Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-11-12
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There's plenty Of feeling on this
and II will make its mark --
whether near. equal or better than
"Vaya" you'll decide. Mate Is q
Paul original. Mandolino, strictly
Instrumental Capitol.
Stan Freberg has way Of cap
italizing on pop hits which makes
his versions equally good buys.
Taking Boom for target prac-
tice, Freberg and crew proceed 10
bat out a version that's full OF
laughs. He kids the sOx off the
various groups responsible for the
smash tune. On the mate, Freberg
takes up blues singing and does a
pretty nice job on Wide Screen
Mama Blues, an original Capt
tOD.
The Four knights ride easily on
Nelson Riddles shutfled rhythm'd
Saw Your Eyes. Also rhynic.
with a change OF pace, n la Mills
Brothers, il I Don't Wanna See
You Cryin' Capitol.
A Look At The Classics
II has been some time since this
column has reviewed the classical
recordings arena. The chief de-
lection from this very important
and truly wonderful area Of mu-
sic by the authors Hank MCGEE
and J. Henry RandalD seems 10
have been. as reader put II, be
cause Of the overwhelming, but
not all deserved popularity OF the
jazz, blues and pop stuff"
The reader, like others. had
something Of point In adding
that the popular type Of music
trash" for quite bit OF II is
Just that. However. we disagree
vigorously that the majority OF
this material il trash There are
literally thousands of works In the
idiom which are, In themselves,
classics"
But back TO the classical music.
acknowledging that we have been
derelict In our reportings on this
serious side, we are renewing our
acquaintance with the master
works by looking over some OF the
current releases.
Our first disc has To do with the
/ latest version OF Brahms Violin
Concerto, an item which in the
past has been strictly dust
catcher on record store shelves.
The newest recording rapidly
climbing To the top rs best
seller among classical recordings
is by Nathan Milstein and the
Pittsburgh symphony orchestra
under the baton of william Stein
| berg.
n IL probably the best waxing
of the work. once called concerto
against the violin" The old Hell
fctz-Koussevitsky recording Vie
tor will always be classic, but
the Brahms IL more suited TO MIL
stein, I'm our opinion. the world =
top fiddler. =. s, Milstein fans. 4
NiIstrin Recital. released In the
| spring, included the artists ar
lists arrangement Of some themes
by Nicolo Pngnnini Capitol.
The Popular Scene
4 great package for Broadway
musical lovers IL the new album
by Robert Ashley and the MGM
| studio orchestra. using as vehicles
three 81 Robert Russell BENEFITS
! famous symphonic pictures, All
on u single Lp disc. the tone
snapshots" are his versions Of
| George Gcrshwin's Porgy and
Hess. Richard Rodgers Oklahoma
and Cole Portcr's Kiss Ne Kate.
/ We've heard better m-fi waxings
and there are better renditionS Of
the "rorgy' symphonic poem, hut
1 the three on one disc makes the
album an extremely palatable AT
fair lMGM.
Eartha Miss Kitten" Kit has a
couple Of items taken from her
role in the Iegit Miss Patterson
play on discs which viii be man
ma from Kitten" for her followers
Sides are n Was \ BOY and Tea
In Chicago. Roth are extremely
special stuff and thus might be re-
Strictcd in appeal, but they are
good tVictorl
The pritters. in manner that
makes you thing Of the original
Ink Spots. have an excellent item
IN Someday Sou1I Want We To
Want You Basso Willie Pinckrey
come through with spoken reel.
tatinn OF the lyrics a In Ink Spots
Flip Is driving rhythmic item,
Hip Ram. with Clyde Mcphattcr
leading the group in rr,ISiug per
Torrance tAilanticl.
Louis Jordan. ever one for q
good job when u comes 20 novelty
nonsense. has q couple % discs "a
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