Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-01-27
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credit for composing and for vocal
honors. Information" Is a booE-
ied-beAt blues item which u
"sohdly' handled by the Solid
Senders in the background. The
mate of one of those CROWLEY
cool PAGERS, which sports some
fine tenor work. For something
unusual in blues styling. hear
Whispering Bob Range on his
second pair for Apollo, HOun
Never Miss Your Water and I
Found Out. Bob, who Ia already Q
musician Of note. making with the
good sounds on the slide from,
really got into this business Of
singing by accident. His first ven
ture. with While Bryant ON the
ad-lib. was "Algiers Blues" His
soft hroaty and sexy style created
quite a stir. which WIN u destined
to become a thunderous clamor
when his current pair gets the
going over by blues fans.
A pair Of rugged down home
blues, cracking with the tinkly OF
a genuine back room" piano II
offered by SunnylAnd Slim and
THO on Apollo. Slim. a blues
singer Of the old school OF wall
and cry, laments of I'm Just q
Lonesome Man and Had Times.
Rhythm assist of a twangy guitar
and drums are excellent also. :. J..
That curvaceous bit Of personality.
Chubby Newsome hits Regal label
with the Hip Shakers ON q boogie
blues entitled, Hard LOVin' Mama
and flips to a Cornshucks Annie
Laurie vocal mixture on I'm stiIl
In Love With You.
We oIde goth Century Gabriel
(Erskine HAwkinsD scores
nightly ON his latest Victor blues
disc of I'm Glad I Made You Cry.
a slow-paced heavy reeded item
with the Jimmy Mitchell vocal
superbly performed. Mate Is q
hopping instrument by Bobby
Smith. called Bobby's Bounce, IN
which the Hawks horn rides clear
and cleAnly over the full bodied
band support. -. A good bOOgie
bounce full of punches Is the
Coleman labelled Rough and
Rocky Road, sung by Mr.. Google
Eyes by Billy Ford's DIRK. GOGGLES
style resembles that OF ex-blues
shouter 'Gatemouth Moore with q
touch Of WyOnOnie HArrie thrown
in for good measure. Coupling In
the shuffling rhythm'd No Wine.
No Women.
Just Tell Me Baby by hoarse-
voiced Big Maceo on Speciality.
with good rocking. feet stomping
rhythm assist. Flip IL the slow
paced and guilty One sunday
Morning.
J0EE-BoP
Consistently good, but departing
a bit from his usual sounds 10
Enrol Garner under the Shelton
(signature) label with the Jerome
Kern oldie Yesterdays and the
familiar sweet Lorraine. Both
sides are given q semi classical
treatment by the NJ. Sir Piano"
That Gamers style has or was af-
fected by the Fat Waller technique
Is really evidenced on these two
sides.
Bop, the new sound" seems 70
be dying out. Very few items hit
the national board these days.
Some Of the leaders In this field
have since made q changeover. 1.-THE
Great DE. @. for example, but
there are still q few In there
pitching Two such groups are on
New Jazz lAbel-Howard Nc
Ghee Sextet and Kai Winding
sextet. McGhee pairs the bOpped-
up Cross Roads with q jazz item
called Mood McGhee. The latter
features McGhee on . trumpet
solo, with nice medium tempo
background. The Winding pair
are WaterwOrks and Broadway,
both bop. Also bOppiSh II the
Sonny SUIT quartet on Prestige
banner with All Gods Children.
Actually II seems the title should
be These Foolish Things Remind
Me Of You" for the disc opens
with q phrase from the oldie
and the backgrounds chords II
away throughout. while the tenor
knocks about some pretty fair
variations Of the melody.
A fine piece Of Instrumentation
IL put out by Gene Krupa and
crew on the Columbia Of by the
Rive SaInte Marie. BOuncey. the
side sports the fine trumpet work
OF Roy Edridge In q "talDSie-
trashy-with-me-ey'' manner. Mate
Ia q low-IeveI swing concoction,
nicely paced by Q sax choir with
brass punetuations. watch Out
Dolores Hawkins handles the vocal
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