St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-22
TIE WEEK IN
RECORDS

inc year Is a new album OF muSl-
cal Americans, Wide, Wide
featuring David Brook
man and orchestra ON some OF the
exciting background themes
which Brookman composed for the
NBC television show Of the same
name The album Is for sheer lis
tening pleasure II pays beautiful,
authentic musical tributes to var
ious parts OF the country, its
familiar landmarks and some OF
It's people, Among the numbers
are Palm Beach Waltz" Gods
Own River, Carlsbad Caverns."
Grandma Moses" Texas Cow
boy" and Canyon Music"
Bob wclnstock Of Prestige Re
cords has been busy during recent
weeks with heavy recording
schedules, Among recent new lips
out were collections by Gene Am
mons. Miles Davis, Jackie Me-
Lean. Jon Eardley, George Wal
lington, Sonny Rollins, Bonnie
Green and GIL Helle, weinstock In
tends two or three new LIPS
month and about two reissue sets
monthly, In the later category,
Prestige currently Is recoupling
iO-inch LIPS into i2-inch sets.
Sarah. Dinah and Kitty
Three OF Mercury Records
brightest singing stars Sarah
Vaughan, Dinah Washington and
Kitty White have waxed exciting
disks that are In four substantial
sales. sarah Vaughan at the Blue
Note" on Mercury, Ia a gem with
many OF the best popular stand
ards. Included are "rendorly"
TITS Magic" I'm In The Mood
For Love-" and Make Yourself
Comfortable" Dinah's new release
and Kitty's latest album are on
EmArcy a Mercury affiliate.
''Dinah", a dozen selections in
clude, Goodbye" Smoke Gets In
Your Eyes" and Look To The
Rainbow" on the Kitty white"
album are such warm melodies as
The other Woman" Frantic
Feeling" Low Tide" Meaning Of
the Blues" and Land OF Love"
Highlights OF Louis Arm
strong's European tour can be
heard on the new Columbia LIP,
Ambassador satch" This press
ing feature actual concerts Satch-
mo played on the Continent Dur
ing his recent tour. Numbers in
cluded are Royal Garden Blues"
"Muskrat Ramble." Twelfth
Street Rag" "Dardanella," and
West End Blues
"a Night At The Apollo"
After years OF notoriety as
Americas No l show house. the
Apollo Theater in New York is
finally getting a long-overdue rec
ognition from the record industry,
Thanks TO Vanguard. an entire
stage show at the Harlem show
case has been taped by John
Hammond. Some Of the nations
most popular acts are an tap--the
great impersonator-comic George
Kirby, Count Basie's band. and
rowdy Jackie tMoms) Mabley.
Anywhere in the country where
the Apollo Ii known. this record
can be a big success. without a
doubt. the Vanguard release Ia
one OF the most entertaining re-
cords ever waxed.
Memorable Listening
ella Fitzgerald's first LIP effort
for Verve is a memorable listening
experience. The two disk set. ELLA
Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter
Song Book" has Ella singing 30
songs by the famous composer.
Rarely on records has n combina-
ton OF songstress and songwriter
had such fruitful results. The
package Is headed for great cash
register results and It's a must
for the large Fitzgerald and Por-
ter following.
Teresa Brewer has fast-sell-
ing item In her coral release, ~
Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl. Almost
every erea Of the country lndicat-
ed that sales Of the record are
strong and climbing rapidly. On
the Zip side Is Goodbye, John"
with smooth flowing melody fit
ted for the Teresa Brewer style.