Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-22
THE WEEK IN
RECORDS
Ry Ali-rt Andersen


the yrAr Is = new album ~ muSi.
cal Americans Wide. Wide
worti featuring DAVID Brook
mar Sri orchestra ON some OF the
exciting background themes
which R0nokmAn composed for the
MIC tsleYtSion show OF the same
name The album Is for sheer hs-
,ening pleasure, II pays beautiful.
au,hsEuS musical tributes TO var
ious parts II the country. its
fam,hSr landmarks and some Of
its peFle, Among the numbers
are Pain Beach waltz" Co.'s
Own River. Carlsbad CaVrrus."
''GTAn1mA Moses" Texas Cow
boy and Canyon Music
Bob weinstcck % Prestige Re
cerds has bern busy during recent
weeks wtth heavy recording
schedules Among resent new LIPS
oog wcrv collections BY Gene Am
mons Miles Davis. Jackie Nc.
Lear Jon Eardley. George Wal
iinEtoa. Sonny Rollins, Bennie
Grrcn and Gn Helle. welnstock In
tends two or three new LIS
month ard about two reissue sets
monthly In the later category.
Prestige currently Is recoupling
ietnch FPS into i2.inch sets
Sarah. Dtnah and KITTY
Throe OF Mercury Records
brightest singing stars Sarah
Vaughan Dtnah Washington and
KITTY White have waved exciting
disks hat are In four substantial
sales Sarah Vaughan at the Blue
Note" IN Mercury, Ii a gem with
many 4 the best popular stand
aris Included are ''rsndcriy "
It's Magic" I'm In The Mood
For love" and Make Yourself
Comfortable. " Dinahs new release
ami K,Ity's latest album are on
EmAryy, Mercury affiliate
"pinah a DOZEN selections In
cluie Goodbye, smoke Gets In
Your Eyes" and Look To The
Rainbow on the KITTY wmis"
album are such warm melodies as
The other Woman" Frantic
Feeling Low Tide Meaning Of
the Hucs. d" and Land Of love
Hirhughts OF Louis Arm.
strongs European tour can be
heard on the new Columbia IL,
Ambassador sstch" This press.
ing feature actual concerts satCh.
mo played on the Continent Dur
Ing his recent tour Numbers in
oiudei arc Royal Garden Rin"s "
-Mussrst Rambie" Twelfth
Street Rag" 'DarCianella," and
"wrst End Blues"
a Nigh, ~ Tn. Apollo"
After year. Of notorfety as
Americas No. ! show house. IN"
ApoHo Thea,er In New York IL
finally getting a hong -oycriue rec
ognt'ion from the record industry
1hAHks to Vanguard. an entire
stage show at the Harlem show
case has been tsped by John
Hammond Some Of tho nation =
m at popular acts are an tap the
great imperSonAtor-comic George
Kirby. Count Basies band. and
ruvdy Jackie tMomSi Aahicy
Anywhere IN the country where
the Apollo IL known, this record
can BE- a big success without =
doubt. the Vanguard release 10
one of the most entertaining re-
cords ever wAEed.
Memorable Listening
Ella FgtzEsrAlds first IL effort
for vsrvc 10 a memorable listening
cTpsriencs The two disk set Ellis
Fr,Egrrzld sings the Col. Porter
Song Book has Ella singing 81
songs bv the famous compo@er
Rarely gn records has CombinA-
ton ot songE'rcsu and H"nRwri,cr
had such fruitful results The
package - beaded for great oash
register results and is must
for the large Fitzgerald and r0r.
tor folI0~lHE
johnny Richards, whose com
position ard arranging have been
MA Dor influences IN shaping mod.
srn music. had ioarsd The Bsihls
hem Records field ard begun pre-.
parMiton for ne nFsi Up for the
Label Band Instrumentation for
I1hnny's release will comprise =
reed section q alto tenor, bar
'dge and bsEs asEspbDnr with
members doubling On clarinet,
Tu,a and plsc0I1 Bras wtii 'saa
tITe four truFap"tE three from
hunsa Ant q Frenrh horn A tuba
riIl be used 60 augment the rhy-
them section wtich W1il siso ron
ain two drummer in addition 20
Ass ana plar0 Ts8s Up should b"
eStraorflrary gsEE listening
Teresa Brewer ras 4 fast ssii.
x item fn Der rufai release =
s~ss, Oif yasraansi Giri Almost
~vsry srsa u tho country intbca'-
IL that sales q nc record HTr
strong ard climbing raTadly On