clod Maker'RHYTHM'INCORPORATINGOCTOBER 20, 1951

Vol. 27. No. 944

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ROWBERRY ORK WINS ILL -BRITAIN'AGAIN -AND TURNS PRO-

Decision rested on Belle Vue result :Band booked up until next February
ARTHUR ROWBERRY and his Orchestra scored their second" All -Britain " success at Belle Vue, Manchester, last Sunday,
winning convincingly from Ronnie Horler and his Music (Lymington) who were second, and the Beavers Dance Orchestra (Glasgow)
who came third.

Sensational sequel, immediately following their impressive win of thegreat annual " MM " event, was Arthur's announcement that the 13 -pieceband will now become fully professional.

Having considered taking this plunge for sometime past, the band's latest victory-which posiTommy Dorsey tively
established it as the country's outstanding
semi-professional band-was the final and decid-

on flyinging factor.
The band is now fully booked until well into
February next. In fact, so large has been thevolume of work which has come the way of thisgreat outfit (during the past 12 months in parvisit to Paris difficult
ticular) that the boys have found it increasingly
to carry on their day-The boys of Arthur Rowberry's Band chair theirleader backstage at the King's Hall, Belle Vue,
Manchester, on Sunday last, after they had won
the " Melody Maker " " All -Britain" champion-

5 -YEAR CONTRACT

ship for the second year. " Musician of theDay," Harry Smart, supports Arthur (right).

FOR MACKINTOSH
AT WIMBLEDON

sneaked in
TOMMY
DORSEYand outoPParis this week time jobs.
It is Arthur's intention to(writes " MM " Paris Corresponseek a resident berth to follow
dent Henry Kahn).
He arrived without warning his present list of one-night

Stanley Black Orchestra KEN MACKINTOSH and his
Orchestra, who reopened
on a five-day visit, telling our
Wimbledon Palais just over acorrespondent: "I had no idea
Toured for ENSA
year ago, have now been signedinRoyal
CommandI was coming to Paris until
the Row for a further five years at thethree days before I actually left berry Band's first contest
sucstands.

Formed in 1939,

the States.

Finding that somespecial dental treatment tookmuch less time than I anticipated, I decided to take a quick
holiday in Europe."

BLACK, Carroll Gibbons, Sam Browne, Billy South London resort.

cess was in the Midland Coun- STANLEY
Thorburn and Charlie Kunz are among the dance band An outstanding success at the
ties' Championship at Leicester personalities who will take part in this year's Royal Com- Palais, the band has also aired
during its Wimblein 1942.
Performance at the Victoria Palace on October 29. extensively
don sojourn, and has six more
In 1944/45 Arthur led a pro- mand
StanleyBlack
will
appearas
broadcasts
in the next four
fessional band and toured over- leader of the augmented BBC
weeks-on October 20, 26 and 31,
seas for ENSA. In 1947, having
will
which
Orchestra,and on November 7, 17 and 24.
reverted to semi -pro. status, he Dancecomprise, on this occasion, seven

Mitchell 3 to play

Tommy said he would have
liked to spend one day in
London, but found so much to recommenced contesting. In
see in Paris that he finally de- 1948 the band reached the " All - brass, five reeds, four rhythm at Film Command
cided not to cross the Channel. Britain " Final for the first and 14 strings.
An exceptional honour has ERIC DAWSON: A SON
The last time a BBC Dance been
Tonuny Dorsey visited some time, was second to Johnny Orchestra
accorded the Malcolm
Congratulations are extended
appearedataRoyalof the Parisian night spots and Stiles in 1949. and registered its
Mitchell Trio. Tbey are to take to Johnny Dankworth bassist
was
Perfo:
mance
Commandsat in with Mezz Mezzrow at the first win last year.
part in the stage show at the Eric Dawson, and his wife MarOnce again MELODY MAKER before the war.
Vieux Colombier and with Bill
Royal Film Command Perform- garet, on the 'r6cent birth of a
Coleman at the Club St. Ger- Contests have proved to be theance at the Empire, Leicester - son. The newcomer was born at
MoretonandKayemain. He hopes to return to stepping stone to an assured
square, on November 5.
Aldersbrook Maternity Home,
Sam
Brownewill
appearwithmusical future.
Paris in the Spring.
The trio will be the only musi- Wanstead, and arrived on Octohis Singers: Carroll Gibbons. cal stars in the show.
ber 14.
Thorburn and Charlie
Billywill feature as singles.
PARNELL PROVIDES NEW FILM MUSIC Kunz
Also on the bill are Ivor More-ton and Dave Kaye-the piano
duettists and Variety stars whocame to fame with Harry Roy.
Other artists in an all-starline-up include Gracie Fields,
the Crazy Gang, Cicely Courtneidge, Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne, Monsewer " Eddie
Gray, Arthur English andPatricia Morison.

Cyril Ornadel M D
of Kiss Me Kate

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Cyril Ornadel, one of theyoungest conductors ever seen in

the West End, took over thebaton for " Kiss Me, Kate " at

S.O. 31 -Hylton. Cyril, who is 26, succeeds
Michael Collins.

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Cyril was previously batoneerfor Hylton's " Take It From Us "at the Adelphi Theatre.

Contract extended
for Eddie Carroll
Eddie Carroll and his Orches-tra, who opened at the Casino
Municipale, Lugano, on October 1, were given an extension ELLINGTON 4 TO FLY
of contract immediately followFROM ELEPHANT
ing their first night, and will
now be staying at Lugano for at The Ray Ellington Quartet will
least another two months, and fly to Belfast after their concert
probably much longer.
at the Trocadero, Elephant andEddie is already broadcasting Castle, on October 28, for a week
twice weekly over there. He has of Variety at the Opera House.
one airing per week direct fromthe Casino, and one from the
Swiss -Italian Radio station,

RITA REYS TOURING
ITALY AND AFRICA

Graham's Cubists
An American record company
whose output includes Stan Getz
sides on LP, plans to release aseries of sides by Kenny Grahamand his Afro -Cubists.
The company is Prestige, whohave similar plans for Swedish
modernist Lars Guilin.
Latest acquisitions to the
Prestige label are trombonist
Benny Green,and trumpeter Red
Rodney, who have been signed
to record with their own combos

L YTTON JOINS JACK GORDONAFTER ten months on tour consequent upon the departure
with Harry Gold and his of former leader and drummer

Pieces of Eight, drummer Tony Johnny Kerrison, whose place
Lyttonwill Tony. Lytton will take.
The Sextet led by Dutch singer
leave at the
Rita Reys is now touring Italy
end of thisand North Africa after playing
BILL PAXTON DIES
month to joinseveral successful dates in AusJackie Gordon
The MELODY MAKER regrets totria (writes "MM " Dutch Corand his Latin announce the death, in his twenrespondent Anton Kop, Jnr.).
Rhythm at the ties, of noted trombonist Bill
The group, which visited
He died at his Glasgow
Café de Paris. Paxton.
Britain earlier this year, is giving
As reported home on Sunday (14th).
shows for Forces personnel.
Bill came South with Tommyin the " MM "

STOP
PRESS
Oscar Rabin and Band in

TN' show " Come Dance " from
Lyceum, November 21.

Tony Lytton

F.O.

(S.5.)

the London Coliseum last Mon-

day, under the mgis of Jack

Jack Parnell (right) with Max
Harris (pno.), Sammy Stokes(bass) and Bob Burns (alto),
records background music toa club sequence in the forthcoming Ealing Studios' film
" One Sinner." Jack's fullband will be heard in numbers by himself and Max.

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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

2October 20, 1951

What a waste of Ray

and the Quartet . . .

more of the Ray Ellington
THE week before last, our TV-by SCANNER
Quartet, and some continuity.
news columns carried
And who better for the conSome are good-for instance, tinuity
than Ray himself?
my announcement that the Carole
Carr's spot. Though that

Ray Ellington Quartet would song about those tell thousand
mote sheep is not the best Sense of humour
be featured in the new " Eric andshe could have chosen.
His rich personality and sense
Barker Half -Hour " fortOthers are not so hot.
humour would be more thanBut it could all have been to a ofnightly series.
enoughto make him a compere
extent saved by 'a better who could
tie up all the loose
Anyone who hoped that the greatarrangementof the sequences, ends and knit
this scrappy show
word " featured " could be
into
at
least
a homogeneous
taken to imply that at last TV
whole.
about to do justice towasstapieion conaucts. Picture snows Gott with the sax teamof an earlier group His current orchestra is reviewed below
by Maurice Burman

It's music while
you writhe!

But it seems that such an idea
'lever occurred to TV. All they
did was waste Ray and hissatellites even more completely
than TV usually wastes the few
swing artists it deigns to give us.

Britain's most successful swing
combo must have. been bitterly

disappointed on seeing thedebut of the series last Wednesday week (10th).
Rushed on " cold " to open the

And that means just about ascorn p !et eiy as possible!

show, the Quartet did just one
number. And that was all wesaw or heard of it.

,

Britain s Top Tunes

The number was " Teddy Bears'
Picnic."On their Decca record, the boys

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1TOO YOUNG (A)TULIPS AND HEATHER (BI2managed to get some good instru-

SOME years ago I heard a " Music While You Work " not very suitable tune.
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Buffoonery
rest of my life dodging this programme.
On TV, their playing was not
Whenever I feel rather low (which is seldom) I cheer up very
to the standard of the record,quickly by reminding myself that I am not forced to listen to up
andtoo much buffoonery and not" MVVYW."
enoughdid nothing to imBecause in this hard world, dear reader, there are people who prove thewit
which has benot only have to work, but who have, at the same time, to listen come onecomedyof their main attracwhether they like it or not.
to " MWYW "3
4

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tions-at any rate with the public

And that second " W " should stand for " writhe."at large.

This '' Eric Barker Half -Hour "The programme came into being during the war, with the exfar from being a good propress purpose of supplying people in factories with a special type isgramme.
of music which, while not detracting from their work. would helpItis just a sequence of distheir morale and thereby increase production.
connected bits and pieces.
The requirements, worked out-the ideal TV compere for

Eric Barker's new sltow, says
" Scanner."

Radio Commentary by MAURICE BURMAN

This can happen to you ! plays traditionala contemporary band
jazz, and if he
If he was tryiffg to demonstrate
how wellthinks the Mulligan band worthy

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CYRIL STAPLETON AND HISORCHESTRA

10.15 p.m. -12'10'51

AS you may know, I uttered agreat squawk recently about
the preposterous din which accompanied outside broadcasts.
Grateful thanks are now offeredto the BBC in general, and JimDavidson in particular, for theway the crowd noises were kept
down in this broadcast from the
Empress Ballroom, Blackpool.
The high standard that Cyril'sband has set was not evident on
this broadcast.

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The usually smooth, well -knit
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Therhythm section lacked a decisive
beat, and the only unit to keep a
consistently high standard wastrombone quartet.
E.C.4 theThe
programme was very commercial, relying mainly on well established American record successes, the best of which was Les

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RAY ELLINGTON

by Goodness knows whom, weresuch that many bands had todepress their standards considerably in order to comply withthem No jazz, vocals, announcements or clever arrangements,
among other things, were per- Kenneth Baynes, the director of good. In the wrong-well, let's
The soloists gave me a certain" MWYW," is one of the most See.
mitted.
amount of pleasure, but morecharming men one could wish to
Rex Harris was the commenta- variety and a little more jazz
They are still forbidden.
In fact, apparently, the lower meet: but while I realise that tor, and although we've heard would save this band fromthe remedy lies with a higher this routine so many times before
the standard the better.
Naturally, a band isn't going to authority, I put it to him that (early ragtime. Morton, Oliver, mediocrity-and front dullness.
feel particularly proud about the time has come when the Armstrong, etc.), Rex did it very
doing this; indeed, it is taken for whole machinery of the pro- well, speaking in a calm, well - MEMO TO "JAZZ FOR MODERNS"
granted that our best bands, or gramme needs overhauling.
modulated voice, and picking the Paul Vaughan Quartet at the
The first step should be to right moments to insert the musi- Stork
rather the bands that get plenty
Club, altoist Joe Harriet andOf general broadcasts, disdain raise the standard of the music cal examples.
Kenny Powell are brought
and give the leader far more freedoing them.
For the newcomer, it was in- pianist
totheattention of Producer
Nevertheless, I would not say dom.
structive and authentic.
Jimmy
Grant.
for one moment that the bands If reader Latimer is anything to
Unfortunately, at the end ofwhich do appear on this -show are go by, " MWYW " is lowering the the programme, he used an illusashamed of it, as reader Latimer morale of the listeners as well as tration which I cannot be conBURMAN'S BAUBLE
suggested in the " Mailbag " of a the musicians, and that is the vinced had anything to do with Is presented to pianist Dill Jones
last thing the authorities want to the beginning of jazz. He played for his touch, tone, style and beatcouple of weeks ago.
The requirements to be met, happen
a record by Mick Mulligan's Mag- in this week's " Jazz F'or
while intended to raise the lisnolia Jazz Band.
teners' morale, no doubt lower
What this band had to do with Moderns."
their own considerably-but they
the programme, and what it was
Y0411 MUSIC CLUBregard it as a job of work, and do,used for, I can't tell you-unlessNEXT WEEK
as they nave told me. the best
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that it is -' an insult to the intel- this programme. In the right illustration Rex pulled the whole
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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

October 20, 1951
Henry

WhistonF.

3interviews vocalist YVONNE LANAUZEThe Duke's my angel he gaveme my break ...
THROUGH the years, Duke
Ellington has always
been known as an excellent
judge of musicianship-both
instrumental and vocal.
Several comely females have Coming to Europe this Autumn is a vocalist whosesung with his band, including
Ivie Anderson, Dolores Par- first professional engagement led to a job withker, Kay Davis, Joya Sherrill,
Marion Cox and Josephine Duke Ellington. Here is the story of her success.

Hall.
had a chance to meet anotherA year ago, a fine new voice tion with music was through her Imy
favourite singers throughwas heard with the great Elling- self-taught piano playing. It was ofthatcarnival.
mother who encouraged any
ton band-that of pert Yvonne her
Pearl
Bailey happened to be ininterest she had in music.
Lanauze (her married name).
and she dropped by
It was in her junior year at the Washington
to
hear
the
music in the carnival;
teachers' college that Yvonne had not to hearme-but it was a
Uneventful
her first opportunity to find out great thrill, because
I had always
what it was like to sing in public.
her style, and I still do.
Back in Washington, DC, the The college carnival was search- admired
After
the
carnivalI
finished myDuke's birthplace as well, ing high and low to find a replace- course at Miners Teachers'
Collegefor a girl singer who had still with the idea of becoming
Yvonne was born little over two mentaill.
decades ago. She spent an un- become
However, beforeIteacher.
Yvonnejumpedatthechanceeventful number of years grow- to try singing. Several of her graduated, I persuaded dad toing up and going to Dunbar High friends had heard her singing at contact a singing tutor, and I
School.
parties and assemblies and sug- took lessons for six' months.
lessons helped me quite a
Her father had firmly decided gested to her that she volun- bitThein understanding some of theShe didand that'sthat she was to be a teacher, so teered.
when
Yvonnestartedtoclimb
tothings
I liked in the styles of theshe attended Miners Teachers' success.
singers I admired, such as Billie
College in Washington. Up to
Here's how she told me the rest Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
this time Yvonne's only connec- of her story :Ella's still tops in my estimation.

Why are these Northern dance
asks JERRY

moment, it would appear
that dance bands in the

DAWSON
North of England are to bepermanently excluded from Stead making a long statement

broadcasting,. due entirely to to the MELODY MAKER in which
he said: "First of all let me
a decision made by one makeclear that the deciman-Robert Stead, North sion toit quite
cut out all dance band
Regional Head of Pro- broadcasts in the North ofEngland Region for a period ofgrammes.
six months-a decision which
In October, 1950, the last of was not made lightly or withoutthe " Morning Dance Music " careful thought-was entirely
my own, and I accept fullprogrammes was heard, since responsibility
for that decision,
which time no Northern dance which has beenendorsed byband has been heard on the Controller,

North

Regional

North

wavelength.

Region "dance bands should be banned
from the air.
" If the bands from the North
can come up to the standard of the London bands .
then it is my contention thatthey should be given proportionate representation in the Light
programme."
The bandleaders' joint com.

.

.

Stephenson (Controller, North
Region) wrote : " I have alreadyhad preliminary discussions with
Mr. Stead regarding the possibility of restoring Northerndance bands to the air muchlater in the year."bands had been selected torecord 15 -minute programmes
for consideration for the Light
programme.
The bands of Bill Gregson, Hal
and Phil Moss did, in
Pressure brought to bear at Mr. Stead also said : " . I see Grahamfact,visit the studios for thethat time by a joint committee no reason at all why this deci- purposeof making these recordof, bandleaders resulted in Mr. sion should mean that Northern ings, andunofficially it wasunderstood that they would be
examined by a committee in.

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from
Director - General Sir
William Haley downwards, havebeen appealed to, Northern
Why couldn't Northern bands bands are still off the air.
be booked for these spots?
In his December statement,

poosE

following month,.

Pressure brought...They should know!
...They use it

Theleader of " The Three B's And
took the band on a tour through the
Honey," contacted me again.
the Southern States. We came A He
had originally contacted meback to New York on January 15
the same time as the Dukeof this year to start rehearsing at
infact,
he was in the club thefor the Duke's big Metropolitan same nightas the Duke. But I
Opera House Concert.
just couldn't resist joining theEllington band.
I joined Bert's group in MarchCut rehearsalof this year and have been singmittee again applied pressure
ingwith them ever since.
We
had
to
cut
the
rehearsal
and, in April, Mr. Donald.

MM," December 2, 1950).
Only London bands playing in (" With
October, 1951, upon us, Bands selected
the basic Home Service have the " period of six months " has Next-in June last-it was
become a whole year, and despite announced that three Northernbeen heard.
the fact that high BBC officials,

riZteit#014/MBUF

Honey:'

My first professional engage- " Solitude " and " Mood Indigo,"
ment was at the Crystal Caverns all long arrangements of tunes
in Washington, DC.
the Duke has done before. For
Duke was at that time appear- instance, " Mood Indigo " lasts
ing at the Howard Theatre in about ten minutes. They're going
Washington and, one night, he to be issued on a long-playing
dropped in with a few friends to disc in the United States. " Thehave a drink or two and talk over Tattooed Bride " is the fourth
old times.
number; it's an instrumental.
There I was . singing in theshow and never more nervous in Back home
my life ! I almost fainted when
he asked me to come to New York
After I left the Duke I went
to record with the band.
home to Washington and sangThat was in October, 1950.
.

hands STILL denied air time?

AS things stand at thisYvonne Lanauze, pictured with one of the vocal -instrumentalgroup with whom sne currently sings, " The Three B's And A

short, though, to fulfil an engagement at the Clique Club in Philadelphia.
The Duke's very easy-going.
When he used to call a rehearsal
for the band at 1 o'clock in theafternoon, it never started before
3 o'clock! There just wouldn't
be anyone there at the designatedtimIte.is probably still like that,
because he has always been like
that, and I don't think he'll everchange. But don't get the wrong
idea-the Duke's my angel andI'll always be gratefulforthe breaks he gave me.
I left the Duke at the beginningof February, but not before I had
recorded three more vocals withthe band, " Sophisticated Lady,"

Ad Libbing . . . by Riff

THE fans rejoice at every fifththat's flattened;

At Dizzy -fashioned solos from ahorn man;
They cheer each alto chorus,
Parker -patterned.

Max Jones keeps quiet; and sodoery Ernest Borneman!

ANOTHER faction favours Deltarhythm;The solemn blues, devout as any
sermon;Where saints go marching in theymarch in with 'en..
Steve Race keeps out, and sodoes Maurice Burman!

London on or around July 12.
None of the three bandleaders
has yet heard the result of these" auditions." Questioned last
week on this point, Mr. Steadreplied : " The bandleaders con-The

cerned will shortly be told theresult of their auditions. The

Malcolm Mitchelland secure an interview with
Mr. Jim Davidson, he was, hesays, greeted with the question" Is yours one of the bands thatsounds like a military band? "this to a musician who only ninemonths previously had left Joe
Loss after four and a half years
as leader of Joe's brass section,
and who has several hundred
broadcasts to his credit.
Mr. Davidson is also alleged tohave said that he had not heard
the recordings and did not knowof their existence.

Why did I tell you I was going to Shanghai;delay is regretted."When, in August last, Phil
Moss (in London on holiday) was
able, after much difficulty, topenetrate the " Iron Curtain "TrioRiley's Daughter

R.3439Humphrey Lyttelton
AND HIS BAND
Apex Blues; One man went to blow
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October 20, 1951

What Basie had to do withthe beginning of bo[ ONE NIGHT STAND
style with Jap Allen and BennyIN July. 1948, Ross Russell said, in the course of one of the few
good articles ever written on bop: " What are the roots ofbebop rhythmics? Stated in the simplest terms, the new rhythm
Section is a modification of the Count Basie section.
" The first big band to swing solidly and consistently was Basie's,
an achievement due in part to Jones's cymbal work, which contributed vertically to the section sound and enabled it to leaven
the heavy sonority of ten reed and brass instruments."
Now Basie's band, as I said inlast week's column, did not begin
with his formal ascent to leadership; elements of the Basie style
were to be found on the last
Benny Moten sides in 1932, andHere, then, i$ the link between Moten was quite different fromNew Orleans jazz and bop. And his later Hawk manner; Hershel
it occurred not only on reed in- Evans, whose tone was so muchstruments, but on brass and per- lighter in his later years thancussion too.
Howard McGhee's Hawk's; and even the younger
work on Andy Kirk's records men like Don Byas and Luckyshows the development from the Thompson.
One other man, whom I heard
Armstrong trumpet style to the
Eldridge manner and the early first with McShann's orchestra,bopphrasing ofdeserves
mention as a link figure" McGheeof no mean importance-Gene
Special?'This is contemporary to the Ramey, who played with Monk

ERNESTeven the Walter Page Blue Devil BORNEMAN
sides in 1927.

development that took place in on some of the first Blue Note
Dizzy's style and completely un- sides and helped to establish theConsidering, then, that Parker

and Gillespie did not start at concludes his series
Minton's till 1941, the roots of on Kansas City jazz
" The Kansas City style speaks
bop go a long way back into
the language of the new Orleans
LESTER YOUNG

influenced by it. Benny BaileY, definite bop rhythm section
playing with Jay McShann, shows sound.
Rainey, who learnt from Waltera similar development a few years
Page, Andy Kirk and Booker
later.
I have only two points to add Collins, was one of the first men
to Ross Russell's thesis here. to adapt the classic bass techFirst, that Basie's piano work was nique to the needs of the bop
foreshadowed in the rhythmic section where, due to the absence
pattern of Kansas City jazz prior of guitar, the bass timing has
moved forward.
to his arrival there.
I don't think that Ramey wasThis, I think, is largely due toMary Lou Williams on piano and greatly influenced by Jimmy
Blanton; yet his work shows
Baby Lovett on drums.
similar innovations at the sametime. " The fault of swing bass

clarinettists," says he in the1949, " Record Changer,"it led to "April.
and such link figures as Eddie
Count Basie," said Russell. "Basie
did not think of the piano as a self accused of special pleading Barefield show how the reed style
from clarinet to alto or
foundation instrument, as did by both camps-the admirers of shifted
tenor saxophone during theEllington and Luis Russell. Nor old-time Kansas City jazz on one 'twenties.
did he emulate Earl Hines in side, and the bop fans, who traced
Barefield's feeling for phrasing
weaving a hard, bright line their music to Dizzy and Monk,
Second, that the bop sax stylecontrasts and his fluid quality are was influenced not only by Lester
through brass -reed sonorities.
on the other.
be heard consistently in Lester hut by the other tenor players of" A revolutionary, like To Jones,
Russell, who was closely con- tothat region-Ben Webster. whose
Basie used the piano to add cerned with recording and super- Young's style."
dynamics and tone colour to the vising some of the early bop
overall orchestra sound.
sessions, seems to have reachedKansas City history.
" The new style derives fromand what

Other players

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Here Ramey is one of the few
in that, though trained
WITH the possible exception the Big Five (Ambrose, Lew exceptions
duringswing era, he caughtof the Joe Daniels group, Stone, Roy Fox, Harry Roy, Jack the mainthe
pointof bop timing imHarris).-F. H. Doslan, Woking,we waited in vain for a jazz Surrey.

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Jamboree.
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on page 2.
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longassociation

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Parker in the McShann band-and gave leadership to the otherbop bassists who first heard him
in Harlem.
The case of Charlie Christian,penny of the 15 -bob ticket money WHY NO GERMAN
who, in a way, is a product offor such a good cause as the BANDS FOR BRITAIN?
Jap Allen's Oklahoma -Kansas
MSBC, but we do ask that in
MAY I raise a subject which is group, is a case by itself. Jim
future they give us jazz bands as
Allen's guitar player who
advertised-or at least groups
much discussed among Walker,
taught and trained Charlie, hasthat will try to have a go at jazz German musicians?
considered his playing as
in a real, syncopated, ragtime
We are all very pleased to have always
typical outcome of southmanner.-Fred Cox, London, W.1. visiting foreign orchestras 'here, theguitar influences.
such as Duke Ellington, Les westernAnd
although the guitar has
Brown and, more recently. Vic been a victimof the reduced bop.
. congratulations and thanks Lewis and Ted Heath-playing for rhythm
section, no single manto the MSBC for their terrific German listeners.
had probably more to do with theI think that they enjoyed their phrasing
show at the Kilburn State. The
bop on all instruStargazers, Deep River Boys, Hazel tours and would like to return, ments thanofCharlie
Scott, Ted Heath, and Tommy but I cannot understand why Eight years ago, Christian.
in an arguthere is no form
Trinder contriat Minton's, one of theof exchange for ment
buted magnifiapostles
of
bop
said
to
me : " Youus; why no Ger- say that you like Charlie's
cently.
work
man orchestras on guitar, but that you hate
What a chancethevisit England.
the BBC missedof modern tenor; didn't it
Is it still for- soundin not broadever
occur
to
you
that
Charliebidden for Ger- plays tenor style all the time? "casting a partman musiciansof this wonder" No," I said. " But I think
to work abroad that
ful show. - G.
on the rare occasions-in this case in that Prez,West
Skinner,
I like him. plays Charlie
England?
cliff - on - Sea,
Christianguitarstyle."
Essex
If so, could
not the English
orchestras whichhave liked play.
The only
ing here suggest
thing
that
that it is timemarred a thorthe ban was
oughlyenjoylifted, that theirable afternoon
Germanmightcolt
was the fact
leaguesthat Ken MackEngland
visit
intosh was aland play for
lowed
time
enough for two
listeners?
complete numWe, too, havebers and a solo
some very goodeach from his
two vocalists, Irene Miller and orchestras which would welcome
Kenny Bardell, and yet at the end the opportunity to work abroad.
For me personally it would beof the programme Ted Heath was
becomenicetounfortunate enough to have only especiallyacquainted with my wife'stime for two numbers.
The
country.
FreelyArenz,I was very disappointed at the
non-appearance of Dickie Valen- Palladium, Dusseldorf, Germany.
tine and Dennis Lotis and also at
The MU told the " MM " that

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string bass followed the drum
pedal by a fraction of a second,
augmenting its plangent boom.
Now that the pedal has been discarded, the string bass has the
responsibility of assuming forceful section leadership.".

AND

too constantly.
" They do not lead.
" In the older swing school theMore JAZZ, please,in these Jamborees Exceptions

his own ideas independently ofwhat I said at the time, and I
Lean chords
am therefore quoting him as an"Basie's technique of lean informed and, at least from thechords, short runs, off -beat dis- modernist point of view, unpresonances and percussive single judiced source.
His claim, in essence, is that
notes had been adopted andmodified by the contemporary bop phrasing was rhythmically
influenced by Basie and Joe
pianists.
In addition to tonal and Jones, melodically and in tone

rhythmic objectives, their purpose colour by Lester Young and
1s to unfold the successive chord Charlie Parker, and harmonicallychanges for the solo men and by Charlie Christian.
supply them with feed, fill and This is an extraordinary list
echo chords. This manner of from one point of view: all fiveplaying is also referred to as of them, though born as far
removed from one another as Red' bopping ' the soloists."
I am quoting Ross at length Bank in the North and New
here because, when I went to Orleans in the South, formed theirKansas City myself and reached style and came to fame in Kansas
similar conclusions, I found my- City.

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FOR a long time now many
Jack Parnell for his answers"It is now over a year since I had myvoices - mine included - to Lenin " Dialogue on
Grafton and feel I should like you tohave been raised in anger and Drums Livesey" on last week's Technical1know my high opinion of it, particularly
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Oct-obei-- 20, '1951'

The Greatest Semi -Profession I Musical Event of the Year
.6 .1

Britain's semipros
face theirsternest testFOR

approaching 7,000
people, the 1951 " All Britain " started at approximately 2 p.m. at the King's
Hall, Belle Vue, on Sunday
last.

But while this vast audience
settled more comfortably in its
seats and the shuffling feet oflatecomers competed with com- Most, viewing the blur of faces that had most of us sitting uppere Leslie Adam's opening an- rising in tiers to the upper dark- right. Arthur Rowberry and his
nouncement, the 97 semi -pros. ness, were conscious of an occa- Orchestra were the big questionCould they repeat theirseething anxiously behind the sion overwhelmingly bigger than mark.
last year's form and retain thein their experience.
scenes were facing the last and any
Hardy
Smith
championship?
theStrangely,
toughest hurdle in a contest that Dance Orchestra from Mansfield
The first few bars gave thestarted months before.
mounted the rostrum blinking answer. They could-and probunder the barrage of lights, but ably would.

Zero hourwith no outward signs of trepida-tion.
Nor was there any in their
Fourteen of their confreres,
The
house
lightshaving failed in the morning's playing.

Top form

Arthur Rowberry receives the congratulations of Geraldo as

Here was a band at the very Editor Pat Brand hands him the Championship Trophy for thethe band went into its peak of its form-note-perfect;
runners-up heat, now found relief dimmed,
second year running. Rowberry's 13 -piece, says Tony Brown,
number, and the show was conscious of its strength: ridingfrom disappointment in sitting firstplayed at the very peak of its form.
as one man. Its trumpet soloist
on.
back in critical anticipation.
As far as I was concerned, this was one of the few musicians pre - standards have fallen, that the proceeded to demonstrate theBut for the competitors, this band
setatastefulstandard
with
sent
with
a
coherent
modernstyle
was zero hour.
of today are on the value of musicianship to wind up
first number that few of the -and the style didn't seem to be musicians
Many had travelled overnight. theirwrong tack, and that Kenton an occasion that must rival the
succeeding bands matched. There secondhand.
All had risen unwontedly early. wasdoesn'tpayin the ballroom.
Jazz Jamboree as an event in the
Who among the remaining
unpretentious artistry in both
The last proposition is, I think, dance music calendar.
hands could unseat these cham- commonly
scoring and performance.
accepted.
The
other
Scintillating solos came fromThe first -on band is customarily pions? Certainly not London'sare, to say the least, debat- Ivor Mairants, Keith Bird, Jock
well received, but this one went representatives, the Alan Kirby two
Bain
and Eric Delaney. Amongable.
off to a storm of applause that band, who had the disheartening The Arthur Rowberry band the batteryof vocalists, Eve Bostask of playing next, though they certainly maintained the stand- well proved
was fully justified.
that she is without
It must be pointed out that the did set the feet of the crowd tap that it set last year, and five a peer in this country when it
King's Hall is an arena and there- ping with their lively two -beat ard
of
the
other
hands
were
well
comes
to
delivering
a ballad.
quickstep.
fore there is no
their place at the " All - The best tribute to this show is
Actually, the worth
concert-hall
Britain."
the
fact
that
Tito
Burns andmost threatenstage with main
Most of the competitors were Terry Devon, finding one freeing opposition
drop to mask
The All -Britain
striving
tobeboth
stylists
andafternoon
in
theirwhirlwindcame from thethe indecencies
and, if they occasion- existence, dropped off at Manvery next band. musiciansof preparation.
described
by
ally
bit
off
more
than
they
could
chester
specificallytoattend.
Ronnie Horler
Here, before
digest, could we fairly blame
It's a marvellous entertainand his Music them?
our very eyes.
This was the " All -Britain " ment," said Tito.
was a Lyming- and they
uniformed atknew
that
they
had
to
And
the host who saw the " All five
piece
ton
tendants carried
Britain " with him will heartily
with an uncom- put in that bit extra.
drum kits andHowever,theGeraldoOrchestra
agree.
promisingly
music -stands toapproach.
the central stage and swiftly set modern
Horler himself leads impresup for the next band. Meanwhile,
Leslie Adams struggled to capture sively on trumpet and ,doubles a
the attention of a mass of people trombone of unexpectedly highand the boys play withcommenting on the Mansfield standard,
band's showing and speculating on commendable understanding andwhat was in store. The laughs precision.
Yet the roar that greeted theirat this stage didn't come easily
exit was not quite the unqualified... but they did come.
sealof approval that had been
The unison A that punctured
the quips came from the quintet given to last year's winners.
led by Harry Pilkington from
Spalding. This is a competent and Happy musicmoderately interesting group that The rest of the competing bands
doesn't yet rate superlatives.
Raymond and his Orchestra were clearly not up to the level
followed. I should say that this set by Horler and Rowberry.
Characteristically, the Swansea
band could be recognised any- andGlasgow aggregations had
where by the repeated tricks in broughtlarge and strictly partisan
the arrangements.
That, ofcourse, is no advantage in a con- followings, and the vociferous
reception accorded to these pertest.
came mostly from one
Title of " Most Outstanding
A look at the programme after formers
part of the hall.

The Musicianof the Day

TONY BROWNThe Second BandMusician of the Day" waswon by Arthur Rowberry's
1st trumpet, Harry Smart.

It must have been small consolation to the Glasgow continrand here is Dance
that their
Orchestra came third, for

Geraldo's Summing -Up

ON behalf of the other judges going In the right direction.
" There were a lot of letters inand myself I want to make"some remarks which I hope you the MELODY MAKER recently askwill take in the way that they are ing why our bands didn't go into

In our opinion, the standardof dance music has, in the pastably.

My opinion, for what it ispart of the bill, with the Johnny
Dankworth Seven to prove thatmodern music can be a happy

the thing.
If Johnny harboured any vague
doubt that he is this country's
most popular musical personality,
Ballroom Kenton
then it must have been quickly
dispelled. Both he and the band
" I'll tell you why:
" When I went to America a were in great form.

meant. As constructive - not the ballrooms
Kentons.
destructive.

four years, deteriorated consider-gent
own Beavers
many of them obviously expected
too much.
After that came the professional

and

do

little time back I went round thelargest ballrooms-in New York. Shock speechoutside New York and on the There was not the same stir offirst in being a stylist-and West Coast. I heard Kenton, expectationthat we felt on preTommy Dorsey. Les Brown, Duke vious years whensecondly, in being a musician."
Geraldo, folEllington and Woody Herman.
lowed
by
the
other judges, was
Go to school" But the people who go to the called on to thestage
to give thethere go to listen to results. There isn't much
doubt
Geraldo told his audience how ballrooms
bands, not to dance to them. in my mind
that
a
large
proporhe had started his career as an their
the ballroom audience is tion of this discriminatingaccompanist to silent films at a Here,
It is primarily an audi- ence had already placed theaudifirstcinema in the Old Kent -road, and different.
ence of dancers.
and second bands.
Went on to say:
If it anticipated the usual
The young musicians should " H we went to the Empress
go to the colleges and schools and Ballroom, Blackpool, and played graceful tributes and high praiselearn how to play their instru- Ken tons all night we would be for the competitors, Geraldo's
merits. They can bother about thrown out. We try to strike a speech came as a shock. It cerstyle afterwards.
tainly surprised me.
happy medium.
I look forward to the time
" We could give you a Kenton
Speaking with the blunt dewhen I can come to Manchester concert at Belle Vue, however- liberation of a man sustained by

worth, of the reason for this deterioration is that the musician
of today is generally interested

44ere

jo RONNIE VERRELLStar Drummer
with Ted Heathand his Music-

a sense of duty, he told us thatand say truthfully that we are and one day we will."

The Compere

Trumpet -leader Ronnie Horler proudly displays the Silver Challenge Trophy won by his Lymington quintet. They had qualified
for tire " All -Britain" by winning the South Britain (Southern
Region) Area Final at Streatham.

The Third Band

-playing his AJAX DRUMS
Variety star Leslie Adams brilliantly handled
the job of compering the event. Behind him
are members of the Johnny Dankworth Seven.

The Beavers Dance Orchestra came all the way
from Glasgow to win third place. Here, leader
William Arbuckle, Jnr., receives his award.

drums can compare for response, tone and appearance. AJAX
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1951 6 ALLBRITAIN RESULTS

Chairman: Pat Brand. Judges: ORCHESTRA. (3 trumpets, 3 tromGeraldo, Johnny Dankworth, Ivor bones, 2 altos. 2 tenors, baritone,
Mairants, Derrick Abbott. Les Evans. piano, bass, drums.) All coma. toWinners.
ARTHUR ROWBERRY Wm. Arbuckle, Jnr., 4, Rosyth-street,
AND HIS ORCHESTRA. (2 altos, 2 Glasgow, C.5.
tenors, baritone, 4 trumpets, trombone,
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lngton, Hants.
Orchestra. Trombone (Alan Kirby)
Third: THE BEAVERS DANCE of Alan Kirby and his Band. Guitar(Dan Morgan)and his Quintet.

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October 20, 1951

GarnerEDITEDMIKE

BY

NEVARDPen Portrait
BORN in Pittsburgh on June
15, 1921, Erroll Garner firstcame to New York seven years
ago, and was very popularamong musicians along Fifty
Second Street for the first five
years after his advent. In thepast two years he has becomemuch more popular with theby Leonard Feather
Billy Strayhorn and Erroll, whoknew one another a decade ago
in Pittsburgh, are great mutual
admirers. Though it is seven years
since he left Pittsburgh to settle
in New York, Garner now travels
most of the time and is a greatfavourite in Los Angeles. Last

GarnerDecember he gave a solo concert
recital at Town Hall in New York;

this winter it is planned to line
public and less so with the musia piano concert tour for him
Shadow Wilson working regularly up
cians.
in conjunction with several
Erroll first played piano locally, with him for the past year or two. othertop -name jazz pianists.
Erroll's first solo discs were
and was a schoolmate of Dodo made
Erroll has become very commerfor Black and White. He
Marmarosa. But, unlike Dodo, he-minded, has a " stick -to -the never learned to read music. In also sat in with Georgie Auld's cial
" policy, and even copies
big band for a session on Musi- melody
New York his first job was at craft,
own records rather than Immade the famous " Bird's his
Tondelayo's, then down the street
provise.
His own favourite disc
Nest " session in Hollywood withat the Three Deuces.
" I Let A Song Go Out Of My
For quite a while he worked Charlie Parker, and some dates is
Heart,"
which
he made for Roost.
with Slam Stewart, then formed with Slam and Don Byas for His best recent
side. in oura trio of his own. Has had bassist various small labels.
opinion.
is"
Honeysuckle
Rose."
John Simmons and drummer

producer?' said the radio`Why aI
MUSIC of a strictly non -character took
me last week to Amsterdam,
the city of Rembrandt, compulsory tipping and Chocojazz

Notebook of a Modernistby

In a cabaret near myhotel I found that old friendof English modernists, Pia
mel.

Beck, with a new trio.

Though the cabaret itself is alittle on the dingy side, the Beck

BABS IN PARISThe Greatest!

41

Alban Berg.

I have always believed that agenuine musician is interested in
the science of all music. and it
is certainly not sufficient tochampion the cause of " House of
4 Strings " or " Monotony " if one
doesn't know " Wozzeck " from a
4 hole in the wall.
4

Until last year Erroll sufferedfrom a regrettable tendency tomake records for all and sundryat the drop of a cutting needle.
He waxed so many sides, for somany labels, that it became impossible for him even to recall
which ones were made legitim-

Film Review

REEL JAZZFROM LESTER

such differing social habits andoutlooks, the studio technique ofradio should be so similar. Broadcasting in such European counWARNER BROTHERS' jazztries as I've seen, though slightly
short,
Jammin' The
more slap -dash than in England, several LP's. many of the earlyvaries only in the smallest details. hits which he originally cut out Blues " (revived this week at
All except Iceland, that is.
the Everyman, Hampstead),
Next week I'll tell you about that for independent companies.
starts with a black -and -smoke

FEW people seem to know thatmusic really sparkles, and the missions. The socialist Vara
Charlie Ventura, Chubby
Marty Napoleon andtrio sound is far in advance of Studios (to which I had been in- Jackson.
Buddy
are reported to haveanything we heard during the vited. but would probably have teamed Richup
to form a group billed
gravitatedanyway)turnedout
togroup's English tour. The gui" The World's Greatest Jazza beautifully appointed estate, as
tarist is especially interesting, be
It certainly sounds amore like a Masonic con- Quartet."
Billy Bauer -like in his ideas, rathera radio wonderful idea, at least until one
valescenthomethanwith the sort of facility we in station.
reads : " Buddy Rich will singEngland haven't heard since Inside, the Pia Beck Trio was and dance, Chub Jackson will doPete Chilver joined the ruling rehearsing. I was introduced to comedy."
Marty Napoleon will presumablyclasses. The bass player is the balancer and the announcer, play
piano for the dancing andwondered where the producer comedy,
good, too, but he needs a better andbut the inclusion of Venwas.
instrument.
tura
seems
rather a waste of a"
The
Producer? " they said.
doesn't it? Or maybe he'll
trio plays, the announcer an- man,learn
tojugglewith Indian clubs,
nounces, the balancer times the and earn his money
Peculiar Boogie
that way.
programme and balances it. What
Pia on piano is simply herself, would we want a producer for? "leaping effortlessly from early
I was bound to admit that they
Garner through Nellie Lutcher to had me there.
St. Ambrose to Berga Dutch sort of Shearing.
Her
Safely back in England, I canpersonality is the acme of good - now say that the balance wasn't
EVERY now and then someone
humour, and from time to time good, but the music was.
she plays a peculiar, rocking kindtalks (or writes) about pro" One has to he commercial,"of boogie which (apart from Pete said Pia's charming (blonde) gressive jazz as if it were thisJohnson and the other authentics) manager, " so we do mostly generation's answer to Hindeis just about all the boogie I can Shearing numbers."
mith. Bartok and Schoenberg
take these days.
Thrown in with the Shearing rolled into one. Apart from an
Last Friday, I went by train to " commerciality,"" Rex imperfect understanding of Kenwas
Hilversum, a sort of residential Rumba." " Tenderly " and a ton music, such a remark betrays
radio city a few miles out of handful of point numbers of the absolute ignorance of what those
Amsterdam, to attend one of the " Big Girl Now " variety. (The composers stand for.
trio's broadcasts. The radio set- trio can be heard again from HilReaders who really want to
up in Holland seems to consist of versum II on the 26th, 4-430 know what " The 12 -tone Row "two political and two religious p.m.)and " Atonality " are all about
stations, which combine to make The most striking fact, to my should get hold of Norman
up the Radio Hilversum trans- mind, was that in countries with Demuth's " Course in MusicalComposition," Part I of which has
just been published by Bosworths
,11,"
"r""
(price 12s. 6d.).
Demuth is adistinguished
RAM professor, and4 this first volume is not so much
THE "DASH" HIT PARADEa guide to future composition as
4 a delineation of what has alreadybeen done, from St. Ambrose(born A.D. 340 and no relation) to

BERL BERL

for Columbia.

Copies Garner

ately and which were stolen fromperformances tape-recorded atconcerts, private parties, etc.
Finally, he settled down this yearwith a Columbia contract and has
re-recorded for this label, on

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effectown photo -work makes a perfect
partner for the lower-case style ofjournalism, obviously paid meti-

culous attention to the camerawork. It is exciting and maintains a balanced design through-out the screening.
Norman Granz's influence,always apparent, comes out into
the open for the film's last number, which bears a strong resemblance to Norman's " Jazz At
The Philharmonic " ensembles.
There are even spots of Illinois
Jacquet indulging in his " Look.
I'm Here " squeal technique.
The film was made in 1945.
Lester takes the first number

When this picture was taken, two

weeks

ago,

Babs Gonzales

wassinging to a Parisian audience at
the Mars Club. Now "The Professor " is back in the U.S., readyto go out on a threemonth tour
with a roving jazz show. Called"Jazz from Carnegie Hall," themobile package will include James
Moody, a long-time resident inFrance. At the Mars Club. Babs
sang " Lullaby For The Duke,"

now being made famous by Lena

Horne. He will return to France
next January for a booking at theClub St. Germain,-i'i'iwith Harry Edison on trumpet,
and a rhythm section including
Red Callender and the late Sid
Catlett.
A vocal by Marie Bryant follows, and then a neat switch over between Sid Catlett and Jo
Jones leads into the last number,which brings in Illinois Jacquet.
Barney Kessel (not wearing a
hat). bassist John Simmons andpianist Marlowe Morris complete the line-up. The acrobatic abandonment of a couple ofjitterbugs is sensibly restricted
to a minimum of screen time.
To sum up. If you see " Jam min' The Blues " billed outside a
news cinema, go in. There's agood chance I'll be there, too.Mike Nevard.

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And a relaxed Lester. 'Lester (Young), in fact, gets alarge percentage of the soundtrack in this ten-minute jam session. He features, too, in the
more imaginative camera shots.
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Is the record good or bad ? If you
think you know it all, then explain-

Getz

Miles =GRAHAM'S AFRO -CUBISTSWITH A 50 -CYCLE HUM!
MORE and more readers
have lately been writing

to ask if I will give a reporton the recording of allrecords I review.
They say they have often

Konitz7

have been so named because itgoes into slow tempo for a solo
by one of the trombones, whose
rich, luscious tone and effusive
style help to make his contribution the most effective part of

EDGAR JACKSON'S

RECORD+

REVIEWS

the record.
The rest is all fast and furious.
Inset into the ensemble are solos
by the ever -agile Milt Jackson,
one of the saxes (who very nearly4'found their enjoyment of records-ones which they have bought
because I have said the performdrowned out by the rifling
would be released at the same getsthat goes on behind him), andgood-seriously time.
ances
were
anotherof those high -note trummarred by the poor recording.
But as Vogue now say that it pet acrobats.
may still be some while before
If you like your jazz fast, noisy.
they receive deliveries of these hard beaten out and with a
The faults
from the pressing factory, I felt Gillespie flavour, you might doit
My congratulations to these would be best to get down to worse than try Mr. Fuller's
review of " Mean To Me " and changes of scene.
enlightened enthusiasts. It is a the" The Scene Changes " without
The volume they've managed
pity more people do not realise further
delay.
to get on these records, happily
how much the pleasure of a perThe 31 -year -old Los Angeles - without at any rate any visible
formance can be spoilt by bad born Gil Fuller will be best indications of over - recording,recording, not to mention also remembered as Dizzy Gillespie's may tend to overtax some gramoex -arranger.
phones, but generally speaking
inadequate gramophones.
co -composer and the reproduction is good.
He
wasBut to comply with my corre- arranger
"
One
Bass
Hit,"
of
spondents' request is not quite " Ray's Idea." " Things To Come,"
as easy as.it might at first seem. " Ool-Ya-Koo " and " Manteca." GENE NORMAN'S "JUST JAZZ"In the first place it depends on"'Hot House (Pts. I and II) (Tad
It is said that Gil also helped
what is meant by " recording."
Dameron)form and rehearse Dizzy's firstIf I am to take it to mean only to(1946) big bands, and one can(Vogue V.2022 -6s.)
excessive surface noise, I should well believe this on hearing
point out that this is seldom due " Mean To Me " and " The Scene Sonny Chris (alto); Wardell Gray(teir.); Howard McGhee (tpt.); Dodo
to anything in the actual record- Changes."(pno.); Charles Drayton
ing. It is more often due to someTo the extent that it is less Marmarosa
Jackie Mills (drs.). Recorded
thing having gone wrong during boppish,has
a straight- (bass);
andimuniunniinnumunnimennuunimmunnumum0 the electro-plating process, or forward vocal chorus by an obvi- USA by Gene Norman; processed byduring ( where this has been ously coloured gent whose iden- American Modern under their master
resorted to) the dubbing, or to tity no one seems to have been numbers 1003 and 1119.
something else that occurred able to discover, " Mean To Me " " TT OT HOUSE "-first recorded,
during the manufacture of the is slightly more " commercial " _11 I believe, in 1945 by Dizzyrecord after the actual recording than most of Dizzy's records.
Parker et al for
was completed.
But otherwise both sides might with Charlie
Guild, and later reSo let us use the word " repro- well have been played by a American
issuedonMusicraft
486 andduction " instead of " recording." Gillespie band. They have the French Swing 304-is thechordsthough even this does not get us same frenzied, high brass -led of " What Is This Thing Calledout of all the difficulties.
ensembles.
Love
"
used
for
the
usual
succeshave other repro" The Scene Changes " seems to sion of up tempo improvised bop(89584), which also in- Many records
TWENTY records of likely Down"
faults besides surface,
J. J. Johnson and Hawkins. duction
choruses.
and
some
of
them
may
show
up
interest to modernists cludes
Lucky Thompson's clean recordThis " Just Jazz " recording is
are among a list of over 200 ing of " Boppin' The Blues "/ on the best gramophones, but not
another of those made at Gene

Moderns comego on record

those which are less efficient.
One More Chance " (B9725) onFor
jazz sides to be deleted from "isJust
example, parts of " Westassisted by the presence of Neal Indians
and the Steel Band," bythe Parlophone and HMV Hefti,
Dodo Marmarosa and Bat- Calypso singer
Lord Beginner andcatalogues next January.
ney Kessel.
Kenny
Graham's
Afro -Cubists, on" Atom Buster "One is the first Gillespie Kessel's ownR31971&squire5-034,
have, in addition
has
also(Parlophoneissued in this country-" Our Marmarosa on piano and includes to other technicalshortcomings,

IS THIS RASHEED? Norman's jazz concerts.

The first side consists

Delight "/"Good Dues Blues," Herbie Steward.
50 -cycle hum.
On gramophones with a goodon Parlophone R3034.
Six sides by the Vic Lewis Orresponse this will give theIts issue proved a big disap- chestra (Progressive Brand) are lasseffectof a low organ note droningwithpointment, though later releases also due for deletion)ehind the music. But on those,
did much to appease us. Among Sarah Vaughan. Ray Ellingto' the
responseof which cuts off or"Goodthose later sides wereDream " opi (for percussion and
There is alts off heavily above 50 c.p.s.,
Bait "/" Manteca " (HMV 59680), bass), and a Jacquet.
Walk
"
it
may
not
be
heard at all.
Solo
" Cool Breeze "/" Minor
also Benny Goodman's
Likewise, for instance, to say(B9793) and " Algo Bueno "/ Flight," featuring Charlie Christhatarecordhada deficiency of" Ool-Ya-Koo " (B9770)-all to be tian, and sides by Andre Previn.
frequencies (lacked " top,"
deleted.
The full list of jazz deletions ',Ughcolloquiallydescribed)
asitisappears on page 11.
would be of value only to those
One rather baffling pair of possessing
gramophones
issues in the list is headed " D' of doing justice to thesecapable
higherCeglie E Il Suo Re -Bop Style."
All eight titles are big band Titles
appearing under this are frequencies had they been on the
Gillespie.
record.
"
Al
Tempo
Del
Can
Can
"/"
Don
" Good Bait " is not a patch on(DPQ 31 and " Harlem
the Manor small group recording Ramon " "/"Delusions " (DPQ 8)
featuring Trummy Young, but Nocturne
equipmentDoesanyonethe reverse makes it a must for on these sides? have information The
However, where the reproducany modern collection,
tion has been such as to cause" Minor Walk " and " Algorecord to be likely to sound
Bueno " are both good sides. Like A s an excuse to use the fine aunusuallypoor, or good, on thethe other HMVs, they are driven
session photo of Lee Konitz.

starts with one chorus by Howard
McGhee.
Then we get three choruses byaltoist Sonny Chris, one bypianist Dodo Marmarosa, andfinally 'a repeat of the opening
unison idea.
Since so many of you arerightly commencing to take noteof the recording, I had better say
at once that it is far from good.

Afro-Cuban

by a rhythm section including the Stan Getz and Miles Davis above,late Chano Pozo on bongoes and must make a note of some 0_
Kenny Clarke on drums, and Itheircurrent releases.
were recorded in December, 1947. Esquire
have just issued sides

average gramophone, I will in
future mention it.
Incidentally, if you want an
example of outstandingly good

get the SquadronAlso due for deletion is Coleby Getz in Sweden-" Night reproduction," Riot In Rio," recordedman Hawkins' " Allen's Alley "/ cut
And Day "/" Prelude To A Kiss " aires'
last
July,
on
Decca
F7954, and"Low Flame" (B9639).
have two more due
it with the Squads'" Alley " features some in- (10-168)-andissue next month-" I'm Get- "compare
Lead
With
Your
Left,"
madetriguing work by tenorman Allen forting Sentimental Over You "/" I in February, 1945, which Decca
Eager and altoist Pete Brown.
Have Eyes For You."
J. Only
have
put
on
the
other
side.
The late Fats Navarro. J. are
Next month's Esquires will also
If the difference in the reproJohnson and Max Roachamong the line-up for " Half Step include " Rebecca' i" Ice Cream duction is not immediately" by Konitz.
Please "/" Jumping For Konitz
Miles shows expert handling ofJane " (89771)-another Hawk on Parker's" Bird Gets The Worm "its way out.
Charlie Shavers blows some (Melodist 9521 at speed.
fiery trumpet on the Esquire
Down,

Winners'

Award

**

*

" Blow

apparent there is something very
wrong with your gramophone.

For the curious who keep onme what gramophone I
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Mike Nevard asking
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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

8

1951

Festival Hall booked for more

TITO & TERRY LOOK IN
AT THE 'ALL -BRITAIN'

jazz concerts in 1952 Winnick signs
NFJO AGM appoints new officers Les Howard for
Festival Hall on South Bank is already booked for two more
THEjazzRoyal
concerts. These will again be organised by the NFJO and willtake place on June 28 and 30 next year.
This was made known at the Federation's annual general meeting held inr

London last Sunday.
As this year, one concert will be traditional, the other modern.
Though concert plans show a 50-50 representation for old and new, the modernists
now hold only one seat in the NFJO's Central Committee. This is held by " MM "columnist Steve Race, who was elected vice-chairman at the meeting.
Bix,Curtis, who partnered Race on the committee last year, was not elected.

There was no undue excitement at the meeting, though a big step was takenwith the deciSion that individual members should -have one vote each at future general meetings.

Two delegates from clubs

t,uutpLeteo aosoroed in listening to contesting bands atlast Sunday's jam-packed" All Britain " Championshipat Belle Vue, Manchester,Tito Burns and Terry Devon
wereunaware that the" MM" photographer had
crept up on them. They had
broken a train journey to bepresent at the great event.

SURPRISE of the Maurice
Winnick programme on
Sunday evening last (14th. 6.30
to 7 p.m.) was the last-minute
substitution of vocalist Les
Howard for Teddy Johnson, who
appeared in the first programme
the previous Sunday. Les has
signed for the remainder of theseriesThis will prevent him from ap-

pearing at the Hal Graham concert at Liverpool on October 28

as announced in last week's issue.
Under his recently acquired
Decca solo recording contract, Les
has already made 14 sides, the twolatest, which were waxed last
week, being the hit tunes from" South Pacific "-" Some Enchanted Evening " and " This
Nearly Was Mine "-accompanied
by Ted Heath and his Music.

To counterbalance this, member -clubs will beable to send two delegates to meetings-each withten votes. Forty such clubs were represented
on Sunday, among them the Firth of Clyde,
Greenock, Sheffield, Nottingham and Bristol.
Officers elected at the meeting were: President,
Lord Donegal; chairman, Sinclair Train: vicechairman. Steve Race; secretary, James Asman;assistant secretary, Dot Asman; treasurer, Harold
Pendleton; committee, Ernest Borneman, Rex
Harris, Peter Tanner, Bert Wilcox, George Melly
and Pete Payne.

David Hughes getsready for Pigalle
On Saturday last (13th), rising
vocal star David Hughes ended
his run with the " Right Monkey "show at Blackpool, and is now rehearsing for his opening asfeatured singer at the Pigalle
Club, Piccadilly, London, on the

The Benson Band competes

with wedding bells

27th.

In the midst of this he will beheard in Scottish Music Hall on
Saturday next (20th) and inHenry Hall's " Guest Night " onmarriages in less than a year, and six of
RAYMOND 4 STAY VINEthem.inthe brass section-this is the recordof Ivy Benson's Orchestra. It is one which otherbandleaders
will
not envy, since every wedding
AT ALLEGRO
has meant the loss to the band of a promising

October 24.

BANDLEADER Raymond, whose

Bob Long concludes

Pigalle Quartet was to hays girl musician and usually a frantic hunt roundconcluded a -two-year engagement for a suitable replacement.
at the Allegro, W., last Saturday(13th). has been re-engaged.
17 -year -old trumpeter
Be will stay on with a trio,
playing opposite Tibor Kunstler
Latestofthe Benson girls to direct her steps
and his Band, who have also been altar -wards is
Dorothy Burgess (trumpet). Dorothy
at the Allegro for two years.

disappears

seasonAS we close for press, London bandleader
Howard Baker and members of his organisation are carrying out a widespread sear ch for
Howard's bassist, deputy leader and right-hand

Both bands will provide relief has been in the band for three years, having taken
upstairs in Quaglino's restaurant Sonia Barton's place when she left to be married.
for Rudy Rome and his Band, who
To replace Dorothy Burgess, Ivy has booked
opened there on Monday (15th). attractive 17 -year -old Marilyn Carter, who, in-and Kunstler's
4 'augment'

new air series

man Bob Long, who mysteriously disappeared on
September 29.
On that date Bob finished a summer engagement in which he led an orches-

addition to her prowess on trumpet, is also anaccomplished dancer.

A complete line-up of the pre- This picture of tne new Bentra for Howard at Broad Reeds
sent Benson Orchestra comprises
son trumpet, Marilyn Carter,
Holiday Camp, Selsey, Sussex.
explains why Ivy loses so
June Robinson, Ella Godwin,
Evansstudent
orks
Having meticulously carried out
Marilyn Carter and Hazel Moore
many of her girls to Cupid.
his final duties, such as paying
Lynne,
Dorothy(tpts.).
Laura
Last Sunday was a happy day England, Nora Lord ( tmbs.),the boys, etc., Bob climbed into
for two of Tibor Kunstler's band Norma
Trayner,
Iris
Cameron,Howard's
Austin Ten saloon car
at the Allegro. One, Maurice Lena Kidd, Irene Boynton, Edna
NAIROBI QUINTET
Saxist-teacher Leslie Evans (number JN 2254), and has neverFrenty, was married; the other, Wayne
been
seen
since.
Greta
Marshall(reeds),Agent
JackstartsthenewwinterseasonproFallon,of19,
Sid Jacobsen. became a father.
It is thought that .fob Long,
Joan Marriott (bass). Garrick -street, London, W.C.2, gramme with his 18 -piece student
Accordionist Frenty married (pno.), Pyke
(drs.), Iris Long urgently requires a five -piece orchestras on October 28.
who had been working exceptionMiss Maureen Campbell at St. Paula( gtr.), Linda Lane, Gloria Russell orchestra for an engagement
Rehearsals will again be fort- ally hard, may have lost his
inPatrick's Church. Waterloo.
Annette Reeves (yds.).
and Howard Baker hopes
Nairobi, to start on December 1. nightly at Mac's rehearsal rooms memory,
Guitarist Sid-brother of one- andin Great Windmill -street. Leslie that anyone who may come into
This is the line-up which Ivy The band will take the place Evanstime drummer, now agent, Jockcontactwithwill help him
invites
any
semi
-pro.
musiof
the
one
led
by
GrischaFarfel,Jacobsen-was presented with a will be taking to Germany on who has now returned to England. cians who are interested to come to get back tohim
his friends.
7 lb. 12 oz. daughter by his wife, November 29. Meanwhile, Ivy herWith
the
Baker
organisation
foralong.
All
arrangements
playedPeggy. The child will he chris- self flies to New York for a vacaare by George Evans. Leslie will the past nine years, Bob has beention on November 1.
tened Jennifer
leader of Howard's Embassy
also
bepleased
to
try
out
the
Stars for Burman's works of semi -pro. arrangers.
Band, deputy leader of the mainorchestra (at Southend Kursaal),
24
leader at the Walthamstow
Student
tostar
FELDMAN'S ORCHESTRAL CLUB
Club, and summer leader
During the past three seasons Stadium
ORCHESTRATIONS
the Selsey holiday camp menthe
followingboys
haveturnedThis Sunday is a gala night at professional and left the Leslie at
FOR 30/tioned
above.
the Feldman Club (100, Oxford street, London, W.), when the Evans advanced student orchesClub celebrates its 2nd anni- tras to take over positions withdance outfits :DEATH OF ARRANGER
versary under the tegis of well- leading
Ron Simmons (Oscar Rabin.
known musician, teacher, andVic
Lewis,
now
withthe
Squads).
" MM " radio critic Maurice
GEORGE ZALVA
Len Williams (Norman Burns),
Burman.
George Zalva, a staff arranger
Kenny Baker and his group will Bob Tomkins (Bob Farnon,
be featured, and there will also be Roberto Inglez), Pete King (Jack with Chappells, died on Sundaya " battle of the saxes " between Parnell). Kenny Clare (Oscar (14th), in Sevenoaks Hospital,
Johnny Rogers-who is appearing Rabin), Jo Hunter (K. Graham, Kent. He had been ill for several
Fox), Doug Hand, Tony months. He was 56.
with his quartet-and sax dis- RoySymes, Jack Sprague (George
covery Joe Harriet.
Mr. Zalva, whose real name was
Evans),
Tony Arnopp (Ralph Cruikshank, came from Newthe
distinguished
Amongguests who have promised to be Sharon, Phil Tate), Tony Russell castle and had worked for ChapFrom the new Warner Bros.' film "Lullaby of Broadway"
present are Joan Dowling. Harry (Vic Lewis. Ralph Sharon), Bobby pells for many years.
Irene Hilda and Joan Olivere (Oscar Rabin, Phil Tate), He was a first-class commercial
NOT FOR ALL THE DREAMS IN DREAMLAND Fowler,
and Ron Baker (Harry Margolis). arranger of " straight " music andCollins.
THE DUBLIN JIG
did most of the firm's printed
arrangements of musical comedy

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Dutch piano -leader Pia Beckhas added a drummer to her trio,
following the example of otherDutch leaders.
The new man is Nico Prins, who
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-guitarist Jan Blok and bassist
Ed de Haas.
(Steve Race reviews the Trioon page 6.)
It is reported that veteran
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Richard Attenborough "conducts" Barry Barron's Swing Choir
THIS month sees the fifth anni- Richard
Attenboroughproversary of the vocal tuition gramme on October 6. The
school formed by Gui de Buire school meets every Thursday
recording manager, Barry Barron. evening at the Gui de Buire
And this month also marks the Studios, and Barry informs thedebut of the 12 -piece Swing Choir MELODY MAKER that he is espewhich Sarry has formed from cially interested in contacting
among past and present pupils. male singers for the Choir. A
It made its first radio recording, former Barron pupil, Janetwith Lind Joyce and Sidney Webster, was recently signed uu

Torch and his Orchestra, for a by Roy Fox.

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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

9LEACH SIGNS UP
FOR 12th YEARXAVIER CUGAT TO PLAY SERIES OF
BULL -RING ONE-NIGHTERS
25 -piece ork to play Paris, Lisbon,

Celia Lipton & Rome-and maybe London
CUGAT flies to Europe with a 25 -piece aggregaDennis Price 1AVIER
tion on February 16 to start a 14 -week Continental
tour at the Sal Pleyell concert hall in Paris. A series ofat Spanish bull -rings will climax his visit.
in filmusical one-nighters
According to America's " The Billboard," Cugat-Number One

FILM star Dennis Price plays Latin-American leader in the States-turned down a three-month
the part of a bandleader,at the London Palladium to make the trip.
and Celia Lipton. daughter of season
In Spain he will get 50 per cent. of takings from bull -rings
Sydney Lipton, has a leading which
capacity audiences of between 18,000 and 40,000. Forrole in a new film currently being the restholdof the tour he will be drawing 12,000 dollars a week.
made at Nettlef old Studios,
He has hopes of playing Variety
Walton -on -Thames.
in England later next year.
The film is entitled " The Tall
With two concerts a day, theDawn guests Cugat
Headlines." Dennis Price is notorchestra stays in Paris forshown fronting the band, which
fourweeks, then follows up withplays in a West End club in the
two-week stints in Lisbon, Romestory. He is, however, seen audiand Paris. Current bookings willtioning two girl singers, and apERPC WINSTONE singer Julie keep the band in Spain for 25
pears to provide the piano accomDawn
guestsat
London's
paniment. although this is Starlite Room next week (com- days.
actually " ghosted."22nd), following in thisNo musicians appear in the mencing
guest. Barbara Jay.
film, but the studio orchestra week's
Joe
Saye,
the Starlite's resident
comprises an all-star personnel leader, continues
to line up vocal
conducted by MD Hans May, who stars for his guest
spot and has
wrote the music, including the booked Pamela Rainer
unusual " barrel -organ " theme week). Mollie Gibson (Nov.(29thwhich runs right through the (,-1 Wendy Brookes (19th). 5). Famous pianist and arranger
Bert Barnes met with a serious
story.
accident on October 5 and is now
in Manvers Ward of St. Mary'sJulie
at Starlite

Bert Barnes hurt
in bus accident

Columbia Record chief Len

Smith (left) and assistantNorman Newell congratulate

BAKER 6 LOSESTUBBY HAYES
Hospital, Paddington.
Pursgloye collapses: TO BROWN 6
Bert. who has been staff SIXTEEN -YEAR -OLD tenor stararranger to Unit Music Co. for the
Hayes is leaving thepast 10 months, was caught be- detained in hospital KennyTubby
Baker Band on November
ween two buses in Edgware -rd..
London, while on his way home.
His right foot was crushed,several bones being broken.
He is, however, making excel-

Jimmy " Organolian" Leachon signing his 12th yearly
contract for Columbia.

Pursglove,Regwell-known

to join a new group fronted

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violinist and conductor, has been by trumpeter Terry Brown.
detained in North Middlesex
Terry, whose band' will have a
Hospital after collapsing at his modern commercial sound, is new
toleading, though he has had
North
LondonhomeonFridaylent progress and has been able (12th).
varied experience with the bands
to continue work from his bed.
ofJohnny Claes, Harry Roy. Sid
Reg
hadstartedanewweeklyThis week he has written a big radio series on October 8 with his Millward,
Johnny Dankworth,arrangement of " Baby, I'm _In " Muted Strings " in " Music Ralph Sharon
and
Kenny
Love." which will be featured by Tapestry." During his absence, Graham.
Stanley Black and the augmented his orchestra is being directed by
Terry'sgroup,
asix-piece,will
Dance Orchestra, and the George violinist Sid Sax.
include drummer Len Livesey,
Mitcell Glee Club, in " All Star
who
last
week
made
Technical
Bill' on the air tonight (Friday).
Page headlines through his interwith Jack Parnell.
HERMANOS DENIZ AT view
On piano will be Dick Allen,
who
led
his own band in Los
Council says No to
HURRICANE DANCEAngeles until coming to Europe
three
years
to study in Paris.
The Hermanos Deniz rumba Accordionistago
Davagli and a
Randall TV date groupprovides all the music to- bassist yet toDavebefixed complete
norrow (Saturday) at a tea -dance the line-up.
Freddy Randall and his Band organisedin aid of the Jamaican
have had to refuse a TV appear- Relief Fund.
function takes
ance with comedians Jewell and place at StudentThe
Movement House,
Warriss on October 27 because 103, Gower -street,Louis gets another
London,N.W.
the Municipal authorities at" Bandleader " Dennis Price gets ready to " audition" vocalists
On doctor's orders, singer Guy
Jane Hylton (left) and Celia Lipton, watched by director Terence Kidderminster will not release Lorraine
istemporarily
restingthem from a contract to play the from his nightly appearances with
Young and producer Raymond Stross (right) on the set of " Thelocal baths on that day.
Tall Headlines," at Nettlefold Studios.
at Grosvenor House, Louis Armstrong starts work
The boys start a three-week the band hestill carries out the very shortly on his big part intour of Lancashire and Yorkshire althoughDenizbroadcasts,
the next of the film, " Glory Alley," for MGM.
on October 28. They recorded which are on November
2 (12.15 Louis recently completed acting
four sides for Parlophone on Mon- to 12.45 p.m.) and November
9 and playing roles in " The Strip "day (15th). the titles being (3 to 3.30 p.m.).
and " Here Comes The Groom."" Won't You Come Home, Bill
Bailey? "" Sensational Rag "" Baby. Won't You Please Come
Home " and " Tight Lines."
Freddy's pianist, Lennie Felix.
is off duty. suffering from a nervThe Great Song Revival
During his
breakdown.
ousRonnie Aldrich, one of the originals of the famous
former Randallite StanPIANIST
Squadi'onaires Dance Orchestra, has given up playing in the absence,
Butcherisdeputising.
band in order to front the outfit on all occasions. He has been

big film partRonnie Aldrich resigns
Squads piano to front

conducting for broadcasts, TV and recording sessions for a longtime past.
When Jimmy Miller left thePreager lines up
ANANIAS (OF THE
orchestra, 12 months ago, vocalist
Roy Edwards began fronting theband, but it has now been con- BERRY BROS.) DIES
38 for waltz -timesidered that, with his vocal com- Ananias (Nyas) Berry, 39, oldest
mitments, the double role is too member of the famous Berry
Popular Hammersmith Palais
heavy for hifn.
Lou Preager, whose danceBrothers dance team, died sud- MD
hand
has recorded scores of sides
denly
in
New
York
last
week
folforColumbiaover the years. reSix ' originals'
lowing a heart attack.
centlya special lineBerry was well known to all up of assembled
A new pianist has been ap- musicians,
to38
instrumentalists
having toured with wax two titles under the label
pointed in the person of Don
Innes, who comes from George Duke Ellington and other top heading, " Lou Preager's Charmhands, and because he was once
Evans's Orchestra.
the Waltz Orchestra."Only six of the original Squads the husband of vocalist -trum- ofLou
told the " MM ": " I have at
peter
Valaida Snow. Pre-war. the last fulfilledcontinueto
now remain, anda deep and inner dework on the co-operative basis brothers had visited Paris with sire to present
a large orchestra
which has operated since the the Cotton Club show.
withstrings."
orchestra's formation. They areThe
combination
comprises 12
Ronnie Aldrich, Cliff Townshend,
violins, four violas, two 'cellos.
Monty Levy, Andy McDevitt,oboe, flute, french horn.
bass,
Felix
Mendelssohn
Archie Craig and Arthur Maden.
harp, three trumpets, three tromThe rest of the orchestra arebones, five saxes, piano, guitar
employed on a salaried basis.
drums and vibes.
innewhospital
Arthur Maden has now permanently retired from playing bass Bandleader Felix Mendelssohn,
to act as manager in the orches- who was forced to give up touringwith hi,; band to undergo treatCYRIL BAKER ILL
tra's London office.
ment for glandular trouble, has Cyril Baker, of the David Toff
Personnel
now been moved from Charing Music Publishing Co., has justHospital to the Sturges
Complete personnel is now : Cross National
Temperance Hos- entered hospital for an internal
Cliff Townshend and Monty Levy Ward,
operation.
pital,
inHampstead -road. N.W.1.
(altos). Danny Moss and Andy As Felix
Cyril is in the Waddington
islikelyincapaciMcDevitt (tnrs.). Don Honeywill tated for some time.tohebewould
Ward, King's College Hospital.
likebail.), Archie Craig. Ronnie Sim- to hear from friends.
DenmarkHill, London, S.E.5.
monds and Terry Lewis (tpts )Johnny Keating and Ric Kennedy
triabs.). Don Innes (pno., arr.),
Harry Firth -Arthur (bass. vcl.).
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Saxophone tone?m=fisn't there

room or individualit

Technical

ISHOULD imagine that, since the saxophone was invented, for individuality of tone. If we would have to breathe and blow
it will be found that all correctly. Even so, peculiarities
enough words have been written on the subject of tone to reflect,
the players mentioned fall in teeth and jaw formation might
fill several volumes.
roughly
into two groups-those affect the issue.
Page
Even so, I contend that it is
who have branched from the
Nevertheless, personality will
impossible to explain away inHawkins type, and those from the still influence the listener. I am
dividual tone in so many words.
Lester Young school. The first a firm believer that any sax
have a lyrical, rhapsodic style and player who is acclaimed as great
Somehow it is just not feasible
tone to match; the second, the has found a way of converting
to convoy to another person theand practically his individuality into sound.
down-to-earth
sensation we experience when
The most important aspect ofvibrato -less tone.
its own particular speed oflistening to somebody producRecently
wehave
discovered saxophone playing after the pro- hasand then use vibrato
ing tone from a saxophone.
duction of tone is the introduc- vibration
half-breeds"-thosethemusicaltomatch,
we can't go far wrong.
Personal preferences differ far
theGene Ammons, tion of vibrato.
getting
it is not
means
This
more widely over tone than overJames Moody type of tone. Thesenatural to hearthat
a vibrato at asmell, for instance. Most of us
have found their tonal goal isfrequency of four or rive to thewill agree that a certain smell ischallenging
something between the Hawk's
crotchet on the lower notes of
unpleasant, but we will find ourThis,
sonority
andLester's
honk.
the baritone, or a slow vibrato
Many
will
disagreewith
this,selves in disagreement over whatarticle
I
feel,
will
be
the
standard
evenonthe upper register of an alto.
insistingthatvibratoshouldbegoes to make an unpleasing tone
tually-arichresonanttone
with
I realise that most saxophonetreated
as
part
of
tone.
It
is
or a pleasing one.
the
early
will
be
hamperedinnoexcessofovertones.
prefer to keep things
teachers
true,ofcourse,that
manyplayers
I have purposely steered clear
by unsuitable instruments
and comfy for themselves
But it is difficult to make a are more easily recognised by niceof referring to good and bad tone. stages
andmouthpieces,
and
it
will
be
by
"
typing" their pupils so that
Ideas
of
"
suitable"prediction.
vibrato
than
by
tone,
but
I
still
because, generally speaking, one's some time before you settle and " right " tones alter so contend that it is possible to they have one
special speed ofown conception of good and bad down.
andan equally rigid
vibratoquickly.
have
tone
without
vibrato-and
is useless as a yardstick.
Forsomeplayers,
the
time
will
timbreoftone.
individuality
of
tone,
at
that.
The saxophone is, comparawork with the
however, when individuIf vibrato is used correctly, it This may
tively, a fledgling in the musical come,but if the same routine
asserts itself. Others will
is so much a part of tone that majority,
world, whereas the violin and ality
isinflictedontheman who has
be
more
or
less
satisfied
with
the
it
is
only
noticeablewhen
we
Clarinet are old enough to have general sound they are producing,
The Hawkins school usually listen for it consciously. In a clear personal conceptionofestablished " standard " tones.
favours a rather slack, pliable em- short,
is inevitably
hisprogress
andthese,
iftheyaremusicallytone,
asuitable
vibratoisnot
As the saxophone stems from mature, will become ideal section bouchure, with very little of the conspicuous.
the woodwind family, and more men. They will be able to match mouthpiece in the mouth; while If we remember that every note retarded.
Imagine the conflict that
directly from the clarinet, it was their tone with the section leader the " honkers " are inclined towould arise if the fellow with
only natural that the first musiuse a tighter embouchure and aasks tenor star

KENNY
GRAHAMin thisVibratoSlackwill have very few worries.
cians to use it were clarinettists andamount of mouthpiece.
But the individualists-those large
who, having the orthodox clarinet who
It seems as if a line taken be" hear " a tone in their tween
embouchure, produced a dull minds-will
the two extremes might
almost certainly betone.
tone from afor ever trying to produce a tone produce a healthy
mediumlay. But the player
which conflicts with that of theshould work on about threesection leader.
Personally, I don't favour the quarters of the mouthpiece andEven the early jazzmen had idea of a section playing as one
neither the knowledge nor in- man," I can, of course, appreclination to purify their tones ciate the precision-but not theand adapt themselves to the lack of character. To my way ofcomplicated mass of brass that thinking there is a great waste of
tonal beauty when five men are
Comprised the saxophone.
One of the first men to dis- playing exactly the same as eachcover that the technique of blow- other.
Ellington was able .to blend
ing a straight -bore instrument
could not be applied to a conical conflicting and contrasting tones
bore was Coleman Hawkins. His into one new saxophone tone-aearliest records show that he had tone full of character andbroken away from the pseudo - warmth.

No purity

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STEVE RACE writes about
Monday, Tuesday: Manchester
Wednesday: New Brighton
Thursday: Oldham
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Saturday: ScarboroughSunday: Blackburn
Ray ELLINGTON Quartet
Saturday: Casino Corn Exchange.
AFEW weeks ago on a broad- piece of self-delusion. Someone
Chelmsford
to me Don't
cast, I had the unpleasant once said
Sunday: Trocadero, Elephant and.
never expect you to be as
experience of sitting by power- they'll
Castle.
good
as
you
are."
And
that
reless while a soloist-who on mark, though dangerous to the Teddy FOSTER and Orchestra
rehearsal had played excellently character, does wonders for theTuesday: Bradford.
Saturday: Swindon-fumbled with his trumpet nerves. He wasn't trying to tellSunday: Warleyvalves and produced a watery me I was good; merely that even
Johnny DANKWORTH Seven

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fair performance will pleasantly Harry GOLD and Pieces of Eight
wobble hardly recognisable as asurprise
Monday: Liverpool
an audience.
music, let alone as jazz.
Tuesday: West Bromwich
And he was right, too. It's
We were all sorry for him, for somehow
Wednesday: Birmingham
true that an audience
I suspect that most musicians expects the worst, and the very
Thursday: Ludlow
Friday: Crewethere had suffered a similar ex- knowledge of that can help you
Saturday: Fleetwood
to
make
sure
that
they
don't
get
perience at some time or other it.
Sunday: Hullduring their careers, though not
Vic
LEWIS
and Orchesi.raThesayingiscertainly
trueofnecessarily on a broadcast.
Wednesday: Lincoln
anordinarylayaudience,and
it'sStage fright is a terrifying even more true of a professional
Thursday: Coningsby
thing. It can strike. apparently audience like, for instance, theFriday: Newmarket
without reason, at any moment.
Saturday: Darwen
at a contest. I* know
I know of musicians who will adjudicators
Sunday: Dewsbury
contestsfrombothsides,
andI
never completely master it in also know the vicious circle set up Freddy
RANDALL and Band
their working lives. Yet I think between judges who don't expect
Thursday: East Ham
there is a cure.
Friday: Guildford
tobethrilled,andmusicians
who
I once read an article by the
Saturday: Kidderminster
too hard to thrill them.
great Paderewski in which he ad- tryRemind
Sunday: Wolverhampton
in practicemitted that for many years he hours thatyourself
you're not as good Ralph SHARON and Orchestra

had gone through a hell of nerves as most, but tell yourself in pubbefore each recital. Determined lic that you're a darn sight betterto do something about it, he than some! It may open the door
studied every circumstance which to self-delusion, but it's a goodmight have a bearing on the sub- bye to nerves.
ject. In time he came to discover
the secret.
In each recital there was some-thing-an item, a page of music,
or even just a bar-of which he
was not quite the master,
Having reached that point ofence's opinion of -his performance.

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The music, in fact, is his friend;
the audience is his enemy. It
must follow, therefore, that themore he can occupy himself withthe music and ignore the listeners the better. Some soloists
achieve thisi to a fair degree byclosing their eyes, which not only
shuts out the audience from oneof the senses, but for some reason
seems to sharpen the others at thesame time.
The alternative is a conscious

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It was not, then, the sea offaces in the auditorium which
worried him, but his own lack ofmastery of a particular item orphrase.
That story, I think, supplies

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half the answer. It may even be
the whole answer for musicians
who are playing a set programmein public. But what about the
jazz player who couples his instrumental powers with inventiveness? One cannot master an improvised solo in advance.
In a case like this there are
two factors: the music itself, andthe audience's reaction to it. No
musician is ever really frightened(Ronnie Horler and his Music,
Lymington).

do, however, honestly feelthat if musical individuality is
Part of our heritage, it shouldbe allowed to develop naturally.
Imitation for its own sake is
Howeververy unsatisfactory.
much you admire a man's playing, it is unreasonable to expect

You will find that you will he
far more successful if you justlet tone develop and allow yourown personality to exert what
influence it may.

week of practice before a concert
to the almost exclusive study ofthose particular passages. As soon
as he was " on top of it." thenervousness vanished.

1st prize
TENOR MICHAEL ROGERS

Selmerlooks on.

a Getz tone was teaching someone who was a hearing " a Byas
sound. Both would be wasting
their time.
If a man is drawn to the saxophone because he feels an urge
to sound like this, that, or theother star, it is better to allow
him to attempt to get that soundrather than to force him tosound like his teacher.

to produce
sound.

self-knowledge, he devoted his last

1st prize
CLARINET" Jazz For Moderns" broadcast Producer Jimmy Grant

Peculiar" standard " saxophone tone.
At this point it will be as wellBut let's get back to Individuto get some idea of the relation ality,
How many saxophonists toof tone to the sensations or feel- day canbe recognised by someings. Hawkins, for example, man- peculiarity
of tone? Parker defiages to get character into his nitely has a-characteristic
sound.
tone.
Young, Lee Konitz, Lucky
By this I mean that he has Lester
Thompson,
Stan
Getz,
Gerry
Mulcultivated a tone which embodies ligan, Wardell Gray, Johnny
his personality. Instead of using Hodges,
Tex
Smith,
Williethe instrument as a sort of Beneke, Don Byas, Cecil Payne,
musical typewriter, he is able to Flip Phillips, Vido Musso, Dexter
express himself in musical terms. Gordon and many others all inWe. the listeners, react to the ject a personal something intosound and are able to decide in- theirtone. It doesn't matter if
dividually whether it is pleasant you likesound they produce
or not. Having observed from the or not. thereceiving end, let us see how this duality. They still have indiviaffects us when we are at the But these are a handful comtransmitting end.
Wheri contemplating learning pared to the thousands of others
the saxonhone you will doubtless who contrive to sound so muchfind that you have some concep- alike that they are impossible totion of the tone you wish to identify.
Now let's try to see what makes
achieve Probably many of you

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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

1951

SINCLAIR TRAILL'S JAZZ REVIEWS

11

When Mezz Mezzrow Plays in Paris..:George Lewis takes us to
the pre Armstrong era

GEORGE LEWIS ANDHIS

ORLEANS MUSICNEW

Willie The Weeper
Mama Don't Allow(Tempo A94)
Burgundy St. Blues
Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
(Tempo A95)

Elmer Talbert (tpt); Jim Robinson
George Lewis (clt.); Alton(tmb.);

being able to place his notes and ing together as a wonderful confederacy. I like this side, but inphrases with faultless timing.
Take, for example, " Willie The places the balance is not too
Weeper." This is all ensemble good, and perhaps for that reasonfrom start to finish. No solos, alone It seems to be the least successful from the session.
just band music.
Isn't it wonderful how thisYou might think that chorus
after chorus of ensembles would rhythm section, while reallypounding
the beat, never bears
tend to become monotonous; but
no! It never becomes dull, for the down on it but manages toaccents of the front line are achieve an exuberant lift?
shifted from one player toanother in such a way that solos THE ORCHESTRA OF THE DUTCH
would have been superfluous.
SWING COLLEGE(ono.); Lawrence Marrero(bio.); Alcide Pavageau (bass); Joe
Watkins (drs.).
New
Recorded" Burgundy
Orleans, June 5, 1950.
Virtually, this side has no beSt." is a clarinet Solo with pno., bass, ginning and no end. It might
Tin Roof Blues That's A Plenty
and bio.
almost be called " circular "(Decca C16165)
sides will really take music, for this record will go Dutch Swing College Blues King Porterand round in other thanyou back to old New Orleans round
THESE
Stomp
(with Sidney Bechet)the usual way.
Purnell

Veteran clarinettist Mezz Mezzrow (right) splits a bottle of champagne
with famous jazz critic Hugues Panassie to celebrate Mezzrow's recent
opening at the Vieux Colombier, At the next table, Don Byas compares
notes with arother French critic-Madeleine Gautier.

Collectors' Corner

and will, I think, give you an ex(Decca C16169)
cellent insight into what kind of
Edited by MAX JONES and SINCLAIR TRAILL
music was being played in theKees
van Dorsser (tut.),Wim
pre -Armstrong era.
Kolstee (tmb.), Peter Schilperoort ON Tuesday afternoon (16th), Esquire All-American Award Winners
They are in many ways better Lift the needle at the end and (clt.), Dim Kesber (clt.), Joop Schrier
Blow Me Down'Indian Summer
Brian Rust-well known to B9584
examples of this type of jazz than place it back again at the begin- (pno.), Joop van Leeuwen (gir), Bob
B9793 Indiana
Winter / Jacquet
the issued recordings by Bunk ning and the record hasn't just van Oven (bass), Arie Merkt (drs.). readers of this page-left WaterOrchestra
Johnson, for I think that on the started again, it has merely con- Bechet plays on the second record loo on the first leg of his journey Dizzie Gillespie Orchestra
tinued. The band could no doubt only.
whole this is a better band.
to New Orleans.
Bait/Manteca
Many of Bunk's records are ex- have gone on playing this tune
With six weeks of leave from B9680 Good
C6o1 Breeze/Minor Walk
two records make very the BBC record library, Brian is B9702
citing, but, musically speaking, for hours without effort.
B9770
Algo
Bueno/Ool-Ya-Koo
The star of this side (if anyone THESE
interesting comparison.
off on a round jazz trip-first to
I think this group is superior.
On the first one we have the New York, then by Greyhound Benny Goodman Orchestra
The rhythm section is rock should be personalised) is George
steady, and the front line so per- Lewis, whose clarinet improvisa- Dutch boys playing two well- bus to New Orleans via Philadel- B8719 Jam Session/Chloe
fectly complete; each man in- tions are brilliant throughout known jazz tunes in their usual phia, Washington, DC, Richmond B8938 Undecided / Lady's In Lovevery musicianly manner, but on and Atlanta,
With You
stinctively knowing what his and cannot he denied.
Incidentally, just two months the second record they are joined
From New Orleans he returns
neighbour is going to do and so
Hampton Orchestra
up the Mississippi Valley via Lionel
after the Good Time Jazz people by the great Bechet himself.
RhythmThe result of having a topline Jackson, Memphis, St. Louis and B8597 China Stomp/Rhythm
hart recorded this in New Orleans,
Street BreakContinuing interest inanother session with the same jazzman with the band is at once Chicago. He will visit collector B9137 Blue/Munson
dOwn
very
obvious.
On
the
first
recordrevivalist jazz andWalterAllen
inNew
Jersey(andlineup took place.
B9475 Memories Of You/The Jurnpin'
The band was recorded in the the band manages to generate a Victor Records, of course), and" spasm bands " has led
Jive
swing but does not sound Edmond Souchon in New Orleans,of Dr. Souchon, that great gentle
to a renewal of the use homehot. With Bechet leading, We hope Brian will be keeping Coleman Hawkins Orchestra
friend to genuine New Orleans very
Below,
B9771
Half
Step
Down
Please/of the kazoo.
the
whole
band
is
sparked,andus
informed.
and the results were issued
Jumping For Janevery much more alive andwe print the first of six music.
on Paradox LP (Paradox 6001). sounds
virile.
I tell you that the later
short articles on this in- When
Now on to the HMV deletions. Coleman Hawkins 52nd Street All
version of the same tune is even
Both the Armstrongs are records B9639Stars
strument by pioneer
beLter
than
this
one,
you
will
Allen's Alley/Low Flame
to keep. " Please Stop Playing
kazooist PARP GREEN.
know just how good it is!
Blues " is one of the finest Illinois Jacquet Orchestra
On the back of this side is a
It is needless for me to tell you Those
the All Stars sides. Louis and B9793 King
Jacquet/EsquireAilfine version of that old Chicago that Sidney plays well; he always ofplay and sing with relaxedAmericandoes. He is particularly good here Tea
cod -tune " Mama Don't Allow."
feeling
and
very
good
humour.
Ladnier Orchestra
This is a real neighbour rouser. on the old Jelly Roll Morton tune.
The tough trumpet solo is the Tommy
Blues/When You And
Jim Rcr inson fairly stabs out the It is a fine melody and that is all greatest
thing on the HMV All B9411 Weary
I Were Young, Maggie
welody in the first chorus and Bechet needs to get really work- Stars titles,
wethink.
the hand plays loud and fast. It ing.
" Jack Armstrong," another Mezzrow-Ladnier Quintet
The band backs him very well, good
is rough-and-ready comedy withLouis -Tea combined effort, B9447 Everybody Loves My Baby/
Elmer Talbert shouting out the the rhythm being quite solid (if stands out for the long final
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody
cues for solos by trombone, rather stolid in spots), and the trumpet solo which builds mostNone Of This Jelly Rollplayer plays some good impressively.
banjo, bass and clarinet in turn. trumpet
Andre Previn (Solo Piano)
work on both sides.
The late Elmer Talbert hadn't solo
MildredBailey's
recordisnota
The blues is credited to Sidney favourite, but it's not bad. Basie's B9784 Hallelujah/This Can't Be Love
much of a voice, as singers go, andthe routines were probably slow, sweet and swingy " Sugar " Quintette of the Hot Club of France
but his unpolished, rugged de- worked
out in the studio. It is is wonderful " intermission " B8463 I Can't Give You Anything
livery will surely get you with its an interesting
side, with the music-all solo piano except for
But Love Limehouse Blues
infectious
humouranddown-toThe Original earth good nature.
soprano sax very much in evi- Pauldence in the maestro's grandest ending.Gonsalves's breathy tenor Artie Shaw Orchestra
B9348 It Had To Be You/If I Lovemanner.
Jazz Instrument

No effort

Fine melody

devotees of the instrument
TO the rasping nasal whine of

Direct contrast

Maxine Sullivan
Louis Blues/L'Amour TouHawkins is the star of the J073 St. jours
l'AmourAward Winners' " Indian Sum- J0101 Ill
Something
Wind/SingIn direct contrast is the versio:"Burgundy Stre,
the Kazoo is the only genuine of the beautiful
music
musical sound. Only the Kazoo, Blues." This is real blues
feeling byplayed
with
great
fine
they say, reproduces theearthy quality of New Orleans George Lewis, and its impact i:jazz (that subtle blend of tech- almost gentle after the boisterou'

mer," and he is well featured on
Simplesome (not all) of the titles under
Teagarden's Big Eighthis own name.
Blues
After Hours,'St.
B9807
Really important records fornical immaturity, acoustic re- band sides.
The accompaniment by piano.
cording, and musical feeling).
Indeed, the Kazoo is ideally bass and banjo is quite perfectand in wonderful sympathy witl:
the soloist.
The original version of thistune (on American Music) 1:
many to h'considered bysuperior to the one under review
idolatrous and shortlived - a That is as maybe, but certainly
mouldy effigy.
this one will do me until the
The Kazoo is designed for this other comes along.
eclectic desire, so much so that
The reverse is an early music the Kazooist is well advised to hall song and well suited to the iincitographer
Herve
Derrienignore the iconoclastic creation terrestial treatment it receives.
catches Mezz Mezzrow taking aof Parker. Gillespie and Tristano,chorus of the blues on his openis
ensemble
all
Here
again
it
and to respect the traditional the way, with the front line work- ing night at the Vieux Colombier.
majesty of Oliver, Ory and Armstrong.
In this way the Kazooist is able
to give full rein to his musicaltalent, a fact which is facilitated
WAS surprised to hear on the there is a Harry Williams, I
by the Kazoo's absence of pitch,
1. air (" Jazz Club," October 6, haven't had the pleasure of meetchord and fingering.
A combination of such musi- 1951), and to read in a contempor- ing him, and I am certain he wascians. with taste and discretion, ary, two references to the late not included on the side menWith regard to thosecan educe not only diatonic and Jimmy Yancey being a boogie- tioned.
Brunswick recordings by Adrian
chromatic scales, counterpoint, woogie pianist.
Yancey was never an authentic Rollini with Snake and Teddy
polyphony and on occasions poly tonality, but, after long and boogie man, although he used a -yes, Frank Froeba was always
arduous practice in mutual sym- modified boogie bass at times. It known as the Snake."
Though, in view of Teddy's notpathy, has even been known to is true he was a great influence
evolve complete cacophony.
on such men as Albert Ammons too good memory, this cannot be
However, the budding player and Meade Lux Lewis. but his own taken as absolute proof of the
being
must not strive too much until style was very different from record
byClarence
his embouchure is formed, a pro- either of these.
Williams, it would seem thatcedure which may take some
At one time, some jazz journal- Clarence at least organised thetime, depending upon maxillary ist (no doubt short of a story) session, and that therefore thestrength of the student and the styled him the inventor of the side should be included in allsensitivity of the auditor.
boogie-woogie. but this was just Clarence Williams discographies.
sheer nonsense, and few jazz fans -Peter fanner, London, W.4.
ever took much notice of such aridiculous statement.

suited to this era of music.
For history is historic; and any
conscious attempt to restate theartistic terms of a past age isdoomed to artistic failure. At
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playing rather than boogie-woogie, collector.
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the boogie bass which character- havea " prepared stateises that style." (The italics are ment "sentto my team of experts inmine!)
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great blues pianist disappears for wastodo.)though no doubt
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" which will no doubt be
IN the CORNER of July 28, Davein part in the
Carey wrote an interesting reproduced
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opinion that the Regal-Zonophone issue of " Shoutin' In That
Amen Corner,"by Williams'
THE BBC are doing right by us
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Clarence Williams recording, but changejust
to be able to say so.
by Harry Williams, one-time have had reason to complainWe
invocalist with Clarence.
the past, and will no doubt have
I sent a copy of this article to cause to do so again.

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Oct-obei 20, 195

ROUND,THE.WORLD REPORT from '11/11VP Foreign Correspondents

When Josephine Baker

Willi was on the air !

stole the (Big) Show

by Dietrich Schulz -Kohn"Da -Dim,

GermanStates.
As she was due to go back within a few days, The Big Show provided arare opportunity.
She stole the show. Wearing a flowing

DON HAYNES, who was closely
associated with Glenn
Miller for many years, has ar-

arranger; now he is under contract for the " Polydor " label.

A public pen
Fischer's pen is strictly styled
for the taste of the German

ranged with the Miller estate for bass -baritone with a very healthy pair of lungs.
the release of a series of Glenn's

is content to wait for them to bits.
Another holiday-maker. Hot Lips Page, is due
Glenn's estate has cleared the backthis week from the bracing air of Scandinarights to use of these shows.
via.
Several hundred are available.
I look forward to hearing him*
play with Mezz Mezzrow and theCAFE SOCIETY, noted Green- Luter band at the Vieux Colom-

wich Village club, which bier.
was closed by the Government for
tax arrears six weeks ago, has re- Cemetery blues
opened with dancer Pearl Primus
HERE is a slightly macabre
and pianist Sammy Benskin's
I hear from Marnote.
combo.
seillesthat a group of underGreenwich Village also has a takers haveformednew jazz spot, called the Levee little combination. a respectable
They callRoom, where a young group.known as Bill Stafford and his themselves " The Sarcophagus."
Paddlewheelers are purportedly
bringing the spirit of New Orleans Mr. Porter arrives
back to New York.
COLE PORTER is now in Paris.
Stafford is a 21 -year -old drumand I understand that hemer who worked a while with will be around for some time.
Max Kaminsky.
The great composer is by no

SIDNEY BECHET arrived inTown at the beginning of
the month, and opened at theBlue Note in Chicago with Red
Allen, drummer Arthur Trappier,and a pianist.
ELLA

FITZGERALD, a Decca

artist since she cut her first
Chick Webb side in 1935, hassigned a new five-year contract

with the company. Oddly enough,her first title was " Are You HereTo Stay? "and pub-

for many years for " Odeon."besides doing work for the big
broadcastingorchestrasasthe house.
I would not have missed it for worlds.
By the way, George Sanders, Britain's Hollywood film star, sang " Be My Love." He is a

Wings.'

composers

The latter is an all-round personality : he plays clarinet like
Benny Goodman, and recorded

white gown and with a hair style at least afoot high, she gave us "Night And Day "and a variety of hot numbers which shookbroadcasts, from 1939 to 1942, re- So Django goes fishingcordings of which will be released
on a series of 15 -minute trans- WHAT happens to a great guitarist when his
criptions shortly.
contract runs out? Django Reinhardt
These records include Glenn's has no difficulty answering that one. Almost
pro- every day he is to be seen throwing a line onsponsored
Chesterfield
grammes as well as some of his the banks of the river Seine.
famous recruiting broadcasts,
which were known by the Air Like Don Byas, Django is crazy about fishing.
Force motto of " I Sustain The Don prefers to catch his fish 60 feet down; Django

e successfw ders'edhrt " andputting
Da -Dom "lishers back on the map for the
first time since the war, it might
be interesting to know whichwere the most successful among
them during the last twelve
months or so.
The most popular composers
are Ernst Fischer, Gerhard
Winkler and Benny de Weille.

For the fans there was only one item of interest, however-Josephine
Baker's one and only appearance in Paris since her return from thefrom Leonard Feather

Composers
wiTo7 theuworeld

Paris, Tuesday.
THE BIG SHOW, put on by America's NBC, came to Paris straight from
London. A very select audience was invited, including the American
Ambassador, and, generally speaking, the occasion was an important one
in Paris show business.

U.S. NEWS NOTES

Germany's new

public, while Gerhard Winkler

has been made famous as an' Italian -styled " composer by hits
" Capri -Fischer," " Chianti-Wein,"and others.

Michael Jary, who lives in
Hamburg, writes many scores

Willi Berking, well-known West German bandleader,- for the first time played music aboard
a Pan-American 'plane on its way from Frank-

furt to Dusseldorf. The trip was such a
success that it is now planned to have bands
regularly on some scheduled machines.

Australian Newsand hits for the film industry,
the latest of which is "Die Dritte
von Rechts " (The Third Girl
From The Right), and a new

introducing the mambo,
named " The Veiled Maja."
Two composers have reachedfame on the strength of one
title each. They are Eberhard
Storch, the author of "Aufwiedersehn," and Ernst Brandone

whose brilliant trumpet style was ner, who wrote "Die Fischer only perfect match for hint& in Lugano "-both very
thrilling clarinet work, sentimental tunes.
SYDNEY'S RIVERSIDE JAZZ Kitchen'sistobeup soon under the
BAND will play that thing Nationalcalled
Training
Scheme.
to the surfers when they com- Secondly, a slump
hit Melmence a fortnightly stint at the bourne, and jobs are has
few and far Music publishers
North Steyne Surf Club, Manly. between.
The most successful publish'.
Led by tram man Jack Parkes.
Yf
ing firms are almost all new
the band features sensational
DESPITE the slump, bands are names. Among the foremost la
clarinettist Johnny McCarthy.
playing at three different Ralph Maria Siegel's.
together with Keith Scanlan(tpt.), Jimmy Roach (pno.), suburbs of Melbourne on SaturA newcomer-and a very sucBrian Lecchi (bass), Bill Towns- day nights. At the Collingwood cessful
one -4s Dr. Hans Gerig,
hend (banjo), and Englishman Town Hall there is FRANK SOHN- of Cologne.
Before the war he
Jimmy Bell (drums).
SON'3
FABULOUSDIXIE- was a sort of liaison officer formeans unknown in this city, for The Riverside Jazz Band was LANDERS; at the Memorial Hall, the German STAGMA at BIEM
he composed many of his best the most impressive jazz group Kooyong.
LEN
BARNARD'S
numbers when he lived here be- at the Fifth Australian Jazz Con- DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND; and at offices in Paris.
In Hamburg is Dr. Hans
fore the war.
vention, and, by its efforts, won Leggett's Ballroom. Prahran, theSikorski, who is also on the
In the old days, he used to a contract with the Australian STEAMBOAT STOMPERS.
call in at Fred Payne's bar (the Broadcasting Commission.
However, Melbourne brightens board of the GEMA, the German
oldest English bar in Paris, by
up on Sundays, with two shows " Performing Rights Society."
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THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

October 20, 1951

,usesssiabes..........e...esaisiussius.swah.uhussAcswas...wsubsurstisuwaksiesWiciews.

Manchester trumpet deps on
Washbrooke
Geraldobroadcastaugments at
Phoned at two hours' notice

Nottingham

ANCHESTER trumpet Brom Harvey stepped nobly into

the breach at two hours' notice when he was called

DRASTIC alterations for the upon to join the Geraldo brass section in its morning broadwinter season find Al cast on Sunday last (14th).
Washbrooke now leading a 13 In order to appear at the All piece orchestra at the Victoria Britain Championship at BelleRae Allan opens
Ballroom, Nottingham.
Vue, the Geraldo Orchestra
This enlarged group boasts four travelled from London overbands within the band-for night on Saturday to broadcast
Broadway Baths
Dixieland, Tango, and Latin- on Sunday morning
from
N Friday of last week (12th)
American styles, besides a " Blue Manchester.
Four."
Allan
Raebandleader
Sid Lawrence unfortunately
Les Cripwell, a Washbrooke missed the train, and at 8.30 a.m., opened at his newly acquired
Broadway
Baths
Ballroom,near" old boy," has returned to the in response to a telephone call Manchester.
fold from the tenor chair with from the MELODY MAKER, Brom
Jack Conroy at the Corn Ex- rushed to the studio to run
In addition to the cares of pro-0change, Nottingham.
through the parts and take his
The complete line-up is now Al place in the trumpet section.
Asked to comment after the
Washbrooke (pno.) leading Phil
Morgan and Ron Barker (altos). broadcast. lead trumpet Derrick
Les Cripwell and Bill Hunt Abbott said: " Brom played re(tnrs. I, Arthur Panhale
markably well."Ken Hand, Colin Cox. Dick Rams den ( tpts.), Pat Walsh I tmb.).
Tony Evans I drs.), Art Johnson Scott -Henderson in(bass), Larry Gretton (bass, voc.).

Name bands booked

for Darlington
Name bands booked to appear
at Mnnicinal Dances at Darlington Baths Ballroom up to the endof the year include Syd Dean andhis Band and the Tito Burns Sex-

tet on October 30. the Johnny
Dankworth

Seven

(Nov.

17),

Kenny Baker and his Band (Dec.
1), Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra (11th), and Ralph Sharonand his Orchestra on Xmas Eve.
The Lyrians (noted contestinggroup) will appear at the Baths
on October 20. November 3. andDecember 8, and Billy Jackson'sCountry Club Orchestra on
October 27. November 24. andDecember 22.

piano interlude

George Scott -Henderson (pno.)
and Bill Wallace (Jack Lambert's

bassist) provided a ten-minuteinterlude during Don Cunning ham's Scottish Home Service
broadcast from the Plaza Ballroom, Glasgow, on October 6.
George and Eddy Clancey aretemporarily sharing the pianostool at the Locarno Ballroom.
Glasgow, until bandleader Bert
Tobias finds a permanent replace-motion. Rae is, of course, leading
the band. which comprises Dennis
Latimer I pno.). Norman Allen( drs. ), Jack Morris (bass). Roger
Fleetwood and Ken Baldwin( altos), Geoff Alderson and Nor-man Hunt itnrs.), Arthur Woodthorpe (bari.), Ken Shaw. Peter
Jackson, Colin Wright and Don
Grindrod (tpts.). Mac Minshull( trrib.), and vocalists Noreen Day
and Johnny Ashley.

HULL TRUMPET MAN
IN KARACHINews of the activities of noted
has recently been received here.
Len is now in Karachi, Pakistan,
and apparently blowing quite a
bit of trumpet out there.
Hunter is very well known
ment for Jimmy Miller who has in Len
Hull and district. He haslett the band.
with most of the top local
Bert, who is alto looking for a playedand on special occasions
tenor player doubling violin and bands.
clarinet, has just returned to has formed his own group.
Glasgow after a short visit to the
He was also featured in the
Mecca ballrooms at Streatham Harry Chatterton Modernaires for(London) and Belfast. With him a while, when that outfit was rewas Maurice Sheffield, bandleader sident at the Newington Hall.
at the Fountainbridge Palais. After this engagement Len left
Hull trumpet -man Len Hunter

Hull to play at Scunthorpe. Lincs.

Edinburgh.

POLICE RAID SCARBOROUGH'LAST BACHELOR' WEDSHOTEL TO MUSICAL 'TACT,LET ME GIVE CREDIT
WHERE IT IS DUE

Iwould be grateful if you Feeling I had something tothat my lack of broad could find space to print offer andsuccess
was cue solely
this letter, as I feel in fairness casting
inexperience, Mr. Davidson
to a great many people, credit went out of his way to pointshould fall where credit is due. out to me where my broadcast
I am referring, of course, to programmes were wrong, andthe best way ofthe suggestion inrectifying theselast week s MELODY
errors.
To him I
MAKER that Mr.
give
my
must
Alec Taylor was
thanksandcreditmainly responsible
for making it posfor the success of
sible .for me tosatisfy, as I feel I
my orchestra.
am now satisfying,
Mr. Taylor unthe most nimcuit
deniably gave me
audience of all.
the chance of fulI should also likefilling dreams andto give credit toplans I had nunthose concerned in
M4

tuned

for many
years as a musician
as to what I would
leader. How goodthese plans were
was proved whenthe Astoria Ballroom, Nottingham,r

mysuccess,toDavid Rabin, mydo if I were a band- apersonal
manager.
for his untiring

efforts on my be half, to Oscar andBernard Rabin andGeoffrey

Watlingfor giving me theofopportunity
bringing my band

which had previously been something of a whitetoWimbledonelephant, became
Palais, to Jerry
undoubtedly one
theDawson,ofof the Provinces'
MAKER,MELODY
most successful
who
at
the
begin
ballrooms.
ning, gave me in Some success isvaluablehelp,
and,probably due to myfinally,totheleadership,
the MACKINTOSH British public who
perception of myhave given me thedancing public's resupport which I
quirements and themusical standard I require from so badly needed, and the
my musicians. I feel I must stress musicians, without whom therethat the dancing public and, re- would be no music.
I feel sure that without all
ferring to broadcasting, thelistening public, are two corn- the above -mentioned people,
and,of course, " Lady Luck,"pletely different audiences.

says KEN-

Although at this time I had there could never have been any
considerable success with the Ken Mackintosh Orchestra.
former, with the latter I was a To finalise this, may I say thatlittle off-track. Here, another there is no individual who canpersonality can claim credit. I personally take the credit forrefer to the head of. the BBC the success of my orchestra, but
Dance Music Department, Mr. a combination of many things,
Jim Davidson.

such as I have mentioned above.

Hartlepool MU to

Freddy Corbett

hold own Jamboree signs 'potential

Harry Barton. recently with Will
Sutcliffe at the Gaumont Ball-

COURTESY AND HUMOUR'

star vocalist'

room, Morecambe. has replaced
Bill Thorpe on drums in Danny
Twenty - three - year - old Jean
Mitchell's band at the Pier Ballroom, Redcar. Bill is now with Sweeney. described by bandleader
Ronnie Caryl at the Locarno. Freddy Corbett as a potential star
vocalist, is now singing with
Dundee.
November 8 is the date of the Freddy's group in the grill room
Jazz Jamboree at the at Reece's, Liverpool. She has
1951
Borough Hall. Hartlepool, when lived in ,America for three years
returned to Britain threeeight bands will give their ser- andvices for the benefit of the local months ago.
MU Benevolent Fund.
She will also appear at theName hand bookings in the Quaintways Café, Chester. as aNorth-East include Syd Dean. guest artist with Freddy's hand.
Queen's Rink, West Hartlepool
Ted Radley (bass) recently left
(Oct. 19), Dick Denny, Borough Hal
Graham at the Rialto BallHall. Hartlepool I Oct.. 21). Freddy room,
Liverpool, to join Freddy
Randall. Palais. Stockton (Nov. 6), Corbett's
ballroom band
V. Lewis. Palais. Stockton (Nov. at Reece's. main
He replaces Teddy
27). and Victor Silvester, Queen's Andrews. Teddy
has resigned
Rink (Nov. 30).
through ill -health, but will con-

ADANCE was in progress when the police
raided St. Nicholas Hotel, Scarborough, andthe band leader, bassist Bernard Courtney, withrare presence of mind struck up : " If I'd known
you were coming I'd have baked a cake." after
which the entire orchestra joined in with : " If
you want to know the time ask a policeman."
In fact, as defending counsel said, the whole
affair was conducted with " tact, courtesy, andhumour."'Will ye no come back?'

Such a wealth of good humour, in fact, thatafter a Det.-Sergt. had rounded up drinks which
the hotel had been serving without a licence, he
asked the band to play: " Will ye no come backagain?"

This musical invitation was one which the hotelmanagement could hardly be expected to support
seeing that the - friendly " visit cost them a fine oftinue with a trio presented in

Freedman's Band at the
Savoy Ballroom, Southsea,
was married at St. Luke's

Lewis's store by Freddy.
Holdsworth
Cyril(drs.),
formerly with Sid Phillips, rejoins
theCorbettgroup later this
SPENT SUMMER ON ICE month.
His deputy has been
Bunny Holliday and his band, Gene Conrad.
having concluded a successful

Folkestone, and

Ice Rink, Glasgow, reopened re- `Name' policy continues
cently at Broomhill Tennis Club.
from where they broadcast earlier
Kilmarnock Town
Council,this year.
whose big -band policy proved so
Gordon Smillie and his Band, successful last year, has rewho have played at Broomhill affirmed its decision to book top throughout the summer, have line bands for one -night -stands
opened at Giffnock North Tennis at the Grand Hall during theClub for the winter season.
winter.

£501

The last bachelor in BennyWORLD NEWS in BRIEF

DUTCH leader Rob Pronk has
Leading a 12 -piece band, Lonre-formed his famous Boptet, don semi -pro. drummer Ted

which was disbanded after the Kelsham is putting on his own
disastrous tour with the Er,st " Festival Band Show " at hosvan't Hoff Orchestra (cables pitals in London and the Pro" MM " Dutch
Correspondent vinces. His band, which is augAnion Kop, Jar,).
mented with dancers and otherconsists of two trumpets,
Stan Osborne and his Band artists,saxes,
piano, bass, drums,
have returned to their resident threetwoviolins
and three vocalists.
engagement at the Royal Star
Hotel. Maidstone, after a 16 -week
When Ev Porteous boarded thetour of Mecca ballrooms. Altoist " Queen
Elizabeth "recently
Stan leads Ken Bodiam (2nd for anothertrip with the Firstalto). Ray Smith (tnr.), Jack Class band, he
found
his
clariWebb apt.), Desmond Proctor net had been stolen. The instru(drs.).

/Rh

Frank Ashenden (bass) ment was a Boosey " Clinton "and Daniel Inman (pno.).

B flat model (25292).
Bandleader
Arthur Forresta compere -vocalist to appear
Howard, is sought by his mother, needs
withhis band six nights a week.
who has not heard from him Experience
is not necessary, butsince 1933. In 1936 he was withis essential. AppliAl Hopper. She is anxious to personality
trace him, as she is almost blind. cants should -ring Arthur atDrummer Gooly Howard, whose
real name is Alfred James

Church, Southsea, on Saturday last week. He was the
band's drummer -vocalist Joe(Tiny) Nicholls, who wed aSouthsea girl, Miss IrisJames. Joe joined Benny in1946 at the Leas Cliff Hall,
has

been

with him ever since except
for a period when he wasplacing at Butlin's Holiday
Camp in the Bahamas.

TENNIS CLUB LEADER

summer season at the Scottish

teab,ar waste ti;ft

Liberty 1528.

Herbie Stewart, one of Woody

Herman's
Brothers,"
James.

original
has joined" FourHarry

Les Mitigate and his 10 -pieceband have been signed to a sixmonth contract 'by the Ritz Ballroom, Thornton Heath, where
they will appear for the moment
on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Marvellous

for "Bounceand "Ili -Hat"
79" BOUNCE "16" dia. Med.

18' dia.
20" dia.

12^ dia.
13" dia.
14^ dia.
15" dia.

each £3 . 16 . 9

5. 7.6£6 . 16 . 2" HI -HAT "each £1 . 19 . 5£2 . 7 . 4..
£2 . 15 . 2.,£3 . 4 . 6

Prices inciade Purchase Tax.

Send now for the latest price list of
Cymbals and Carlton Drums.
Ohtainatle 'rem, all dealers.

DALLAS BUILDING, CLIFTON ST.
LONDON. E.C.2

Reg Nichols. MD of the Queen's
Ice Club, has written the music to
a new skaters' waltz now being
used extensively at ice and roller
skating rinks. Titled "Let's Go
Skating," it is published by Skating Features, 18, Noel -street, W.1.
Norman (1066) Fields and his
Trio return to London on October
22 after six months with Tom.
Fossett's " Continental Hippodrome Circus " on a 1,500 -miletour covering 130 towns andvillages
Norman leads Mike
Tyson (alto, clt.) and Dave Whiteford (drs.).
Congratulations to Derek Faraday, of Star Sound Studios, whose

the

At

Palladium,theenthusiastically endorses SUPER-Zyns.

wife. Eve, presented him with adaughter on Saturday (13th) at
a West End nursing -home.

Thebaby will be called Eve Marilyn.
Pianist -leader Les Hilsden, who
has just concluded a trip to * Quick speaking
Australia
aboardthe liner cymbals with ais" Orient," returns to Mecca on
Saturday (20th). when he takes a big high -pitch silvery
six -piece band into the Leeds sound.
020/
Lo camo.
Congratulations to Oscar Rabin
tenor saxist Vince Bovill who has SEE YOUR DEALER NOW and test these phenomenal cymbals for yourself
just become engaged to Miss Jean PREMIER DRUM CO. LTD., 116, CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON, W.C.2. Tel.: TEM. 7227
Watkins, of South Shields.

Londonone and only GEORGE FIERSTONE'THE MELODY MAKER AND RHYTHM

14

October 20, 1951
TUITION

PUBLIC NOTICES 9`1' per ward

K.P. SAXOPHONE
BARGAINS
Buescher, Alto Sax., high pitch, gold
lacq., excellent cond., in case, f15.
Alto Sax., Italian make, simple system,
nickel plated, low pitch, in case. Exinstr. for beginner, E12.
Alto Sax., Continental make, fullartiste's model, low pitch, silver%pl.,
in case. Cash f28. Deposit 0, 12
payments EI,194.

Buescher Alto Sax., artiste's model,

low pitch,
silver pl., in case.
Cash E35.
Dep. E8/15/-. 12 payments E2/9/2.

Tenor Sax., Italian make, simple system,. nickel plated, low pitch, good
instr. for
Deposit £4.

learner.

Cash

fle.

9 payments £1/9/2.
Hawkes, Tenor Sax., artiste's model,
low pitch, newly gold lacq., in case.
Cash £45.
Dep. £11,1,-. 12 payments of E3:'3/3.
20th Century Tenor Sax., fullartiste's model, low pitch, newly
gold lacq., in case. Cash £50. Deposit
E12.10:-.
12 payments of 43/10/3.

INSTRUMENTS BOUGHT OR
PART EXCHANGED.

KEITH PROWSECOUNTY BOROUGH OF SOUTHEND-ON-SEA. - ORCHESTRA (Bandstand on Glins).-AuplIcations are invited for the provision of an orchestra (15 or 18 and conductor). with orwithout female vocalist, to perform
at the Bandstand on Cliffs twice daily
from 28th June to 21st September,
1952.
It would be an advantage if
orchestra carries within its personnel a member capable of vocal solos.

Classified Advertisement Bates
Announcements under any
hsading, od, pet word.
Please allow fore extra words if Box No. is
whit:wed and add
tot our tee herein
1 raders

All Small Advertisements must be preypaid, and sent tom Classified Advt. Dept.," the Melody Maker," 96. Lona Acre,
London, W.C.2, Temple Bar 2468, Ex. 281

Quotations upon forms obtainable
SPECIAL NOTICES id. per wordfrom the Entertainments Manager,
11/13, County Chambers, Weston Rd..
ERIC WAKEFIELD'S Mayfair Band.
Southend-on-Sea, must reach the available
and private engageundersigned in sealed envelopes en- ments. -7, hotel
ChurchStreet,High
dorsedOrchestra," not later than Wycombe. Tel.:
1815 and 66.
first post, 29th October, 1951
The
HARLEY STREET Ear, Nose andCorporation do not bind themselves to Throat Specialist acts as Consultant
accept the lowest or any quotation.- to all vocal pupils at the Central
ARCHIBALD GLEN. Town Clerk.
School of Dance Music, 15, West St.,
W.C.2. Temple Bar 3373/4. Apply to
Secretary for prospectus.
PERSONAL 9d. per word
MAURICE BURMAN teaches singing
PETER HUGHES, Lead Alto. Lou
the very beginning up to thePreager, Hammersmith Palais, has fromprofessional standard. -293,
vacancies for few Sax., Clar. pupils. - highest
The White House, Albany St., N.W.1.
Ealing 9260.
Euston 1200.

TAPE RECORDING Rehearsal SerMUSICIANS WANTED 6d. per ward vice.
Rehearse with Tape Recorder,
ALTO and Tenor Sax, doubling pre- 10s, hour -discs cut. -Studios. 132.
ferred, for Midland Paiais.-Box 157, Sloane St.. S.W.1. Bay 2B1U.
TO PROVINCIAL Drummers.
In
ALTO, SECOND required, commence response to numerous requests from
im.iiediately,-Apply, Ronnie Hancox, those unable to have personal tuition.
55, Birmingham Road, Sutton Gold- Max Aorams offers to transcribe you_field 3007.
favourite drum record with full inBASS AND TENOR required, small structions by post. For full details ofgroup just formed, must rehearse.- this unique service to Drum EnthusiGoslin, 79, Glenarm Road. E.5.
asts, s.a.e., 49, Clabon Mews, London.
FULHAM BRITISH Legion. Military. S W.1.
Wanted: Basses, French Horns, Clari-159, New Bond Street, W.I.

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Start the Season Rightwith theGIGSTER'S GUIDE
Which tells you hose toPlay Figure Dances
Write Band Parts from Song Copies
Write for Engagements
Make Your Band Attractive
Conduct an Orchestra

Play for Variety Acts

Contains hundreds of hints indispensable
to Dance Bands.
CLASSIFIED LIST OF OVER 100

OLD-FASHIONED DANCE TUNES

Through your Dealer, or 5).. post free, from

Chas. Hatell,50 Dryden Rd.. Gateshead9JOSIE

CORDAY,experienced 3120.

BASSIST. car. -Wax. 3638.
American Band, Cabaret. -48, Poplar
BASSIST. -Billy Smith, Mai. 3407.
Ave Gravesend, Kent.
BASSIST, Xmas week. Mai. 3407.
VOCALISTE wishes contact agent.
BASSIST.-MURRAY,
Hou 7711,-Box 159, " M.11.1."
ext. 83.
BASSIST.-Gla. 0511.
SITUATIONS WANTED 6d per ward
BASSIST/BANJOIST.
swing/DixieYOUNG MAN, 30, extensive pro- land, car. -Sam Ryan, Worksop 2917.
BASSIST, modernist, reader; gigs,
fessional experience
Saturdays.
midweek-Primroseentertainments, seeks position with
2/54.
BENNIE
scope. -Box 165, " M.M."
BRACKLEY, Drummingwith Super Ajax Kit; freelance,
reader,car.--Grangewood
1879.
BANDS lid. per word
BILLY CIM-LIS, DRUMS, now reAL DUKARDO BAND.-Sev, 0458.
maining in town. -Prospect 5922.
ALL BANDS -all functions -always
BONGOES/MARACAS.-Euston 2497.
WILCOX Organisation. - 4, Earlham
CELLO/TENOR, freelance, . pro.Street, W.C.2. Temple Bar 1762'3/4. Buc. 0029.
BILLY WALLER'S Band, -Col. 4918.
CHRIS GILL, Guitar (Electric PlecAnywhere, - trum). -173. Burley' Road, Leeds 4.
BLUE DOMINOES.
Kingston 2592.
DRUMMER, reader, library, transBUNNY ROGERS and his Orchestra port. -Kingston 3024.
(8 -piece), unexpectedly vacant Xmas
DRUMMER, gigsiperm.-Riv. 5158.
Eve, New Year's Eve: inquiries inDRUMMER, car.-Popesgrove 1161.
vited. -28, Alma Street, WellingDRUMMER, "melody Maker " andborough. Northants.
" Musical Express "awards. -Wit.
CLIFF ROGERS Band.-Larkswood 5363.
1519.
DRUMS and Vocal, anywhere SouthERNIE LINES' Band, all functions. Coast. -Ken Freebairn, 39, Pevensey
3-8 piece.-Rippleway 1997.
Rd., St. Leonards, Hastings 5790.
Orchestras:
JACK
LAWRENCE
DRUMS,
car, - Ron Shimmell,Modern. Old -Time. Classical, -Brixton Uxoridge 2970.
7233: Mayfair 6883.
DRUMS, no awards. -88, Boyton
JOE KUNZ Dance Orchestra, all Road, N.8._
occasions. Inquiries: 480a, Neasden
DRUMS.
ex -resident West End,
Lane, N.W.10, Gla. 5045.
spot-on reader, car. -For. 8930.
LET YOUR Dancers be gay! LetDRUMS.-Wil. 0639.
To music
DRUMS.-Rel. 3096.
them swing and sway!
DRUMS/VOCAL gigs/perm., car,played the " Clayton Way." -Barry
Clayton's Orchestra, Ter. 9026.
Harest, Freemantle 8625.
TRIO -Quartet. MODERNAIRESGUITAR. -Bat, 2627.
Renown 6290.
NORMAN (1066)

Cunningham 7795.

FIELDS

Trio. -

PHIL WESTBURY'S

Band.
The
music at reasonable prices. Mac. 5944: Ger. 3326.
NOR. 4704.

THE MODERNIQUES.-Str. 5262.
TOP -LINE six:piece, transport. -Pal.

Ho:born 8650.

E.C.1.

BURMAN (NAY), -Personal Drum
Bop, Dixie, Swing.-S.A.E.,

Tuition.

88a. Edgware Way. Edgware 7568.
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF DANCEMUSIC.
Principal Ivor Mairants
says: " Study under Britain's finest
teachers. No longer need the initialexpense of an instrument check yourmusical career. Pupils may hire any:
instrument for 5/ per week uponenrolling in Britain's ' Academy of
Jazz,'" Send for free prospectus to
Secretary, 15, West Street, Cambridge

Couesnon Sir b replated etc mad bore .. £14 0
RangetindorE, g lacq brand new slender .. £19 15
Manhattan b g,15 elide Blender dance .. £17 10
Rolls -Dip b g1 replated fluted casings .. £17 10
Denver 0 S I reed bore slender dance etc .. £15 0
Beason 0 Sp fine condition med bore .. £18 15
Boosey b g 1 "Solbron" replated as new .. £22 10£22 10& elide med replated
Buescher g
B&H0 a I ;tied bore streamline model .. £25 0Conn b a 1 recd bore replated etc perfect .. £30 0.. £47 15
Bach y a I "Strad- faultless valves etc .. £50 0
King -Liberty Sp 5 b & slide perfect

SERVICE TO BUYERS

It resident London area, and you cannot come toshowroom during hours 9-5.30, 1 o'clock Rats.,

let us know, and we will send salesman to you
feettee.m

Selmer A nat$ wood open 7 rings low Eb.. £12
Lamy Doh wood open 17)0 repd'd as new 120
Courture B00 wood open 17 ;6 repadded£21
Ebonite 1300 perfect & sound open 17.6 .. £21
Ben Davis 110 0 wood. open 17 /6 repadded £22
Hainan BO 0 wood open 17 '6 repadded etc £22
Regent Bb b wood open 17 ,6 little used .. 226
Console BO b wood open 17;6 repadded etc £26
Buisson 110 b wood open 7 rings low Eb .. £30
Le Rhine B00 wood open 17 /6 repadded .
£35
Selmer Bke b wood 7 rives art GE repadded £37

ALBERT S. CLTS. rd gte:rder
French 10 0 wood 13 /2 patent 0$ repadded ES 0
Martin BO 0 wood open 13 /2 patent GE etc 210
Cubed A sat 0 13 (2 wood repadded etc .. £10 0
Couesnon B5 0 wood open hole 5 rings etc £10 15
Console Bb b wood repadded open 15 /4 etc £10 0
Salmon Bb 0 wood 13 /2 open repadded etc 28 15
German BP P 5 rings silvered keys wood .. £10 103508

N.W.6.

Place,

Mai. 4560.

GEORGE BEAUMONT has a few
vacancies for Trumpet tuition, advanced or beginners, modern non pressure method. -4, Denmark St.,
W.C.2. Temple Bar 4287.
GEORGE EVANS for the only realarranging tuition. -91. Clifford Road,
Hounslow, Middlesex.
GEORGE
SWIFT Trumpet Virtuoso, for tuition. - Green Gates,
Gordon Av., Stanmore. Grimsdyke 636.
HARRY LETHAM, Trumpet Tuition.
-25, Percy St.. W.1. Mus. 1866.
IF YOU CAN SING AT ALL, Maurice
Burman will do lie rest. Microphone
and wire recording. -Euston 1200.S.A.E., 293. The White House, Albany
Street, N.W.1.
JOHNNIE GRAY has vacancies forfinest Saxophone tuition. Beginners/
Advanced. -13, Cleveland Square, W.2.
Paddington 2837.
JOHNNY SHAKESPEARE, Trumpet
Tuition, advanced or beginner. -51,
West Kensington Mansions, W.14.
Fulham 9639.
JULES RUBEN (Elermanos Deniz

Cuban Rhythm Band). B.B.C. andDecca Artiste, can teach you to playyour favourite piano style with easeand confidence -by his own systematicandinfallible method:
personal
tuition. Interview without obligation-5a, Woodchurch Rd.. West Hamp-

Maids Vale
3164.
TROMBONE TUITION, all types, by
Don Lusher. -32, Christchurch House,Streatham Hill. Tulse Hill 4210.
stead,

OFFERS
ALTO SAXES
Selmer. "B.A.", lac., perfect .., £80
Buescher, "1950," lac....
... £75
Buescher, "Aristocrat," lac. ... £70
Conn, "Underslung," lac.
... £70
Selmer, "Super," gold plate .,. £55
Selmer, "Cigar Cutter," lac. ... £52 1
Pan American, lac.
...
... £45Conn, "Artist," S.P.G.B.
137 1
Buffet, "1951," lac. ...
132 1
TENOR SAXES.
Selmer, "BA.", rosx mod., lac.,in new de Luxe case ...
£120 0
Selmer "Super," Coleman Haw,
kins model, lac. As new ... £75 0
Kohlert, "Diplomat,"
1950
model, de Luxe, lac....
... £75 0
Selmer, "Adolphe," S.P.G.B.... £55 0
Professional, F.A.M., lac.
... £52 10
Kingsway, F.A.M.,... £50 0
Lewin, F.A.M., S.P.G.B.
145 0
All guaranteed and complete with cases.

London,SPECIAL THIS WEEK1951 Selmer, balanced model Trumpet

19 bore, gold lac., nickel fittings, inde Luxe velvet -lined case, soiled only.

Bargain at CO.

John Grey, 20 X 15 Bass Drums, de Luxe.

Autocrat Tension Rods, white finish.

Brand new £14 105.
John Grey, 14 x 5} Side Drum de Luxe.
Tension Rods, white finish, new £11 115.
H.P. Terms available. Part Exchange
plus a friendly and Personal Service byFred Hardy.

LEW DAVIS PRODUCTS LTD.
134. Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2

Phone: TEMple Bar 6562

Oth
Dattrittg
COCKNEY CAPERS Barn Dance
COPPERS HOP
SchottischeDREAM DANCE OF A PUPPET

Barn Dance
PARIS
Military Two -Step
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERESLEEPY MOONSHELAGH
MAJANAH
TWO GUITARS

MAMMA MIAHIGHLAND SWEETHEARTSCjainsborough Glide

N.W.6.

INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE 6d. Der.'"
ALTO, S.P.L.P.. full Artists model.
pearl rollers, etc.. perfect. with case,£18. -Speedwell 9947.
ALTO, SUPER Selmer. G.L.. £40. Stewart, 290. Archway Rd., N.6, Arc.
5028.
BESSON TRUMPET, S.P.G.B., as
new,
£15.
Sacrifice. -Bay.
1004(evenings).
CHAPPELL BABY Grand, perfectcondition. £175.-Noethrood .1509.
CONN CONQUERER Alto, £80. -Box
160, " M.M."
FOR SALE: 1 Adolphe Alto Sax andgold lacquered, lovely condition, £35; would exchange for set
matched golf clubs same value. case,Annie, Box 154, " M.M "PIANO. Gors and Kallmann, up-

right.

overstrung,
Arnold 5843.

ebony,£75. -

Naval 3 -Step
Saunter
Qlemnona
Tango
Tango
Tango

Full Dance 3/6-Featured by HARRY DAVIDSONDIXLIMITED
8,NewComptonSt.,London,W.C.2
LEN WOOD MUSICALS108 Shaftesbury Ave., W.1. Ger. 3884
H.P. (Easy Terms( WITH PLEASURE
Alto, Pennsylvania, un. /net., g. lag., as new £76

Alto, Dore, s.,plate. F.A.M., o'hld.

.. 628

Guitar. Gibson, L.4 ..
Trumpet, IP esther, g.;lac., as new
Trombone, Varsity, new super case
Clarinet, Dominant, Boehm, 0 'hid.
Accordion, Gerald°, 120 41 cpl. ..
Accordion, Soprani, 120;41 cpl. ..
..
Bongos, hand made ..
..
The New Carlton Acrylic, Alto.. £28.. 221.. £20.. £24.. £22..

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DEARMAN SUPER MOUTHPIECES

3' 4' 5" 6" LASS
Scores If the lay

EbonexINSTRUMENTS WANTED lid. oer mnr4
Bb LOW PITCH Boehm and S'S

Clarinets; cash waiting. -Len Daniels.
Mastercraft, 4, Soho St . London. W.1.
MARIMBA XYLOPHNE, 5 -octave.
Cash down. -Box 161, " M.M."
RANCO, DALLAPE, or similar firstCash paid: noclass
Accord:on.
dealers.-Mattingley. 3, Mount Road,
Hayes, Middlesex. Haves 0179.
WANTED: VIBRAPHONE, electric:
also Tymps. Cash waiting. --Morgan,
48,"Trelawney Rd., Bristol 6.
DRUMS 6d. per word
VIC O'BRIEN. Bongoes, Tunable£5.
VIC
O'BRIEN
Drum reducing
B.D. and S.D., plastic finishes, ex-£955 Gas.

£ s. d.
1 10 4

Clar.

Alto
Tenor

2
3

56
08

£ s. d.

choose

does

you
not

1 14 6 suit we will gladly
2 10 6 change for the
3 6 6 right one.

SPECIAL -DRUM STICKS
Unpolished. Se err Value, 3 9 p.1 free.

BASS DRUMS CUT DOWN TO ANY
RE -SPRAYED AS NEW.
SIZE.
10 DAYS SERVICE £5 105. Carr. free.
Drum Heads Re -Lapped, by return
post, 25. -SPECIAL BARGAIN
Modern Drum Kit, 20 x 15 B.D., 14" S.

Drum, Hi -Hat and Cymbals,

Sticks,-1=ou.

all28

Pedals, Stands,
etc.
Brushes,

GUITAR, electric. -Mac. 3725.
pert work. -100, Gt. Russell St , LonLan
HAMMOND ORGANIST. own Organ don. W.C.1 (nr. Dominion).
8316. Sods.. 2 p.m.

(evenings).

VIC O'BRIEN. Vellums, 25/- to 50/, THE
WORLD-FAMOUS

MODERN PIANIST.-Sev. 0458.
PIANIST / ACCORDIONIST, cansupply band. -Cliff Rogers, Larks -RECORDS FOR SALE Ed. per word
LONDON JAZZ CLUB Record Shop
Thousands of British, American, Cora

Sandersteact 2903.

N.9.

'KOS IKUP'

tinental Discs, new and secondhand, MOUTHPIECE for
VICTOR STRATFORD Dance Or- wood 1519.
reasonable prices. Call and browse. - TRUMPET and TROMBONEPIANIST, car.-Colindale 4918.
chestra (3-7 piece). -Met 8223, evening For. 4183.
PIANIST. DRUMMER. - Elinbridge 82. High Street, St. John's Wood,
Cushion rim, heavily silver
Makers. 8990.
MELODY
N.W.6. Primrose 6725.
W ARDOUR
plated, supplied in shallow or-Hamault 3558.
PIANIST.-Elt. 7967.
or 3) for each
deep cup (lPI ANIST.-Tul. 8464,
perward
RECORDS WANTED 6d
PIANIST, library. -Tot. 6554,
instrument. The popular choice
FATS WALLER, H MN., Victor, of leading players.
PIANIST, library. -Ronnie Kent.
Bluebird. -Box 145, " MM."
Key. 7847.
W ANTED: H.M.V. B.D. 889, B.D. 901. Trumpet M./P. 23/8 each (TaxPIANIST, library.-Rippleway 1997. -138,
St. Edmunds Road, London, Trombone M./P. 3516 each (TaxPIANIST, now free for gigs or perm.
8709.

Ligna brand new flat body round t "hole .. £5 15
Serenade fiat body round !;hole light ..
0
Silvestri 'cello dark finish recondition .. £12 10
Coletti flat body round t; hole perfect .. £12 10
Col imbia "Prefect" 'cello if t /holes etc .. £15 0
Harmony "Cremona" 'cello ff t 'holes .. £15 10
Zenith new B & H 'cello it t ,boles s,'bur .. £17 0
sunburst finish .. 219 10
Epiphone 'cello if t
Eaccafferi flat cutaway sunburst etc .. £30 0

Epiphone "Blackstone" 'cello if tholes .. 035

0with cases etc.
Rampone plated top F low B repadded etc 614 0
Leon SpGb French model top EP low B etc £18 10
FAR replated aux F art GE £26 0
Rampone
Lafleur g /1 replated etc top 5' low Bb .. 127 18
Manhattan, all fine model replated etc .. E28 10
B & H'32 SpGb FAR auxF etc pads sound £28 15
0

Dearman SpGb "Standard" repad'd top 0 £30 0
Dore Sp lute model cutaway crook aux F 138 10

Buescher "Truetone" g /I aux y art 04 .. 292 15
Selmer g replated etc aux I, art 0$ .. £47 10
Martin gji USA model replated aux F etc £47 15
Conn g/1 u'slung octave replated FAR .. 260 0
Buescher g /I "Aristocrat" aux F art GE .. £61 0
Selmer BA SpGb aux 5' art 09 perfect etc £67 15
Super Selmer g/1 rocker replated FAM .. £67 10

low
pi "
TENOR SAXES cases
included
SEM Spat, late model Aux F art GE p & r £52 10
Kohlert g,1 replated en new FAR sound .. £55 0
Dore SpGb FAR repld irepadded as new £58 0
New Era g 1 recently replated FAR etc .. £57 10
Super Dearman g /1 replated etc FAM .. £62 10
Cavalier g /1 by Goon replated etc FAR .. 167 10York g /1 USA model replated as new FAIT £87 15

Dolnet SpGb as new late FAM art GE etc .. EN 0

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

Wembley 5144.

MOUTHPIECES 6d' pee .1"MTEMple Bar 0444paid).
paid).

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

REFACE and Silverplate: Trumpet,
7/6; Cornet, 5,6. Mouthpieces made BOOSEY & HAWKES LTD.
to suit player.-Philpot, 354, Beecn 295, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.1
Hill, Luton.

TENOR/CLAR.-Brixton 7142 after

6.30 p.m.
TENOR/CLAR.-Pol. 1360.

TENOR/CLAR., SiD,

DRUMS

car. - How.

3142 (evenings).
TENOR/CLAR., new arrival Canada,
wants small combo work: busk
melody, harmony'. 25 years' experi-

EXPERT AND PERSONAL
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

ence..-Geo. H. Bland, Gla. 2750.

TENOR/FIDDLE. - Ray Feathers.
TENOR /VIOLIN, open for gigs, orjoin small group.-Derwent 6554
TROMBONE. gigslperm.--Gla. 7480.
TRUMPET, read/busk; gigs. -Primrose 4210.
TRUMPET, reliable, library, ampliBowes Park 4868.

ALTO SAXES tested flat pitch

Kohlert plated repadded top F art G$ .. £30

PIANO/ELECTRIC Accordion. --LeeTENOR. -Euston 7900.
TENOR.-DOn Oliver, Tho. 1707,
TENOR,. CLAR./ARRANGER,
read,transpose,busk
anything, car. 1210.

EASY H.P. TERM; -PART EXCHANGESSPANISH GUITAR 6-stg.models.
plectrum
Bb TRUMPETS "mP''cases etc.
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135
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Mark White. Sinclair Trail], James
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Trombone, Besson "Intern'al," G.L. £45
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119 10Tenor, Armand, sly. 0.1,., full artlete's .. £52 10 Guitar, Gibson, 'cello model, v.g. tone ..
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4Alto, Armand, nly. G.L., full artiste's .. £32 10 Trombone, Olds, G.L., fine tone ..
227 10Alto, Conn, nly. G.L., full art., bargain .. £42 10 Bass, 4 etr., fiat back, good tone
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10Alto, Bueecher, latest model, as new .. £79 10 Bass, .well back, 4 ate., ebony ('bed,0
Alto. Conn Mk. 8, In brand new condition 185 0 Bass, German, well hack, v. strong tone . 195
179 10Clarinet, flan. fingering, Bo isen
217 10 Bass, Hawkes Panormo model, pert, cond. 197 10
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October 20, 1951

ORK
VIC LEWIS APPEARS IN DUBLIN BUT ROWBERRY
IN CHAMPIONSTYLE AT THE
IF of M ENFORCE. NEW CONDITIONS 'ALL
-BRITAIN'
VIC

LEWIS and his Orchestra played at

Dublin's Olympic Ballroom on Monday last
Name band shows week-under
IFM conditions. The conditions
were agreed on after talks between the IFM, theUnion and Dublin ballroom proat Bournemouth Musicians'
prietors, and accepted by promoter Jimmy Carr.

In an interview with the MELODY MAKER, Mr.
HITHERTO starved of seeing
and hearing their favourite Paddy Malone, of the IFM, said: " Promoter Jimmy
top -line hands, more than 1,500 Carr conformed to the stipulated conditions laidfans attended the first of a new down by the Executive Committee of the IFM. He
series of concerts at the Winter issued the challenge when he had Lewis employed.
Gardens, Bournemouth, on Wed- " But the Federation, despite threats, insisted on
nesday of last week (10th), when the observance of its conditions of licence, andHarry Gold and his Pieces of the matter was the subject of negotiation between
Eight, the Kenny Baker Sextet the Musicians' Union in London and the ballroom
and the Revell Terry Group were proprietor involved in Dublin.
presented by Corporation enter" The result was the complete acceptance oftainments manager Stuart Bacon. conditions stipulated by the Federation. Had the
The Squads were due to appear conditions been ignored, the ballroom wotild haveat the Winter Gardens last been picketed, and the Federation had alrefty sent
Wednesday (17th). and the notice to its members preparing them to withdraw
attraction for the 24th is Oscar their services.
Rabin and his Band.
" This procedure will be adopted in respect ofevery band whose promoter refuses to respect the
new agreement."

The Waltz of the Year!

Winstone to open
new Bristol hall
On Saturday, October 27, Eric Winstone and his

THE

BRION.

Orchestra will appear at the Bristol South Baths
Ballroom when it opens for dancing on that day
for the first time. Responsible for this switch todancing is the Corporation's Entertainments
Manager, Mr. Tom Pyper.
Supporting the Winstone band will be noted" MM " contestants, Arthur Parkman and his Band.
Arthur has recently reorganised his 11 -piece

outfit for his resident job at the Grand Hotel, andnow leads Don Burnell, Eric Snowden. Jack Fear,
Ron Ashin and Don Caple (saxes), Jack Toogood(gtr.), Les Drake (pno.), Norman Cole (bass), Sid
Barnes (drs.) and his brother, Bob Parkman (tot.).

WHET! Ted Heath 'Swing
ORCHESTRATIONS

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On October 28 the Sunday
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Manchester Hippodrome, when
Ted Heath and his Music will
present another " Swing Session."

As last year, Ted will handle
the bookings for all the concerts
here, the next of which will beon December 2, and afterwards atintervals of four weeks.

SMALL BAND 3/ -Pennies From Heaven
PerdidoRe Bop Rebels
Bass fr God

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Co. rmation

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Gone With Windmill
Luck N. mber
No Fixed AbodeAt Jazz Band Ball
Blue Ribbon Gal
Canal St. Blues
Clarinet Marmalade
Darktown Strutters
Deep Henderson

TurmoilHors D'Oeuvre

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Sirs Miss LizzieHigh Society
Georgia Camp Meeting
Jazz Me Blues

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Memphis Blues
Russian Rag
Shimme Sh Wobble
South Rampart St.

SteffyStumbling
Tiger Rag
Tin Roof Blues
Wabash Blues
Hide & Seek

DIXIELANDSMALL BAND 3/ -Johnny Get DrumJohnson Rag

Robbins Nest

Dixie Flyer
Lazy Piano Man
Mocking Bird Rag
Yankayiana
I Ain't Got Nobody
Sugar Foot Stomp
Weary Blues
Wolverine Blues
Mubkat Ramble
Blues My Sweetie
12th Street Rag

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Birth Of Blues
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Can I Forget You
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Do- Do- Do -Dancing In Dark

Dancing Time
Embraceable You
Fascinating Rhythm
Fine Romance

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To fit in with his otherinterests, Ken will appear with
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trombone acquisition, Kevin Neil,
who also plays guitar.
The line-up when at fullstrength now comprises five
brass, five saxes, three rhythm
and vocalist Bunny Burrows,

day, is in the centre of thebrass team.

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Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man.
where dancing facilities are now
available.

Alans Amble
Going Down
GalaxyDon't Be That Way
Take Twenty
Baltimore Be -Bop

Jumpin'Royal Garden Blues
Alice In Dixieland
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Milenberg Joys
Parade Of Pieces
ENCORE SERIES

judged best musician of the

Rabin star Ken Wray has joined Bill Webb's Band at thehisSecond to none fur Orchestrations !
BE -BOPBILL
WEBB IN HOME TOWNBACK in his home town of Manchester, ex -Joe Loss and Oscar

BERT BREWER has relinquishedpiano -leadership of the swingtette at the White House Hotel, at
Hull, and has been replaced by Teddy

HARTLEY'S

The Arthur Rowberry Orchestra plays its way to success atthe "All -Britain." In front is
the coveted " Melody Maker "Cup which the band wasabout to regain. Harry Smart,

EX-RABIN TROMBONE JOINS

have been engaged to play at the

Hallelujah
I'll Follow Secret Heart
Just One More Chance
Just One Those Things
Lisa
Lover Come Back
Love In Bloom

More News on
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KENNY BAKER is to make one of
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Let's Do It
Man I Love

Rosalie
Small Hotel

Smile Darn You
Somebody Loves M'
Someday I'll Find Yon
Sometimes I'm Happy
Stars In My Eyes
Vilia

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Darwen, on Saturday, October 27.
ED FERGUSON, after the summer
season with Harold Graham at theMorecambe Bay Holiday Camp, isnow playing drums with Norman
Robinson at the Floral Hall, More-

cambe.
EDDIE CANALE (bass. acc.), formerly' at the New Cavendish Ballroom, has joined Roy Lambert'sBand at Paulena's Ballroom, Edinburgh.
DEPARTURE of Bill Russell (tot.)
from Jack Wright's Band at the Excelsior Ballroom, Edinburgh. brings

to a close a nine years' association
with that hall.
TED LEATHERLAND and his Music
Makers and Chit Mathew and his
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