Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-10-28
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with her initial waxings OF DEAL
ME A HAND and THE GAME OF
BROKEN HEARTS. Both torchy
items favored nicely with q blued
tone, they utilize mellow reed to
set the mood. Good cocktail
lounge stuff Patti Page, out
OF Mercury stable. hits out we'll on
the blues-type ballad. JUST GOT
TO HAVE HIM AROUND, Mate
Is the plug song from Bob Hopes
newest flick, The Great Lover"
labelled A THOUSAND VloLINS.
In Victor label, Pianist Andre
Preun foNily Jazzes up the pop
ulAr DARDANELL4A with .
string quintet and rhythm a Ia
Nat Cole, Mack Mclean sings.
Mate Is the instrumental THE
GYPSY IN MY SOUL
Floyd nllmAn and Margaret
Whiting have q field day on Capt.
tol with Jimmy wakely's orches-
ira Two Tillm&n originals. one OF
which Ii q sequAl TO the other, are
given good hillbilly treatment by
the duet, I'LL NEVER SLIP
AROUND AGAIN and SLIPPING
AROUND. Mate to these sides are
SIX TIMES A WEEK AND
TWICE ON SUNDAY and WE'D
DING BELLS, respectively,
Ella, Miss Fitzgerald to you.
handles two nice ballads in her
familiar style to the AccompRni-
ment OF sly divers crew on Dec
ca. Sides are TALK FAST, MY
HEART. TALK FAST. a bouncey
item. which let's Ella put In on q
modicum OF riffs In the second
chorus; and the ever-pOpulRr blues
item. with a new face, IN THE
EVENING. Ella also pairs a mood
piece, A MAN WROTE A SONG
WITH FOOLISH TEARS, the lat.
ter resembling in spots the pop
tune Careless Heart" 80. Vic
Damone on Mercury sings the
Alec wilder adaptation OF u for
gotten classical piece, labelled
LONELY NIGHT and revives the
perennial torchie. WHY WAS l
BORN. Eddy Howard. also on
Mercury, gets away ON a bouncy
ballad. CROCODILE TEARS
Mate Is EVERYTHING THEY
SAID CAME TRUE.
Four sides by Louis Arm
strong on Decca. show the ole
Satchmo" in fine form, doing
tune ripe for his talents. With
Gordon Jenkins ork and chorus,
Louis sings THAT LUCKY OLD
SUN and BLUEBERRY HILL.
Fronting his own group, he pairs
I'LL KEEP THE LOVELIGHT
BURNING and MAYBE IT'S Be
CAUSE. The horn player on Blue
berry Hill has the Satchmo touch
down pat, as he doodles along be-
hind the vocal Bill Kenny. In q
single role, handles the strictly
mood item by Eden Mature Boy"
AhbeE Of LAND OF LOVE. with
Ork assist and f1ipS 10 q western
favored. completed with hoof-
beats, ECHOES.
And very xmAs-y are the Mills
Brothers on Decca with two
quietly reflective tunes. ON THIS
CHRISTMAS EVE and MY
CHRISTMAS SONG FOR YOU.
the latter . HoAgy Carmichael
tune.
For her second Atlantic waxing.
Ruth Brown, with the Budd John
son crew. provocAtively handles
ROCKING BLUES and breathes Q
flaming torch on I'LL GET
ALONG SOMEHOW, an oIdie e. ..
Rhythmically, Chriss Powell and
the Five Blue Flames romp
through I'VE MADE A BIG MIS-
TAKE on Columbia. Duke Wells
handles the vocal with trio assist
and Q clarinet keyed In low regis
ter. Rhythm jazz II the mate, Q
familiar oldie, SUNDAY. Eddie
Lambert takes the honors In soto
voice backed BY a rugged tenor
sax.
Champion Jack Durpee 10 back
again on Apollo with his crew,
shouting some rugged blues on
MEAN msTREATING MAMA
and ONE SWEET LETTER =.
Vict0Ts Count Basic, who has
shifted emphAais from reeds 70
brass. works on . steady and NOV.
ing beat behind BUY Valentines
mournful tale IN ROCKY NOUN
TAIN BLUES. The usual Basic
PROCEEDINGS spill through exeit-
ingiy on this medium. paced item,
Mate puts Mr.. 8 x6." Jimmy
Rushing UP front on WALKING
SLOW BEHIND you. q tale wei
calculated 70 keep you looking
over your shoulder.
AEtstocrat has another AndJ
Tbhs twoSome which viii ge'
plenty Of calls. HOW LONG Gnt
I KNOW. familiar oIdiss getI
groovy treatment from Tbbs ant
Leo's THO 80 A guilty beat makeI
The Arthur Big Boy" crudup vo
cal Of TIRED OF WORRY q GOO
blues item 30 IL II with HOODOC
LADY BLUES. Both are penningi
Of the Crudup lad on Victor.