St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01
THE WEEK IN
RECORDS

A Fabulous Album
A famous musician once re-
marked that test Of a new tune IS
whether it can be enjoyed again
and again. This can certainly BE-
said Of Verve Records new al
bum, ELLA and Louis Agar"
featuring two Of jazzdom's great
est. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis
Armstrong
This album, a four-sided affair,
is simply fabulous. A follow-up on
their previous hit, Ella and
Louis" these two artists are real
ly at their best in duet per
formances on this waxing. But as
Norman CRAM. the producer, apt
ly states. words cannot fully des-
cribe the accomplishments Of
Lady Fitzgerald and Pops" on
this label You've got to hear it
to feel its fun impact This courier
predicts that II will top the mil
lion sales mark and remain best
seller for several months 10 come.
A Real Musical Treat
As a musical treat. the album
is solid. Just wait until you hear
Ella take off on such cherished
selections as Let's Call The
Whole Thing Off" Il Get A Kick
out OF You" and "A Fine Ro-
nance" as Louie Spells out the
musical tones with his fine horn.
Ella Hits
The real treat, however, is Elias
rendition Of Those Foolish !
Things (Remind Me OF You.
Ella does things with her voice on
this number, swinging in and out !
Of the melody, improvising clever.
ly, and giving off with several |
deep throated, soul-stirring ex-
pressions. Armstrong backs her
up with him inimical gruff voice
and jivvy chatter.
Peterson, BellsOn Also Score
Ella and Louis are backed up |
by two other fine musicians -Os-
car Dizzy Fingers" Peterson on
the Piano and Louis Bellson on
drums.
Side One features Don't BE
That Way" Maxim Whoopie,"
They All Laughed" Comes
Autumn In New York"
Sides two. three and four, Lets
Do II tFall in Love)", "Stompin'
At The Savoy" Il Won't Dance"
Gee Baby Amt / Good To You,
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"
Those Foolish Things" i've Got
My Love To Keep Me Warm"
Willow Weep For Me-" I'm
Putin All My Eggs In One
Basket" "A Fine Romance" 'm
Love Is Here To Stay"
Il Get A Kick Out or You" and
Learnin' The Blues" A great al
bum.
Billy Daniels Also Wakes Great
Another Verve artist whose lat
est album is sure to pack best
selling punch is Billy Daniels, the
odd Black Magic" specialist.
Billy scores with a waxing titled
You Go To My Head, on which
he is backed up by some of the
finest musicians OF the day With
him on the two-sided platter are
saxman Ben Webster. alto special
list Willie Smith, trumpeter Harry
(Sweets) Edison, and Milt Holland
and Frank Carson alternating on
the skins,
Side one runs through Blue
Skies" Blue Prelude" It's De
Lovely" You Turned The Tables
On Me. Comes Love" and Hal
lelujah", while the flip side fea-
lures, Just In Time" you Are
My Everything" Time After
Time" Just Like A Melody out |
OF The Sky" you Go To My
Head, and How Am l to know"
Fine musicianship; fine singing.
McPhattcr New Platter On Tap
For Rock and Roll" fans, ef-
tervesCent Clyde McPhatter is
out with a thing called Rock and |
Cry" with a flip titled You'll BE !
There" II will be thereon the
Il 4 r scoreboard for some time
TO come. Atlantic Records produc-
ad the waxing.
MGM Features Cha Cha Cha
For lovers Of the popular dance /
MGM wakes two Cha Cha Cha
specialues that should delight,
Feature on an album titled For
Dancers Only" the numbers are
The Chikuita (Little) Cha Cha
cha" and Love Me Kiss Me
Cha Cha Cha" a blending Of the
modern with Latin music. Fine /
for dancing pleasure
When prosperity comes, do not |