Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-01-17
THE WEEK IN
RECORDS
BY ALBERT ANDERSON

BY ALBERT ANDERSON
Chicago (ANP) - AS the New
Year unfolds, this reviewer takes
the opportunity Of expressing the
hope that 1868 will be a happy,
prosperous and music filled period
for all Of us. Ninteen sixty two has
been a delightful year, music wise.
and 1868 promises to be even
greater, what with the abundance
Of talent and the healthy state Of
the recording industry.
Here are a few Post Christmas
entries to start the New Year:
ION TIME: - Pacific Jazz LIP
1857 featuring the Les McCann
quartet. Tunes: ION Time; yours
Is My Heart Alone; This for
Doug; "Fondue"; "Bernie's
Tune; 'Maichen"; 1T Could Hap
pen to YOU; You're Driving Me
Crazy; $50 What?" Personnel:
Mccain, piano; Joe Pass, guitar;
Leroy Vinegar, bass; Ron JEFF
ferson drums.
This is fine LIP Of interesting
originals that is faculty in spots
but highly rewarding as a whole
!. One of the surprising high
lights Of the disc is the pleasant
uses to which Pass puts the guitar
He plays some delightful and
tuneful solos. without decorating
the melody with usual run Of off
color experimentation He
also plays well behind McCann,
who has his own moments of
greatness on his own entry, "Fon-
due" :. Vinegar also contributes
substantially to the session with
his fine background bass work {.
The minor faults: McCann is a
fine musician and soloist, but his
piano playing here is too repeti-
tions, and the quartet's transition
from solo to instrumental Is lack
ing in spots E. The improVisa-
ton also seems to be overworked
The tunes themselves are de-
lightful with "Maichen" be the top
number A FINE ENTRY.
'CFEELIN'S": - ROOst LIP
(2247) featuring sax virtuoso
Sonny Stitt and unidentified ac-
cOmpanists. Tunes: 30 Sole
Mo-; "Feelin's"; Nightmare;
"S'pOsin"; "LoOk up; "GoOd-
night ladies'; 'Tf 1 Should Lose
YOU; "HOllerin' the Blues;
"Stretch Pants" Personnel:
Stitt tenor, alto saxOphOnes;
rest unidentified.
Stitt on the horns - alto or
tenor - always results in fine
jazz and this set is no exception
AS to be expected, Sonny
scores his biggest triumph here
with the smaller horn, but his
playing Is also mature and de-
lightful on the tenor. The top tune
and his best effort is on %. {.
Should Lose YOU" when he i'm
provises cleverly and tunefully
with a series Of short passages q.
He also lends his alto magic ex-
pertly to Stretch Pants" one Of
the fine originals heard in this
set On this number, Sonny
uses cliches, pauses and clipped
phrases to bring out the humor
implied by the title Too bad,
though, that the organist, guitar
ist and drummer, all Of whom
back up the soloist so well, are not
identified This Is An Album
of Good Jazz BY A Master Jazz
man.
Jazz Meets The Bossa Nova: !:
Columbia LIP (8725) featuring
the Paul Winter sextet. Tunes:
Journey to Recife"; Con Alma;
"The Spell Of the Samba"; Maria
Nobody; THE Anguish of Long
ing; Foolish One; Little Boat;
Longing for Bahia; Don't Play
Games With Me-; Song Of the
Sad Eyes; "Adeus, Passaro Pre-
to-; "Only You and l." Person
mel: Winter, alto saxophone; Dick
Whitsell, trumpet; Les Rout, bar
itone saxophone; Warren Bern
hardt, piano; Richard Evans, bass;
Harold Jones, drums; Latin per-
cussionists unidentified.
It is a shame that this record