St. Paul recorder., 1963-10-03
THE WEEK IN
RECORDS

BY ALBERT ANDERSON
'Mr. Fingertips" In Action: That
Bill DOggett

Bill DOggett
The title of Bill Doggett's recent
disc for Columbia Records has a
most appropriate title. 1t is titled
"Fingertips. That in capsule form
is a tipoff to listeners of the type
of keyboard romping in which Dog
gett INDUCES in the pulsating ses-
sion. He really lights up the ses-
sion, even on the slow-paced tunes.
Doggett's disc heads the jazz
fare this week. Other releases in
the review are poorly fashioned
impression" album by the Paul
Horn Sextet and a Soul" waxing
featuring Sam Lazar and COM
pany. Following are the details:
"FTNGERTTPS": - Columbia
LIP (20S2). Personnel: Doggett,
organ; unidentified musical group.
Tunes: "Fingertips'; Soul Zone;
without Love-; The Love Of My
Man; Memphis; The Worm; +;
Zone Fine Day.; Monkey; Soul
City; IF You Need Me-; 'D'Lo";
Hot Fudge"
Doggett is one of the most re-
sourcefm jazz organists on the
jazz kick, and he proves it anew
with this disc E. . It is a rolicling
session, which Bill pulls out all
the stops, even on the slow num-
bers d. The session is all his, too,
as the unidentified group that ac-
companies him merely provides
the background music The
solos - all brimIning with clever
Impressions are all by Bill,
who masters his instrument COM
pletely Doggett takes off on
flights of delights on such entries
as the title tune, Memphis, and
Hot Fudge" a clever tune which
he must have penned with the view
of having the listening audience
joining him in a session of hand
clapping The music is that in
fictitious have heard Doggett
play better, but seldom as relaxed
as on this record . IT'S SOLID.
IMPRESSIONS OF CLEOPAT-
RAJ: - Columbia LIP (2050 and
$3.50 (Stereo). Personnel: Horn,
flute, base flute; Emil Richards,
vibrahard; Victor Feldman, piano;
Chuck Israels, bass; Colin Bailey,
drums; Larry Bunker, percussion,
Tunes: Caesar and Cleopatra
Theme; "Cleopatra's Palace Mu-
Sic; Love and Hate; Grant Me
and Honorable Way to Die; "An-
thony (sic) and Cleopatra Theme; !;
Cleopatra Enters Rome; my
| Love Is My Master; "A Gift for
Caesar"
This is not really an impression
iStic record 1t Is merely an
inept attempt at it To my
mind, this recording is simply an
effort to cash in n the popularity
of the Cleopatra movie Instead
of being interpretative of the life
on the enchanting Egyptian queen,
the music heard on this disc is sort
OF ethereal That Is, it sort of
hovers between mod jazz and
chamber music, while really not
! typical of neither type Horn
& Co., seem 10 have attempted
something outside their scope .
Either Marty Could or Nelson Rid
die orcheStras should have been
given the assignment, believe
Certainly either would have done
a better job The best number
in the set is the opening track,
which, interpreted in music terms,
is an introduction to the two lead
ing subjects After that, how
ever, the music is strictly offbeat
| This is not my musical dish,
but some fans might dig 1t.
SOUL MERCHANT" - Argo
LIP (714). Personnel: Lazar, organ;
Miller Brfsl0er, tenor saxophone;
George Bsluidge, guitar; Phil
Thomas, drums. Tunes: High
Noon," Happy BOssa Nova;
SANS Jams; &c c. Rider" !;