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Mr.. Piano"-Erron Garner -
has conceived a brilliant arrange
ment Of Lullaby Of the Leaves.
quite in keeping with his progress
siveness. Slow-paced. lovely, this
musical excursion literally
soOthes the listener. Garner
seems to be playing in a huge,
empty room. all by himself that
is, with the rhythm pair support
ing, of course. A big sound IN a
big empty space! Flip Is MarKie.
which leaps off with a Fats Wal
Ter style OF delivery and then
ambles along nicely ala Garner.
Both sides are great stuff (At-
lanic) So. And speaking of
pianos, Joe Bushkin--now lime
lighter instead OF background
runner (he's figured as sideman
with some OF the greats in the
business) lifts a pair from his re-
cent LIP Il Love A Piano" for the
IS rpm discing. Titles are II I
Knew You Were There. his own
composish; and the Rodgers-Hart
II Never Entered My Mind CAT
lantic).
Hats off To Al Hibbler for his
excellent versions of Danny Boy
and song Of The Wanderer. As
usual, Al gives his own special in
depreciation Of the lyrics and he
has an accompaniment which Is
superb for its sympathetic treat
ment of the music. Billy Kyle
conducts the crew. "Wanderer''
opens with a combination OF the
Sy Oliver-Lionel Hampton brassy
sound-very effective PAGES
down leisurely, Between choruses
there Is tenor sax passage which
draws attention. as does the vbes
which follow CAtlantic).
Una Mae Carlisle has a pair OF |
ballads worth hearing. She does
Tired Hands and Strange. The
ork under Don Redman gives a
sort of Dixiefied accompaniment
tColumbia) O.. Roy Milton and
his Solid Senders do pair of |
blues originals called Cryin' and
SlnKtn' the Blues and PlaybOy
Blues. Roy is the blues crter |
Speciality King Perry and
his sextette leap on a blues
roller in Mellow Gal Blues and a
rhythm vehicle in EveFything's
Gonna be all Right Tonight. Vo-
Gals by Perry Speciality.
Originals or Not
Rugged blues shouting is done
by Eddie Banks on Heart Break
IN Baby and Rock With Me Ma
ma, the latter with the hey, ba-
ba-re-ba" sound. Buddy Tate's |
orchestra accompanies. Best
thing heard Is the Tyree Glenn
tram growl on Mamma CColum. |
bia). Stick McGhee and the
Spo-De-O-Dees has a promising
twosome in Let's DO II, a guitar |
boogie PAGER and she's Gone. In |
both, Brownie joins Stick on the
vocal. Although these are called
originals, Gone" sounds too
much like Keep A Dollar In
Your Pocket" TO be an original. A |
better title for 1T" would have
been Rock Away Your Blues"
(Atlantic.)
Laurie Tate, a newcomer IL in
the vocal spot for Joe Morris
crew on Come Back Daddy Dad
dy and Anytime, Any Place,
She has a good set Of
pipes but seems to be forcing her
voice. The sound CRATES In spots,
specially on anytime" When II
'ettleS down to normal, some
good talent Is heard. What's the
tune that goes. III l can't have
you for myself, ! don't want no.
body else Dinah Washing
on number? Daddy" has q close
affinity with II (Atlanticl.
Blues not guilty but mellow and
IN the sophisticated side Ia done
~ Jimmy Lewis with his THO.
Sides are All The Fun's on Me,
md I'm stIll In Love. Both are
handled well, but Jimmy sounds
ike one Of the Three Blazers
Atlantic).