St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-01-12
THE WEEK IN
RECORDS
BY ALBERT ANDERSON
POst-HoIIday Fare

holidays, the Christmas specials
have given way to regular and
classical releases, and our first re-
view Of 1862 is therefore devoted
to a few Of these post-holiday en-
tries, which we hope will be Of
special interest to our readers.
The leadoff entry is an LIP by
the Art Farmer sextet titled The
Jazztet at Birdhouse," on the Argo
label which appears to be the
most ambitious work done by the
group to date.
! Recorded live with all the natur-
al background trappings at Chi
cago's unique Birdhouse night club,
the disc, featuring delightful solos
and fine orchestration, also show
cases six jazz tunes, including an
original by the trumpet star,
Farmers Market" and one popu-
lar standard, Darn That Dream"
AS to be expected, Farmers
clever improvisations and rich in
! donations form the core Of the ses-
sion, but there are also similar
contributions by sidemen Benny
Golson, on tenor saxophone, Tom
Mcintosh, on trombone, Cedar
Walton, on piano, Tommy Will
liams, bass and Albert Heath,
drums.
Together, the "Jazztet" plays
with vitality, ingenuity and single
ness of purpose, to produce a set
that is nothing short of top-level
jazz great.
/ Other entries:
Perceptions" - (Verve LIP -
Dizzy Gillespie featured with big
band.
Tunes: THE Sword of Orion"
"Jubelo;" Blues Mist" "Fantas-
ia" Horn Of Plenty" and Bal
lade." Personnel: Gillespie, solo
trumpet; Gunther SCHUYLER, con-
ductor; Joe Wilder, Robert Nagel,
Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Nick
Travis, Doc Severinsen, trumpets;
Jimmy Knepper, Urbie Green,
trombones; Paul Faulise, Dick Hix-
son, bass trombones; Jim Buffing-
ton, John Barrows, Paul Ingraham,
Robert Northen, French horns;
William Stanley, Harvey Phillips,
tubas; Gloria Agostini, Laura Ne
well, harps; George Duvivier, bass;
Charlie Persip, drums and Michael
Colgrass, purcussion.
This set proves that Gillespie is
as much at home with a large
specialized group, as he is with his
own small jazz unit . With this
group, including such jazz stars as
Knepper, Green and Duviver, he
proves another point: that he is
always in top form for recording
dates Dir seems to have just
the right Perception" for each
tune, as he solos in and out, plays
along with the orch and shifts to
background accompaniment I
dwell on Gillespie, because his
work stands out, but there are
several other bright spots on the
record Compositions are by
tromboniest J. J. Johnson, who also
rates applause from this quarter
. Good Big Band Music.
Roll Call" - blue Note LP)-
Hank Mobley quintet. Tunes: Roll
Call" MY Groove" Your move;"
Take Your Pick" "A Baptist
Beat" THE More I See You;"
THE Breakdown" Personnel:
Mobley, tenor saxophone; Freddie
Hubbard, trumpet; Wynton Kelly,
piano; Paul Chambers, bass, and
Art Blakey drums.
The title fits this LIP snugly.
Indeed, each of the five artists
seems to be answering roll call for
solos: Mobley on the title tune,
with a full-blooded tone; Hub
bard on the Beat" with fine trum-
pet phrasing; Kelly, with a piano
romp on breakdown" Chambers
with excellent bass work on sew
eral tunes, and Blakey, with his
torrid drumming Young Hub
bard is the big surprise of the set,
however, with his overall talented
playing I like this disc and I
believe record fans will, too.
"Poulenc" - (RCA Victor LIP
Classical compositions Of Igor
stravinsky. Compositions: "Con-
certo for Organ, Strings, and Tim
pani;" "Jeu de Carries" Personnel:
Charles Munich conducts the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra; Berj
Zamkochian, guest organist.
Remember how good Stravin-
sky's "Firebird" and Rite Of
Spring" sounded on record? Well,
two more Of the fame composers
works are presented on this record
with equally telling effects OF
the two compositions, however the
Poulence Concerto, from which the
LIP derives its title, is the most ar
resting . Played by the Boston
orchestra under the baton Of
Munich, 1t is especially delightful,
particularly in the transition Of its
various passages On the con-
certs, as on the ballet music of
"Jesu," zamkochiAn's organ per-
; Torrance stands out against the
background Of rich. sounds Of
. string and brass I. A DsliGhtfal