Minneapolis spokesman., 1962-09-28

lace Williams, 00Gl FOurLn AV.
saxophone; Sonny Forrest, guitar;
Edgar Willis, bass, and Bruno
Carr, drums.
This is another case in which a
leaders talent stands out clearly
above the rest Crawford does
with the alto sax what the great
Ella Fitzgerald does musically
with tune . . He gives a voice.
like sound to the saxophone and
phrases the melody much the same
as a soulful singer His solos
are moody, gay and expressive, in
turn His takeoff is on Lone
some" on which he changes both
the mood and the tempo Bas-
ically, the tunes are of the slow,
rocking variety and well suited for
the band as a whole What
Will I Tell My Heart" is not only
a stirring tearjerker, but is also
the top tune in the set How
ever, the entire fare is delightful
:. A BIG HIT FOR CRAWFORD
AND co.
BROADWAY PANORAMA:
Capitol (1740). Tunes: "Old
Devil Moon;" Lost in Loveliness;"
Might of My Nights" IT Got
Lost in His Arms" Here I'll
Stay" 1--WE Open in Venice"
THE Best Thing for YOU" Come
Rain or Come Shine;" Luck, Be
a Lady" Tall Hope" Lonely
Town." "The Gentlemen Is a
Dope" Personnel: Cy Coleman,
piano; unidentified bass, drums,
voices.
Coleman's piano playing is in
teresting, to say the least, on
these tracks of show tunes He
is not a modernist or bop spec
ialist, but he's artful as a swing
musician, and this he proves con-
vincing on this LIP, which will sur
prise many jazz fans This Is
because Coleman, whose playing
has long been confined to plush
New York cocktail lounges, gen.
orally has not been showcased
enough in the past to convince
record fans of his playing ability.
I think, however, that this LIP
will win considerable following for
him He and his unidentified
supporting stars, including three
female singers who are heard
mostly on introductions to the
tunes, are particularly good on
Lonely Town." from Leonard
Bernstein's 1914 show ION the
Town" For this reason it is
a pity that the record producers
didn't see fit to identify the other
artists There Is no doubt in
my mind that Coleman could have
been properly showcased as an in
dividual artist without masking
the others Nevertheless, this
is A VERY INTERESTING SET.
FAST LIVING Blues: -
Columbia (1So5). Singer Jon Hen
bricks featured with special band.
Tunes: What Would You Do?";
East Livin' Blues" Saturday
Night Fish Fry" do You Call
That a Buddy?"; 'Tll Die Happy"
Another Get-Together;" "Good
Old Lady" Contemporary Blues"
"Stop and Go Blues" IT Never
Get Enough of You" Personnel:
Joe Newman, trumpet; AL Grey,
trombone; Billy Mitchell, tenor
saxophone; Pony Poindexter, ten
or, soprano saxophones; Gildo Ma
homes, piano; Ike Isaacs, bass; Stu
Martin, drums; Hendricks, vocals.
This seems to be a period when
the individual talents Of various
artists are being showcased
For like Jesse Crawford and Cy
Coleman on the previously men,
toned discs, Hendricks on this LIP
comes through in convincing style
in proving his ability as a solo art
ist Normally a member Of the
Hendricks, Lambert & Ross trio,
Jon shows terrific ability as a
straight blues singer on these
tracks There Is virtually no
riffing or experimenting with the
lyrics; Just good, down-to-earth
blues singing His Fish Fry
In "a mess" to quote a colloqual-
ism joins outstanding per-
formance on this LIP proves, also,
that for recordin0 rIIrnoaes ar