St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-08-03
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BY ]. Henry Randall

Art Tatum, easily one of our
greats in the jazz pictures
pecially at jazz piano-has some
of his very best brand of pianistiC
magic in a new LIP album of eight
standards which will without
doubt increase his already large
personal following. Entitled TIA.
tum Encores," il is packed with
all the artists specialties, rugged
swing passages, bits Of ragtime
and barrelhouse, briefs from other
tunes and those impossible runs
he is wont to indulge in. Tunes in
cluded in this album are Sweet
Lorraine, Don't Blame Me, My
Heart Stood Still, Somebody Loves
Me. Someone 20 Watch Over Me,
Time on My Hands, Coin Home,
and Talk OF the Town. Capitol.
One whose music we look upon
with delight always. Benny Good
man, comes out with a reissue of
two sides with gems of the swing
era that once was and is seeking
to be again. Goodman and crew,
With Helen Forrest as vocalist,
are on IL Never Entered My Mind
dance version which may sound
bit old-fashioned to some, but TO
others, recalls the lush era of
swing which revolved about Sir
Goodman. Flip is Wang Wang
Blues, by the SeXtet, tune which
is currently undergoing revival
by other artists. This one is a con-
trast to its mate, for II still re-
mains a great jazz treat for all
those who like TO spin records.
Plenty Of nostalgia here too (Col-
umbia).
In the r and division. Big John
Greer and his Rhythm Rockers
pump fundamentally on an item
labelled Big Rock. Some nice ten
or sax blowing in and out of a
well-gaited combo rhythm. Flip
is How Can You Forget, a slow
ballad with Greer doing the vocal
(Victor). Then there's Tampa
Red doing a rhumba-ish blues on
Since Baby's Been Gone, and flip
ping to a moody indigo'd item,
Pretty Baby Blues. On both Tam
pa does a two-voiced job on the
lyrics (Victor).
Another revival of an oldie oc.
ours in the Vaughn Monroe vocaI
with Moon Maids assisting on Red
Sails In the Sunset. Flip is a love
tune from a new musical revue
Two On the Aisle" Everlasting
with Vaughn and the chorus doing
the vocal honors. (Victor) e..
Much like his earliest Diane" re
cording, Billy Daniels does Lady
OF the Evening. Benny Payne add
his voice to this and the mate o.
II I Could BE With You. Both arr
oldies Mercury.
In the strictly hot jazz category
are Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Ven
tura, Mary Lou Williams and the
Kenny Kersey Trio. DIGS contri
button is a part l and 2 sided af
fair, labelled The Champ. which
is a nicely-paced riff item. Will
Dir blowing quite fascinatingly OF
trumpet, there are Budd johnson
at tenor sax, J. J. johnson OF
from, Milt Jackson on vibes, Percy
Heath on bass and Art Blakey or
drums.
Mary Lou, with an orchestra fol
support and a vocal group thrown
in, gets away on a modern jazz
original called Walking. Those
who have not heard Miss Williams
will get quite an earful. Flip is
the oldie, done up in bop piano
style with bongos, The Sheik OF
Araby (Circle).
Many are the versions of Bugl'
Call Rag. and the latest is the
musical impression created by the
Charlie Ventura ork. The trum'
pet blower is Conte CandOli
Another oldie, That Old Feeling
gets the Ventura tenor sax atten'
ton. This Is an item especially
slanted toward collectors.
The Kersey group do some ho'
and furious work on JATP BOOgi'
and flip to a easy-going version
Of an oldie, Sweet Lorraine (Mer'
curyD