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DECEMBER 1, 1951

Eddie Calvert, Malcolm Mitchell

DRUGS in big Variety tie-up SONG OF INDIAWE Attar

ACT NO"The MELODY MAKER

will not stand back in

the fight to tree jazz
thewfrhomiehis

tvieiousness

reateningclop it'-orhe Ed

TRUMPET star Eddie Calvert and his Orchestra areleaving Selby's Restaurant, in London's West End, on
December 6, after a run of two years. Next February, Eddie
ties up with the unique Malcolm Mitchell Trio for a countrywide tour of Variety theatres.
Impresario Jack Fallon told the MELODY MAKER: " I think thatin booking these two great attractions together I shall have astage act whose musical and entertainment capabilities are
absolutely unlimited.
" Eddie, whose recent jump to fame as a solo star has been
one of the greatest things in the annals of the profession, willfeature his own solos and playwith the Trio.

The Trio's role
" The Mitchell boys willaccompany Eddie's offerings andwill

also put over their own

highly original songs
comedy material."

andBetween now and February,
Eddie Calvert has a number ofGrappelly tolead Rome
Swing stars

one-night dates, concerts, recording sessions, broadcasts and 4.ZWING violinist Stephane
L-7 Grappelly has been busy
private engagements.

It is expected that two new in Paris this week forming aorchestras will shortly appear at Franco -British band with
Selby's. One will be led by noted which he opens in Rome

Raymond, who has(Saturday).
played at Selby's before, and tomorrow
The line-up of the band isviolinist

who will probably be fronting a Stephane (leading on violin),seven -piece.
Yorke de Sousa (pno.), Jean
Sasson (gtr., tot.), Roby Poitevin(pno., vib.), Serge Malot (bass)and " Mac Kac " (drs., vcl.).
Doreen Lundy, who is alreadyin Rome, will sing with the out-

COLUMBIA: 'SPLIT
WITH U.S' REPORTEllington 4's
Midday jazz

Pianist Rev Terry (left) andtrumpeter Hugh Radcliffe
check over one of the scoresfor the seven -piece they taketo India next Monday (3rd)..

The outfit will play for six
months at leading hotels in
Calcutta and Karachi.

fit.

Robin's organ 'trio'
Stephane is most enthusiastic
about the new group, which is in 'Bumblethorpe'
Byes may join

to play the winter season at

The multi -recording techniqueRome's Gicky Club, where he has
been extended to " live "has played twice before. He in- broadcasting.
Robin Richmond,tends to invite Don Byas, now who plays Hammondorgan
in Paris, to join him as soon as every Monday in the BBC's
he is settled in, and has every Burnblethorpe " series, does sohope that the American tenor with his own organ as backing.
star will make the trip.
" We shall play good dance This backing is " canned " inmusic, and plenty of modern duplicate before the show; Robinreports reached the " Melody Maker " swing," Grappelly told the then adds the third part "Companies deny changes as
executives fly to New York" I expect this to be Robin is now back at the CeleTHE Ray Ellington Quartet SENSATIONAL
early this week that the American Columbia " MM."of the finest bands I've ever brite in Town after his Dutch
invades classical music record company was contemplating .the severance of one
had."
successes.
territory on December 6 when its long-standing association with Columbia in Britain.
it plays the first of what may..,
become a series of lunchtime If this startling news were true, it would deprive theCash or Easy
Terms.
concerts at the Central Hall, British Columbia label of such artists as Frank Sinatra,
Part Exchange
Westminster.
Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, Guy Mitchell, Andre Kostelanetz,
Guest star for this first con- Doris Day and Harry James.
cert will be Ted Heath vocal star
To verify the reports, MELODY MAKER cabled its Stateside Offer these Outstanding ISZIRG1INS
Lita Roza, accompanied bycorrespondent, Leonard Feather, and received this reply:
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LITA ROZA'S SISTER JOINS LEWIS havesigned."Wide Range of New and S.H. Drums. Send for Free List.
Whatever may be the significance of these reports, it is a fact The Greatest Music Bargain Ever
that Columbia's Norman Newellflew to the States on Monday
30 Standard Orchestrations for 1E*.
(26th) to meet American Columbia executives and artists.
Mr. B. Mittell, Assistant toEMI's Governing Director, and
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Alan Dean flies
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Alan Dean has had his engage-

ment at the Old New Orleanssupper club in Washington extended for a further two weeks.
Because of the growing demand in the States for Alan'srecords, he will be flown to New
York to wax a batch of sides.

Lita Roza and AlMa-Ross.
The tie) are sisters, but
Alma (left), who joins Vic
Lewis

on

December10,

wanted to " make the grade"under her own name. The
Lewis engagement will be
Alma's first as a singer.

Weir's new 'hot or cool' 5

CLARINET - LEADER Frank purposes outfit," Frank Weir told
Weir has formed an all-star the " MM." " The group canquintet for concerts, broadcast- be used for all kinds of musicing, recording, one-night stands hot or cool. Stage work, accomand private dates. The outfit panying, and playing for dancMACK MAKES SWITCH makes its debut at Ted Heath's ing will be among its duties."
London Palladium Swing Session
Churchills changes
TO SMART AT '400' on December 9.
The new quintet is in no way
leadsonclarinet,Frank,
with Frank's regular
Guitarist Jimmy Mack, curStenfalt (pno.), Frank connected
at Churchills, where trumrently with Harry Parry at the Norman(bass), Roy Plummer (gtr.) outfit
pet
DaveWilkins
has taken
Albany Club, leaves shortly to Clark
Bobby Kevin (drs.). Bobby, the place of Dave Usden,
andjoin the group of pianist -accor- andwhoisplayingwith
Ken
Mackdionist Maurice Smart at the 400 intosh, has Ken's permission to George McCallum comes in on
piano
in
place
of
Dill
Jones.
AClub.
He takes the place of Peter play odd dates with Frank Weir. bass change is also in process of" I must stress that it is an all - negotiation.
Sloan in the Smart unit.

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CLUBS

Paris correspondent HENRY KAHN gives you thefull story of the Mezzrow concert briefly noticed

with Mike Nevardby Max Jones in last week's issue of the 11111'

BOUND THE
FENNY GRAHAM'S season as
terminates this Sunday (2nd).
Next
Wednesday theClub

1 resident leader at the '51

embarks on a new policy, featur-

I

195 1

ELEVISION
by 'SCANNER'

Mezz wanted to show he
could play that thing

THIS space was reserved for athorough slating of Oscar
Rabin and his band.
The reservation was made afterI

had heard them in TV's

" Come Dancing " programme,from the Mecca Lyceum Ballcession.
room, last Wednesday week.
The Ronnie Ball Trio will continue its residency.
Most of us know to our sorrow
Terry Brown leads his groupthe sort of music bands have toat the Club next Wednesday:
play these days in public dance
Johnny Rogers fronts an alt -starhalls. Viewers also know how
outfit the following Saturday.
much more depressing for
The
in
their
playing.
Eldridge
or
Hot
Lips,
but
with
4LMOST as many people were ness
On Sunday. the 9th, Jack
musicians it can be when thewas highly musical, it a beat of his own which is a joy
turned away from the Mezz- ensemble
Parnell takes members of his
normal routine is upset withintonation
ton ciLto hear.
" Fancy Free " ork. to the Great row-Collins-Singleton concert, at swungwellcompetitions, formation danclefI
desireLeereceivedaterrific
ovationing exhibitions, and all the rest
Ne auft-street basement.
the Salle Pleyel in Paris, as werefeel quite sure that by thedeserved every handclap andof the stunts they get up toadmitted. There must have been end of their tour, which will take andcheer given him.
to put on a just too, too jollyround Switzerland. France,
Three-quarters of the way
APROPOS the Terry Brown about 3.000 fans in the vast themshow for TV.
probably
Italy,
andNorth
Africa,through
the
first
part
the
fans
They were sitting in the they will be just about as greatboys-this new group made hall.
Buteven after making due allowbegan to grow restless; theya good showing on Sunday at the gangways' and even on each a band as Europe can produce.
ance for all this, I felt that thewanted Zutty.
Rabinband had sunk to a level
Boathouse Bop Club, Kew, and Other's laps.
We were given only one Zutty
They showed their usual imthe Maidstone Rhythm Club.
that just about marked its
solo before the interval, however.
demiseas a worthwhile dance
At Maidstone. the bright, clean patience when nine o'clock passed No return
He started with a slow, mysterisound cut through what sounded and there were no signs of a start,
outfit.
oftheHot
HuguesPanassie,
ous
roll,
with
a
regularaccenton
butthat
alwayshappensoverlike the baying of the West Kent
was not so much the choice ofClub de France, who has organ- the second beat, and then worked It the
Foxhounds. The front line was here.
numbers. Tunes like " My
ised the tour, told me that Mezz up into a crescendo, using everyFinally, the lights started dim- hassmooth and exciting; the arrangeTruly, Truly Fair " and " Leicesno
intentionofreturning
to
thing
he
had.
ming and, when the theatre was the States, except to see thements interesting.
ter
SquareRag " may be corny.
But Zutty never forgot for one
Group has a Graham-ish fire blacked out, we heard the strains family and play a little.
" J'Attendrai ""Silhouette,"
he was playing
momentthatof " Really The Blues " coming
and is reminiscent of the early fromand"Moonlight
And Roses "So the combination may be music, jazz music, and the beat may long ago havebehind the curtain. The aroundTito-with a tittle more jazz.
sprouted
for
quite
a
while,
andI
wasas
regularasapendulumconcert had begun.
whiskers.
wondering if Britain might and it swung like one, too.
Two spotlights picked up Mezz am
not
be
given
an
opportunity
of
When
the
secondhalfoftheand tenorist Guy Lafitte in a hearing it.
started the fans showedmost dramatic fashion-proving Mezz did not play " Black And concert
were hungry for Zutty. Mezz Good arrangementsthat Mezz, if he thought of all Blue." which he always says he theyhad
hisprogramme
and refused But good arrangements could
this, is quite a showman.
will play till he dies, particularly to be put off.
have made something of them.
well. I thought he played it
You can shout," he told them And that is where the trouble
more
like
a
sentimental
balladinEnglish,
"
but
I
don't
underMonopolised
arose. Even the dictates ofthan a jazz number.
stand French."strict tempo dancing could
It was soon obvious that Mezz This is, perhaps, the one great
So
he
let
them
shout
until
he
hardlynecessitated such
was out to prove something. He criticism I have to make. He was ready to announce a com- dull andhave
completely unimaginawanted us to know he could play puts great feeling into these slow position by Zutty called " Drumtive
orchestrations.
No wonder
the clarinet-and he monopo- numbers, but not nearly enough Face." We were given exactly
band played them withlised most of the slow numbers.
The fans theinvention.
what
we
expected.
about
as
much
enthusiasm
asWhen the concert was over I When he plays with the band,
it might have been expected toasked one of his greatest fans in my opinion, he shows greater roared their heads off.
bestowonfive-finger
exercises.
why. " Because many people say musicianship.
Then, last Saturday morning, I
he plays false-and he wanted to
He excelled in the " Revoluheard Oscar's sound radio
prove otherwise," was the answer. tionary Blues," slipped rather far
broadcast.
RECENT visitor to the London
This may. or may not, be so, down with the " Far Away Blues
What a difference! Nice arrangeJazz Club and Studio '51 was but the band as a whole was too -but then no musician can bements were played, with
" Ruggles." The " Daily Mirror " good to be elbowed out so often. perfect throughout two and a halla style. understanding andstrip character, who will describe We did not hear enough of Zutty hours' playing.
general competence that at
his visits in the " Mirror " during Singleton, and the tans informed
I think it is fair to say that all
times came near to being
the next eight days, gave us this !Mezz of this in no uncertain trumpet
playerscopy
Louisbebrilliant.
sketch of himself chatting with terms; and we could have heard cause he succeeded in giving
So, in place of the originally
Kenny Graham.
more of Lee Collins, who is a trumpet playing a certain quality
intendedslating, the band getsmagnificent trumpet player.
which no previous player had
a pan of praise-at any rate
It was immediately obvious ever succeeded in doing. He
IF you like your jazz with that
for
what
it
can do when it has
combination of Mezz, made the trumpet, with its three
the chance.
plenty of atmosphere-and Zutty,thisLee
Collins,
Andre
Persiany
valves,apliableandhighlymusilike a glass of beer to go with (piano). Guy Lafitte (tenor) and cal instrument. He added a new
It is a pity it was not given this
it-don't miss the second " Mogli " Jospin (trombone) was technique to its noble tones.
chance on TV, instead of being
Students' Jazz Festival at the going to be good. They had Lee also does that. He is awasted in a show that may
Porchester Hall, Bayswater, next played together for five days only, smooth yet inventive player, nothave amused some, but could
only have brought tears to theTuesday.
quite as spectacular as Roy
but
there
was
"
feel
"
and
eveneyes of others who had some
Bands will be those ofregard for good dance music.
Humphrey Lyttelton, George

ing different star bands at eachIn this week's RADIO COMMENTARY,

Melly, Mike Daniels and Chris

Barber.
Comperes are
Race and Jimmy Asman.

'

Steve

MAURICE BURMAN talks about . . .

Swing and classics

LEE COLLINSThe penalty for being
00 original

EVERY so often TV gives us arecital by a classical soloist.

We had one last Tuesday week,
when French pianist Fabienne
Jacquinot played Debussy andDelvincourt.

if you ask them at Lime
arguments, practical jokes, fight- YetGrovethey never similarly
ing talk-all up to the standard featurewhy
a swing soloist, let aloneofafairly good amateuraswing
outfit,they reply that
other day to tell me of a newtheatrical group-were heard insuch programmes would_ be athis programme, which I had
and ridiculous situation that
waste
of
TV
time
because theyfoolishly mistaken for a dance
has arisen.
lack visual appeal.
music broadcast.
realiseshowdangerous
it
can
can
only
acceptone
versionofais little interest," a TV
Ted has special arrange- become if the publishers and the tune.
I am the first one to commend " Therehigh-up told me recently. " inments made of the latest hits BBC
bandleader who tries to be difdon't do something about it.
So when a leader like Ted, who aferent,
seeinga musician, or even a
and
who
tries
to
make
his
and trots them out when
For some time now I have been has taste and pride, wishes togroup of musicians, playing.
of
numbers
requested at dances.
Now, pointing out how bad it is for stamp his band's individuality on announcements
Theirappealis almost entirely
entertaining;
but
one
must
not
completea tune, he is penalised for it. build a show around its acces- aural, and their
however, whenever he plays British bands to lift
proper place
off
American A fine case of the innocent suffer- sories.
them he is told that they don't arrangements
is
in
sound
radio."
ing for the guilty.
sound like the recordings which records.
One should not forget that theI am not talking so much about
I suggest very strongly that
Jack Jackson plays on his pro- instrumentals
like " In The both the publishers and the BBC announcements are secondary to Inconsistency
music, and not vice versa. It
gramme.
Mood "-but is it necessary, in act at once to stop his form of thelike all gravy and very little Whether or not this statement isand comedy numbers, for unethical plagiarism, otherwise was
And when Ted replies that he pop
meat(forgive the simile-I musttrue it reveals an inconsistency
most
of
our
top
bands
shamethings
may
get
so
bad
that
it
prefers his own version of a lessly to lift the American ver- won't matter if one band does al/ be hungry).
of outlook that has seldom beentune and doesn't copy records, sion, and incidentally, in so doing, the broadcasting. All the bands
I do believe that, had this show
equalled-even by the BBC.
been called " The Paul Aaam Half - So they think music has visual
he is told rather tartly that give only a poor imitation of it? will sound alike anyway.
I might have felt differThe biggest danger, of course,
the other bands do.
In any event, I feel that the Hour,"appeal when it is classical, but
about it, even though I was
In other words, people get used is the regimentation of hands- Heath band does not get the ently
not when it is swing. Or doembarrassed at the overto one version only, and won't all sounding alike, all brought to number of broadcasts a band
they?
of rather
one level, all lacking in initiative its type deserves, bearing in mind acting of it all. The band, when Some may feel that. the actions
accept any other.
heard it, was nice, with a
The ludicrousness of this situa- and originality, and stultifying its originality and the fact that Istylish
merelyprove that the prejutrumpet, but a rather
tion is not apparent until one the public taste to such an extent there isn't a better band in the fussy tenor.
dice against swing which we
I will say this, thatbegins to think-and then one that it reaches a stage where it country.
haveallfighting againstshow as it stands, and with for yearsbeen
on sound radio has
It does not always appear that athesuitabletitle,
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saved the day.
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BURMAN'S BAUBLE
me. Too thin, too much like thepresented to Randall pianist
sweet icing on top of a cake- is
Len Felix, who, on this week's
without the cake.
True, a sax section was con- " Jazz Club," managed to soundjured up magically now and like six or seven famous Amerian
again, which gave body and pianists, and yet retain his own
DANNY LEVAN AND HIS SEXTET many
12.0 p.m.

21,11, 51

depth, but the majority of the individuality.

playing was done by the sweet -icegroup.
BAR TO THE BAUBLE
The tendency of these instrut6 Kenny Baker's Harryments is to sound similar in goes
Klein for his fine baritone
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clash, especially a violin accompanied by organ.
NEXT WEEK

Ad-libbing

by RIFF

Maurice Burman
Is still unable to deturman
What truce terms to agree
With the BBC
Steve Race
Would rather face
A herd of stampeding caribous
Than a short recital of traditional blues!

Max Jones
Often says to Borneman, in
But let me add that violinist
Club "-6 p.m., 1/12/51.
complacent tones,
Danny is a sensitive performer, "Jazzfor Moderns "-6.25 p.m.," Mustn't it be odd. Ernest. r
with an individual tone and a -"1Jazz
12 51.
To be a modernist?"
firm technique, also that Harold
Smart on the organ has the rightideas and phrased well, as did therest of the combination.
For people who like light -dancemusic, this show was satisfactory.
THE VERY LATEST
Incidentally, the group opened
with " Cool, Cool, Cool Of The
Evening "-and within forty-fiveminutes Jack Parnell's band was* ACCORDIONISTS *GAILAN1F1

playing it on the other wavelength.
I

don't think that, with 300

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too much to ask that the BBC
should avoid allowing tunes tobe repeated within such a shortspace of time.

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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

195

3DRUGS Our music must be

reed from this menace
BY

DURING the past week, the lay Press has
again been able to make use of the

THE EDITOR

adjective " bebop " as denoting all that is unsavoury.

This state of affairs has arisen as a result ofa court case involving two young sensation -seeking girls from Northampton, one of whom,
after a visit to London jazz clubs, made contact
with a drug pedlar, Damian Nwakanama, andasked him to supply her with reefers.

It has, as in past cases, been used indis-

criminately to cast a slur across the whole jazzclub movement and across modern dance musicin particular.
I do not entirely blame the lay Press. Drugpeddling and drug taking is growing in thisclubs have been among the haunts of drug
pedlars. And it is towards such clubs that thecountry. It can no longer be denied that jazz

traffickers turn in order to make contact
with impressionable and scatter -brained

SHIP OF ANY MUSICIAN WHO IS PROSETAKING OR DOPE PEDDLING.

I

This newspaper has consistently championed theavant garde of dance music and its practitioners. It
will continue to do so.
Equally is it determined to stamp upon everythingthat will hamper the healthy growth of that music-whether it be the policy of the BBC, the apathy of
the recording companies .
or those who would
make jazz clubs the market -place of dope.
The immediate answer to the problem has, fromthe outset, been in the hands of those who run theseclubs. Theirs is the ability to vet their membershiplists and bar or throw out undesirable persons.
But they have not done so in every case.
The MELODY MAKER therefore demands that
immediate steps be taken.
ONE.-WE CALL UPON THE NATIONALFEDERATION OF JAZZ ORGANISATIONS

youngsters like the girls from Northamptonand others whom one would expect to know.

TO CANCEL THE MEMBERSHIP'OF EVERYCLUB WHICH HAS NOT, IN THEIRThe guiltless clubs

OPINION, TAKEN NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF DOPEPEDLARS OR DOPE TAKERS.

turned upon clubs of this nature. It is unfortunatethat the searchlight should sweep also across themany clubs that are guiltless.
Because it is only in the jazz clubs that the

CIANS' UNION TO BLACKLIST EVERYCLUB SO BARRED BY THE NFJO.
THREE.-WE CALL UPON THE MUSI-

take place.

CIANS' UNION TO CANCEL THE MEMBER-

better.

It is right that the searchlight of publicity be

development of modern British dance music can

ERNEST
BORNEMAN'SCUTED AND FOUND GUILTY OF DOPE

TWO.-WE CALL UPON THE MUSI-

We, for our part, will not stand back in this fightto free jazz from the smear of viciousness which isthreatening to envelop it.
WE WILL REFUSE ALL ADVERTISEMENTS FROM CLUBS AND/OR MUSI-CIANS BARRED UNDER THE ABOVECONDITIONS.
WE WILL REFRAIN FROM PUBLICISINGIN OUR NEWS OR FEATURE COLUMNS
THE NAMES OF 'I HE CLUBS ANDMUSICIANS SO BARRED.

We have never-and will never-set ourselves up
as dictators of how others should conduct their lives.
That is their affair and theirs only.

We shall act

But when that conduct threatens adversely toduct threatens to affect the lives of young people

affect the music in which we believe; when that con-without whose support such music will perish; thenwe will act.
Our specialised knowledge of the London jazz club
scene will be placed at the disposal of the police,
whom we shall guarantee to assist in every possibleway.
With the co-operation of the Musicians' Union and
the National Federation of Jazz Organisations in themanner which we have outlined above, we are deter-

mined once and for all to rid our music of themenace which has been allowed to start growing
within its midst.

ONE NIGHT STAND

Film Review

THE MIXTURE
devote all his time to that instru- hand and hit them with bamboo he has designed for Gretsch is
AS BEFORE
Modernist Page, and also for ment,
and asked for a snare drum. sticks. The trombones are hit- the stick -brush. He got the ideawith the foot, but your ankle
FORthink
thosedoesn't seem to work like yourdiscusses LOUIE FILSON hand."that the following should appear on the Bellson decided he didn't want to ing rosewood plates in their left One of the special instruments
readers who

those hopeful souls who still" My Favourite
ting two rosewood sticks together. for it when he was playing TIARAMOUNT'S" (Carlton, Haymarket)
hope that Borneman may see Instructions
The trumpets are hitting two with TD. " In ballads, when you isLL the Spy
Bob
Hope
mixtureas before.
switchfrombrushestobamboosticks.
I'm
using
specialsticks,the Light some day, we have
Here, Bob is cast as a red -nosed
with tambourine jin- there's a lost place in the beat comic
He believes his request was in- drumsticks,
whoispersuaded
to masto say this:while
you'rechanging
over.
You
gles
in
them.
The
Duke
plays
by a Memorial Day parade
as a notorious spy inand the bass plays bass. _feel the sound emptying out. querade(1) We have always been a spired
he saw in Peoria in 1929. In any piano
order
to
get
the
p.ans
of
a new
With
the
stick
-brush
you
It's
a
new
sound!"
justloyal fan of the Duke, observing case, his father presented him
weapon.
with interest every experiment with a snare drum gave him It ought to be, for aside from flip it over with a turn of the war
The high -spot for me was the

special drumsticks with tam- wrist and you're all set."devised by the ducal mind, even lessons, and got a drum teacher theclose-up of his subtle changes ofBert Wynans to give him bourine jingles, he plays, ofwhere we failed to sympathise named
expression while the character ofcourse, a set of drums like no
additional instruction.
his vicious double was described.
with its objects;
other
in
dance
music-or
anyWhile
attendinghighschool,The homely Hope pan registered(21 We owe much of the inwon local drumming con- where else.
His own compositions and the woole gamut from suavity toformation set forth below to an Louie
years
running,
and
three
tests
arrangements," SkinDeep," ruthlessness-and how accurately!
This
hisdouble
-bass
-drum
set,
informant on the staff of the then came to New York and won datesback, in idea form, to the " Hawk Talks " and " Ting -a - As the foil for his amorous
only magazine that has ever car- a Gene Krupa contest for the time when he was in junior high Ling," give an awe-inspiring im- essays he has Hedy Lamarr. Miss
best drummer under school in Rock Island, Illinois; pression of manual agility. The Lamarr sings a new Livingston
ried a decent, living piece of country's
new Vogue sides with Cat
it wasn't actually built till six
writing about the Duke-that eighteen.
Evans number, " Just A
After
the
contest he sat but
Anderson, Paul Gonsalvez, Wen- and1946.
Moment More," which might haveadmirable weekly, the " New in with TedKrupa
Fio
Rito's
band
one
dell
Marshall,Duke,
Tizol,
Williebeen
embarrassing had not theYorker ";night when he was in Moline, andSmith, Strayhorn, Britt Woodman camera
focused on Hope
(3) We have appointed our- Fio Rito hired him. Later, heand Quentin Jackson are uneven, most of been
the time.
marring some of the mostselves this country's leading non- spent a year in Benny Goodman's
JohnnyMercer's
notable talents"
A
Chicagoinstrument
firm
drum work on record
professional advocate of the band.
been utilised in collaboration
me I was crazy," he says, astonishing
He was drafted in 1943, and, as told
with some of the worst Ketellay havefinger style of drumming, and a Technician,
"
but
I
knew
I
wasn'tgettingabigwithRobertEmmettDolan toFourth Grade (God enough sound from just one drum effects and cat (Anderson) write a novelty situation
we therefore transmit the fol- bless those U.S.
song, " I
Army grades),miaows in Ellington history.
Wind-upTakingA
Fall."
lowing data with missionary played in the Walter Reed Hos- and one high -hat cymbal. So
there are spots, especiallythey built me a set with two bass in Still,Butthesongs,
sirens,crooksfervour.
pital Concert Band, the Walter drums," The
Happening"andand the next year I went Indiansituations are mere inciThis, then, chronicles the recent Reed Hospital Orchestra, and theSummer," where Bellson and
Gretsch in Brooklyn and they "showsdentals.
Without
theirrepresprogress of Mr. Ellington's new 304th Army Service Forces Sextet. tothat he fits into the band. sible Bob the film would die. Andrhythm section in general-and
Out again, he played another built me one.
for a white boy, is quite while there's Hope, there's life.
his phenomenal drummer, Mr. year with Benny, three and a half
" In about a year I'm going to anThat,
achievementby itself.
-Tony Brown.
Louie Bellson, in particular.
with TD. and one with Harry have Gretsch build me a drum
A slender, dark-haired, dark- James. He left James's band for set with four bass drums, threebrowed. intensely buoyant young Duke's, he says, because he snare drums, four tomtoms on
man of twenty-seven, Louie has thought the Duke would allow top of the bass drums, four morebeen playing the drums since he him to experiment more with on stands, two high -hat cymbals,
was six years old. When he was sounds.
and a cowbell. Right now I'm
You know how the Duke is. working on a musical arrangefive, his father, who plays theguitar (without a pick) and runs With him everything's got to be ment that will make use of alla music store in Moline, Illinois, different. We've just done some- of them. It's playing something
outfitted him was a xylophone, thing real wild-Billy Strayhorn very similar to melody along with
but after a year of lessons young and myself. The saxes are hold - the rest of the orchestra, as well
as beating out rhythm.
" My theory is that drum solos
get kind of monotonous to listen
to unless you tell a story-whichmeans you have to have morevaried sounds. It'll be realCompositions

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he says. " Some teachers stick
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any finger -system man can playrings round them. A dance band
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Kenton -gaunt, haggard and illat Carnegie Hall
December 1, 1951

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

4THIS year's Carnegie Hall concert by Stan Kenton
was again billed as "Innovations In Modern
Music." Apparently Stan expected to attract moreinnovation -seekers than could be crowded intoor below it, this segment is
Carnegie's 2,800 seats, so he had booked the hall for above
represented on records by such
two evenings, financing and promoting the two works as Jolly Rogers and

REPORTED by LEONARD FEATHER

Dynaflow. in which, divested of over 2.000, 1950 hadn't the fog- Louis in that order to win firstconcerts himself.
strings and its Stravinskyplace trumpet honours.
idea what was going on.
The outside of the hall was jammed with customers by its
esque dreams, the band achieves giest
of Ferguson
So it went for the rest of the With theinscreams
genuine feeling of the show,
the time I arrived, and the special souvenir programme themy weary ears, I
with
one
more
interruption
echoing
Herman 1948 band.
Some
of
the
stuff
emergedfromCarnegieHall limpbyChristy.
was selling briskly. Inside, however, the audience looked Woody
The end of the first half of the
sheer movie background and unhappy-as unhappy asSparse, filling up to a fairly good attendance total by the concert brought June Christy, wasmusic;
some,
like
the
Bill
Russo
many
of
the
neurotic
sounds I
and slim but also tired as limp as Shelly
Of Brass, was a genuine
had heard,
time the concert started. (The following evening, I heard blonde
looking, in a brace of her popu- Halls
the
Menne
must
be
after
his
even attempt
to
make
use
of
later, was a sell-out.)
lar recording hits. Between June orchestra's tonal resources.
ing's workout at the drums.
and the intermission, Stanafter
About 20 minutes
slipped in one good instrumental
the announced starting time,number, Santana. which the proDepressing
Kenton's men began filing onHero worshipgramme described coyly as thestage, to big applause. My
work of one " Mammy Album."The
mostdepressing
observafirst observation was that their
I had heard a brace of excel (Baritone saxophonist Manny tion of the evening was thatuniforms matched what I knew
Albam wrote it.)Conte Candoli, who played a lent jazz soloists, almost corn During the interval I talked tasteful trumpet jazz solo, got a pletely submerged in a soup of
Edited byof Kenton's music, and, if pos- S
with a number of musicians and mild hand, whereas the crowd over -arranged music. Mine eyes
sible, were even louder. Gradufans. All were impressed with the burst into maniacal screams at had seen the glory of the hero MIKE NEVARD
ally the stage filled up with aquality of the performance. The the appearance, for his solo num- worship that is Kenton's.
battery of strings, brass, woodvalue of what was being perof Maynard Ferguson.
I wondered what would happen
winds, reeds and rhythm. I some ties with jazz. At moments, formed was the subject of much ber,splenThere are a few musicians who if someone were to take aKenton
more
argument.
lost count around 35.
really admire Ferguson, respect-. did vehicle like thewriting even made thesteer it in the right
Finally Stan strode on. (Pan- Shorty's
ing his technique and power of orchestra andband swing, while the string secendurance. There are also people direction. At present it seemed
demonium in the auditorium.) tion either played a subsidiary
Brash and brassy
who admire the winners of six - like a super -speed automobile
or just sat looking on in
The wearying pace of his life role
had clearly told on him : after wonderment.
One young woman, visiblyThe
arrivalofSeptemberSong,hopping from town to town with its funereally ridiculous shaken by the neurotic quality ofstood at the bar. aevery day, and filling in every unison vocal, brought a reminderof the music,
in her hand, and comspare moment with disc jockeya theory of mine about Kenton. drink
mented:"Sixmonths ago I had
programme appearances to help It seems to me that he operates
nervous breakdown. If myboost his business, Stan looked on three levels: Above. Below apsychiatrist
NEXT week, " Music In The Making " begins publication
knew
I came here
and At.
gaunt, haggard and ill.
-night he'd never forgive meof a document that is bound to cause tremendous
The Above level, which filled to
this
music
just
gratesenoughoninterest among modern musicians and collectors-" Charlie
up most of this concert, reaches the raw edges of my nerves toParker On Record."out vainly beyond jazz to accom- bring on a relapse." She did not
Skittishness
This Discography-the most comprehensive Parker Disco
something Stravinsky andfor the second half of the
The music started. A succes- plish
Milhaud did infinitely better return
yet compiled-lists almost 200 masters, and was speciallysion of works by a variety of decades ago. These works, as concert.
prepared for " Music In The Making " by Erik Wiedemann,
When the band returned it had
writers unwound itself-Frank Steve Race pointed out. "will changed
into a new set of uni- whose analytical survey of Stan Getz started this page off
Marks' Spirals, Bill Russo's Ennui become as highly sought after forms. justasgarishasthefirst.
last August.
h i c h. like Pete Rugolo's by us as the concert -style affairs
Rugolo arrangement of Love
Wiedemann's collated material appears in print only
Monotony, virtually invites sar- of Paul Whiteman are now by the The
Sale, brash and brassy, got
castic comment with its very traditionalists-in other words, For
after the most extensive checking and counter -checking.
thingsoff
toatypically
fortissimo
title).
not at all."
Discographers from widespread corners of the world
start. Bob Cooper, an adequate
Kenton's announcements varied
Below level, represented tenor man, who is June Christy's
collaborated in its preparation, and no source of information
between dead earnestness, as if byThesuch works as September Song husband, was featured in a piece
been ignored.
he were announcing the inven- and the out -of -tune singing of written for him by Shorty Rogers. hasTheresults of Wiedemann's research, and that of histion of a new atomic weapon. June Christy, attempts to placate
fellow critics, will become fully apparent next week whenand skittishness, as if he were those Kenton fans who are soa little ashamed of all the preten- impressed by Stan's serious" Music In The Making " prints Part I of " Charlie Parker On
Shatteringtion and wanted to soften the speeches that they sit in silent
Record."Then Stan gave a long, rambblows with a couple of gags.
respect during the ambitiousNEXT
The audience sat on its hands, works, but who still feel the ling build-up to Bob Graettinger
but at least remained respect- need of something within their and his work, City Of Glass.
WEEK
fully silent, as the strings grasp, a reminder that Kenton Bob had been working on it forworked their way through a very still has contact with the more than a year, it seemed, andwe were to be privileged to hearbrilliant performance, with only mortals.
occasional ragged edges, and theone of the three parts.
races and marathon with a drunken driver at the
If City Of Glass had actu- day bicycle
other sections worked equallywheel. (Stan's recent arrest for
championships.
ally been performed in such a dance
hard with similarly slick results.
driving, which the newsTired
June
Ferguson has become, even drunken
city instead of in Carnegie Hall,
The two Shorty Rogers' works
papers reported shortly beforeathan Illinois Jacquet.
in the first half. Sombo and Art The " At " level, alas, arrived not a pane would have been left moretheconcert
tour, had only a coof the rottenness to which
Pepper-the latter named for the all too rarely. Signifying the unshattered after the first dozen symbol
thisbearing on
jazz can sink. and of the con- incidental
excellent alto man-provided a times when Stan's band stays at bars.
analogy.)that exists among fans Surely an Ellington or a Ralph
It was perhaps the most expert fusion
reminder that the band still has the level of real jazz rather than andelaborate piece of writing of who can actually hear music in Burns, given a free hand land
the evening, about as lucid as an the excruciating sounds produced
right to fire Ferguson), could
Einstein theory, and, to the lay- by the Canadian caterwanler. In the
do a tremendous job of carrying
man, just as exciting. It is safe the new Down Beat poll, FerguPETER MAURICEon,through an organisation liketo say that of the audience of son topped Miles, Dizzy andwork that Woody and
THREE SENSATIONAL HITS
Duke were doing with their own
bands in the mid -1940's.
Ah, well. I told myself, what's
the use of thinking this way.
The music business is, after all,business-and there's money in
y SUPPOSE it's all my fault for describing them as " screwy " chords. amen
like Maynard.
I. If I had called them something else, Geoffrey E. Robinson would
Two weeks later I read that the
not have stated in last week's " MM " that Kenton's screwy chords
entireKenton cross-country tour
could be Sound also in " Petrouchka " and the Vaughan Williams
had been a resounding financial
Sixth.
WhatThey're not the same chords, of course, but we'll pass that.
success.
ever they may be, the wholequestion of harmonic screwinessis one of environment.
Featured every week by ERIC WINSTON in "Golden Slipper Club"If a perfectly ordinary George
Shearing chord cropped up in the

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Kenton has got a little further
than the right to call his music" diffe r e n t."

E.
Geoffrey
Robinsonknows as well

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December 1, 1951

The 'Seven' sound like fourteenon this fine side . . .1

When Shearing and De Franco were buddies I

JOHNNY DANKWORTH SEVEN
But Ella's smooth style and these numbers Buddy has chosen
Hear Music (Lane, Loesser) usual competence manage to keep -because they like the tunes.
it from foundering, even though On the other hand, they are(Esquire T -M-7-209)****The Slider (Wise, Raeburn, she never quite achieves the hardly, shall we say, enterprisingheights she reached in her 1946 enough to please modernists
Temple) (Esquire T -M-7-211)" Flying Home," 1947 " Lady Be hoping that Buddy would produce(Esquire 10-163-6s. 51d.)
Good " (both on Brunswick something justifying his position
Dankworth (alto), Don Rendell 03879) or later voyage on Bruns- for the last two years. in both the(tnr.), Jimmy Deuchar (tiat.). Eddie wick 04351 to find out " How High " Metronome " and " Down Beat "Harvey (tmb.). Bill le Sage (pno.), The Moon."polls, as America's foremost

****I

Eric

(drs.).

Dawson (bass), Tony
12/7/1951. London.

Kinseyplayer.
Back on the dry land of honest - clarinet
Apart from some rather carelesssinging, Ella deals

to -goodness

in one or two spots,
Stuart Louchheim's more Intonation" 1. HEAR Music," from the withband, with its good brass
averagely tuneful " Mixed the1 American musical show than
team,
plays
arrangements" in a way that would competently, ifthe" Dancing On A Dime," is a fast Emotitnas
not exactly with
been an unmixed blessing inspiration.
number-faintly reminiscent of have
had it not been for the somewhat
Jimmy McHugh's " Futuristic superflous
But the best parts of the sides
vocal background.
Rhythm "-which has turned
are Buddy's clarinet solos. Not
This sort of thing can he all quite
out to be a good vehicle for right
best, but with more thanwithconventional
singers.
another of the boppish perform- But it only tends to clash with mere his
traces of the De Francoances we have come to expect Ella's more individual and en- imagination and comeliness, andfrom the Dankworth Seven.
pleasant enough.
" Slider " is a different pro- lightened style.
position, and perhaps a someGEORGE SHEARING QUINTET
what unexpected choice for thegroup.
***I'll Be Around (Alec Wilder) (Am.
RecordReviewsby
A slowish blues riff, it was
MOM 51-S-31)
recorded by Count Basie in 1949,
and Johnny seems to have taken
the cue for his arrangement fromthe Basie record (on HMV B9891).
Basie style is hardly Dank worth style. But he copes with
it very successfully, giving it arather more modern sound thanBaste managed to achieve, andthe side, like the coupling, canclassedrecordings.

among

be

his

best

***Don't Blame Me (Jimmy McHugh)EDGAR
JACKSON(Am. MGM 51-S-3084-2)(MGM 44T -5s. 4id.)***Lite With Feather (Leonard

Feather) (Am. Discovery D155)

BUDDY DE FRANCO AND HISORCHESTRA...Make Believe (Jerome Kern)(Am. MGM 51-S-260)***Why Do I Love You? (Jerome

New titles lay both George Shearing and Buddy De Franco are reviewed
on this page. The above picture was taken when they were recording
together in the same unit,***Moon Over Miami (Burke, Leslie) slightly rounder and his beat a
Thus wrote Steve Race in the(Am. Discovery 154)
trifle more pronounced than " MM " of 27/10/1951.
(Vogue V.2028-811.)
Levy's. But even so he has madeWhether Alan's Lover " is the***Cotton Top (Chuck Wayne) (Am. little difference to the group.
successful (what exactly does
" I'll Be Around " (with Levy) first
Discovery D153)
mean by " successful "?)" Blame " (with McKibbon) Steve***Sorry, Wrong Rhumba (Leonard andattempt
to play jazz in waltz time,
are both the familiar ShearingKern) (Am. MGM 51-S-262)
Feather) (Am. Discovery D152) sound, applied in(MGM 449-5s. 41d.)
the familiar(Vogue V.2003 -6s.)
way to these two famiDe
Franco(cit.),
Gene
Quill,
LennieIn addition to some excellent Sinsgalli (altos), Buddy Arnold, Ben 31-Shearing (pno.), Don Elliott Shearing
liar
ballads.
Dankworth alto, we get most of Lary (tnrs.), Vince Ferrarra (bar.), (vib), Chuck Wayne (real nameit comes off more effectively
his cohorts giving good accounts Bernie Glow, Ed. Badgley, Charlie Charles Jagelka) (gtr 1, John 0, Levy 1nIfAlec
Wilder's " I'll Be Around,"of themselves in solos.
itismerelybecause it is applied(bass),
DenzilBest(drs.).
5;2/1951.
Walp,
Mike
Shane
(tots.),
Freddie
But what impressed me most Zito, Chauncey Welsch, Al Robinson USA.
withalittlefeeling in thisabout both sides was the remark- (hubs.), Ted Corabi (pno Buddy 3084-As above, except Al McKibbon side than it moreis in tle coupling.
able ensemble.
The
other
four
sides
were made(bass) replaces Levy, 15/5/1951. Los
Due about equally, I should Jones (bass 1 Billy Rule (drs.), Angeles.
just before George signed withsay. to Johnny's skilful voicing 23/7;1951. USA.
MGM.
152155-Shearing (pno.), Marjorie
of his arrangements, the gopd IATHETHER you are going to Hyams
The general approach then was(vibi, Wayne (gtr.), Levy
individual tones of his musicians,
V like these new Buddy De (bass), Best (drs.). Circa early 1949. much the same as it has since
the fine internal balance theExcellent alto,

whether any endeavour, nothe 3/4 measure to jazz could
ever amount to anything important, are matters about which
I am by no means so certain asormatter how "successful," to adapt
Steve appears to be.
But one thing on which all who
know Alan Clare seem to be agreed

is that he is one of our mostunderrated pianists.
He obtained his first professional engagement, when he was
only
14, in a touring road show.
been on most of the " Lion " re- During
the two years before thecordings.
war
heplayed at London's Nest
But the tunes offered more Club andwith Sid Phillips's Trio
scope-or at any rate more advan- at Le Suivi.
came six years
tage was taken of them-to put a in the Army,Thenafter which forlittle pep into what has lately three years he waswith
Sid Mill become a rather too -long-drawn- ward.
out Lord Mayor's show, and theyThis
wasfollowedby
two years
are more invigorating than theFranco sides will probably depend USA.
combination seems to have on what you expect from him.
acquired, and the unusually pro- Personally, I found them
0 there is another new face inficient, way all this has been slightly disappointing.
h..7 the Shearing Quintet. John
dealt with in the recording, the
Buddy
seems
to
be
tryingto
Levy'splace has been taken by
Seven sound like a band double find a compromise between fan the ex -Dizzy
the size, although in fact they and commercial appeal, and I Al McKibbon.Gillespie bass player,
have only four front-line instru- can't see the result completely McKibbon joined Dizzy in 1947,
ments.
satisfying either market.
recorded with Luckywith Stephane Grappelly at the
Whether or not there is any The arrangements are likely to having
Millinder in i1944 and on various latest MGM releases.
" 96 " and Dove Clubs,
particular point in making a prove a little too clever for ordi- Buck Clayton, Coleman Hawkins,
Had it not been for the rather Milroy,
last month he joined Harrysmall band sound like a big one nary record devotees, especially J. C. Heard and Dickie Wells dates noisy surface-a fault noticeable andat the Washington.
is a question I leave you to those who would buy records of in 1946.
in most of the Vogue sides-" Life Parry
Now, you might think that allargue out for yourselves.
popular " standards "-such as
Maybe you will find his tone With Feather " would have got a thiswould have turned Alan into
But to be able to do so refourth star.
a typical " commercial " jivester.
quires no little skill on the part
In fact, it has done something
The current series of TV dance band showsof all concerned, and the fact
ALAN
CLARE-Piano
Solos
very
different.
thee( it has been accomplished
Although he plays in our idiom,here to such a degree is some. . ****The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Here,abandleader
sums
up
.
is
completed.
(JeromeKern)(Esquire
M-7he
is
not a drive pianist-or atthing on which they deserve190). 9.6.1951. London.
any rate, not in these records.
some congratulation.
They
are perhaps best described".*Tabu (Lecuona, Stilman, Luban)(Esquire M-7-187). Same session. as ad lib. salon improvisations.
ELLA 'FITZGERALD
Emotions(Louchheim)**Mixed(Am. Decca W81214)**Smooth Sailing (Arnett Cobb)(Am. Decca W81215)(Brunswick 04788-68.)
81214-Ace. by Hank Jones (pno.),Everett
Barksdale (gtr.),
ArnoldFishkin (bass), Johnny Blowers (drs.),
Ray Charles Singers (vocal backgrounds: directed by Sy. Oliver
266.1951. USA
81215-As above, plus Bill Doggett(organ). Same session.
" I MOOTH SAILING " is Ella on

At the end ofround 1

sentation of dance bands on
TV is over. As one of the participants in this series, I would like

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It could be that the fault is

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is 're* kdr4

I have always said that TV will

shop -window for bands,
contracts with TV, the last one he a big
this early stage of it must
was well on the road to what we andbe coaxed along with the maxiall want, thanks again to Wald- mum of goodwill and understandman-and the Musicians' Union, ing between bands and television,
WHY ? Because in its design is incorporated all those features of
who have helped in no small because we are the ones who wantresponsiveness, tone, and ease of playing so essential to the trumpet.
measure.
to televise, while television withI have had to work under very its single programme has plenty player of today's modern dance orchestra.
they

but
of alternatives.
were always fully appreciated by
the producer and the higher-ups. No great demand

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Choose the "REGENT," including those three
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And there is no great public grand players, Les Lambert, Chick Smith andCecil McGivern (who, by the way, demandon TV for band shows- Les Parkin, all playing together until reis a musician) came into the yet.

On one occasion, after a very

studio and said he realised the

difficulties under which that particular show was presented, andthat he would do all he could toprevent such conditions again.

I resent any supposedly helpful cently in the great Skyrockets brass team.
'phone calls from individuals who Follow their lead, and when buying
want me to cast some sort ofaspersion on TV after any show your new trumpet choose wisely,
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Many difficulties
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the show-and we should makeI have seen many difficulties attempts to correct our faults be - Hawkes world-wide tradislowly sort themselves out under fore giving spiteful ammunition to tion of excellence andthe guiding hands of McGivern anyone who wants to widen theand Waldman. I know we all want gap between TV and band shows. reliability - choose
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Their playing has improved outof bounds.
HAVE YOU HEARD THE SENSATIONAL NEWS?
Bobby Limb, tenor saxist, bandleader and comedian, who intends
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The cargo she has to carry, in Ward, and we only had one
the shape of Bill Doggett's organ camera and one rehearsal!
and the hand -clapping Ray
There have been complaints
Charles Singers, rocks the boat about conditions for dance bands
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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

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- THE MAN WHO CAME BACK Bob Navarro takes six -piece to

Nairobi on 12 -month contract
Danny Craig in line-up

Bechet writes
music forFrench ballet-LEADER Bob Navarro is to take a six -piece band
PIANISTto the Flamingo Restaurant, Nairobi, Kenya, for twelve
Months. His engagement commences on December 14.
The band will be an all -purposes combination, playing danceand straight, and featuring Latin-American music, in which Bob
has specialised for several years.
SIDNEY BECHET, now playBob Navarro led his own band at the Trocadero Restaurant, W.,
ing four weeks in a Philain 1938-9. Following three and a half years in the Army, he worked delphia
night club, has been tellfor Jack Hylton as sub -conductor and pianist for three years.
During this time, he also played for Santiago at the Milroy, ing reporters that he will writeand since then has led his own
the film score for a Frenchrumba bands at the Cocoanut
ballet.
Grove, the Orchid Room and the
WALTERSBACKTOThe ballet, called " La Nuit
Washington Hotel.
Porte Conseil," is by AndreBig capture for Bob is the signand is reported to be
PANTO AT PRINCES Coffrant.
ing of drummer Danny Craig, who
lined -up for shooting in Parishas decided to leave Harry Parry
Well-known
broadcasting
conMarch.
after three -and -a -half years to ductor Owen Walters returns to next
As reported in last week's
make the trip to Nairobi. He is pantomime this year. He will be " MM."
Bechet returns to France
going for health reasons.
for " Cinderella " at the in February for another season at
Remainder of the line-up com- MD
Princes
Theatre,London.
the
Vieux
Colombier, where he(tnr.,
RobinsHarryprisesDerek Roy, Christine Norden was resident throughout the
bongoes, vol.), George Tregar andsummer.
CherryLind
arethestars.
(yin.) and Arthur Sutton (bass,

Pat McCormack (right), who
has returned temporarily to
the Joe Loss Band, poses forthe " MM " with Joe (left)
and fellow singers Jean
Richards and Howard Jones.

Bob Navarro will double
Courtenay becomes a vcl.).
on piano and Solovox.

Baker's (tenor) man!

Wants girl singer

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In addition, Bob requires aa girl vocalist, who must be attracCOURTENAY,
FREDDIE
young tenor saxist who pre- tive, youthful, and possessing a
Applicants should
viously played with Freddie good voice.

MICKLEBURGH

Barratt at the Birmingham
Casino, has now joined Kenny
Baker and his band.
Bobby
TRUMPET - PLAYER
Freddie. who made his firstMickleburgh has formed a broadcast
with the Baker groupsix -piece Dixieland outfit of star in Jimmy Grant's " Jazz For
musicians, and opens a series of Moderns " last week, replaces
special appearances with a date at Tubby Hayes. Tubby. as reported
Cook's Ferry Inn, Edmonton, on in the MELODY MAKER dated OctoSunday, December 9.
ber 20, is appearing with the new
Bobby has been working chiefly outfit formed by trumpeter Terry
for Ambrose since he left Sydney Brown.
Lipton in June to freelance, andto open his own musical instru-

FORMS DIXIE 6

ment and teaching business inDenmark -street.
His band will consist of Teddy(drs.), Arthur VerryMcVee(tmb.), Chick Milne (clt.),

ring Bob Navarro at Western 5372,
or write to Jack Fallon at 19,
Garrick -street, W.1.

The band flies to Kenya on

December 10 or 11, and the girlvocalist could, if necessary, fly out
later.
theengagement at
The
Flamingo, which reopens afterlavish redecoration, has been
negotiated by Jack Fallon Productions.

U.S. BAND BIZ IS IN THE
DOLDRUMS:SAYS IVY BENSON'Tommy Harris (pno.), and Les
Farrell (bass).
Bobby is an honorary member
bands are still great, but business is in theof the Hot Club of France. He " AMERICAN
This is a rapid summing up by bandleader Ivy
played at the French Jazz Festival Bensondoldrums."
after three hectic weeks in New York.
at Nice in 1948.
During this jam-packed trip, Ivy heard most of the musical stars
and met all the songwriters ! She was finally " bowled over " by an
all -girls' orchestra 56 -strong. This was " The Hormel Girls," who areheard daily on American radio.
Belgian altoist Marcel Peeters" The noise," explains Ivy, " is not quite so formidable as one
plays a farewell session at awould expect. There are actually twenty-six musicians and a choir
new Rotterdam basementof thirty."
club," Jazz At The Ambassaat
theopeningof
Ivy
was
Pianist Wally Dewar, who has
dor," before returning, after
Dorsey's band at the
HE BEAT 13,000 TO Jimmy
been MD for the Reg Dixon show,
several years, to his own
StatlerHotel;
heard
Vincent
country. Modernist Marcel is" To Look at Me," which comLopez;
spentamemorable
evenaccompanied in this picture
pletes its run at Brighton this WIN PEERS CONTEST ing with Guy, Carmen and Victor
Eric
Winstonehas
formedaby Belgians Frans van Dijk
week ( 1st), is considering several
Bill Hurley, who won the Lombardo at the Roosevelt, and band within his main band, difand Raowl Spitals
new offers.
went
on
their
recordingsessionPeers talent contest from next day.
ferent from most such units in (tmb.)(pno.) and Dutchman Morris
Whilst at Dudley Hippodrome Donald
entrants, has his first BBC
that it will play for Square DancBanda(drs.).
last week he received a cable from 13,000
"
Guy
has
a
guitardoubling
Tessie O'Shea in New York, ask- airing on December 14.
and a tuba player-but it's ing.This new group, the Country
ing him to rejoin her there as He will sing with Jack White horn,alovelysound."and his Band, sharing honours Another time, Ivy heard Red Bumpkins, will be led by altoist
accompanist.
and will comprise FRASER-HAYES 4
Wally has declined. He wants with Jack's regular vocalists, Rita
at the Embers Club, and Harry Bence,
bass, drums, accordion,
to remain in this country for a Williams, Clem Stevens and Tony Norvo
was duly impressed, as she was piano,
Morris.
clarinet
andwashboard.
while.
in Quite a different way byFranklyn Boyd will be the'SETTLE DOWN'
Bobby Hackett's group.
Bumpkins' caller, and has been
The Fraser -Hayes Quartet finish
speciallycoached for his role.
' Grand' Ernie
The new " band " comes about their travels at the end of next
The bands which surprised her? as a result of demands received week, after a gruelling eightSensational Hit !
" Well, one was trumpeter Buddy from dancers throughout the months on tour. They then plan
Morrow's orchestra. This is an country.
to settle down with an attractive
up-and-coming band of immense
residency at the Grand Spa Hotel,
potentialities," says Ivy. She also
Bristol.
opined that Percy Faith was aoutfit has been a mainstay
KIP IN CABARET ofThe" honey," and that Tennessee
the touring show, " Roy BarErnie was a " grand fellow."bour's New Highlights," which is
Ivy
did
a
bit
of
"
disc
-jockeyat Derby this week, and Wood
IN THE PRESS
ing" too. She had seven minutes
The Rage of U.S.A.
Green Empire next week.

Dewar says 'No'
to 'Two -ton' Tess

Boyd 'calls' the`Bumpkins' tune

IFIEUIDWASI'87-1Mr/A\\/\/\/".'DOWN YONDER

over NBC, and played a new

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Co -leader Jimmy Fraser told the

Danny Kaye record.
Perhaps the greatest knock -out,says Ivy, was the fabulous advertising methods used in U.S. entertainment.

Current Successes
OLD SHANTY TOWNMELODY MAKER: " We have signed

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the Quartet to feature at theGrand Spa Hotel, Bristol, from
December 11.
The MD there is
Teddy White.
We do not yet
know whether we shall be used asa vocal and novelty part of the" Imagine my astonishment,"
she says, " when I found that' the most famous abbey sinceWestminster' referred not tosome edifice, but to Abbey Lane,
the vocalist with Xavier Cugat! "ASK ME NO QUESTIONSEVENING STAR OF HOME

hotel's dance band, or whether weshall play as a separate unit."
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BOOGIE specialist Hazel Scott

was guest of honour at a pianists improvising on the blues,

Hazel gave out with her own disSpecial reception sponsored by tinctive
rendering of Gershwin's
the French Radio -diffusion at " The Man
I Love." Some critithe Drap d'Or-chic Parisian cised her performance as being
niterie where Hazel has been too long and not sufficiently
appearing with great success varied; others thought it great.
(writes Henry Kahn).
Formidable'
Hazel .was introduced to agroup of well-known French jazz
Hazel then spoke into the
pianists, among whom were microphone in French, and said
American Negro keyboard ex- she thought Paris " formidable."ponents Art Simmons, Charley
If present arrangements permit,
Beal and Aaron Bridges.
Hazel will be back to give three
Art is currently working at the concerts at the Salle Gaveau
Ringside, and Charley at the Chez after fulfilling engagements in
Inez. Bridges is freelancing.

Italy and Israel.

quay.

Eddie has a six months' contract at the Oswald, but was released to appear for two weeks at
the Cardiff Ideal Home Exhibi-tion.
When not fooling, Eddie plays
accordion, and with his wife,
Betty Carole, as vocalist, his present personnel comprises Johnnie
Almond 'bass), Freddie Scowan( pno.). Johnny Wall ( drs.) andFred Hone (tnr., yin., gtr.).
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December 1,

1951

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

7LONDON CONCERT DISPUTE: JOSH WHITE FLAYS
THE 'MINSTREL ROUTINE'
Folk singer refuses to appear
Harry Dawson insame show as 'insulting act'

-SINGER Josh White refused to appear in theflies to U.S. FOLK
" Rhythm Cavalcade " concerts at the Gaumont State
Kilburn, last Sunday, until he had received anassurance that a " blacked -up " impersonation of Al Jolson
on star hunt Theatre,by Freddy Randall's Dennis Andrews would not take place.

END agent HarryI was asked whether I objected," Josh told the MELODY MAKER,
NV EST
Dawson leaves next Friday " andsaid th it I did-strenuously. I explained that I would(7th) for three weeks in the never Ihave
consented to do the concert had I known that anStates.
Harry told ,the " MM ": " The act of that kind was on the bill.
purpose of my visit is mainly to'There was no argument'
make contact with several very
" Once I found out, I refused to appear in the same show as an
big artists of the music and entertainment sphere. I am hoping- act which I considered insulting.
in conjunction with Foster's" There was no argument. They agreed to cut out the black -faceAgency and the William Morris
stuff and I went on.
Agency in New York-to bring" Please understand that I don'tsome of these musical stars to
he " MM " photographer took this shot of Charles Chilton,
want
to interfere with anybody's
Britain.
Josh White and Bill Coleman in the Radiodiffusion studios,
livelihood, but I know that thisParis, last Friday. Chilton flew to Paris to record talent for an
black -faced minstrel routineall -coloured BBC show to air on December 28. Among thosepractised quite innocently
Vaughan, Cole, Tatum THE HALLE ORK often
recorded were Josh, Coleman, Hazel Scott and Josephine Prentice.
-has been, and is, detrimental to
Among the top -liners withinterests of coloured Ameri- incident which was recently deOn November 7, 22 -year -old thewhom Harry hopes to negotiate Gordon
cans.
Neal commenced hisby the Peters Sisters.
over there are Sarah Vaughan, duties with" And I think it's about time scribedfamous Halle Or"The Sisters objected to a lady SCOTS L.A. MEN
Nat " King " Cole and Art Tatum. chestra as atheentertainers
quit
using
it.
memberofthebass' blacking -up ' to render
If he should succeed in getting section.
" I know I can't stop this kind artist' Ole Man River ' at a theatre in
one, or all, of these famous jazz
performance going on, but I theProvinces. Finally, they per- "!RILE playing at the West
Gordon. who was recently of
figures to Britain, he will probdo
not
have
to
supportitbyplaythe manager to prevail on
a diploma of the Manably feature them in his State awarded
End Restaurant, Edinburgh,in the same bill. People who suaded
lady to alter her act."
Theatre (Kilburn) concert series, chester Royal College of Music, ing
Fiesta Grande Ensemble-a
I've got ' a chip on my theAgentHarry Dawson, who thegiven such a good start last Sun- has for some time past played thinkseven-piece combo-was offered ashoulder'
about
this
shouldlook
day when " Rhythm Cavalcade " bass with Tommy Fisher and his into the subject and learn some- organised the Kilburn concerts, month's
engagement at theBand-a Dixieland group well thing of its effects before they said: "I consider that the whole Hotel Bristol
played to phenomenal business.
in Oslo.
thing has been exaggerated. I
These concerts continue on known in South Yorkshire and re- criticise."
Now the group has had its conshould have asked Dennis not to tract
gular MELODY MAKER Contestants.
January 27 and February 17.
attheBristoldo his usual act, in any case. not a further month. extended for
Chilton in support
only in deference to the wishes
The seven -piece comprises Harry
Josh White, but because LCC
Charles Chilton, BBC producer of
do not permit make- Hall (tpt.). Jack Wilson (alto,of " The Glory Road," told the regulationsclt.), Danny Dorrian ipno.), Rus" MM ": " I happened to be with up to be worn on a Sunday."sell Cessford (drs.), Jimmy Currie
Josh that night, and I support(gtr.), Bill Stark (bass) andabsolutely the stand which heWalter Russell (vol.).
made. I should also have lent my
Although
Latin - American
support had I been present at an

JAllMAN JOINSPLAY WITH 'LIPS'

Dankworth revokes his
edict
jazz on air "edict

A FM protests

JOHNNYJOHNNY DANKWORTH has
revoked a decision madelast February that his Sevenshould never again be heard
playing a specialised jazz programme on the air. On December 8, the Poll -winning Seven

after film

Moderns."
At the time of the Seven's withdrawal from its BBC jazz following, Johnny told the MELODYof the AFM-has protested
Pictures over a"Jim Crow " incident during thefilming of a night-club scene at
Eddie Condon's Greenwich Vilto Columbia- Such broadcasts curtail our dance and concert bookings."
He described the Seven's decision as one necessary to keeplage niterie.
Columbia producers, shooting asequence to feature the Condon
band, asked that clarinettist'Commercial' hold
Since then,

Johnny Dankworth lectures
to students of the London
School of Economics during
their lunch -break. His subject-modern jazz.

features a group from the Oscar

Pee- Wee Russell

recovers, forms 6
Pee -Wee Russell, recovered from

Rabin Band, led by tenorman

Johnny Bonnici, bassist with
one of Malta's leading dancebands, was killed when he crashedwhile riding home on his motorcycle during a heavy storm.
News of this tragedy comesfrom sax -leader George Borg. who
has been at the Vernon UnitedServices Club in Malta since 1948.
Johnny played with " Oliver "and his Band.

Edmund Hall, only Negro memberof the band, be replaced by awhite man.
Most of Malta's leading outfits
It was their intention, however,to use Hall on the sound -track. will give their services at a benefit
Union officials who protested at for Johnny's family.
the company's action were told
by Columbia producer Harry
Foster that eight Southern States
Calling Bernadettes
would not exhibit the film if Hall
The MELODY MAKER has been rewere photographed.
questedto put in a " call " for the
The sequence was finally shot
shouldtwice. Hall featured in the ver- Bernadette Sisters. Theysion for Northern States, but not write or 'phone the " MM " assoon as possible.
in that for Southern release.

the group together.

MOORE AIRS MORE fell him a few months ago, hasPete Warner.
Piano stylist Gerry Moore has formed a six -piece outfit, includThe following week, Steve Race
will present his " New Sounds In two more broadcasts next week. ing Johnny Dengler on trumpet,
On
Wednesday, he airs in " Piano which has just started its first
Jazz."
Playtime "; on Saturday he guests engagement at the Zanzibar inwith the Majestic Orchestra.
Denver. Colorado.

Lena Home 'mothers'Peters Sister's son

Malta bassist
dies in crash

LOCAL 802-New York branch

MAKER :On December 15 the programmesessions while in Norway, andplayed with Hot Lips Page during
his visit there.

'Jim Crowism'

returns to radio's " Jazz .forthe Seven has
strengthened its hold on thecommercial field, and as a result
Johnny feels he can now afford
to undertake jazz broadcasts.
The Dankworth group has acommercial airing on December
22 (12.25-12.55 p.m., L.).
Meanwhile, producer Jimmy
Grant contindes to line-up groups
for his " Jazz for Moderns."
Tomorrow (Saturday), drummer Bobby Kevin and bassist Jack
Seymour will lead a contingentfrom the Ken Mackintosh band.

specialists, the boys have been
sitting in on a number of jazz

the nearly fatal illness that be-

CIVIBIFIRIBIN ON
THE WANIDOILINKISS SOWEIBOIDY
Recorded by BILLY COTTON (Decca), RADIO REVELLERS (Columb a),
TOMMY REILLY (Parlophone), BOBBY BREEN (Nixa)
Orch. backed with

Flying Dorsey Ork in GOODNIGHT
TIN PAN ALLEY RAG$200,000 Brazil deal

(DON'T GO TO SLEEP)

Virginia Peters, the youngest of
the singing Peters Sisters, hasgiven birth to a 9 -lb. son (reports
Henry Kahn from Paris). Lena
Home is to be the godmother.
In private life, Virginia is
NEW YORK, SATURDAY.
Madame Michel Engel. Mother
TOMMY DORSEY and his entire 21 -piece orchestra flew toand child are doing well.
Brazil on Thursday in a fantastic deal involving some
As soon as Virginia is on her
feet again she intends to join her $200,000 (writes Leonard Feather).
The band will get nine weeks of work out of the deal.
sisters in an operetta, " ThreeExpenses are being shared by radio and television stations in
Weak Women," written for them
Rio de Janeiro, a cosmetic company which will sponsor Dorsey on
by Andre Hornez.

THREE MEET ON 'MIDDAY DATE'

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the air, and various night clubs.
The night clubs, in which theband will be featured, are in

Recife. Bahia, Sao Paulo and otherbig cities.

After the Brazil engagements

the band will probably go to
Uruguay for four weeks at theMontevideo Carnival.

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Nat Brusiloff, 47 -year -old violin -1st and conductor who was a big
radio and recording name two decades ago, died recently in New
York.

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Brusiloff used to conduct for
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Piano Solo 2/ -Many of today's top bandleaders

Orchestrations in the Press

Bing Crosby, Kate Smith, Morton
early days of -CBS.

worked with him, including the
Dorsey Brothers, with whose concert orchestra he recorded in
1929.

STANTON AT ASTOR
vi.,...:.;nist-leatier Danny Levan has had his BBC " Midday Lithe "series extended yet again. The series, on Wednesdays, will now
run till Christmas. This " MM " photo shows Danny (left)
with organist Harold Smart and singer Jimmy Young. Both
Danny and Harold had solo spots in last Sunday's "Rhythm
Cavalcade concerts.

Clarinettist Bernie Stanton.
who played with Nat Gonella andhis Georgians at the Festival
Pleasure Gardens, has formed his
own seven -piece and secured an
engagement at the Astor SundayClub this Sunday (2nd).
The band's book is by trombonist Bernard Ebbinghouse.

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December 1, 1951

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

8Bass playing for
beginners

As a follow-up to last week's `Focus OnaReeds,' we print to -day an article on . . .
THERE are many bassists-f-Reeds andaround the country who

have not been playing very
long and many who do only
a couple of gigs a week. Mostof these have at the moment
no desire to play with stringorchestras and their firstyears of playing will be dedoes the lip in relation to the voted to " having a go " andjF I had been Julius Cwsar reed.
A- and still a sax player, I
Where one stays put, however, enjoying themselves.,i,. REASON

well tackle both boys at the sametime.
In my opinion, the fewer
rhythm men playing a strict four in -the -bar, tee more relaxed thesound. I know that for an
ordinary dance date this can be
carried to extremes, but a happy
medium should be the aim.
For fast pizzicato playing it ishandy to be able to use two
fingers alternately.
You canpractise slowly at first andgradually work up speed when
you are producing a uniform
sound from each finger.
I've found that the sound of
the bass varies in different halls.
The atmosphere seems to affectit more than most instruments.

should have observed, sooner or the other is continually altering thoroughly.
later : " The fault, dear Brutus, -in position, sensitivity andMany are unable to get goodlies not in our reeds but in our- strength.
others just can't afford
The maddening proselves."
Yet muscular reaction is a teachers;
lessons,some even consider thecess of reed testing undoubtedly powerful force, and the lip bow to bea luxury.
brings out the worst in all muscles unconsciously retain the
While I won't deny that the
memory of their most comfortof us.
Thus,
when
the
'
set."
best
way
to
play is to play corIf only we could stay calm and able
be honest we would realise that 111111111111111111111111111I111111111111111111111111111111Pa rectly, I think these people haveto be helped and guided. Afterthe truth is not " That reed
all, there aren't enough string
doesn't suit me," but " I don't ....:-2suit that reed."orchestras to go round! It is
Given a reasonable standard ofwith this in mind that I havecane -selection and manufacture,compiled the following hints.
all reeds suit somebody at some
One of the most important

By Albert

Try moving around the stand
until you get the best sound. A
square of wood is handy to takearound. Some floors seem too
soft; others too hard, so it's useful to have something on whichto stand the bass.

HARRIS

time, or at the very worst theyf-- things for the beginner is to be
can be made to. It stands toto press the strings down
reason that, in physical charac- ffilintimintilitinimituninniilinininniii solewith ease and to be able to pull by SAMMY STOKES
ter, the reed cannot alter fromthem
without undue strain on
minute to minute half so much player looks for a new reed, he the fingers.
Briefly
as that plastic, pliable, living cell - demands very similar characterTight
strings may be due either
thick G string and a thin Now let's touch briefly on
structure which is the lip.
the bridge being too high or aD.very
to the one he has just dis- toStringscanbeboughtinTrue, the reed beds itself down istics
a nut which raises them too sets and the following compara- points that have been discussed
This will give his lip toand accommodates itself to the carded.
from the fingerboard.
less work in adjusting farOrchestral
will be handy as a often before.
mouthpiece table. But then so muscles
players usually use tive sizes
The thumb of the left handthemselves to the new one.
:a
very
low action, but for dance guide
not be wrapped around the
The proof of this can be found band playingGstring
D string -56; Must
this is not prac- A string -49;-4l;
neck so that it protrudes on thewhen trying out a batch of new ticable.
E string -76.
near side. Try to keep the ballFew of us will deny that,
Remember, though, that this of
WHO'S WHERE reeds.
the thumb alone in contact
after we have been through theis only a guide. Some basses(Week commencing December 3)
with the neck-and keep itlot, no matter how satisfactory The heightneed different gauges.
AMBROSE Octet
straight.
This will make for
they
may
be,
there
is
always
a
A
good
set
of
matchedstrings
Week: Empire, Shepherd's Bushfingering.
will mean that tne instrument easiersense of relief and " homeKenny BAKER and Band
A
rough
idea
of
the
heightListening
to records is essencoming " when we replace the favoured by dance players will be always has the same " feel " and tial for improvement.
Monday: Glasgow
Players
one we threw away as unplay- given if the little finger is nothing helps playing consist- like Brown, Potter, Russell
Tuesday: Carlisle
andency more than that.
able.
Wednesday: Whitley Bay
placedUnderthestrings
at
the
Percy
Heath
shouldbestudiedIncidentally,ifanyreaderisI
suppose
the
truth
is
that
we
Friday: Whitehavenbottomofthefingerboard.
The
until
you
know
every
note
and
to get a matched set, I
usually haven't the time or
Saturday: Kidderminster
should then be approxi- unable
will be pleased to advise if he progression they play, and expatience to make a note of the strings
Graerne BELL'S Australian Bandmatelyaquarterofaninch
amplesshouldbecopieddown
writes to me care of this page.
defects of each reed as we try it, above the finger.
Wednesday: Castieford
and adapted for your own needs.
with the idea of making adjustThursday: Warrington
Remember, though, that thisSome English bassists makeFriday: Malvern
ments by shaving or clipping in will
only give a rough idea. A Protective
Profitable listening, too. I never
Saturday: Manchester
our own good time.
lotdepends
onthe
instrumenttire
hearing Lennie Bush-now
Sunday: Dudley
It will also pay to remember and on individual taste.
A small piece of rag soaked in withofthe
Roy Fox band. He proJoe DANIELS and Bandthatfurthermodifications
may
almondorneets-foot
oil
can
be
One
should
be
able
to
press
duces
a
tone and unequalled
Week: Astoria, Lianelly
be necessary after a few minutes' down the strings easily three kept in the machine head. Rub beat andhuge
playswith feeling.
Sunday: Aberdare
The
reed
will
nearlyblowing.
thestrings
withitoccasionallyasquarters
of
an
inch
from
the
nut.
JohnnyHawkesworth
has aJohnny DANKWORTH Seven
always soften up, so when you
a protective measure.
The
notches
into
which
the
ridiculously
fasttechnique, while
Wednesday: Ipswich
have
one
that
seems
a
littletoo
Whenreplacingstrings,
makestrings
fit
can
be.
filed
to
the
Jack
Collierisreallyperfect
andThursday: Colchester
hard at first, don't touch it until required depth. This is best done sure that they run straight from a shining example of musicianSaturday: Aldershot
the
nut
into
their
respective
holes
you
have
given
it
enough
time
to
ship.
by
a
competent
bass
repairerbut,
Sunday: Bathsettle down.
if it must be done at home, then in the machine head without
Ray ELLINGTON Quartet
crossing each other. Any lap -over

Friday: Southsea
Saturday: Kettering
Teddy FOSTER and Orchestra
Tuesday: Southport
Thursday: Preston
Friday: Halifax
Saturday: Bristol
Sunday: Barking
Roy FOX and BandThursday: Grimsby
Saturday: BathSunday: Bristol
Harry GOLD and Pieces of EightMonday: Batley
Tuesday: Stockton
Wednesday: Huddersfield
Thursday: Saltaire
Friday: Darlington
Saturday: Doncaster
Sunday: Rotherham
Joe LOSS and Orchestra
Friday: DudleySaturday: Boston
Sunday: Leicester
Freddy RANDALL and Band
Friday: Southsea
Saturday: Bedworth
Sunday: Croydon
Arthur ROWBERRY

Wednesday: Smethwick
Friday: Blackpool

Saturday: Birmingham
Sunday: Leeds
TANNER SISTERS
Sunday: Palladium, London

the filing should be gradual. Any
attempt to rush the job may lead will affect the tuning. Tie the
Britain's Top Tunes
strings before tightening to preto disaster.
THIS list of the 20 best-selling songs
Matched strings are also a vent slipping.
One that seems only a shade help.
for the week ended November 24
is more uncom- If you play with the right hand is supplied
soft to start with will certainly fortableNothingby the Popular Publishers'
the bottom of the fingerboard
than having to play on at
go too soft and need clipping,
Committeeof the Music Publishers'
there
are
two
pizzicatomethods.
though I must admit it is
Association,
Ltd.
One
is
to
pull
the
stringacrossoften better to make the final
and release: the other is to press 1 LONGING FOR YOU (A) Sterlingand decisive operation a matterthe string down on to the finger- 2 BECAUSE OF YOU (A)Dashof clipping rather than shaving.
board and release.
3 TOO YOUNG (,VSun
But be sparing with what you
The latter produces a knocking
TULIPS AND HEATHER (B)take off, for you can go on altersound.
but
it
does
give
long
notes
John
-Fields
nating, like the monkey with theand stops them running one into 5 I LOVE THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR
cheese, until you have nothing
the other. Ray Brown, Tommy
New World
left - at least, nothing of any
Potter and Curly Russell all pro- 6 THESMLIOLVEE(LAIEST NIGHT OF THE
value.
duce
thissound.
YEAR (AiFrancisI feel safe in asserting, then,
Try to use a lot of the finger on 7 BELLE, BELLE, MY
that where one instrument is
the string and not just the tip.
BELLE (A)Dashconcerned, finding a suitable
A heavy bass drum sound can 8 ROSALINE (Hi .... Michael Reine
reed is a matter of patience. I
make
your
notes
seem
short,so
9 A BEGGAR IN LOVE (Alwon't pretend, however, that
plead with the drummer to take
Cinephonic
there are no complications. Of
it easy-but on your own head 10 SWEET VIOLETS (A) .... Morris
these, the two major ones are
be it!
11 SHANGHAI IAi
Harms Conelly
doubling on instruments and
The pianist's left hand can also 12 MY TRULY TRULY FAIR (Al Dashenvironment.
Let
us
first
-have this effect, so you might as 13 TOO LATE NOW (A) .. New World
examine the latter.
14 BE MY LOVE (A) .. Francis Day
In spite of the arguments I've
15 ALLENTOWN JAIL (A)answered by
had about this, I am convinced
Bourne Music
16 IF YOU GO (F) .. Peter Mauricethat a reed can be suitable in
BILLY AMSTELL 17 VANITY fAl
one place and useless in another.
Sun
For those of us whose work varies AS a struggling novice. here are ally, I use a French improved 18 WISH I WUZ (A) Peter Maurice
19
KENTUCKY
WALTZ(A)Southern
extensively, it is ridiculous tosome of the difficulties I Simple Sy4tem clarinet.
20 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
suggest that the same reed can encounteron my clarinet.
Campbell Connelly
be used one night for leading aWhenplaying in the low re- The fingers should be relaxed,
five -piece section in a capacity - gister, I seem
A-American; B-British; F-French.
to
be
able
to
pitch
not
tensed,andtheweightshouldfilled and very noisy ballroom, a note dead on; but when I get rest on the right thumb. Don't(All Copyright Reserved)
and for the finest pianissimo up to G, 1 pitch a fraction below hold the clarinet either between.. AND THE STORY
under a temperamental singer's and creep up to the note.
your
knees
or
straight
out
likea
BEHIND A TUNE:
voice in a theatre pit the next I recently purchased a five-star trumpet.
night.
mouthpiece and use a soft reed The Simple System has a "Lullaby Of Broadway." now enjoy-

A shade soft

LIBERTYDayERTlf

CLARINET QUERIES

I

with it. Is this lay too open for wider stretch than the Boehm, ing a revival, was originally featuredme?
and it may well be that this is in the film. "Gold Diggers of 1935,"
the cause of the cramp, especi- when it was sung by Dick Powellshould
say
'that
your
emI
if your hand is small. How- then at the height of his fame as a
In the same way, a reed that bouchure is not yet properly set. ally
ever, the Simple System is still crooner
seems perfectly suitable at home The
musclesaround
the
mouth
used
several famous players, Dubin and Warren, the writers, areor in the -band room may prove take time to develop. It's not whichbyprovesthat the difficulty one of the world's greatest song useless five minutes later when much use trying to rush things.
canbeovercome.
Playing itself writing teams Dubin averaged 60
it is used on the job proper.
In my opinion, the mouthpiece is the best exercise, though too songs a year from 1930 until his death
You may infer, then, that the you
use
is
too
open
for
a
beginner.
much
when
you
are
not used to in 1945, and Warren's songs have
only way to test a reed is on the A medium lay, slightly open at it will cramp the fingers.
been recorded on the sound tracks ofjob, I find no shame in admit- the tip, with a medium reed
But
while
it
may
pay
you to 60 or more films.
ting that I do it myself, but I do might be a lot better.
change to Boehm later on, I
This song was the first of Warren's
make it as unobtrusive and as exthink your basic trouble is that to win an Oscar, and he is the only
peditious as possible.
you expect to do too much in writer with three such awards to his
A good plan is to have readycredit-J. M.
three or four reeds which have
WHEN I have been playing for too short a time.
been tested and blown in." Asaconsiderable
time
(say,
two
sure yourself of the difference in hours), my bottom lip slips fortheir characteristics, and number ward and I find myself unintenthem-or, better still, mark them tionally hitting a high note now
according to grade, H or S.
again. I have been told that
Start with the one that seems anddo
not put enough of themost satisfactory. It's likely Imouthpiecein my mouth, butthat you won't be satisfied and I've found thatin morethat you'll find one of the others tends to expandputting
my cheeks andis preferable.

Reed testing

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difficult.
All this is comparatively simple makes tonguing
my lip strengthen in time,
where only one instrument is in- or Willismyembouchurebad?
volved. In doubling, I'm afraid,
the situation is worse. Everyone I don't think that any beginnermust have met the phenomenon able to blow properly for two
in which, after playing the sax is
It is undesirable, anyway,
for some time, a bit of clarinet hours.
try.
is called for, and, on changing to It
seems
me that you've
back, the reed on the sax seems been carryingtoon
these marathon
ridiculously soft or hard-usually practice sessions by sheer willthe former.
power!
Regular, thoughtfulpractice is the thing. An hour aday, split into ten-minute instalThe solution
ments with a five-minute break
Obviously the solution Lies between each, is enough for aalong the same lines as before. start.
must accept the fact that
But if two lots of reeds are in- You
is going to take some time tovolved, twice as much testing will ita degree of mastery overbe necessary. I know this can be attainclarinet; unless you temper
most exasperating to the leader, theyour enthusiasm a little, it isor to the man next to you.
likelyto master you.
I would suggest, though, that I should
say that the puffing
you take one instrument as nor- outofthe cheeks is caused byrnal (naturally the one most the open
lay and soft reed.
used) and bring the other one Does yourtutor show you how
into lineof the mouthpiece to take
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9Morton on three labels and for one
he plays kazoo! 0 TORS'ERJELLY ROLL MORTON'S RED HOT
PEPPERS

Kansas City Stomps
Shoe Shiner's Drag
(HMV 810151)

Ward Pinkett (tut.); Geechie Fields(tmb.), Omer Simeon (clt.), Lee Blair(bro.), Bill BenfOrd (tuba), Tommy
Benford (drs.), Jelly Roll Morton(pno.). Recorded New York, 11,6:28.

Simeonissuperlative.

Hisknowledge of the function of a
New Orleans clarinet is infinite,and listening to him on thesesides one realises why Mr. Jelly

Tro see these sides in our local Lord thought him second to none.
1 HMV catalogue is like wel- Ward Pinkett accents his
coming home an old friend. The second solo with sparse notes,

JELLY ROLL MORTON'SSTEAMBOAT FOUR

Mr. Jelly Lord
JELLY ROLL MORTON'S JAZZKIDS

Steady Roll

Edited b y

Max lones andSinclair Trail!

(Jazz Collector L96)
record has been on my shelves for beautifully timed and placed. THESE
two oddities were re- JELLY ROLL MORTON (Piano Solos)
many years, and it is a fine thing Both he and Geechie Fields, who
corded in Chicago in 1924,
to see it now made available to all follows, sound exceedingly hot, and were
Wolverine Blues. (Joys)
originally on the ParaKing Porter (A Stomp)
in this country.
mount label.
Everyone interested in jazz
(Tempo R47)
Musically, they are not of much

JAZZ

should buy this record, for it re-presents two of the finest

ex-amples from a very fine period in

Jelly Roll Morton's eventful recording career.
It was the original intention of

merit, but they are almost worth Recorded Richmond, Ind., August, 1923
your seven -and -sixpence for the TWO of Jelly Roll Morton's
fun of the thing.
most famous compositions,
On " Mr. Jelly Lord," the greatfor Gennett in 1923, andman is surrounded by clarinet. recorded
faithfully transferred to thesax, banjo and kazoo (all un- now
Tempolabel.
known), and a nice little shindy There is wonderful charm about
they kick up, to be sure. Jelly,sides, which are played withrefusing to be disturbed carries thesegreat delicacy and imagination.

reviews by
Sinclair
Trail]

the dog's Master to release " Kansas City Stomps " backed by " The
Chant," but, by what has turned
out a happy coincidence, the shellon joyfully playing his usual dex01 the original choice was foundIn some respects I like this solo
terous and imaginative piano.
to be cracked, and so a substituJelly Roll Morton
The Jazz Kids are composed of version of " Wolverine Blues " astion had to be made.
Mr. Unknown on banjo; his well as anything Jelly Roll ever
Luckily, they turned up an
It is full of right handplaying kazoo; and, ac- did.
latter's dingy growls being brotheractual session mate to " Kansas thewhips " and surprisingly decording to the label, Jelly Roll "layed
effective.
City Stomps," and it makes quite particularly
accents. and if anyone everMortonon
yetanotherkazoo.
The
last
all
-in
is
wonderfullytne ideal backing.
I would certainly recommend accuses Morton of being short on
and builds to a fine climax.
The very opening of the stomp free,technique,
this
aide
to
Mr.
Parp
Green
whose
You
will
noticethroughout
will at once catch your ear. An both these how Morton's jazz notes on the function of this this side. get them to listen toechoing phrase repeated by clari- policy and arranging skill im- enigmatical machine have innet, trumpet, trombone and tuba, pressed itself upon any group terested me deeply. I also recom- His party pieceleads into an ensemble chorus
this to lovers of the original
THE Mezzrow Band -Mezz, which delights by its stipple push that he assembled in the record- mend
The number of occasions thating studio. Leave the solos to the Mound City Blue Blowers, if there
Collins. Zutty, Jospin, Lafitte and fine articulation.
areanyleft in the country, for it Morton recorded " King Porter "musicians,
but
see
that
all
backand Persiany-recorded 10 sides
suggestit must have been quite
harmonies,
ensembles,isroughly
the
same
type
of
noise.
groundfor Vogue on November 15 and 16. An exciting solo
party piece. I have seven or
and modulations are carefully Jelly Roll Morton's kazoo hiseight versions, all of which are
The titles were " Clarinet Marworked
outandpolished
toahigh
method(if
indeed
it
is
his)
does
solo is exciting to shine.
malade," " Struttin' With Some Simeon's His
follow very closely that of his good and all of which are differtone, more fragile That was the Morton scheme; notBarbecue," "If I Could Be With listen to.
piano, but it is vastly amusing for ent in many respects.
You," " Blues Jam Up," " The than usual, is wonderfully set and how it worked!
These solos bring very much to
all that.
Sheik," " Blues No -One Dug," against Benford's velvet -sounding
light that Jelly was no " thum" Mezzerolaper." His touch was as light as aBlues,"" Boogie tuba.
A short and economical solo byfeather-all aspiring Mortonites,
Parisien," " Blues Des Annees
please note.
V ingt "and " Drum Face " Morton leads to another glorious
all-in, recorded with good balance(Zutty's drum solo).
not
were
They
and
fidelity.
Readers who heard Denisof recording drums in thosePreston's broadcast report on afraid
with MAX JONES
and Tommy Benford's
nothing much hap- week, also some further comthe Mezz concert (on the French days,
heavily
accented off beats on tom - " THERE'S
weeks. He told me he played
pening here now," I was ments on the music.
Service last Sunday) will have torn and
snare
have
been
caught
Zutty
had
his
wife,
Margie,told
onarriving
in
Paris
early
with
Jimmy Noone in Chicago inheard a test pressing of " If I with accuracy.
Last week. But nothing much with him, and it turned out that 1933, and afterwards went with
Could Be With You "-featuring
Mortonnever
hesitated
to
use
she
still
plays
the
most
knocked
Eddie
South.
different
from
in
Paris
is
still
first importCollins's muted trumpet-and any of his instruments for soloout blues piano. With practice, ant job was His
with Les Hitethe open trumpet solo from purposes, and solo banjo here is nothing much in London.
sheshouldmakeaninterestingaround1931. His brother, Eddie,
On my first night in, I made record or two.
" Boogie Parisien.
followed by tuba modulation into direct
once recorded with Bigard, now
for the Vieux Colombier
I think they will have shared Ward Pinkett's dry -sounding, but to meet
After hearing the Salle Pleyel leads the successful Eddie Beal
Mezz and Panassie.
Denis's opinion (and mine in- very swingy, trumpet part.
Trio.
rehearsal
andconcert,I
went
The
Claude
Luter
band
was
in
A sinuous lead by Simeon urges
cidentally) that Collins brings
At the Piano Club, Charlie
playing with one with Albert Ferreri and Leonback memories of the Armstrong the whole band on its way into residence,
Kaba
(of
Jazz
Disques),Delaunay
plays and sings a lot of romantic
trumpet(Guy
Longnon)andaof " Muggles " and " Squeeze the last free -sounding ensemble. greatly
and
Denis
Preston
to
the
Vieux
Bernardnumbers, but also hits out some
Me," yet plays with too personal Morton had a great partiality for Zacharias onimproved
Colombier to catch Nelson strong Wallerish choruses.
trombone.
a touch to be branded as another rather fussy, arranged codas-here I thought the
opening (he was pre- The next stop was " La Cannemusic less good Williams's
is a striking example.
imitator.
at the Ringside).
a Sucre," to hear a Creole band
Lyttelton's or the Christie viously
The slightly sombre, easy -paced than
Backed by Luter's rhythm sec- led by Albert Leirvat, and see the
British Vogue say they will ShoeBrothers', but obviously St. GerShiner's Drag " shows off maintion,
heplayedcarefully
plannedrelease four of these sides in the Ward
exciting dancing of Americans
never
tires
of
it.
Pinkett at his very best. Hisvery near future.
versions of " Creole Love Call." Byron Cuttler and Othella
I haven't
executed with quickening
"Five
Horn
Groove.""Ftockin'
Strozier.
heard the rest of the titles, but solo,
The latter is said to besounds very hot against
In Rhythm," " Sweet Georgia an excellent jazz singer.
hope there are one or two featur- vibrato,
Simeon's finely balanced fill-in Around midnight
ing Lee's slow blues playing.
Brown,"
"
Just
A
Blues
"
and
passages.
midnight, Mezz led the another original blues.
This tune was originally en- Aroundthrough " Really The
Though the place was not Ernie Royal
titled " London Blues," and it is band
Eldridge on piano
From there to Tom's Bar BQ
Blues,""Royal
Garden," " I Ain't crowded-due to the Mezz coninteresting to compare Morton's Gonna Give Nobody,"
and so on, cert-the former Ellingtonian bar, where I found Cab Kaye
Mezz has also made sides with piano version with this by the and a clarinet solo of(whosaid he was on his way"Blackwas well applauded.
It will be noticed how
Claude Luter's band. Vogue 5107 band.
Blue." I didn't like the solo,
Later, with the Luter brass, he back to England) talking to-" Old Fashioned Love " and Morton's ideas on piano fit per- And
ErnieRoyal,
the former Ellingbut his ensemble work was good blew long and powerfully on" Christopher's Rockin' " (based fectly his policy for small -band
Hampton and Woody Herhe increased the swing of " Fish Market," then switched to ton,of his jazz tunes. His andon the old C.C. riff )-came out treatment
man
trumpeter.
Royal arrived
piano for several minutes ofgroup.
are very eco- theMost
the day before I left Paris. This solo passages herebutin Europe in September and isof Tuesday was spent rocking slow blues.
he swings
one, at any rate, is rather a dis- nomical of notes,
Jacquesband. Lee Collins'sOnboth instruments he now soloing withwonderfully against Benford's with Mezz's
appointing noise.
story I hope to present next sounds a sensitive and solid Helian's Orchestra. He would
The others are " Four Or Five solid tuba.
like to play as a featured soloist
musician;
much
of
his
trumpetTimes "/" Blackand Blue "is growl plunger stuff, but he in England.
(V5104), " Jingle Bells "I" Blues
Finally, on Friday, I fell inblows really fine open horn.
As We Like 'Em" (V5105), and
On Wednesday I went the with Josh White and Charles
MELODY MAKER MAILBAG" If I Had You "/" Weary Blues "Chilton, who were recording
roundofrecordshops
andcom(V5106).
panies, and in the evening Henr/ broadcasts in Paris-one with
Kahn took me to Fred Payne's Bill Coleman.
Vogue's Leon Kaba, over in
Afterwards, braving the prices
bar in Pigalle, where old-time
London this week, says he reBritish pianist Joe Bitton plays at the Club St. Germain, we
corded two sides of Roy Eldridge
heard
Coleman with Claude
tunes
of
the
'twenties.
playing piano. One piece is
The next day was reserved for Bolling's band. He plays modern
after Fatha Hines, because Roy
Ellington andjump
numbers,
calls
on
Jazz
Disquesandtheadmires him so uch. Kenny
Hot Clubs: in the evening I some bop; still sounds great at
Clarke, too, has been recorded on
times
but
not
completely atHowtrackeddown
producers?
Charlie
Beal'sor
piano.
ATAURICE BURMAN says ex -stars theatricalhome in the band.
critics are
Piano Club in Montparnasse.
(" MM," 17/11/51) we many
I haven't been able to hear
I
don't
know
whether
it is anplaywrights?
Bill
Beal
was
the
pianistwithArmor
do not substantiate our " in- actors
these yet, or the records Nelsonstrong in the film " New unmixed joy for men like BYas,
competence " claim. To jazz Badley, Ripon, Yorks.
Williams made with Zutty.
Coleman,Bechet,
Lips
Page
and
Orleans,"
and
on
some
1933
and
enthusiasts his incompetence
Titles of the last are " Just Some'46 Victors, and was also on Nelson Williams to play with the
He is out of I SUGGEST that the "Jazzis obvious.
Blues "/" The Masquerade Is
localmusicians;
but
I'm
sure
it
Buster Bailey's " Call Of The
for Moderns programme
touch with traditionalist
Over " (5110), " Acpico "I" Maris an unmixed blessing to the
Delta."
jazz because, from his writ- be re -entitled " Jazz and thecelle " (5109), and " Casanova "/local
musicians.
Beal has been in Europe threeings, it seems that he has Ronnie Ball group."-G. W.
" Creole Love Call " (5108).
What a difference it would
years, mostly in Rome andHaine, Teddington, Middlesex.
never studied the subject.
M. J.
Milan, and in Paris about six make over here.
Although we admire hiszeal in his search for jazz,
we doubt if he ever played in
the genuine old style.
Old records prove there waslittle jazz here before thein

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Sell separately. -90. Dereham Road, Artie Shaw Clarinet Method
15 6 v
Barking.
1

BASS,

15,

four string, fine tone, £40.-

Mansell Road. Greenford,Wax -low 3550 (evenings, week -ends).
BASSES: Hawkes Concert and finereader, vacant Saturdays, Xmas, New French
Jacquoet, swell backs, £52/10/ Year. Keen, willing to rehearse, joinand £50 each; a:so Bows for sale. band; transport -Box 265, " M.M."
Finchley Rd., N.W.3, Primrose
ALTO/CLAR/Vocalist, library; also 139c,
2754.
Pianist. -Streatham 5262.
CABART
CLARINET, Bb,
L.P.,
ALTO. -Len Jeffs, Bow 6445,
Boehm, wood, case, £18.-Ger. 7311,
ALTO, library. -Ent. 2845,
ext. 3.
ALTO SOP.-Sil. 2585.
CLARINET, CONSOLE, Sax system
ALTO/TENOR, Clar., Violin -Tat.
hole cover, £12 for quick sale. -Mon.
0510.
3879.
ALTO/TENOR, car. -New, 0891.
Eb ALTO

Sax, Kohlert, full range,
bargain, £15. -Box 261, " M.M."
Eb CONN Alto, G.L., brand new
condition; Bb Metal Buescher Clarinet, as new; together in fitted case.
-108, Westbourne Grove, W.2, Bayswater 2817.
FOR SALE: Electric Premier Vibraphone, first-class condition; offers. HAMMOND NOVACHORD, specially# Harry James Trumpet Method
15 6
L Handbook for Singers ...
... 5 4 L
p Treatise on Boehm Clarinet ... 13 9 V' The

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Music Deskg
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Finished in [7cellulose inany colour. H.

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PRICE (with L
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27/6
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PICCADILLY MUSIC SUPPLIES
Otters over £1.000.-Silverthorne 4433.
KING LIBERTY Trumpet, original p 51, NEAt ST LONDON, W.C.2. TEM. 9579 VI
lacquer and case, little used, No.
194804; best offer over £34. -Box 268.
BASS.-MURRAY, Hounslow 7711,
KING SILVERTONE Trumpet ext. 63.
medium bore, low pitch; offers.
BASS/TRUMPET/M.D.-9,
Winton Cornet,-Mus. 6133, 9 a.m.-5 p.m,Ave., Westcliff. Southend 46360.
OBOE, ITALIAN, low pitch, 131:), conBASS.-Springpark 7418.
BASS, experienced, vacant Satur- dition good, £70. -Box 246, " M.M."
PIANO ACCORDIONS: Casali. 80
day.-Weedon, Grangewood 1307.
BASSIST, modernist, reader; gigs. stops, £15: Hohner Carmen 2, 24
A NEW CLARINET WEEK
Saturdays, mid -weeks -Primrose 2734. stops, £8. -Box 272, " MM."PIANO ACCORDION, Pietro (madeHawkee, metal, Clinton, low pitch .. £7 0
BASSIST.-Gla, 0511,
byHohner).
120
bass. flush coupler,
Regent, Blackwood, Boehm, low
BOB GALLIMORE: Electric Guitar;..
125 0
pitch, as new
Calvin Gray Quartet/Sextet; Burn perfect condition, £32 or offer. -Box
Westminster, ebonite, Boehm, low275, "M.M."
Regal Trio -Arm 2279.
,

ACKROYDS

THE BAND SHOPBONGOES/MARACAS.

Latin/Jazz.-library,transport. -Kingston 3024.
DRUMMER,semi -pro.,reader.
Webb, 25, Moat Lane, Solihull, BirEuston 2497.

DRUMMER, reader,

STRING BASS, Italian, 2 bows, 2
covers (1 felt).-" Tosca," 1, Field way, Petts Wood, Kent (appointment,
evenings).
STRING BASSES: Thirteen, £30 to£125; five stringer, £35. Xylophone.
£15.
Chinese blocks, 20/-. Oboe,
saxophone fingering, £55. New B. andmingham.
DRUM MER.-Clissold 3133.
Imperial Trombone, £35.-33.
DRUMMER seeks engagements. - H.
Homefield Road. Wembley.
'Phone: Willesden 6423,
DRUMMER. - Wem. 5003, after
6 p.m.
0.5 word
DRUMS
DRUMMER. -GREEN, Malden 1757
BEAUTIFUL WHITE Premier 22 in.
DRUMMER, S D old -time. -Liberty Bass
and
Snare
Drum.
practically5216.
new; offers. -Box 245, " M.M."
DRUMMER free, Including Xmas. brand
FOOTE HAS IT!
Finest stock
N.Y.E.-Lewis, Hop, 4656 (weekdays). Modern
Bass and Snare, Tom -Toms,
DRUMMER.-Ladbroke 1237.
and all accessories. FreeDRUMS,
car. - Ron Shimmell, Cymbals
bargain list. Easiest terms. -Chas
Uxbridge 2970.
Foote, Ltd., 40, Rupert St.. W I.
DRUMS, BASS, own transport, - E.
Ger, 1811.
Bar, 3065.
HUNT
FOR
HEADS. -Hunt for
DRUMS/VOCALIST /S/D. first class Heads-Hunt for Heads -Hunt theexperienced, car. -Rod. 4203.
Head King!
EXCELLENT BASSIST/BBC Vocal- Drum
VIC O'BRIEN, Bongoes. Tunable.

ist, good appearance, personality, de- £5.

ORGAN. London. W.C.1.
PI A NIST.-Elt. 7967.
HAMMOND
ORGAN
wantedPHIL WESTBURY'S Band. - The
PIANIST, free 1st; transport.-H1t. urgently. -Box 276.
" M.M."
best music at !reasonable prices. - 5355
Mac. 5944; Ger. 3326.
PIANIST, library.-}Uppleway 1997,
TREVOR OWENS Orchestra vacant
MOUTHPIECES 6d- per.66'd
PIANIST.-Palmers Green 3295
December 31st, 6/7 -piece. -9, Bartlow
PIANIST. -Shepherd's Bush 6820/
BRILHART TENOR, white, £7. -Box
Gardens,
Romford.
'Phone:Rom.
6683,
BOOSEY 6t. HAWKES LTD. WELL -ESTABLISHED Rex Hanlie 3605.
271, " M.M."
PIANIST. -Harrow 1599.
295 REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.1 Orchestra.-Pol. 4218; Mac. 3860.
EXCHANGE:
60
swing records.
PIANIST. -Vic Munday, Maida Vale little used. for new Brilhart Alto 4 -Trombone M./P. 35.6 t.ach

Buescher, latest model, gold lac.
Conn, UndersIPng, gold lac. ..
Buescher 'Aristocrat,' gold lac.
Tone King, 1951 model, new. lac.
B. & H., 1951 'Imperial,' gold lac.
Selmer 'Super,' gold plated ..
..
Martin 'Special,' gold lac.
Pan American -B7, 'Conn,' lac.
Bdffett. 1951 model. gold lac.
Coon, silver plated, F.A.N.

(1280.1

good change. -Box 278, " MM."VIC
O'BnIEN
Drum
reducing
Many years' experience of first-class sires
FIRST-CLASS Alto, Clarinets, free S.D.
and S.D., plastic finishes, exfunctions; a polished and dependable afterDec. 2; S,T).-Currie, Renown pert work.
-100 Gt. Russell St.. Lon5.14.
Band. - 140, Waterfall Rd.,
1038.
W.C.1 inr. Dominion).
Lan.
Pal. 0438, Byfleet 3158.
GUITAR, Elec./Plea.-R. Bird, 14. don,
8316. Sats., 2 p.m.
HAMMOND'S BANDS, all functions.
Road.. Dagenham,-36. Sudbury Ave., Wembley. 'Phone: Nuneaton
GUITAR.
-Bat.
2627.
Wem. 3488.
ORGANS 6d. per word
GUITAR, Electric/Rhythm.-Brixton
Orchestras:
LAWRENCE
JACK
HAMMOND ORGAN, magnificent
Modern. Old -Time. Classical. -Brixton 3508.
LEAD ALTO/Planci.-Sev. 0458,
model, with full equipment for
7233: Mayfair 6883.
OLD TIME Pianiste; also band.- stage
hire. -Apply, Jimmy Leach. 2, Eagle
JOE KUNZ Dance Orchestra, all Wanstead
7565,
Parade, Buxton, Derbys.
'Phone:Inquiries: 480a, Neasden
occasions.
PIANIST.
-Shepherd's
Bush
2521.
790.
Lane, N.W.10. Gla, 1456.
PIANIST. D/Str., all functions; Buxton
HAMMONDORGAN,
Solovoxor
BALLROOMMEDITERRAINBOWS
Band supplied.-Amb. 3842.
Clavioline wanted.
Spot cash. -57,
Orchestra.-Sydenham 4993.
PIANIST, Stan Susman, library. - Mellish Road,
Walsall.
MELFI TRIO(Calvin Gray Quartet. Ric. 1703, 6.30-8
p.m.
HAMMOND ORGAN Power Ampli-Add. 6076, Bri. 4326.
PIANIST. -Tot. 4050.
fier and Speakers for sale.-BCM
SWEET SWING Trio, - Bellwood
PIANIST, car.-Colindale 4918.

THEof leading players.
Trumpet M./P. 23/8 each

ALTOS

ances in the Council's parks and open
spaces during the 1952 seasons. Offers
must be made on forms obtainablefrom the Parks Department, Old
County Hall, Spring Gardens, S.W.1.
and must reach the Chief Officer by- Box 243, "BOOSEY & HAWKES LTD.

Boosey a Hawkes, post-war
B moiler
Reny Silver ..

279. " MM."

weekly); good reader with co-operative
sprit; car essential. Write experience. -Box 280, " MM."TENOR/CLAR. for S. Coast, permanency; good section work and ad lib
essential. All specials. Full details.
-Box 285. " M.M."
TENOR doubling Vocals, ImmediBarratt.
Freddieately. -Apply.
ALTO/TENOR Sax and Clar.-Mac.
Casino. Birmingham.
2060,
young.
WANTED,TRUMPET
ALTO. TENOR, Clara., car. -Billmodern. 3-5 nights per week. with Janson, Byr. 0812.
first-class band. -Springfield Ballroom.
ALTO/VIOLIN/Clar.. dance/straight/
Birmingham. Nor. 3127.
Irish/old-time,
available
now, WANTED for Hotel Quartet. South Brixton 7017,
Coast. Alto -Violin, Accordion/ Piano.
BAR I./ALTO/Plute.-Uxbridge 1436.
Xmas and 26 -weekDrums/Vocals.
BARITONE/FLUTE/Alto/Clarinet.
Summer Season. -Box 263, " M.M."
Primrose 6983.
WANTED: Girl Musicians or Girl
BASS. -BENJAMIN, Brixton 8524.
Musical Acts, with personality and Transport.
Sendpep, for Scandinavian tour.
BASS. -Stan Ball, WIl. 2982.
photos and full particulars to: P.
BASS.-Elt, 5418.
Pulver. 4. Queen St.. Mayfair. W.I.
BASS, S/D; provinces. -Box 273,

"TOP" CYMBALS"HI -HAT" CYMBALS

SPECIAL SAX. WEEK

offers from BANDS, ORCHESTRASAND DANCE BANDS, to give perform-

applicants reed and brass con- now available, 5/9 post free. -London
sidered on merit. especially boys from Swing World, 15, City Road, E.C.1.
DANCES 92. per word
15 years. Excellent musical training.
REMINDER! Leslie Evans, BirmingBELMONT ASSEMBLY Hall, Harsport -hobby facilities. highest esprit - ham, Sunday, December 2nd. Audition row.
Thurs.,
Dec. 6th, 7.30 p.m., Cram
Please apply earliest. - -first rehearsal, 18 -piece Advanced
de -corps.
Jazzband, and guest group. AdBandmaster, 1st Bn. The Durnam Student Orchestra. Contact -Billy Rivermission2s.
6d.
Light Infantry, B.T.B. B.A.O.R. 2.
Forrest, 38. John Bright Street.
PINNER (MET.) ASSEMBLY HALL
establishedfor
SQUARE DANCING.
For Bands,
CLARINETTIST,
Lane, Saturday, Dec. I, 7.30
Demonstration Teams. Ace American Chapel/9.0. Group.-Riv. 1936.
p.m
The sensational Joe Daniel FIRST-CLASS FLAUTIST urgently Callers -Apply; Wilcox Organisation. Jazz
Group. Admission 3s. Car park
required. Applications to: -Director Tern. 1762/3/4
Of Music. Ford Motor Works Band.
Dagenham, Essex.
PERSONAL M. pee "'"FIRST TRUMPET. Tenor Sax, Piano.
VOCALISTS fid. per ward
NOW AVAILABLE, or hotel Work
Drums. 5 weeks Christmas Season.
Xmas
Season:Violin/Alto Sax/ ClariYOUNGVOCALIST
desires(male)
Dircus.-Les Dagnall, 60, King Street, engagements, seeks experience. --Box net. -Brixton 7017.
Wallasey, Cheshire.

.. £37 10
B teacher Alto, l.p., s.p., t.a.m. ..
224 0King Trombone, s.p.. l.p., By. med. bore
B:escher Aristocrat Trombone, 1.p., Bts,.. 138 10..
..
newly g.l. ..

114,

LEW DAVIS OFFERSLONDON COUNTY COUNCIL invites

All

THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL BARGALN..
Coon Cornet, 1.p., newly s.p.
King Sivertoae T.:Cornet, newly..
..
..
l.p.. slide ..
Selmer, Baritone, 1.a.m., 1.5., s.p...

PUBLIC NOTICES 9d' per word

1951.. 225 0
pitch, as new
Hawke., metal, simple system, low
17 0
pitch
Beasoa, Blackwood, simple system,
110 0
low pitch
Couesnon, Blackwood, Boehm, low
/20 0
pitch
Buisson, Blackwood, simple system,
615 12.
low pitch
Lafleur, Blackwood, Boehm, I. pitch 527 10
Console. Blackwood, simple system.
.

.

.

£12 12
low pitch, covered holes ..
Kohlert, Blackwood, Monde aystem,.. 212 0
low pitch
Booms, ebonite, simple system, low0
pitch
Kitchen, Blackwood, Boehm, I. pitch 12.0 0
Kitchen, Blackwood, simple syetein,
6100
low pitch
Boosey a Hawke,. Regent, Boehm .. £32 5
M

ACKROYDS(Musical Instruments) LTD..
144. WOODHOUSE LANE, LEEDS, 2
Tel. 28486

A "must have" for
DRUMMERS !

9060.

Leather Wallet for Mouthpiece: 1 wove,
4/- Trombone 41- (Tax paid).
From your local dealer, or write:

2726.

Albert:Simple system

pitch /models
ALTO SAXES Low
complete outdts

CLARINETS m:p hg cap & reed

Leon :soil h tine French model top Eb low B 217 10
522 10Arcadia Stll, top F low BY art td# etc.

Windsor plated FAR repadded etc Aux 5* 232 15
Paul Cavo .r np(lb "Itivicta" top F low Bp 225 0
Samna no repadded brown pads top F etc 225 10
Dearman SpOte "Standard" repadd top F 597 10
Lyrist g taco replated /repadded top F .. 437 15
O snot g I replated!repadded FAM Aux F 2.12 15
Adolphe i IAN replated irepadded FAN.. £34 0
S per REF it d reptd dwpadded FAM etc £3S 0
Hawk. XXth copper lacq FAN repad etc £38 10
B .mcher g "Truetone" FAN reptd etc 142 15
Martin g I I,nA nimlel Aux se etc replated 147 16
IC

I

pitch models
TENOR SAXES Low
complete out its

replated frepadded top I, etc £42 10
85,L spin, French mdl FAM perfect order 452 10
Penn Special SpOb pearl insets Aux 1. etc 081 15
Adolphe o lacq replated drepadded Ails I, £60 0
I

Lamy A 0 woo,) 14 /2 repainted like new .. 26 10
E J Albert BY # wood Barrett repadded .. 17 0
French BP 0 wood 13/2 repadded like new £7 10
Buisson By p wood 13/2 pat Cyt perfect ,. £8 10
Couesnon Bb b wood S rings pat C5 r'pad.. £10 0
Martin BY Y wood 13/2 pat Oft repadded .. 211 0
Huller By y de luxe 6 rings duplicates etc. 212 10
By low pitch with case

BOEHM CLAR.m di lig cap reed

Selmer metal 17;6 replated a repadded .. £18 10
Cabart wood 17 keys 6 rings brown pads .. 221 10
Ebonite well made & sound 17;6 repadded 222 10
Regent late model wood 17 /6 perfect etc.. £27 10
Courture wood 17 /6 fine model repadded.. 424 0John Grey wood 17 /6 silvered keys epaild 225 0
Buisson artiste low Eb repadded as new .. 227 10Pensel Mueller 17 /6 wood USA mdl r'pad £37 10
Le Blanc fine French 17 /6 model repadded £35 0
S perb new sa mole wood 17 /6 skin wit .. £37 10

SHOWROOM OPEN UNTIL 7 ON FRIDAYS.
value
testedDRUM KITS Outstanding
SPANISH G.Perfect
ready for use ets
conditionetc

Be -Bop white "Broadway" BD 211' x 15
dit spurd pedal cymbal a arm wood ahell
SD 58' stand sticks and brushes etc .. 227

White "Autocrat" 26' BD 5' 815 pedal

John Grey white brand new 20' BD 51"811

14' T Join pedal apurs stand A fittings 241

Windsor finger style large body tat etc .. 02 10

Grafton Spanish electric white semi -cello 125
Shaped Hawaiian electric 2 -pole unit .. 27
Mohawk Hawaiian electric bed new 2 -pole'not well polished superb finish etc .. £12
Abbott -Victor Spanish cello blonde finish.11'11,0 Il.`W 1prge concert. Fli7.0 curved

ft 4

0

arm with cymbal pedal spurs stand etc 225 0
Olympic white 20' BD 51' SD slime pedal
cymbal di arm brand new including p /t 233 10

Col.imbia One USA cello body re -polished 418 1
Berkeley brand new cello blonde finish .. 515 1
Zenith cells blonde or sunburst !Minh .. 117
bard -to -get
GUITARS Various
models perfect etc

0
0
0
0

8

order
SIDE DRUMS Perfectselected skins

White 5r ellen wood shell quick snares.. ES 11
Olympic white 51' chrome metal new .. 211 16
Aiax deep 71' red glitter tone control .. Lie 15
Olympic latest 61' white floating heads
heavy i'llrOille metal parts (SR brd new 218 5
Autocrat latest white new snare release .. 219 10
Pipoerette white 4' chrome brand new .. 220 17

114-116, CHARING X RD., LONDON, W.C.2.

INTERESTING
Costs only 2/6 EDUCATIONAL.
(219 post free)
INVALUABLE
illustrated with latest set-ups as
used by 23 prominent players. Advice on
best types 01 cymbals and their users.
Fully

PIANO / VIOLIN/Accordion.-Wem
FOR SALE 6d, per word
DALLAS BUILDING. CLIFTON ST.
PALAIS Drummer desires
FOR SALE: Packard Station Brake.
LONDON. E.C.2
change; excellent technician and26
h.p.,
1937'8, all -metal body, upreader. -Box 282. " MM."holsteredseating(61,
Overhauled I:0.
TENOR/MAR.-Pol. 1360.
TENOR, experienced. -Tot. 1695, be- Packards recently, beautiful condition
RECORDS FOR SALE ed. per maidthroughout. Any trial -Jack Eaton.
fore 5.30 p.m.
Str. 0308 (evenings, Liv. 4689).
ARMSTRONG, BASIE, Goodman,
TENOR.-Addiscombe 7571.
GRAMOPHONE RECORD Player. etc. List. --Box 269, " M.M."
TENOR, car, library. -Wax. 2742.
and loudspeaker, £35 or
UNISSUED KENTON'S and HerTENOR/CLARINET. - Hampstead amplifier
offer. -Saville. Whi. 5067,
man's. -Box 277, " MM."
4831.
RARE JAZZ Mags,: Fourteen Swing
6,000 BRAND NEW Vogue, Esquire,
TENOR / CLARINET/VIOLIN, fully Music,£1; eleven Not News, 15/-;
experienced, good reader, reliable;
Jazz Collector, Oriole, Nixa,
Jazz Hot. £2.-Bluemists, Oak- Melodisc,Harmony, King Jazz, Savoy records,
terminating contract, desires perm. - thirtyleigh Gardens, Romsey,
Box 270, " MM."
reduced to c'ear. - Owen Bryce 23,
Thomas St., S.E.l8. (Callers only.)
TENOR/CLAR./Acc., read/busk, car.
--Colindale 3071.
RECORDS WANTED 6d, per word
TENOR/CLAR/Arr., read, transpose,
ALL KINDS of records wanted. Any
busk anything, car. -Wembley 5144,
State price. - Eddy's
TENOR, CLAR., 'Cello, car. -Ent. quantities.
(Nott'm), Ltd., 135, Alfreton Rd..
4619.
TENOR/CLAR.-Brixton 7142 after Nottingham.
DOC. HUNT says: "your home
CASH WAITING for any V -Disc or
6 p.m.
is the mirror of your character:any foreign pressing of the GlennTENOR/VIOLIN.-Euston 7900.
so will your choice of drums
TENOR/VIOLIN. library. -Vic Rey- Miller Orchestra. - 9a, Honor Oak
also reflect your sense ofRoad. London, S.E.23.
nolds, Ewell 5697.
judgment." Highbrow, what!
JAZZ RECORDS bought.-Moxsom.
TROMBONEavailable. old-time/
Orchestral preferred. - Box 222, 206, Forest Road, E.17,* SERVICED* REPAIREDTROMBONE.-Gla. 7480
INSTRUMENTS WANTED 61. or, °"'''TROMBONE, good reader, vocals.
* REDUCEDCLARINETS, Boehm, Bb, low pitchcar. -Sharman, Edgware 0196.
urgently wanted. Cash waiting. -Len
* RESPRAYEDTRUMPET.-Hou. 4856.
Mascercraft, 4, Soho St..
TRUMPET. reliable, library, ampli- Daniels,* BOUGHT/SOLD
London, W.1.
fication. -Ste. 3665.
SOLOVOX,
state
price.
-Box
267
TRUMPET. - Lew Robinson Syd.
* EXCHANGED
4588. Syd. 6664.
TRUMPET. car.-Rel. 3235.
L.
W.
HUNT DRUM CO. LTD.
ore
NOVELTIES 9d
TRUMPET. -North 3492.
The Drummer's Headquarters
TRUMPET, variety, D 5. -Chi. 5024.
DANCE HATS, full fitting, 20/- gross
10/11, Archer St.. Shaftesbury Ave..
TRU MPET.-Cun. 3441.
samples 2/6, Streamers/Balloons. 2jd.

3488.
PRO,

DRUMS

DOESN'T MATTER WHO MAKES IT -WE SELL IT

Spanish tat boty round t /h almost new .. IS
Brand New flat body round t /hole superb 25
Fernandes well made flat body round t /h £7 1
GS I.Lte cello model If tholes fingerguard £10
Clifford Essex flat body round t /II etc .. £10
Hartford eemi-cello ff tholes dark flnieh £10 1

Star. -37, Bridgewood Road, Worcester
Park, Surrey.

HARRY HAVES will buy that Sax./
young. Clar. Mouthpiece you are not using.
PIANIST, SAD. -Tudor 3716.
Send it for valuation. -20, Romilly
PIANIST/ELECTRIC
Accordion, Street. W.I.
WANTED: BRILHART Alto Mouthstylist, library. -Stan Simpson. Tudor
4899.
piece, 4 or 5 Star, price. -Box 264,
PIANISTE/VOCALISTE.-Arn. 2467.

4/ Selmer

lir

Hawkes g

PIANIST.-Eal, 6867.
PIANIST, mod/straight,
Wm, 2420.

TEMple Bar 0444

TRUMPET, read/busk;rose 4210.

gigs -Prim- for lists.-Margrain Carnival Works.
Wallington, Surrey.

London, W.1.

GERrard 8911

THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

Dece-mbei 1, 1951

e aka

MANCHESTER JAZZ BALL, Free8, 7.30-12.45 p.m.,
Christie Bros. Stompers, Graeme Bell
Band. The Saints, Lord Donegal].
Licensed bars. Tickets Si-. Hime andTrade Hall, Dec.

Addison, John Dalton St.. Manchester 2, and at the door.
MODERN JAZZ CONCERT, Lewis-

CASH OR EASY TERMS
Alta Sam, Conn, full arthlte., gold lag., as new .. £45
Alto Sax., liesium, artistee, as new..
1223
Alto Sax .,Peiey I veldt, ,full artiete'sig.1.,as new £42

BP Trumpet, Hawke., Empire lacquer ..
BP Trumpet, Lafleur, Varsity, gold lac., brand

Alto Sax., Conn, Pan-American, gold Leo., as ne w £33
Alto Sax., Super Sehuer, Cigar cover, gel., ar new £54

By Trombone, Lafleur, Variedly, large bore, dance

Tenor Sax., Sehner, lull artiete's, gold lac.
.. £65Tenor Sao., super Selmer, full art.,
new .. £89
Tenor Sax.. Itereponi, artiste'e, gold lac.
.. £52Tenor Sax., Martin, full artiste., gold lac.

.. 182

C Melody Sax.. Coon. toll artiste's, eilver plated 125
Bp Clar., Selmer. Sterling, postwar nidl., as new £30
BIt Clarinet. Bielito .yet., 17 keys, wood, as new 220
A Clue., kluieson, Boehm .yet., 17 k., I. p., as new t34
BIt Clar., Boopey Ilatskee, Ain, tryst., as new .. £15

Dr,

fie

secondhand caseBass Drum, 20" x 15', modern design, whitefinish, shop soiled
116
Piano Ace.. Italian coil., 120 bass, 41 piano keys £24
HO Trumpet, Boopey A Hawkes, Regent model,High Hat Pedals, lightweight models, slightly shop
siFled at 35 - each.
as new, gold lac.
..
Bp Trumpet, Buescher, md. Age. bore, g./.re new 130 High Hat Pedals, as above, complete with a pairof hen v3 gauge Cymbals, 67 6d. complete.
Bp Trc mpet, Berson. International model.plated 128
BP So Primo Sax.. Ilawkes, 2ot h Cent.mdl.,as new £101952 Swing World Musicians' Diaries, 192 pages, attractively bound in black leather grained rexiner, aloe 8" x 3', are now available. 5 9d. post free. DON 'T DELAY- SEND TODAY.

All instruments ercept Drums complete with ease, unless otherwise stated.
Repairs and re -lacquering to all instruments by the trade'. experts. Estimates free on request. Mention M.A.
ALDERSHOT and district musicians can obtain these bargains
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covery, Kenny Powell: also the PeteKing Quartet, Sammy Stokes, Dill
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every Monday. 7.30 p.m.
Dec. 3rd:
Mick Mulligan's New Magnolia Band.
with George Melly: Cyril Scutt Boogie
Group: Jimmy Asman.
ACADEMIC,MONDAY!
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Club is ready to start again, but thistime it's at Sutton. The Red Lion,High Si. Name, " The Lion's Den."
The governor. Don Kingswell. The
Mrs., Gwen. The Band, Jack Douglass Quintet, and. of course, quest
stars. Watch next week's " M.M."
AT PINNER Assembly Hall. thisSaturday. sensational Joe Daniels Jazz
Group.
AT SOUTHALL! Sensational Terry
Brown Sextet.--" White Hart."
CAMBERWELL FREE! Bunny Lee
Trio resident. Mon., Tues.' Weds..

sensational discovery. Ray Marline!
Thursdays. Vic Roberts Trio.-" Marlborough " (behind Town Hall).
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65 Goa.
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1 Younger Than Springtime\ In Love With Wonfful Gay
V Gonna Wash That Man
Cold Cold Heart ..
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Lachine & Love Me Again
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Bonne Nall 1081 ..
V When Yoa Come Home ..
Walt. ..
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Bitter Sweet
Blue Dam be
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Love's Dream37 -Love Here Heart 3[6Love Fine Way ..
Merry Widow ..

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Missouri.. 3:6 One Love.. 3.6 Our Welts

Destiny
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Fascination
Gipsy Moon
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GUITARISTS, and all MUSICIANS
Particulars of club from 84, Newman
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* George
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each week until Christmas: BI X
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£40
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Martin Indiana
Pennsylvania, S.P., G.B., clear lacq. £35
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Ciribiribin On Mandolin ..
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Tenor, Dearman Super, nly. 0.L., late .. £55
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Tenor, Conn, newly G.L., excel. condition £79 1. On 10
Tenor. Selmer, balanced action, nly. (;.L. £95
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nice .. £14
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£69 10
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" The
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Club. Hambrough Tavern, Southall.
Buses 607. 120.
SOUTHERN JAZZ CLUB. Leytonstone (Central Line). Fridays, 7.30

Eric Silk's Southern Jazzband.-Val.
7266.
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next session. Thurs.. Dec. 13th.
WATCH for big future attractions
at S'adio 51.
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Nov. 30th. 7.45.

WOOD GREEN this Sunday. Another

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Tuesdays.

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December 1,

1951'

Ex -111 Britain' champs' dual ARTHUR PARKMAN TO

role in Scots 'azz broadcast

AIR WITH 26 -PIECETONIGHT (Friday), Bristol leader Arthur Parkman is to present
a 26 -piece concert orchestra in a West Regional broadcast
titled " Lullaby of Broadway." The programme, which will be
THE George Scott Henderson group of Glasgow has been heard from '7 to 7.30 p.m., will be mainly composed of show tunes.
selected to take part in " Jazz-Hot and Cool," the Scottish
The personnel of Arthur's band, which for the past two years has
been in residence at Bristol's Grand Hotel, is Don Burnell, Laurie
jazz programme to be broadcast on December 12.
Bob Parkman
It has now been decided that the programme will illustrate Davis, Jack Fear, Ron Ashin and Don Caple (saxes), Barnes(drs.),(tpt.), Jack Toogood (gtr.), Sid
both traditional and modern
Norman Cole (bass) and Les Drake ipno.Y.
jazz styles.
The Henderson
For the broadcast, 11 strings led by Frederic
group-" All Britain " winners in EUNICE SIGNS WITH ERIC
Lunnon will be added, plus Ed. Langley (French
1946-will play both.
horn), Stan Gleave (flute) and vocalist Ruth
Originally, it was planned to
Howard.
feature individuals from several
Arrangements for the broadcast will he by Don
outfits in Scotland, but, as foreCaple.
cast
in
last
week's"MM,"
BBC
IRISH leader Jack Barrett dance band producer Donald
Don, who recently completed a late night music
was recently involved in a McLean found that musicians inseries from the West entitled " Moonglow," will
hand over the baritone chair for the occasion toroad crash, as the result of nightly employment would be
Eddie Jackman, in order to assist Arthur Parkman
which his station -wagon was unable to take part because of
in directing the orchestra.
conflicting time of the prodamaged and he and his outfit the
Eddie, a well-known Bristol reed man, has justgramme-'7.25
to
8
p.m.
finished up in a nearby ditch.
finished a season aboard the " Caronia " on the
The
Henderson
group
will
be
Luckily none of the boys. nor billed individually, however, asSouthampton-New York run.
vocalist Bridle Howitt was inBrown (sax.), Mat Auld
jured, nor were any instruments Tony
( tpt.), Ian McLaughlan (bass),
damaged.
Hurriedly engaging a local car, Jim Cameron (drs.) and George
the band carried on to its des- Scott Henderson (poo.l.
tination, arriving just in time forthe dance and enabling Jack Luff to Embassy in
Barrett to retain his proud recordof never yet having failed toappear at an engagement.
The crash occurred as Jack and Southsea switches
THERE have been changes, and some reorganisahis boys were racing from Kells A number of changes in bands
tion, in Ted Astley's Band at Sale Lido, Manto Tuam, Co. Galway -190 miles has taken place at Southsea
chester.
during the past few weeks. Baritoneto the west.
ballrooms. Roy Richards and his
saxistFred Richardson left the band to join Rae
Whilst taking a short cut at Mayfair Music, who recently comAllanatthe
Broadway Baths Ballroom and was
Newbridge, near Athlone, Jack pleted a successful season at the
replaced by Wilbur Jones.
stopped to look at a signpost- Embassy, have gone into resiNext to go were Gene Cottrelland a truck crashed straight into dence at the popular Kimbells
David- (alto), Les Wigfield and GerryEric
the back of his car.
Restaurant, in succession to
Senior(tnrs.). They have been
managerson,
Jimmy Harris and his Band.
by Leo Robson (alto) andfor ten years replaced
Jimmy Luff and his Band are
Don
McIntoshthus reducof the Charles ing the sax team(tnr.),
playing at the Embassy.
`ANYTHING GOES' FOR now
from five to four.
OrchesAmer
Alf Hallman and his Band have
The
rest
of
the
boys
with Tedtra, and Eunice are Get% Walker (alto),Don
Cox, sexist with
IVOR RAYMOND FIVE returned to the Empress.
Shapiro(tpt.),Phil
LeatherIvy Benson and her Girls' Band (pno.), Harry Oakes (bass).
For his recently announced
Chris
for
six
years,
alter
theirwedding" Anything
Goes "
broadcast(drs.), with vocalist Gwen
at St. Mary's Church, Bulwell, Watts
series in the West Regional proNottingham, last Monday week. Godfrey.
gramme, Ivor Raymond will
Eunice is a Nottingham girl, anddirect Hal Smith ( tpt.), Bob
Eric hails from Durham.
Jenkins (tnr., flute), Sammy
Manchester palms
Prager (drs.), Teddy Wadmore

Irish leader
crashes in

100 -mile 'race

Astley reshuffles
Sale Lido line-up

GRAEME BELL'S FAREWELL
CONCERT AT DUDLEY H/PP.
(bass), Fred Erica (pno.) and

GRAEME BELL and his Australian Jazz Band will play theMichael Watson (gtr.).
Ivor will play accordion andfinal concert of their current British tour at Dudley Hipposing, and will be responsible for drome on December 9.
all the musical arrangements for
Otherbands booked at Dudley until the end of the year include
the shows.
Ted Heath and his Music (Dec. 16) Harry Roy and. his Orchestra(Dec. 23) and Sid Phillips and his Band (Dec. 30).
Promoter John Gordon, in
association with Bob and Maurice

Four vocalists for
Rowberry airing

Kennedy, will be running moreconcerts in the New Year, suchhas been the success of thisHotel MD leads

closes for re -fit

Surprising news from the Lido
Danse Palais, Manchester, is that
Stan Stuart and his Orchestra
are to finish on Saturday, December 8, when the Lido closes for
two weeks for redecoration.
Downbeat Club
There will also be considerable
in the ballroom,
Meeting every Tuesday night at reconstruction
whichis to be refurnished on
the Strathmore Hotel, Torquay, ultra modernlines.
the recently formed Downbeat
is not yet known who will
Rhythm Club is proving a great beItentrustedwith the task of

4 at Torquay's

venture.
Edmund Welch, musical direcFor his Midland Regional tor of the Dudley Hippodrome success.
a band for the openhas just formed a
Chairman of the club is pianist - installing
broadcast on Tuesday next (4th) Orchestra,scheduled for immediately
Arthur Rowberry will be pre- Dixieland outfit from his ranks. bandleader Stuart Eddy; ex - ing,
beforeChristmas.
senting four vocalists-Markmusician Ernest Freed, a director
the Strathmore, is president.
Pasquin, Ann Douglas, Margaret
TWO NEW ALTO MEN ofTheKing and Ray Vaughan.
resident group is a quartet
Leaving no stone unturned in
ledby Stuart Eddy on piano. andpursuit of his newly - adopted FOR RONNIE HANCOX comprises
Tony Brown (tnr.(,
professional career. Arthur isDrew (tpt., bass), Don
Midlands leader Ronnie Hancox Norman
ma1.ing one or two changes in
IN PLAIN COLOURS
Davis(drs.)
and Bill Vance (bass).
his personnel, and would like to has recently lost the services ofStuart came to the Strathmore
AS WORN BY
hear from any keen and stylish his two altos, Bill Lowe and Brian after
sessionsofbandleading
atplayers of drums, bass and bari- Wilson, who have been replaced Oakland, California, and with thetone, who would be interested by Ivan Dawson (from Dick RAF bands at Innsworth. He is
Denny) and Wilf Railston (from also MD at Torquay's Dorchester
in joining the band.
1
Arthur can be contacted at his Ronnie Munro).
The Hancox band plays every and Carlton Hotels.
new address, Empire Buildings,
1.
SaturdayandMondayatthe
Civic
Birmingham
Suffolk -street,
Birmingham Midland Hall, Wolverhampton. On De(Tel.:

KNITTED TIESHOWARD KEEL

cember 7 the outfit will appear Les wants Leeds bass
opposite Joe Loss and his BandLes Hilsden, bandleader at theat the Dudley Press Ball.
is now in urgent need Mecca Locarno, Leeds, urgently
Reading Jazz Club ofRonnie
a drummer to replace Laurie requires a bassist.
who is leaving to go into
Applicants interested in fillingbusiness. Ronnie can be con- the vacancy should contact Les
outgrows 'Elephant' Aldridge,
tacted at Sutton Coldfield 3007.

3102.)"Melody Maker" Contest winners now
follow the lead of stars like Les Gilbert,
Johnny Gray, Sid Phillips, and Dougie
Robinson, who use the new Soloist reed.
It's made by Selmer; graded and colour
signalled in five strengths. Each dozen

Reading Jazz Club has outgrown its modest room at the

Elephant Hotel, where it was
in February of this year.
chart showing the founded
and negotiations are now proceedrecommended colour for every facing. ing for bigger premises.
box containsaPresent Tuesday sessions fea-

Ask your dealer or write "Soloist" ture record recitals by local N.O.
details on a P.C. today, to: -Selmercollectors, and a band comprising
John Wynn (1dr., clt.), with Cyril

Charing Cross Baker (tpt.), Mike Goodenough
Rood, London, W.C.2 ( tmb.), Pete Forrest (pno.) and
114 -116

Roy Decker (drs.).

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REORGANISATION of the Danny Mitchell Orchestra at the Pier
Ballroom, Redcar, to take effect immediately, brings in Ray
Kaye-recently with the Malcolm Mitchell Trio at the Washington 3r
Hotel, London-on drums.
Joe Ferrier, late of Felix Mendelssohn's Orchestra, comes In on MAROON, NAVY, DK. GREEN,
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CONGRATULATIONS to Liverpool
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week presented him with their thirdchild, a girl, to be called Virginia.
VIC LEWIS and his Orchestra with
Denny Dennis are scheduled for adance at Belle Vue, Manchester, tonight (Friday), and a concert at Hull
City Hall this Sunday (2nd).
JACK DAVIDSON (tpt.) has replaced Bill Russell in Jack Wright's
Band at the Excelsior Ballroom,
Edinburgh.
ENTERING its fifth year as resident outfit at the Acocks Green
Public Hall, Birmingham, is theFrank Douglas Orchestra.
Recentchanges have brought into the lineup E. Williams and R, Blackwell(saxes). and Bill Brian apt.), New
telephone number of Frank Douglas

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singer was
Patricia Lancaster has been featured each week), will
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wil 10 FOUNTAIN ST.. MANCHESTER
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Vernon Adcock and his Orchestra MELODY MAKER"JELLY ROLL"
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AFTER FIVE YEARS as leader of
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Folkestone,
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Brighton.
JO WAKE and her Quartet areplaying for tea dances at the WinterGardens, Malvern. every Thursday.

With Jo leading on alto and viola.

thepersonnel
includesvocalist
Betty McGee, Florence Hazel(drs.)and Hilda Smith (pno.).
RICHARD AMES, at the Royal

Albion Hotel, Brighton, is in urgent
need of an accordionist (or guitarist)
doubling piano and vocals to whom
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