawkins play in person know
cubic inches of air entailed inthat breath can be heard escapblowing bottom B fiat on theing from the sides of his mouth.
. . . but you don't have to stay on the same mouthpiecetenor, but I do know that the
It is all very well to speak of
distance from the mouthpiece tothis artist's imperfect embouthe B flat key is over four feetchure.
The fact is, he really fills
on my instrument. Add to thisthe instrument.
the fact that the diameter of theBelieveme, his physical equipbore graduates from half an inch
ment would enable him to get
to about three inches in thecerned,theinitialexperiments
thesametone on your instruregion of the B fiat key, and itwith different mouthpieces are as ment as well as on mine.
will be appreciated that the promuch
a
part
of
his
development
That,tome, is the supreme
blem of filling the instrument
as the musical exercises that he test.
with air has much, much more
plays.
to do with tone than most saxoSure, he wastes some money
phonists are aware.
W first saxophone was a
the throat itself, whereas thepressure should be coming fromthe diaphragm.
I am not going to try to lay
down any scientific principles on
the subject of blowing. I am

by DONRENDELL

There should be somechanges made!

and time, gets on the wrong
track, and maybe has a spot of
says
BILLY
trouble with his embouchure.
that happened to be among
double -octave key tenor

But, eventually, he finds out
what he wants, learns what lay
suits him, and sticks pretty
closely to it.
by a regular battalion.
How else can he make up his
atrocious instrument I was mind?
At the time I was playing theto play.
doesn't however, stay on
trombone. I was only eighteen trying
highly delighted. My He
same mouthpiece for the rest
then, and I think the sole rea- But I was
seemed meteoric. I think theof his playing days. Fashions
son I was keen to try my hand progressit always does at first. The transiThe tone that is widelyat the tenor was that I was in- tion from fumbling in the first change.
today might be outdated intrigued by the curious shape of week to actually playing through heard
a couple of years.
a complete chorus is a very heartYes, I know the player himself
the instrument.
produces 90 per cent. of the tone.
This may seem strange unless ening experience.
But
what about the odd 10 per
it is borne in mind that I wascent.?
living down in the country andIf the mouthpiece has nohadn't even seen a sax before.
tone, why do experiAlso, this was way back in 1929.
After that, progress seems to effect on
players fall for a new
My experiences learning to play slow down. Various snags are en- enced
mouthpiece?
the instrument probably parallel countered. That desire for the Mind you, there is a guiding
those of many other beginners wonderful new sax that will solve principle to be followed in
all over the country at the pre- all playing problems begins to buying a new mouthpiece. One
sent time.
grow.
change abruptly from a
I went to a teacher. I was Nearly always this can't be doesn't
close lay with a soft reed to avery impressed. To start with, afforded-but a new mouthpiece lay
aswide
as a door and a reed
he was a professional musician. can.
as hard as a hoard.
He knew how to blow and finger
So I started on a series ofA
wisechoiceof a new mouththe instrument.
mouthpiece changes that lasted piece might open
the road toI didn't, however, make a great for four years.
progressformany
a strugdeal of progress in the first year.
A mistake? Most of the star
gling
beginner.
I was, of course, handicapped by musicians whose opinions are
It'sbetter,anyprinted on this page would say
way, to haveso.
I'm going to ' have thethecouragetotemerity to disagree.
experiment
On many occasions I've readthan to keepthat the beginner should find atimidly t o a
comfortable mouthpiece and thenmouthpiecesettle on it. This is all very well,that is thea pile of obsolete junk passed
on to a Territorial Army unit

WEEBON

Changes

Note open throat and flat
tongue.

t'thrill.

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What is the first question that
comfortable atsprings to the lips of the British
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And that's as it should be.
and he brightens the ten withto say that he shouldn't understandable,
There would be no progress at all Who's
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July 28, 1951

Who DID play piano on
Vcorre- that Dodds session?
asks
COLLECTORS'CORNERWE are still gettingrollspondence about the piano
records.
First, Harald

Grut (whose original piece ap- THE recently raging Hardin bass. Both of these books were
peared here on 26/ 5/51) writes
compiled after " JRB." The perJohnson / Blythe -Lindsay
to say:sonnelgiven by Baby Dodds to" I noticed that Mr. Townley controversy appears to call for
Rudi Blesh is questionable inadded a few Circle issues to my a modicum of clarification
view of his inclusion of Ory.
list of available pianola records before it gets out of control.
If one accepts Hardin as pianin the ` MM ' of 16/6/51.
ist, it goes, almost without sayWhen Sinclair Trail men" I knew about these items- tioned
ing, that Johnson may be
that
he
felt
uneasyabout
the titles were obviously culled the presence of Hardin andaccepted also, as much of the evifrom the Blesh-Janis ragtime
dence will apply to him as well.
on the newly issued
book-but at the time that I Johnson
On aural evidence alone, thewrote they had not been issued, Dodds HMV, I am certain that The Victor pianist has more Victors have rounder and morethan Blythe, but they are rhythmic bass playing; in fact,
so / omitted them.
he intended his view more as a ideas
applied rather dully and without, better playing, although some" I received a recent Circle list
than a statement.
we say, the Blythe spirit. what similarly styled. However,
the other day, and they are still suggestion
Yet it has been taken up and snail
But here
the crucial factor style in such a case is little crinot shown, so presumably they moreor less accepted so far which
I am isfirmly convinced has terion. There must have been
have not yet been released."
Additional information comes without question and on the misled people: the use of a wash - literally hundreds of bass players
hoard! We simply are not used who sounded like that, just as
from Les Phythian of Liverpool, flimsiest of evidence,
Let me say straight away that to hearing Lil with a washboard, there are hundreds who soundwho says:although unlikely, it may be whereas the exact opposite like, say, Billy Taylor or Bob
correct. What concerns me is the applies to James B.

DAVE
CAREY

Phythian speaks :" Harald Grut's excellent list of
pianola-roll recordings, and Eric

Townley's addenda, were mostwelcome.
" There was, however, one
notable omission-no mention

seems to have been made of theScott Joplin ' Maple Leaf Rag 'put out by Brun Campbell on his
own Brun label some few years
ago.
" My copy of the Brun issue*
unfortunately carries no catalogue number, though a matrix
number of sorts-BRS 1001-is
etched into the wax surrounding
the label. The latter, incidentally,
announces:-

Casey today.

glib and irresponsible acceptance
And so to another controversialof it.
topic, this time unwittingly
After I had seen Sinclair's Charactercooked up by Peter Tanner in his
review of the record in question,
Listen 'to the character of current Bunn mixture.
I took the first opportunity of " Bluesays that Bunn was present
Piano Stomp," made on onHe
listening to all the pertinent July 5, 1928,
Clarence Williams' Washboard
washboard.
Dodds recordings from October, and to that ofwithout
Band's version of " Shoutin' In
thetitlesmadeon1927, to February, 1929. inclusive,
Amen Corner " which was
following day with wash- Thatin order to probe the elusive theon Regal-Zonophone.
It is entirely different, issued
truth. Here are my findings:- board.
That Bunn was present I don't
the pianist is quite obviously deny,
The piano playing on the HMV yet
although the solo thereon
Had
the
non
-washthesame.
is certainly not entirely typical board sides been issued on HMV does him little credit; but-as I
of Lil Hardin's work with the Hot
pointed out in " CC " once pre-"Pops" Foster(See Max Jones' reviews et the
Quintet, at footof page.)Mezzrow-BechetOh, didn't

they ramble

doubt if the query would have viously-this is most unlikely to
Five or the Wanderers, but then Iarisen.
they were recorded over twogroup.
we must consider, if it is be a Clarence Williams
years previous to it. Listen to notNow
It is labelled simply as by
Blythe, is it really Hardin or Williams'
Continuing the missing
her still later work, and it is an unknown?
Washboard
Band,
andHere are my subvastly different again.
it is almost certain that theAugust series in PETER
missions on behalf of Li:leader
is
one,
Harry
Williams,
who( 1 ) It has been reported in, I
TANNER'S Monthly Rebelieve, a " Downbeat " of some was vocalist on some of the" Recorded from Hand -Played Drastic change
minder.
groups' recordings.
years ago, that she is known to Washboard
Piano Roll, Played by Scott
Now here is a very strange
The drastic change had to have " fixed up " the Victor
Joplin,' and adds, with under- come
thing
which
I
also
pointedout
about gradually, and two sessions. This being so, it is unstandable pride, ' Recorded bytime ago, but it was never Paul Mares
Brun Campbell, Joplin's Only years is not an unreasonable time likely that she would have some
August 18. 1949, marked thecleared up, and repetition may death
Blythe.
White Pupil of the 1890's. The to effect considerable transition. employedof Paul Mares, whose name
On several of the Victors prove more fruitful:first white pianist to play " Maple One thing is clearly evident, how- we(2)andtrumpet playing will always
find Hardin, or Dominique, or
ever: the pianist on all the Victor
Leaf Rag." 'be associated with the New
Dodds,
given
composition
credits,
sessions
is
one
and
the
same.
Harald Grut listed a Scott So the thing to decide is never Blythe. Yet on no record The same one!
Orleans Rhythm Kings.
JoplinMaple Leaf '(5003)
Paul's death severed one moreamong the sides in Circle's whether they are all Blythe. all where Blythe is known to havelink with the Golden Era. Mares,
Tinsley Washboard Band who' Pianola Ragtime ' Album, and a rather different Hardin from played do we find a credit given onThehis childhood years inabove-mentheHMV
andyears previous, or, indeed, all to Lil; only Blythe, Dominique or tioned Regal Zono are one and Newspent
this has no doubt been made two
Orleans in the company ofby some, as yet, unnamed third Dodds, or outside composers.
from the same pianola-roll.
Leon
Rappoloand George Brunies,
same
recording-absolutelythe(3) Most of the Victors have
" I have no available means of person.
was-right up to his deathexcept always
been available for years on Swiss identical in every respect
At this stage let us turn to HMV
checking this point. Neverthereadyto sit-in on a good
The
HMV
is
matrixnumber!
with personnels (completeless, for the sake of completeness Blythe. In this case we have the77819, while the RZ is two -beat session.
alone, I do feel that the Brun Chicago Footwarmers' session or in part) on the labels. As all numbered
In
1919
he
came to Chicago,
numbered
77811.
ought to be mentioned along with made just a few days before the these were master pressings, it
he later formed the Friars
The same title was issued on whereseems probable that the Swiss Bluebird
the other discs listed by Harald first of the Victor sessions.
Society
Orchestra
under the
B5230
as
by
the
WashDoes the pianist sound the company would have obtained
as issued prior to May 1, 1951.
nominal leadership of Husk
Wonders, and again by*" The reverse side of this Brun same? Not on your life! Blythe their information direct from board
O'Hara.
which
1ater
was to beon
WashboardBand
record-not taken from a pianola- on the Chi. Footwarmers is as Victor at the same time as they Tinsley's
RhythmVictor 24405 and Bluebird B6219; come the New Orleansroll, by the way-is of Campbell Blythe always is - intensely got the masters across.
break-up
of
With
the
Kings.
but I have not heard any of these this band Paul Mares played for(4) The style is slightly " legi- American
playing his own composition rhythmic in a somewhat raggy
issues,
and
they
may
timate."which,
togetherwiththe' Salome Slow Drag.' "manner, percussive and brighta
while
in
New
York
and
then
from the British ones.
whereas the Victor pianist is dull tone and lack of attack, is a differ
up music to run a businessCan anyone help to sort this gave
more legato, less jazz -styled, and normal characteristic of Lil'sin New Orleans. and later to own
Piano rollwith a tangy tone which we can't work.
andoperate a restaurant in.
Whoiscal0"ne
for
the
road.
(5)Whereas
"
The
Jazz
Recordattribute to the instruFinally, on the question of entirely
pianist on the Erskine Chicago.
" favours the Blythe -Lind- second(BrE),
ment (note the way that Hines, Book
pianolas, Roy Carew of Washing- JamesPaul
Mares recorded for Gen or
does
everybodyTatesaytheory,
"
NFID
"
gives
HardinP. or Stacy, for example,
ton refers to Claude Lipscombe's
nett with the Friars Society
think it is the work of one Orchestra
get the same sort -of tone and Johnson, and " Index to still
first article, and adds a few lines always
and the New Orleansman?
Jazz " gives Hardin and unknown
from any piano).
on Jimmy Rodgers.
Rhythm Kings in the early" The little article about piano'twenties, and later made somerolls had interest for me,sides for both Victor and Okeh.
although I never had a player JAZZ REVIEWS by MAX .IONE.!
His last recording date was in1935 for Okeh when, with a perpiano.
" The item about commercial
sonnel which included Boycerolls by Max Kortlander reminded
Brown, Santo Pecora and Jessme that he is still making (manuStacy, he cut four famous sides,
facturing) rolls as head of the'' Maple Leaf Rag," " Nagasaki,"Imperial Industrial Company in" Land Of Dreams " and " ReinNew York. I doubt if he cuts THE MEZZROWBECHET QUINTET
carnation," which have sincethem any more, but I am notbeen reissued (Col. 35880 and.

Five more from Bechet and Mezz

positive.

" J. Lawrence Cook. who transcribed the Jelly Roll Morton compositions for me. is regularly

Really The Blues (Two parts)(King Jazz KJ9)
Jelly Rolloccupied there, cutting rolls. He

has recently been cutting rolls
for the old ' Nickelodeon,' now
mostly a collector's item, so hetells me.
I saw Jimmy Rodgers here atthe Earle Theatre, many years
ago. It was said that he was a
New Orleans boy, although hedoubtless was after my time.

Blue yodel

35686)
HORN OF PLENTY, Robert Coffin.
Price 15s.
International Bookshop.
1947,
this
PUBLISHED in

Gone Away Blues(King Jazz KJ10)

story of Louis Armstrong is

Delta Moodnow matte available in Britain.
It makes good reading and con.-ains some interesting data on
Louis's upbringing.
The main fault to be foundwith this book is that the author

Kaiser's Last Break(King Jazz KJ11)
KJ9: Sidney Bechet (sop. and cit.),Mezz Mezzrow (on.); Wesley " Sox "Wilson (050.); Wellman Brautl (bass);
Recorded New
Baby Do -this (drs.).
York, 18 946.
KJ10:

sub.

Fitz

Westontreats his subject more in themanner of a novel than a biography. He does obviously love
his subject, but his approach is(Pilo.);

George " Pops ' Foster (bass); Kaiser
Recorded N.Y.C.,
Marshall (drs.).

at

times
worship.

never heard the ' Blue 29 8,45.
Yodel ' that you refer to in your KJ11: As 10 but with Sammy Price' Collectors' Corner.' I think I (pno.);Recorded N.Y.C. 18/12;47.
heard a recording by Rodgers of
Alabama Bound ' over the air
AFTER a long wait come three
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by

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also long years ago, but
King Jazz releases together.
most of what I heard from him
No. 10 is from the first Quintet
was hill -billy music of a type that sessions that produced masternever appealed too much to me. pieces like " Ole Miss," " Out Of

once,

Washington The Gallion," and " Old School.'" Incidentally.
taverns have many hill -billy com- " Gone Away Blues," which wasbinations in them."backed with "De Luxe
From Hugues Panassie comes originallyranks
with " Gallion 'a postscript to the King Jazz Stomp,'
asanexampleof what Bechet
title query. This should settle calls " real lowdown blues."
the matter. " Funky Butt " isisa slow, wistful,itIn
truth.
the medium -tempo blues on typical Mezz tune, introduced bywhich Mezz says " I Hear You, him
on clarinet in two low -register
Pops Faster," while " Where Am

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Mezz the concentrated drive and force
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I? " is an original Bechet tune.
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Bechet in a bold variation that choruses follow-oddly phrased, of45
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It
is
not
a
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clarinet
Conn g 1 tinders/nog replat EY aux F etc
70is " a little solo.
Bechet's entrance (on part, but neither is Bechet's a Conn Mark 8 g 1 replaced ;repadded etc 80
Capitol: Stan Kenton Ork, Tortil- pointed out long ago.ReallyisThe
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las And Beans/Dynaflow (CL13561); like his solo in
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Over and over again we hear Albert copper plate replateibtiepaisied
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Sugar Chile Robinson,
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Are My Lucky Star/Heart And Soulis all soprano solo;
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Christie Bros. Stompers,
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Poorer stuff
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Dodds
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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

July 28, 1951

We thought that concert

THE MODERNISTS SAY:
SEEING that, excepting for atelegram in last week's" MM," everyone seems sopleaSed with the Modernists'

was a farce!'

The efforts of Mr. H. Lyttelton sized hall was likely to show acaused Cicero to leap excitedly financial loss? Why, the crowd
from one side of the bowl to the that attended the "MM " Poll
Concert at the Festival Hall, I
other, peering over the edge at Winners' Empress Hall concert
the end of each bar to blow hot (essentially a modern -jazz event)feel that I must express my
could have filled
into the atmosphere.
Views.
under the broader head- bubbles
WAS astounded. when I classified
H a 11First, either the acoustics are y
When I played the music of a Festival
ing
of
light
music.
FestivaltheI
attendedtimes
very bad or else the volume was Modern Jazz Concert, to hear In any case, surely it needed Mr. Kenton, Cicero rolled himself threedeliberately turned down. From the great Johnny Dankworth very little forethought to realise into a ball and cowered behind over!
ratherBut
where I was sitting in the front playing such obvious commercial that eight strings balanced, as an ant's -egg, blue about the gills thanindefinitestalls I couldn't hear any of the music that I fail to see how he they were, against a huge en- and in obvious distress.
ly
prolong
thissoloists properly except Albert
Next I placed on the turntable debate in print,of brass and saxes, could
Hall, who happened to be directly could be included in a concert semble
what
appearedtobesomeguitarpathetic
andaonly
result
in
will
join
Mr.
of
this
description.
Ifacing me. Kenny Graham I
music by a Mr. Paul. Cicero Borneman i nconsisted almost inaudible effect.
programme
His
didn't hear at all. The only
Obviously, the ultimate respon- leaned against the side of the concludingof two crooners, of a typewithorchestra that managed to get mainly
sibility for this fiasco must rest bowl, yawned and fell asleep.
some construcwith any withthe benefit of the sound was Vic which can be heard Dankworth
the
NFJO,
for
they
must
My
last
test
took
the
form
of
a
tive
suggestions.
Lewis.
normal dance band.
record by Mr. B. Cotton. On this Whatever else
Secondly, Vic Lewis's contribu- also rendered a long-drawn-out
Cicero leaped out of theor may nottion could hardly be called solo attempting to show us why 2111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111. occasion
bowl, asked me huskily for a may
have transpired" Modern Jazz," I could have he was voted a top musician.
pencilandpaper as he writhed from
this, brief
been listening to the BBC Variety Granted he was technically brilon the carpet, and managed to encounter,
theOrchestra and not known the dif- liant, but rarely did it broach
write with a trembling fin before policies of two
ference. I walked out through the subject of monern jazz.
he died: " This shouldn't happen jazz societies
the last number with many
As for Vic Lewis, I was dumbto a swordfish."(NFJO and theothers-and not to catch a train. founded by his contribution. It
G=
Can an y f your readders explain New Jazz SocLastly, congratulations to Toni was made plain by most of theAnton
this phenomenon?-Ivor Smullen, iety) have been
and his Progressive audience what their opinion was= Middlesbrough, Yorks.,
declared in
Orchestra for a very good try, -they left before the end !
especially in the " Sherwood's
print.
After Toni Anton's great per- FIIIIIIIIIIIII111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111117
Forest " number. This is the formance with his orchestra, I have been aware that the Lewis FROM BEHIND MY DESKI
sincerelyurge every adonly band now left to carry on very much doubt if Lewis will programme was completely unY thanksman do 11eee s r
mirerofavantthe good work.-L. Pen fold, Felt - ever again be heralded as a suitable for the occasion.
eandfor olin.1.
theirham. Middlesex," near -Kenton " favourite.
considerate and considerable garde jazz to
alone
could
have
preTheythese
For the other groups I have vented the regrettable affair.- replies to my "Modern Jazz and study
I WAS BORED'
but praise for somethe NFJO " letter. Thanks also texts carefully,
IF this was modern jazz-then nothingtake thegood music-with special D. Knowles, Coulsdon, Surrey.
to Derek Young, although I'd and
I am a traditionalist. I had reallyactionsay that he is too pessimistic by positive
previously considered my musical honours to Tito Burns and Toni THE DIFFERENT VIEW
of joining one
tastesin the jazz idiom fairly Anton. - M. S. J. Downing, I AM sure all your readers will half.
or other of theMostpeople
who
go
to
the
Loncatholic. But boredom I cannot Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
agree that the heartiest of
Jazz Club are only there to organisations.
tolerate.
congratulations are due to the don
I am cplite
dance, too, Derek; and the
And boredom was the chief A REGRETTABLE AFFAIR
NFJOCommittee
for
theirpresenthat thecan claim no corner sureemotion resulting from the
IVENTURE to suggest that the tation of the two wonderfully modernists
music
does notin
apathy,consideringthat
theModernists' contribution to thenumbers played by Vic Lewis
Festival Jazz Concerts. Dickie Hawdon band-one of our lack support inFestival concerts.
during the Modern Jazz Concert successful
Unwittingly,
however,
they
did
this
country,mostworthwhile- styleI did stay to listen to it all- at the Festival Hall in no waythat the concert hall is not groups-was recently older
this support
forced to but
but apart from Dankworth and resemble any form of jazz, show
to
the
place
for
traditionalist
jazz.
does
need
owing to lack of support.
Burns (Tito), found thero- modern or otherwise.
the best group in disband
organised if
I was not unaware of the fact begramme more worthy of a pierIn fact some, such as " Yes theMusically,
thewasconcertseconditistoflourish.
NFJO had put out tenpavilion at a seaside resort.
We Have No Bananas," could not
Dankworth Seven. The that the
For my part,feelers towards modernist
What a farce to call it jazz! even be considered as. dance Johnny
exciting music came from tativeclubs. But I think the limited I intend to join
-John Meyriek, Thaxted, Essex. music, but would have to be mostTito Burns, who was applauded response was more often due to the NJS, andenthusiastically, in spite of some lack of confidence in the Federa- also accept Mr.
Jacquet howls from one of his tion's open-mindedness than to Borneman's inmen.
vitation to " getdisinterest.
The big anti -climax was, of negative
It cannot be denied that the out from behind
His light NFJO has been universally re- that writing
course, Vic Lewis.
music programme was quite out garded as a pro -traditionalist or- desk " and addof place : the half -empty hall at ganisation since its inception, what I can to6
the end of his session illustrated and despite Mr. Borneman's pro- the NFJO.this point vividly.
tests to the contrary, I can give Mike Butcher,Let us hope that any over- any amount of evidence to sup- London, S.E.6.
HAVING witnessed the fiasco
At one stage Mr. Traill implied
visitors present-including port this view.
advertised by the LUJF as that we were singularly fortunate seas
Leonardsuitably For example, take the record" Jazz on Films," I should like in seeing the programme provided impressed Feather-werewith the remaining poll (mentioned by Mr. Young).
to protest publicly against the by the two beneficent organisa- groups, most
of
which
did
play
collectors werequality of the films and the tions, because films featuring some really great music.-L. J. Traditionalist
offered a formidable array ofmanner in which they were jazz are extremely rare.
Brinton, London, S.W.17.
fabuloussides
tochoose from.
presented.
This, to people who had paid
Contemporary jazz, however, was
I use the word fiasco advisedly; 5s. for their seats at a show last- WHAT A SAD STORYI
represented by a mere handful ofwithin the first few minutes of ing only one hour, was virtually
I would write and mostly mediocre titles, all of
the performance I attended, some- an insult.-B. W. Scudder, Con- ITHOUGHT
which were scheduled for local
tell you about Cicero.
body asked for - and received- servative Club, Streatham, S.W.16. I Cicero
release, anyway. Is it any wonder
wasmygoldfish.
his money back. The audience HE GOT HIS MONEY BACK
the modernists were not
Wishing to test a theory that thatshowed its disapproval of thestirred to action?
music
must
have
its
effects
onfilms by ironic clapping, and the[THAT a farce the NFJO even the lowliest of animals, I
Even Ernest Borneman himself
tone of speech of the MC, Sinclair
Jazz on Films " turned bought five gramophone records, lets a sizeable kitten out of theTraill, was decidedly apologetic.
out to be. The films were poor, played them to Cicero, and bag in his very attempts to provethat the bag is empty. He says
It was self-evident that the the sound was bad, the focusing studied his reactions.
the NFJO " estimated a conI commenced the experiment thattastes of the people present varied was shocking, and to top it all
siderably lower return " from theconsiderably, but it was also self- the projector, kept breaking with a work by a Mr. Shearing. Modernists'
concert at Festival
evident that only during the down. No wonder one irate per- Cicero responded by cavorting Hall than fromthe Royal event.
energetically about his bowl withshowing of " St. Louis Blues," son demanded his money back.
Didthecommittee
honestly beThis apparent lack of organisa- a look in those large, expressive
featuring Bessie Smith, was morelieve that support for modern
which I took as meaning, jazzthan the slightest connection tion is not helping to improve the eyesissonegligiblethata moderNow if only my scales were likefound between a film show and reputation of the NFJO in any "that.
ately -priced concert in an average way.-D. Bloch, Bantam. S.W .12.
"
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July 28, .1951'

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

12Round the Resorts

Dublin promoter challenges
IFM ban on 'foreign' bands Bandleader

FILEY, SCARBOROUGH, BRIDLINGTON

George Crow, wpm
first led the Blue
Mariners as awar -time
naval
dance band, isback beside thesea. Here is hechatting with
DennisLovell,ACHALLENGE to the IFM's ban on foreign bands visiting
Ireland has been made by Sandford Club promoter -secretary
Jimmy Carr. One of the foremost Irish promoters, Jimmy Carr
told the MELODY MAKER: " I have six of the biggest English namebands under contract, and I will be bringing the Squadronaii'es
here on August 20. I am going to keep bringing them in."
In a letter to the secretary ofgeneral managerof the Spa, Scarborough, where
the band is insummer residence.

the IFM, Mr. Carr says: " As you
are aware, the only British bands `Bands spend morewhich perform in this country
under my auspices are thoseinternationally recognised asthan they earn
outstanding exponents of jazzand dance music.
IN August, British bandleader" In so far as I personally am
Tommy Kinsman will again
concerned, I must take the be playing at the Gresham Hotelgravest exception to your state- during Dublin's Horse Showment that the incidence of em- Week. It will be his fourth conployment for Irish musicians is secutive annual visit, and he is
reduced either directly or in- wondering how the IFM tan will
directly by the performance of affect him.
such bands in this country, as His contracts were negotiatedmy policy has always been to by the committees organising theemploy leading Irish orchestras three separate dates-August 7, 9
10-and his six -piece
who are members of your Federa- andtion to appear concurrently with normally plays opposite an Irish
the English orchestras I engage. nine- or 10 -piece.
" I do not expect these engage" My policy, therefore, entails
will be subject to the ban,"
Increased employment for Irish ments
hetold the MELODY MAKER.
musicians."" Contracts were signed someten months ago, and the functions are of a private nature.

£20,000 MYTH

later told the MELODY" But I do strongly disagree
MAKER : " I don't want to strain with the IFM's contention that
relations with the Federation, we are robbing the country of
but I maintain that my policy money.
does not knock anyone out of " This annual visit is regarded
employment.
by the band as its annual holiThis year I intend flying" I have an arrangement where- day.
over-by
Aer Lingus-on Tuesdayby the local bandleader is paid next (31st),and staying untilat the rate of five hours for his August 16. Last
year we played
two-hour stand-and I give him two nights and stayed
a fortpermission to augment by as night.
many musicians as he likes andHe" Further, the boys bring their
pay them 8s. per hour -6d. over wives
and children with them.
the Federation rate."And
to cover the additional exSpeaking of the Federation pense,
mostof us have arrangestatement that so far this year
whereby we can draw upon
foreign bands have taken £20,000 ments
oursavings
through
Irish banks.
out of Ireland, Mr. Carr says : " Far from taking evenfrac" My experience is that most of tion of our earnings backa with
the English chaps return home us, we-and, I am sure, theThey buy enormous majority of visiting bands-spend' broke.'quantities of stuff whilst they at least treble our total Irish
are here."earnings in the country."
Of the Federation's clamping
down in Dublin ballrooms, hesaid : " We can use the Mansion
House in Dublin to start Irish
tours. Besides," he added, " thebands usually play Dublin on a
Monday night, which is only afill -in --the provinces are the important part of the tour."No matter what his musicalpreferences may be, Bridlington's Spa Royal Hall bandleader Ceres Harper finds it
pays to hand out corn whenit comes to feeding thechickens on the smallholding he has just acquired.

Sartorial splendour for
the George Evans BandA Butlin bandleader's life looks pleasant enough to us, judging
by the left-hand picture of Charles Amer and the week's
Beauty Queen of Butlin's Filey Camp. But Ivy Benson in theright-hand picture gets down to earth between sessions and puts

in some hard work on the garden of her bungalow.

CAVALCADE
AL WASHBROOKE FALKIRKOn Wednesday, August 8, a

LOOKING very smart in their new uniform, the boys of the
TO CARRY ON
George Evans Orchestra at the Oxford Galleries, Newcastle,
But the MELODY MAKER under- are unperturbed
at the possibility of being dubbed the chameleons.
stands that the IFM's position in
AUGMENTS
The outfit, costing close on
the provinces just now is not so
AL WASHBROOKE, resident£500, allows for at least a dozen
strong. Said secretary Paddy
bandleader at the Victoria
and consists of two
LINDSAY RENNIE 5 changes,
Malone : " The situation In thesuits, light blue and royal blue, Ballroom, Nottingham, is enlargprovinces is not as strong as inand three different coloured ing his brass and reed teams to
Dublin, but in Limerick we are
BECOMES SEXTET
four and five respectively. The
shirts to each man.
at work and hope to have a
newcomers to the band, now in
At one time the sections are its
Lindsay Rennie Five, popustrong branch there very soon." larTheyear at the Victoria.
shirtsLanarkshire
contestingband
distinct,thesax
team'sPromoter Carr added : "Defi- which recently lost pianist Nick being red, the trumpets coffee. are fourth
Paddy Walsh (tmb), and Bert
nitely we'll continue to bring in Welsh to Duncan Whyte 't Dun- the trombones slate and the Wollatt(saxes, flute).
the bands. The public demand dee, has changed its name to the rhythm section yellow. The stock
Both are local boys. For thethem (overflow crowds prove Lindsay Rennie Sextet.
present they are playing with thecolours are cream and coffee.
that), and if the IFM insists onband only at week -ends, but their
are
Two
new
acquisitions
On
Saturday,August18,
theits ban, then I'm afraid it's going schoolmaster Iain Caull (pno., band will broadcast from the engagement becomes a permanto take money out of its acc.) and 18 -year -old Charlie Gil- Oxford Galleries at 10.30 p.m. in ency at the end of the summer
musician -members' pockets be- mour (alto, bari., clt.).
the Light programme, when they season.
cause I will have to employ non Other members of the group share 50 minutes with Lou Ken Hand, a member of theFederation bands.
are Bill Denholme, Ramsay Cros- Preager and his Band from Washbrooke t r u m pet team,"Up to now I have been de- sen (gtr.), Jimmy Carr (drs.), Hammersmith Palais,
reports for his " Z " military
lighted to have Federation and Lindsay Rennie himself on
training tomorrow (Saturday).
bass. Vocalist is Jackie Cyster.
bands."
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Once again the Modernaires,
Geoff Wood and one-time
MM " Contesting quinBen McGuire tet, are "onthe stand at the( trirs.), Tom Hat- Assembly Rooms,
Barnstaple.
ton and Jim
Of
the
five
original members,
JonesStevenson(tpts.), three
Brooksremain-Jack
Bob
Joe " Dizzy " Rumson(tmb.), John (pno.),
apt.)
and
JohnnyBriggs(bass).
Clark (pno.,
them they possess noClay ioline) , Hugh Between
R o y (bass), fewer than 18 " MM " Contesting

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Child

SWING VIOLIN SOLOS

amanitaAyr.

Personnel of the band is Jack
Currie and Bill Young (altos),..
Killarney Dorsey..
2/ Nobody Knows The Trouble .. 2/ Roll Jordan Roll ..
2/Slippin' Around.. 4/ Sometimes Feel Like Motherless

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Night Birds (Mairants) .. 8/ Overhead Dnve Mairants) .. 2/ Pepper and Salt (Mairants).. 2/ Rainbows End..
4 /.. 4/ Pickin' My Way ..
2/ Bea Foot Squabble ..
Boring Prelude

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THE

NOW AT AYR

TUTORS & SOLOS

TROMBONE SOLOS

The Waltz of the Year!

Jepson. the Nottingham cricketer.
These affairs are an annual event,and this year the ball was(inset),MD
forAndy Currieattended by several sports notathe Glasgow Berkeley, is now bilities. including the Nottingham
leading an 11 -piece band at the and Yorkshire cricket teams.
management's other ballroom at

HAIITLEY'S
FOR INSTRUMENTAL)

Cavalcade of Music, organised by
the local branch of the Musicians'
Union, will take place at the Falkirk Ice Rink.
Bands assembled include astring combination, conducted by
A. Marshall, the Bohemians, theAstorians, the Modernaires. the
Hawaiian Group, the Landsdowne
Quartet, the Bunk House Boys,
the Starry Knights, and the Ian
Christie Bop Group.

Tull y medals.
Newcomers

are Gus Millar(drs.) and Andy (drs.) and Freddy
Sommervilleleading on trum- (alto.
clt.).
pet.

niniy also has a trio playing

for the summer months at
Hourston's Restaurant, Ayr, personhel of which is Bud Scott(pno.), Ben McGuire (yin.) andAndy on trumpet.

PROVINCIAL PARSCONTRARY to last week's statement in these columns, juniorboogie pianist " Sugar Chile "Robinson will not appear at theVictoria Hall, Hanley. on August
19, as he is scheduled to appear
at this venue for Arthur Kimbrellon September 2, together with
the Tito Burns Sextet.
VIC LEWIS and his Orchestra playa one-night stand at the Orange

Grove Ballroom, Sutton Coldfleld, tomorrow (Saturday).
NOTTINGHAM semi -pro. six-piecer.
Stan Perkins and his Mayfair Orchestra,

have been booked for an in-

definite period opposite Don Smith on

Saturdays and holidays at the Astoria

Ballroom.

AUDREY WYNNE, one-time vocalistin London, Is
currently with the " Festival Follies "concert party at Par, Cornwall.
JIMMY LONIE (alto and clt.) has
left Lauri Blandford's band at Glasgow's Dennistoun Palais to join
Ronnie Munro at Butlin's Holiday
Camp, Ayr. His place is being temporarily filled by Harry Doyle, onvacation from the Glasgow Plaza.
MRS. CYRIL KIDD, widow of the
Lewis Hill bassist who died shortly
after the band's Contest success at
Manchester, wishes to thank all who
took part in the Benefit Dance which
Lewis organised recently in Hudderswith Sidney Jerome

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