St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-05-06
RATING THE
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BY j. Henry Randall
CULLED FROM THE LOT

Using the formal, reminiscent
of the original Ink Spots, the
Charlie Fuqua group Of the same
name comes up with a platter.
which, for all Of it's duplication Of
original sounds, is mighty inter-
esting. One sides When You
Come TO the End Of the Day, an
old favorite. The tenor lead is
not, however, a Bill Kenny, but
that does not detract from the
performance; as matter of fact,
IT lends IL a freshness that Is
surprising. Flip is a recap Of one
Of the original groups best num-
bers -- Somebody's Rockin My
Dreamboat Here again, you can
detect a difference that sets the
original and this new perform
ance apart. The current one is a
trifle slower. smoother, while the
original had something of roll
ing bounce to IL (Kingl.
Dakota Station, probably the
coming queen of blues shouters,
had a good pairing for her latest
discing- No Mama, No Papa,
romper with a sophisticated air
and which sports a bit Of riffing
la Ella Fitzgerald Though DIS
voice is huskier); and For The
Rest Of My Life, a slow stomping
torcher full of emotes Capitol.
Billy Holiday has revived
couple of her earlier triumphs,
and while they do not compare
with the original efforts, they
make good listening. Sides are
What A Little Moonlight VIII DO
and How Deep Is The Ocean. The
beloved Holiday voice seems a bit
forced on both sides. The accom-
PIANIST is delightfully."- tasteful It's
quintet composed of Oscar
Peterson, Charlie Shavers, Herb
Ellis. Ray Brown and Ed Shaugh-
messy (drums). Especially on
Moonlight" is the forcing" not
ed (Clef).
Arnett Cobb, the man we re-
member for his recording of
Dutch Kitchen Bounce" Apollo,
turns Flying Home into a mambo
His usual tricks are displayed, but
we think the item is not so well
suited TO the "mambo" rhythm. or
maybe we are just bit too mar
row in our thinking. The mate. an
original, is entitled Night Like
That, a cool rider ,Atlantic).
A new instrumental group, said
10 be composed of some of the
greatest musicians in New York
City land we must find out who
they are), comes up with a flock |
of mambo items which, though |
not especially outstanding. will |
give you a good grounding in the |
idiom. Four discs there are, con-
tanning Hearts of Stone, Miracle
Mambo, Sincerely, Cuban Carni-
val, Teach Me Tonight, South
Parkway Mambo, Tweedle Dee
and Bongo Mambo. BY the titles,
youll notice that ii has pop and |
rhythm blues hit number paired
with an original mambo item.
Wonder why everyone tries to
set the hit tunes to the mambo
rhythm? Some just don't go well
Mercury.
Here's an item you'll treasure.
It's a recap on the Ravens Old
Letter. II you didn't get copy
when 1t was originally released,
this is your chance. The boys are
hot on this, and Ricty was never
in better voice mercury.
Another item which is also
available again, and like the Ra-
VEINS biscuit, was a hot one, is
"Blip, Blip,"-- our personal title
for Buck Slayton's version of
Blue Moon not the one contained
in his How Hi the Fir Pinch
LIP Though that, too lis a GEM.
but the one with the Marlowe
Morris Trio. The flip is his en-
version of I Want A
Little Girl. an item you may re-
as hiving been sung by |
Jimmy Rushing in the days when
he was with Count Basic tColum-
bial.
Roy Milton. has his pair in the
current discing picture, Baby,
Don't DO That To Me and What
Can I DO, both bouncy and catchy |
(Specialtyl In the manner of |
shake. Rattle and Roll" Joe |
Turner comes back with Flip.
NJ.