Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-02-26
THE WEEK IN
RECORDS

Singer Nat King Cole, trum-
peter Dizzy Gillespie and the sing
ing group Of Lambert, Hendricks
and Ross head up the jazz portion
Of this weeks review. Their works,
on LIP, together with an album of
light operettas by Clebanoff, give
the colum its most versatile make
up in weeks.
The most unique Of all the en-
tries is Coles "A Mis- Amigos"
Ito My Friends), recorded in Span
ish and Portuguese during the
singers recent, successful Latin
American tour On the tour,
Nat was greeted with open arms
by the Amigos and this LIP is ex-
pressedly his way Of saying thanks
to them.
But although directed at Latin
audiences abroad and locally, "A
Mis- Amigos" is by no means re-
stricted to them. American record
fans who approved Mats tyro ad-
venture in cole Espanol," should
also find this new disc delightful.
For Cole sings it with the same
warmth and universal appeal, and
his Latin accents are charming, to
say the least. Capitol does the rest,
with excellent sound reproduction.
Also adding to the richness Of
the IL tunes heard on the album
is the fine musical backing Of
Dave Cavanaugh and his orchestra,
whose understanding Of Coles type
Of singing always result in the
finest Of arrangements.
On a whole, I found the absence
Of English on the album negligible.
for Coles style easily transcends
all language barriers HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
DizZ In Style
On The Ebullient Mr.. Gillespie"
Dizz, the innovator, is more con-
cerned with techniques, although
he does come through with some
fine playing of such standards as
Always" "Willow Weep For Me"
and Lorraine dedicated to his
wife," each of which he gives a
new twist.
He and the combo, on the Verve
Records release, start out with
some way out" clowning and call
and-response singing which may
be Middle East jargon, and may
not be anything, and then settle
down to more or less regular play
ing Anyway, it is perhaps
Gillespie's way Of living up to the
title Of Ebullient Otherwise.
Dizz himself is tops on trumpet
Others starring with him are
Junior Nance on piano Leslie
Spann on flute and guitar, Sam
Jones on bass, Lex HUMPHREYS on
drums and Francisco Chino" Pozo
on conga drums An INTER
ESTING set.
One You Must Hear
The Hottest New Group In
Jazz" comes through In character
ic fine style on a Columbia label
under their own nomenclature,
Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. I"
This record Is the most and one
you must hear, particularly II
you've never heard this interracial
singing group in concert
Backed up by the Ike Isaacs
trio, the group sings a repertoire
Of 10 tunes ranging from straight
voicings to the riffing and assim-
ilation Of musical instruments
that's 30 typical Of them. In add
ton, the entire wording Of three
Of the riffers are recorded on the
back Of the album jacket.
This recording is Of the jam
session variety, with each Of the
principals taking turns at the mike
IT'S ALL Rect.
OebaAOff with Strings
Some Of the finest operattas on
record are played by Clebanoff and
his string orchestra on "Clebanoff
Plays Songs From Great opere-
tag, on the Mercury label.
Included In the selection from
the various Broadway shows are
Naughty Marietta" The Choc-
olate Soldier" The Merry Widow"
The Fire Fly" and The Student
Prince"
II you like good classical music