St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-11-04
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sessions throughout the country,
to give followers a chance to see
him in action as well as to listen
to his refreshing distinctive style.
Recently Garner and his Trio
Cmore about that "trio') appeared
in Chicago for a one-night stand
at Corpus Christi auditorium on
the South Side, under the sponsor
ship of McKie Fitzhugh. rugcut
promoter at Bop City and operator
OF McKie's Bop Shop.
The session was terrific to say
the least. 1t gave riffers a chance
to adjust their unintellgible
rhythm chants to the Garner pace,
as well as pick up on a few other
hot ticks which are sometimes diff
ficult to get from a recording.
A couple of things stood out
above all else at the concert-this
trio" business and the bassist.
Enrol and his group-which in
cludes a bassist and drummer -
would make a trio; but add the
word and" and it's a foursome. A
stickler for detail would say
Enrol Garner Trio"
However, here's the gimmick --
Errors left hand is the third MEM
Der Of the trio. II you listen closely
TO the group on a representative
piece like THE WAY YOU LOOK
TONIGHT CAtlantic LABEL you
will hear a piano, bass, drum and
guitar. But there is no guitar in
the set-up. Errols left hand, so
deity striking the keys, emulates
to perfection the sound of a guitar.
The bassist (sorry i can't
Identify him at the mOment) has
an unusual way Of plucIIing his
instrument so that It sounds
as though he's using a bow. II
I hadn't seen II, l would not
have believed II could be done.
The Garner performance con-
sisted of 16 numbers, three of
which were originals and the re-
mainder, popular oldies. Best OF
the originals was Enrol GAR
NER IN PARIS, an Impressions
tic thing brilliantly conceived and
executed. Others were TWILIGHT
and TURQUOISE.
On the "oldie" list were, besides
Way, WHAT Is THIS THING
CALLED LOVE, I'M IN THE
MOOD FOR LOVE, HONEY
SUCKLE ROSE, PENTHOUSE
SERENADE, ON THE SUNNY
SIDE OF THE STREET, LOVER,
DOWN BY THE OLD MILL
STREAM, LAURA, STUFFY,
WHEN YOU'RE SMILING, and 1
COVER THE WATERFRONT.
With a few, like sunny, ''Nnn
Stream" Rose" Garner seemed
to draw a bit from the late Fats
Waller technique to add a ''Iittle
hot sauce" to the well. seasoned
fare.
Paris" is on Apollo label, paired
with a slow, easy and uninhibited
THESE FOOLISH THINGS RE-
MIND ME OF YOU. Another APP
ollo disc is LOVER MAN paired
with Love" The Atlantic ''Twi-
light is mated with FLAMINGO
ard Way" with TURQUOISE. On
Portrait label, there are STAIR
WAY TO THE STARS with
"Sunnyside," RoSALIE and
EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO
ME.
Perry Como teams with Fon-
tame Sisters and Mitchell Ayers
ork to do HUSH LITTLE OAR
LIN and l WANNA co HOME
on Victor. Perry also fronts a
choir and organ directed by Ayers
on two sacred items, being re-
issued for the coming Xmas, AVE
MARIE and THE LORDS
PRAYER With Tony Martin
and Fran Warren, the plea is
SPEAK A WORD OF LOVE and
REMEMBER, a Berlin oldie 70.
Sarah Vaughan debuts on MGM
with the Ted Dale crew on a pair
Of pop standards Moodily she
sings ONCE IN A WHILE and
flips dangerously to the Gershwin
THE MAN LOVE once In
Awhile" is also given the original
treatment Of the Ravens on Ma
tional. paired with SEPTEMBER
SONG. And the Ravens make their
xmasy bid with WHITE CHRIST
MAS and SILENT NIGHT. fea-
turing Jimmy Kicks.
The Irving Fields Trio with the
Three Beaus and a Peep romp
through the Victor side of SEND
TEN PRETTY FLOWERS TO MY
GIRL IN TENNESSEE, and foxily
bounce out the Fields instrument
tai PUPPETS HOLIDAY =. Not
to be ignored is the Cay Crosse
and his Good HumOr Six with
their tricky version Of PELICANS
HOP and SATURDAY NIGHT
FISH FRY O.. Erskin Hawkins
crew bounces lively through the
bress reed instrumental Of an orr
ginal. MISS EVA. Mate is the
Jimmy Michele mood vocal Of