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Left: Popular Queen of the Keyboard, Winifred Atwell, nowstarring at the London Palladium. (Above): Tenor -players JimmySkidmore and Bob Burns really get going in a battle at theLion's Den, Sutton. Below (left): Vic Lewis and his full Orchestraat the Studio '51 over the week -end. (Right): Lou Preagervocalist Paul Rich in his yacht " Giselle " on the Welsh Harp.

(See story on page 3.)

2 THE NEW MUSICAL liXPRZSS

REARING in mind the fact-Li that my band is being calledback from their well-earnedholiday especially to help outanother bandleader, I do feelthat more care could have beentaken by the indebted parties toexpress their thanks to them.

The first mention of theParnell cancellation of hisWimbledon Palais date onAugust 16 did not even botherto acknowledge our appearancewith Ted Heath! The follow-upletter from Parnell seemed tobe more of a placation to Heathregarding status.

Personally, I have little in-terest in anything of thatnature, believing instead that itis the public, anyway, who as-sess values.

However, backstage thanksshould have been expressed tothe public at the WimbledonPalais. I should like to hopethat you enjoy your entertain-ment from the boys of the TedHeath and Nat Temple Bands.

NAT TEMPLE.Drake House,Dolphin Square, SW.

Thanks !' REALLY want to thank you"1" for the two wonderful write-ups in the NEW MUSICAL EXPRESSon The Weavers and myself.

Due to some urgent business,I had to return to the States tendays before I planned to, andthus found it impossible to stopoff in London on my return.

Again, thanks for your kindhelp.

PETE KAMERON(Personal Manager,

The Weavers).Fifth Avenue,

New York 19, U.S.A

Heath Fan

±SHOULD like to refer to yourarticle on Blackpool in the

NME dated July 25, 1952, and inparticular the paragraph on theTed Heath Band. The followingmay seem insignificant to you,but being a Heath fan I verymuch object.

The article states " . .. spell-binding featurists Lita Roza andDickie Valentine " with no men-tion at all of vocalist DennisLotis. Surely credit is to begiven where due !

Having just come back froma holiday in Blackpool I assureyou Dennis Lotis is stll verymuch alive, and it is insultingnot to have mentioned his namewhen he is working just as hardas the others of the Heath team.

If we are going to refer to"spell -binding featurists " you

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should have mentioned the realstar who draws the crowds(whether you appreciate hisstyle or not), that is trumpeterDuncan Campbell, whose indi-vidual style of clowning cer-tainly has the Blackpool holi-daymakers " spellbound."

B. PARKER.Bennett's Castle Lane,

Dagenham.

Hall Wrong'I"

WAS appalled at Tony Hall'sindiscretions in this week's

NME, when he lauded the play-ing of Don Rendall and TommyWhittle at the expense of thefar superior Ronnie Scott.

If Mr. Hall could only tell thedifference between a simplediminished chord and some ofthe far more interesting exten-sions of the minor sevenths, hewould realise that Ronnie Scottplays chord patterns far toocomplex and musically maturefor the comparatively uncul-tured ears of Whittle andRendall.

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I wish it to be understoodthat I was present on both theoccasions to which Tony refers,and so far from outshiningRonnie Scott, Messrs. Rendalland Whittle didn't even do jus-tice to themselves.

As for the trombone playerswho played at the session andwho saw fit to offer theiropinions, I should have thoughtthat after their particular of-ferings they would be pleasedto forget the whole affair.Neither of them even started toplay. It is becoming increasinglyobvious Tony Hall is incapableof distinguishing between abeat and a bleat.

EMANUEL PLOVIS,Camden Road, ARCM.Holloway, N.

The 6 TitanicWITH reference to the "Alley

Cat's" paragraph on thehymn " Nearer My God ToThee."

This hymn was sung by thepassengers of the " Titanic," the

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singing, I believe, being led bysome of the Salvationaliststravelling on board.

The ship's orchestra sacrificedwhat little chance they had tobe saved to accompany thesinging, thus keeping up thehonoured tradition of our pro-fession.

In the entrance hall of theLondon Orchestral Associationthere is a memorial tablet tothese gallant gentlemen. Nexttime the "Alley Cat " passes, Isuggest he raise his hat.

F. WRIGHT.The Municipal Orchestra,Torquay.

[EDITOR'S NOTE - "AlleyCat's " paragraph was intendedto convey his shockedfeelings at the title of thehymn being used for a Holly-wood film. It certainly did notin any way belittle the great-ness of the occasion, or theheroism of the ship'smusicians.]

JATPJUST

to clear up a few thingsabout British JATP would

you be kind enough to publishthis letter in your columns?

There seem to be many ru-mours about the presentposition of the presentationwhich I feel should be straight-ened out. First, JATP is notvery upset about the postpone-ment of the Festival Hall all-night dance.

True, this affair has caused usa lot of inconvenience and dis-appointment but I can assureyou the project isn't going tofold because of this setback. Allthe members of tile combine arestill as keen as ever and weare in the process of negotiat-ing for other premises.

Owing to our wish to pre-sent the attraction at suitablepremises, which are naturallyheavily booked, we may have towait several weeks before put-ting on the show. Announce-ments will be made as soon asthings are settled.

The response to the announce-ments of our Festival Hall showwas overwhelming and I am

now returning no less than1,507 lots of ticket money. Thesefigures of support should provethat it would be foolhardy forJATP to contemplate disband-ing.

Another rumour going aroundstates that certain of the mem-bers of the unit are resigning.This is untrue. Some of themembers have contracted workto fulfil and all members willcontinue to accept their nor-mal type of employment.

As far as possible, all mem-bers of the aggregation willappear with the unit but, wherewe have to use a deputy, thepublic will be informed byadvertisement.

Lastly, may I thank the pub-lic for its support and apologisefor any inconvenience causedthrough the postponement.

BIX CURTIS.Hazeldene Road,London, NW10.

ArmstrongWHEN I heard that the Min-

istry of Labour had re-fused to issue a work permit tothat great artist Louis Arm-strong I was very disappointed.

Like a lot of his fans overhere, I was not old enough toappreciate or understand"Satchmo's " music when helast came here.

And after hearing as many ofhis records as possible andgoing out of my way to see anyfilm that he was in, I wouldlike to see and hear him in theflesh.

When will the persons con-cerned realise that an artist ofLouis Armstrong's calibre canfoster a great deal of commonunderstanding between allnationalities?

KEN HAMILTONRyder Street,Birmingham, 4.

P.S. Do you think after thisaction that he will considercoming here if the chancearises in the future? For hisfans' sake, I hope so.

[The negotiations are stillproceeding. Keep your fingerscrossed!-Editor.]

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my last visit to NewYork (last week) I was

able to visit Birdland, andto my pleasure, heard therethe new Count BasieOrchestra, seventeen -piece,led by Basie from piano andelectric organ.

The line-up is Paul Quini-cette, Eddie Davis, MarshallRoyal, Joe Newman, FreddyGreen, Gus Johnson, HenryCoker, Wendell Culley, R.Jones, T. Campbell, BixieCrawford, Ernie Wilkins, DennyPowell, Poopsie, Jimmy Lewisand Jimmy Wilkins.

LESTER YOUNGFeatured with the Basie Band

was the Lester Young Quintet;the programme commencedwith 'Leave Us Leap," whichnew tenor find, Paul Quinicette,soon had the crowd going. Theseemed to monopolise most ofthe solo playing.

Basie then invited Young tojoin his band for a battle ofthe tenors with Quincicette.You can believe it or not (Ihardly could!) but after aboutfifteen minutes of this the audi-ence were standing on tablesand chairs, screaming theirheads off !

The only other time I've seen

this happen was at Bop Citytwo years ago when LionelHampton was playing therewith his orchestra.

After the Basie Band cameYoung with his Quintet, butI'm afraid things fell a littleflat after the exciting exhibitionwe had just had.

The atmosphere woke up,however, when Oscar Petersoncame in and sat in on pianowith the Lester Young's group.I then heard some of the finestpiano playing I have ever heardin my life. He played like aman possessed.

After half an hour the Countcame on and sat in on organ. Ican tell you he really can playorgan in a way I've not heardbefore.

Later on I had a few minutes'chat with Basie, and he told methat after two weeks at Bird -land he is doing a week at theSavoy Ballroom in Harlem, andthen joins George Shearing andBilly Eckstine on their nation-wide tour.

SNOORIE'SMy next port of call was

Snookie's Restaurant on 47thStreet, to hear Oscar Pettiford'sBand, which has some of thebiggest names in dance music,such as Frank De Vito, LeeKonitz. Ruby Williams, Kai

Winding and Kenny Gorham.The band turned out some greatjazz, with Konitz excelling him-self.

Speaking to Pettiford later,he told me he expects to begoing over to Paris very shortlyand hopes to form a new group,bringing in Warne Marsh ontenor (he's late of Lennie Tris-tano's group). Oscar soundedvery hopeful about this newgroup, and thinks he will dowell with it.

SYMPHONY SIDWhen I left Snookie's, around

four a.m., I popped along to theDownbeat Club, where Sym-phony Sid, who put GeorgeShearing on the map in theStates, was presenting his ibandshow.

Personnel was Zoot Sims,Serge Chaloff, George Walling-ton, Charlie Mingus, withKenny Clarke on drums, dep-ping for Max Roach whorecently broke his thumb in afight !

The Downbeat Club, being areserved kind of place, did notseem to warm to the music asmuch as the other places I hadvisited, but nevertheless theappreciation was there.

Mingus seems to be one of theup-and-coming bass players in

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1952. 8

INTERESTING story concerns a bass -player,.1- noted for his somewhat intellectual prowess,who is in a wall -known band.

This player saw fit to plough his way to andfrom work on a bike ; all went well until he waspinched for failing to stop at a " Halt" sign.

Undaunted, he went to court, pleaded guilty,and to the amazement of his colleagues, the casewas dismissed.

It worked this way. Our boy always carriedwith him a copy of the Cycling Act, which statesthat all " Halt " signs must be erected on a postof their own in a prominent position....

And then he pointed out that the particular onewhich he was charged with 'not halting at, wasillegal, owing to the fact it was nailed to a tele-graph pole.

Oh, well done, sir !* *

PUTTINGhis trumpet away for two weeks, star -

player Kenny Baker disappears from themusical scene to take a well-earned vacation inCornwall. See you when you get back nice andbronzed, Kenny !

POLL-WINNING bandleader Ted Heath should

keep an eye on the " gen " supplied for hisadvance publicity. I saw some bills advertisinghis appearance at a fashionable resort recently,which indicated that such artists as Jack Parnelland Jackie Armstrong would be with the band,

Hope none of the two Jacks' fans went along tothe date-or you'd have some awkward explainingto do, Ted !

NEWS of bass -player Alf Craske, who workedfor some time at the Piccadilly Hotel after

being demobbed from the RAF at the end of thewar.

He has been playing more " legit " music withorchestras in Manchester and Bournemouth, andat the moment is living hi a caravan sited in alocal beauty spot just outside Bournemouth, whichto believe you have to see.

This set-up Alf and his wife are enjoying verymuch, their one regret being " the cards on thetable " indicating that an early return to Londonseems inevitable,

* * *AMESSAGE through from the Geraldo camp

seems to indicate that the boys are a bitwhacked by the arduous itinerary which is beingset them.

During their date at Edinburgh a local heat -wave prevailed, and an inviting notice outside theballroom stated : " Come in, it's cooler inside."

On entering, one found the place crammed full,and everyone sweltering. The boys in the bandwere perspiring so much they looked rather as ifthey were playing in the shallow end of a swim-ming pool!

NICE " lumber " by two members of a well-knownband, operating in the provinces, which had

some chaotic results. These two practical jokersdonned a couple of old caps and white jackets,armed themselves with a brush each and pots ofwhite gloss paint ...then strolled around the townpainting out the street name signs

The town being jammed full of holidaymakers,you can well imagine the results. Incidentally,nobody said a word to the two jokers the wholeof the time they were " working " !

MEW edition of the " Calling All Forces" broad-cast." came into being this week, entitled "Forces

All -Star Bill," and is produced by BBC's DennisMain -Wilson.

On a broadcast of this type it was good to hearguest star Kenny Baker playing some good jazz,and Betty Driver being allowed to sing withouther comedy " tripe and onions " voice. This girlsings a straight ballad really well, when per-mitted.

Stanley Black and the boys handled a lot ofmusic in the immaculate manner we have grown

Busy recording band-leader Norrie Para-mor presents whathe calls the " Para-mor Stable " in ourfeature showingmusical personalitiesand their cars. Onleft is Norrie's 1939Daimler 2l -litresports saloon, 18 hp,20 mpg, maximumspeed 73 mph, cruis-ing speed 55-60 mph.Fitted with radio.On right is the 195218 hp Standard Van-guard. which Norriebought brand new" off the peg " onlylast week for £1,034.

to expect from this band. Pat on the back foreveryone!

* *TOOK a run into Torquay for a short stay and

heard the bands of two musical personalities,who, although worlds apart in style, have an ex-ceptionally high standard.

First, up to the Imperial Hotel, where Billy Munn(remember him on " Jazz Club " ?) is knockingthe customers for six with his brand of sophisti-cated piano-istics. The atmosphere in this verylush ballroom is so distinctive I fail to understandwhy the BBC don't relay Billy from there-defi-nitely an " Arabian Nights " evening.

Next down to the " 400," where the Leslie Doug-las outfit is pleasing the customers with everythingfrom Herman to Cotton. During a chat with thedirectors of this establishment I learned that fortheir money Leslie was tops !

The Douglas band works hard, appears on time,has no characters and no complaints. Here's aband I predict will have very few days " out."

In company with others I enjoyed a lunch inLeslie's de luxe caravan home, prepared by hischarming wife Barbara.

Faux Pas of the Week Department : Concernsa popular piano -playing musical director, who onthis particular occasion had been playing a some-what lengthy medley of his personal successes, dur-ing which time the boys in the band had to sitsilently on the stand,

After this situation had gone on for some timethe pianist -MD raised an eyebrow at the silentmusicians, and caustically remarked : " I wish Iwas a musician."

" If they write good about you, that's good !

If they write bad about you, that's good !

If they don't write about you-that's BAD !"

by THE " SLIDER "He still doesn't understand why the boys burst

out laughing !*

BACK from a successful vacation-Pat and MaryDodd. Pat, now back with the " Skyrockets,"

told me they had a great time.. Nothing butsunshine, steak and bogies.'"

THE musicians who went on the Danny KayeA' tour have just had a nice little " thank you"

from Danny. Each has received a real leatherwallet, with stamped gold edges, and their ownfirst name and a facsimile Danny Kaye signaturealso embo,sed in gold on it.

Also each member of the Ray Martin Orchestrawas given a personal portrait of Danny,autographed to him personally.

PASSING through Herne Bay the other weekend,I spied a bill advertising a Ted Heath pre-

sentation of Roy Wade and his Music at a localpublic function.

Name bands of two or three years ago may wellremember Roy. the distinguished mustachioedleader of the local outfit at the Pavilion, Gilling-ham-an outfit from which came such names asTommy Whittle, Ronnie Verrall, Arthur Greensladeand " Weed " Macdonald.

Roy is currently pleasing the customers in theMedway area with a ten -piece outfit, which I hearreally jumps, I believe the band has a " book"second to none. Hope to have the pleasure ofhearing the band for myself before very long.

*ACHARACTER whose activities in the jazz

world have been extensive, but somewhatstrangely quiet of late, was seen dining at thePastoria Hotel last week, with a film man whohas a personal leaning towards jazz.

Rumours are that these two have signed a con-tract, and that a new club will be opening soon,with Mr. Film Man giving big financial backing.

* * *I WONDER why ? ... The Johnson Brothers made

a couple of records recently for Decca, onwhich they were accompanied by a certain bigorchestra. Both recordings have been scrapped,and now re -made ; this time the boys are accom-panied by Ted Heath's Band.

* * *PAUL RICH, the vocalist with Lou Preager at

Hammersmith Palais, is in his element thisweather, because at every available moment he'sout sailing in his 12 -ft. Firefly class yacht" Giselle."

These Fireflies became popular here after the1948 Olympics and Paul tells me there are nowsome twelve hundred of them all over Britain

He himself is a member of the newly -formedWelsh Harp Sailing Association (he's on the WelshHarp at Hendon every week -end) and forty or soof these craft can be seen there, and there's rac-ing between clubs, etc.

Incidentally, Paul throws an open invitation forenthusiasts in the music nrofession to join himSaturday mornings on the " Giselle " to act ascrew. Contact the NME office, those who wouldlike to have a go at this.

Per, naps I should just mention that the Fireflyyachts carry twenty -foot masts and about a hun-dred square feet of canvas!

PIANIST Gerry Moore is another holidaymakerback in town this week -end, looking as brown

as any berry, and now back- at Merry's Club, inBaker Street, W.

Gerry spent his vacation quietly at Rottingdean-tells me he had to take his pet budgerigar Withhim and, perhaps because of the strong light ortoo much air, or something, the bird had a kindof fit, dashed itself around the room, and nowseems to be blind from concussion.

However, Dizzy (the bird !) is having the bestof attention from the vet., and Gerry thinks hewill be OK again before long

Who says musicians ain't human beings ?

4 THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS

If Come On -A My House " is an invitation we'd always beready to accept with luscious Rosemary Clooney.

MIKE BUTCHER describes

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Meet Rosemary, of the Clooney SistersTWO hits for the price of

one sounds like a bar-gain, and that's what you canbuy on a new Columbiaplatter, due out this week.On the first side you'll find" Half As Much," which atthe time of writing heldfourth position on the list ofrecords most played byAmerican disc -jockeys,while the coupling " Botch -A -Me " was trailing closebehind in seventh place.

Sweet 22The little lady who has

brought off this double-headerwill already be familiar to you,though only a year ago she wasvirtually unknown to thepublic -at -large.

Then came the maddeninglyinfectious "Come On -a MyHouse " and Rosemary Clooney

NEW YORK 'VIEWSColumbia Records takes its

first plunge into band promo-tion.BEHIND THE NEWS : Mitch Miller's

been looking, fans have beenhoping= leaders were prayingthat Mitch would put his mindand art to work on a musicaldance band, to aid in thecurrent surge of added bandbusiness. But instead of theWoody Herman or DukeEllington Band, it's the ArtLowry Orchestra (notice thechange in words), and, accord-ing to our reports, orchestrait is, direct from such swankNew York clubs as The Stork.Word in the trade is that itwill be a versatile band which,in my experience, means thatit will be only a fair band-theversatile band, like the manwith the broad mind, is sooften lacking in depth. Colum-bia promises great things fromtheir thirteen men and wide-open echo chamber, but Idoubt it.

Kenton reorganising part ofhis band.BEHIND THE NEWS: It was com-

mon knowledge two weeksago that Stan was unhappywith the musical output of hisBand. Frankly, I feel that ithad more to do with the out -in -left -field stance that Stanand his music have taken inthe last year, but there wereevidences of musical strain inthe orchestra. Stan incorpor-ated the integral part of thenew Maynard Ferguson Band,by bringing Maynard and hisvocalist -wife Kay Brown intothe Kenton fold, Kay for the

byBILL COSSfirst time. Altoist Vinni Deanreplaced Lennie Neihaus,Keith Moon and Frank Roso-lino (famous for his work withthe Georgie Auld group)entered the trombone section,drummer Stan Levy andguitarist Sal Salvador became,with Stan, the new rhythmsection.

Les Paul and Mary Ford haveturned into autograph hounds.BEHIND THE NEWS: If Palladium -

goers in September find ithard to get Les and Mary tosign their autograph books, it'sonly because the Paul's have amission of their own. The ideabehind their campaign wasfathered by the Gibson GuitarCompany, Capitol Records andLes and Mary, who have seenmuch of hospitals duringmany of their recent tours.Walter Winchell has be enhinting about what was goingon for the last few weeks inhis columns. I did some Sher-lock Holmesing and discoveredthat Les and Mary are secur-ing autographs of famouspeople (incidentally, they hopeto secure signatures of famousBritish and European states-men and Royalty this fall),which will be transferred tQ agold -finished Gibson Guitar,protected by some coats oflacquer and sold by Walter

NOW READY! For the FIRST TIME-A popularEdition of TOSELLI'S famous 66 SERENATA " entitled

HEAR MY SERENADEEnglish Lyric by Eric Maschwitz

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Winchell, the proceeds to goto the Damon Runyon CancerFund, for which Winchell ischief booster.

Peggy Lee makes her come-back.

BEHIND THE NEWS: It may comeas some news to those thatdidn't dcnow that Peggy hadslipped, though her recordsales had dropped consider-ably, but Peggy's record of"Lover " has pushed her intothe big money class again, re-assured some of her oldfriends and led to extensiveWarner Brothers' screen testswhich will probably result inan important role in the re -filming of " The Jazz Singer."Such a situation will givePeggy a chance to challengeDoris Day's position. Dorishas been one of the very fewwho have successfully madethe switch from good bandvocalist to good movie actress.

BRIEFINGS : Neal Hefti hasplaced his entire band on notice.He intends to re -hire many ofthem, but he's reported as dis-satisfied with the overall outputof the present band. . . . EddieFisher is off in the Pacific, pre-sumably bound for Korea toentertain the troops. . . . LouisArmstrong and Gordon Jenkinswill appear together for theirfirst in -person show at the Para-mount Theatre in New Yorksometime in August. . . JuneHutton, the girl singer in thePied Pipers, until their break-uptwo beats ago, is another vocal-ist that the movies are consider-ing Paramount is giving her thescreen tests. . . Ralph Burns'" Early Autumn " has lyricsnow, written by Johnny Mercer,Woody has recoreled it for Mars,Eckstine for MGM, Ella Fitz-gerald for Decca, and severalother artists are reportedlyabout to cut in. . . . ChubbyJackson has left the HermanBand. A family man now, Chubintends to live in New York andfreelance in the radio studios.... Milt Buckner, famed pianist,has left the Ham Qton Band.

had a million -dollar sensationon her hands.

Despite her tender twenty-two years , Miss Clooney wasquite qualified to cope with hersudden success, for in terms ofexperience she was already ashow business veteran.

Born in Maysville, Kentucky,she was thirteen when herfamily moved to Cincinatti, andthree years later a friend per-suaded her to audition for asinging assignment on one ofthe local radio station's kiddieprogrammes.

Rosemary was hired withoutfurther ado, and with heryounger sister Bettie, she com-menced a regular series ofappearances on The MoonRiver Show. Bandleader TonyPastor heard them while play-ing a one-nighter in the city,and when he left the ClooneySisters went along too, as hisfeatured vocalists.

NoveltiesTogether, they made some-

thing of an impression withsuch novelties as " There's AMan At the Door to See You,"which Jack Jackson spun a fewtimes in 1949, and "It's A Cruel,Cruel World," while on balladsthe two girls were heardseparately.

A recording that the band cutof " Sentimental Music," withRosemary strongly featured,led to her solo contractwith Columbia, and before long"Me and My Teddy Bear " wasbeing heard in many placesoutside the nurseries for whichit was primarily intended.

Rosemary still likes thisbetter than any of her otherdiscs, and declares that she ismost proud of all to have foundfavour with juvenile audiences,

SCOTS BBCPRODUCER'S

BAND SHOWONE of Scottish BBC pro-

ducer Donald Maclean'slast assignments before heleaves for London (NME 1-8-52)will be a 35 -minute spot onAugust 22, featuring the GordonShields Orchestra and JimmyAlston.

Shields, one of the king -pinsof Glasgow's Cameo Ballroomsince 1946, is also pianist andarranger for the popular vocalgroup, Six in Accord, heardweekly in the . Scottish radioseries " It's All Yours." JimmyAlston, featured vocalist forthis stint, is also with the Six.

" The music for this session,"Gordon told the NME, " will bein the Felix King style-onevery dear to me since, in mymind, it combines all that isgood both musically and com-mercially."

Of the 12 numbers played onthe session, seven will be non -vocal.

Line-up for the broadcast is:Johnny Bills, Tommy Chalmers,Bobby Thomson and TommyMcAllister (saxes); CharlesGreer (trumpet)'; Tommy Long -will (drums); Jimmy Kelly(bass); and Gordon himself onpiano.

The programme will be airedfrom 7.20 to 7.55 p.m.

" because they can instinctivelytell if you are sincere."

To a hardened adult, herheart -felt " Tenderly " wouldseem to make the same sort ofdirect appeal but unfortunatelyit is not the songs which MissClooney really sings that haveso far taken the popular fancy.

Films" Come On -A My House "

mainly clicked through the gim-mick appeal of William Saroy-an's Armenian -type lyrics andStan Freeman's hip harpsi-chord underlying them, andnow " Botch -A -Me " is a directand convincing attempt to cash -in on a similar formula.

Even " Half As Much " wasdismissed by Metronome criticGeorge T. Simon as " A clumsysong, what with all its huddledsyllables, and the backing ispretty unimaginative stuff," butmost solid citizens of the USAthought otherwise and in allprobability the British populacewill follow suit.

One thing that is likely toconsolidate Rosemary's world-wide success is her recently -clinched deal with ParamountPictures.

She made her screen debutwith opera star Lauritz Melchiorin " The Stars Are Sing-ing," which has not yet beengenerally shown, but it pleasedthe studio executives so muchthat they have offered her thepart originally written for BettyHutton in " Topsy and Eva."

With JamesAlso to do with motion pic-

tures, Rosemary waxed a set ofeight Academy Award -winningsongs with Harry James andBand in support during MitchMiller's recent trip to California-Mitch has been the man be-hind all her recent sessions, nomatter whose names appear onthe labels-and the album isscheduled for Stateside releaselate this month.

This, we feel, was a fine ideaon Mr. Miller's part, and it willbe interesting to hear how wellthe results measure up to ex-pectations.

From them, we should be ableto tell for sure just how wellRosemary will fit into thescheme of things when thetrends swing back to real musiconce again.

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ROSEMARY CLOONEY" Botch -A -Me "

"Half As Much "(Col. DB.3129)

THE first side is an Italian -styled lyric which I'm sure

is going to be a big hit, andyou'll have to go a long wayto better the Clooney version.She belts the lyric over in anexciting way; plenty of lifehere.

Credit is also due to thebacking she gets from StanFreeman's harpsichord, FrankCarroll's bass, Terry Snyder'sdrums, and the guitars of Mun-dell Lowe and Sal Salvador.They put down a colossal beatthat drives the singers all theway.

This is infectious stuff, which,in the words of American pub-licity men should " garner lotsof loot "

Reverse is a ballad, givensensitive treatment by thesinger with effective orchestrasupport by Percy Faith.

This disc is well worth get-ting for " Botch -A -Me " alone.

*ROY ELDRIDGE AND HIS" LITTLE JAZZ " ENSEMBLE

"Estrad Swing "" No Rolling Blues "

(Esquire 10-235)THE Eldridge horn, backed up

by a Swedish group, makesfor some good music. Surpris-ingly, Roy's trumpet work isovershadowed by the excellenceof the " continental cats," par-ticularly the very modern ideasof Lou Sandy on what I thoughtwas a mellophone, but which is,in fact, a bass trumpet.

The first side has an auspici-ous piano intro by Charles Nor-man, then follows an ensembletheme, based on " I GotRhythm." There are no prizesgiven for discovering this fact,as Lou Sandy gives the gameaway in his fine solo.

He is followed by someLester -like tenor from Carl-Hendrik Norm ; good stuff, andthen Roy make his entrance, buthe is not as good as what hasalready gone on before him.

The rhythm swings all theway, and I like the balance ofthe drums-nice and tight andcrisp.

Reverse is a vocal, by Roy,who sings engagingly in hishigh-pitched voice, but itdoesn't add up to much. despitesome good figures the band blowbehind him, and some effectivetremolo piano work.

You'll like the other side,though, particularly the swellwork of the bass trumpet man,who reminds me very much ofDennis Rose when he used toplay French horn and knockeveryone out - including him-self !

FRANKIE LAINE"High Noon"

"Rock Of Gibraltar "(Col. DB3113)

THEtheme song from the film

"High Noon" gets a dramaticand pulsating reading fromFrankie LaMe. After the LitaRoza version, I must admit thatthis is quite definitely a malevocalist's song - it sounds too" polite " from a girl.

Backing is a two -beat hand -clapper, a western -styled opus.The singer does well and thechorus, under the direction of

Jimmy Carroll, back him ex-cellently. I particularly likethe high -soaring voice of thegirl lead-bet she could turn ina good solo job herself.

C a 1 m. B u t beautifullycooked !

EDDIE CALVERT(with Ray Martin's Orchestra)

" Laura ""Malaguena "(Col. DB3117)

TWO standout sides by theBritish Harry James, play-

ing his trumpet confidently andwith great feeling all through.

The strings of Ray Martin area delight, too, with their preci-sion and warmth. I would verymuch like to congratulate theman responsible for b o tharrangements - they are bril-liant, and on a par with Ameri-can work of this kind.

Illustrations of the arranger's

RALPH SHARON

ingenuity are the intro of" Laura " and also the coda,very mysterioso, even thoughthe guitar soloist fumblesslightly his momentous phraseagainst the strings. Must havebeen a nerve-wracking sessionfor him !

Only fault is the rhythm sec-tion which is literally inanother studio. This ie evenmore perplexing when onelistens to the reverse, a Latin-American evergreen by Lecu-ona, in which the L -A instru-ments are balanced perfectly.It just doesn't make sense !

Captivating Calvert, all thesame. *

BILLY ECKSTINE" Carnival"

(Pete Rugolo Orchestra)" If They Ask Me"

(Nelson Riddle Orchestra)(MGM 526)

"CARNIVAL" is the popular

instrumental compositionthat Harry James did so well awhile back. Now it has beengiven a good lyric, which isright up " Mr. B's " street.

What a thrilling quality thesinger's voice has, especially hislower register stuff, full ofdepth and vitality. He handlesthis song with masterful ease.Pete Rugolo's orchestra lendgood support.

But the accompaniment on

RDthe second side is far superior,by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.I don't know who Riddle is, butfor me his name on a labelstands for an accompaniment offirst class quality. Rememberhis work on Nat Cole's " Unfor-gettable " ?

" Ask Me " is the tune I'mtipping for future honours onthe hit parade. and Eckstinegives a caressing version to it-quite exceptional, even for him.There's a lovely concert -styledpiano intro, a good trombonepassage, and a lush stringchorus.

This is exceptional Eckstine.I can't blame his fans for really" going " for these two sides.

BILLY COTTON'S BAND" The Boom Song "" Gently Johnny "

(Decca F9937)TT is funny how certainA phrases get tags stuck onthem by musiciaro. For in-stance, there's the one you usedto hear that ended most of theold Dixieland tunes-you knowthe one, called " without -a -shirt." Then there was the old-fashioned intro, fondly labelledby the boys the " bring -on -the -dancing -women " phrase.

So you can imagine my sur-prise and pleasure when Iplaced this record on myancient portable and discoveredthat the " Boom Song " is noneother than the " bring -on -the -you -know -what " phrase dressedup with a cute lyric, by a Mr.Hoffman.

The Cotton Band do my petphrase full justice, and AlanBreeze is as always, a tower ofstrength, supported by the Ban-dits, a vocal group.

The reverse, which has noconnection at all with a well-known plastic -alto player, hassome nice full ensemble workfrom the band, but on this sidethe Bandits live up to theirname and rob some notes oftheir full value. They tend toclip and snatch phrases ratherjerkily.

Gently, boys and girls, gently !*

ANDRE PREVIN" September In The Rain "" Lullaby Of Broadway "

(HMV B10296)PREVIN is one pianist who is

always a mystery to me. Hehas great talent, a beautifultouch, ideas, a fine keyboardtechnique, and yet lacks thoseessential qualities that makefor a good jazzman-relaxationand a beat. To my mind he hasneither.

Let's examine these two sidesto see if we can discover what iswrong.

" September." taken well upin tempo, is marred by several" be-boppy " figures that try tcsound clever and modern. Theyare not. There is a lot of Tatumin the piano -man's work here,but he has not the taste or re-serve of Art.

He uses his technique to showoff far too much, and you getthe impression that what he hasto say in five hundred notes.Garner would say in five-andmore effectively.

He is not relaxed here, and ablock chord chorus with guitaris rushed. Coda is effective.though.

Flip side has an Eddie Hey-wood type of bass figure run -

The NME photographer was present at the Decca Studioson Friday last when Jimmy Young (centre) made his firstrecords for his new label, Ron Goodwin, musical directorof the session, is on right, with (left) Dick Rowe presiding

over these important sides.ning through the tune. This isbetter and shows the clean softtouch of the pianist, but noticehow badly he interprets aphrase which ends with twoquavers - he has the " legit "jerk, which a straight man has,when trying to play dancemusic.

Strange, that, for a modernyoung musician (he is in hisearly twenties). Also, he hasa tendency to repeat certainphrases time and time again.

And yet I can still vecommendthis disc to piano students, be-cause it teaches a lesson Forhere is a musician, with loads oftechnique, an enviable touch.

BEST VOCAL OF THEWEEK-

Billy Eckstine's " IfThey Ask Me."WEEK'S BEST BUY-

Eddie Calvert's" Laura."BEST JAZZ OF THEWEEK-

Lou Sandy's basstrumpet on " EstradSwing."

and plenty of experience of theright hand-and yet he has notacquired those essential ingre-dients which would make himone of the greatest. Beat, andgood taste.

Previn should take advantageof the fact that he is surroundedby first-rate jazz pianists, theworld's best, and should try toassimilate a little of what theyall are outstanding for. At themoment it seems he is obliviousto what is going on in his owncountry, which was, and still is,the birthplace of good jazz.

DICX BEAVERS(with Les Baxter's Orchestra)

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WHAT DO THE PUBLIC WANT?THE RAY MARTIN

SCORESaturday, August 1, 10.25 to

10.55 p.m. Light

AFTER listening to thisthirty minutes of mood

music, I unhesitatingly rate theRay Martin Score to be highenough to place him wellaround the top of the league!

It is quite easy to understandthe reason for his phenomenalrise to success in the space ofa few short years. Here is aman who knows exactly whatthe public wants, and withoutsacrificing good musicianship,he is prepared to give it tothem.

What do the public want?you may well ask. Well, afterlong experience in this sphereof entertainment, often side-tracked by passing enthusiasmsand almost persuaded of thepublic's fickle fancy, I am stillof the opinion that they fun-damentally desire but onething of music and musicians-the Melody.

Before this invites the wrathof the jazz gods upon my head,let me qualify this statement.

Hand-pickedWhenever using the word

" public," the more discerningminorities are not included,and although they are not tobe ignored, in a general state-ment, can consider themselvesabove or below such, accordingto the size of the hat.

Of course, a conductor's job,even if he has arrived at astate of mind that is co-ordi-nated with his listener, stillrequires other virtues. Whatmelodies would they like? Whatis the best way to dress themup? Where to place them in theprogramme, and above all, howto get the best out of thearrangements.

Mr. Martin seems to haveacquired most of them.

The orchestra was composedof the usual hand-picked gath-ering of sessioneers who areheard around the BBC moreoften than the Greenwich timesignal, a fact which provesthat their workmanship shouldbe above reproach.

There were no outstandingsoloists, although the "WhistlingFiddler" spotlighted some finework from the first violin desk.

In the verbal department,Robin Boyle was the right manon the right show. Good de-livery, concise, yet informative.

Opinion: Melodious music forthe masses.

DANNY LEVAN AND HISSEXTET

with THE STARGAZERSSaturday, August 2, 11.25 to

11.56 p.m. LightIHAVE a set routine for-1-

re-viewing radio shows, which

is as follows. A first hearing,which I record on a tape -machine, during which I get areaction to the programme asa whole. A second concentratedhearing is used for gatheringdetails, and then, as the type-writer merrily clicks away, athird hearing in the backgroundjust for the hell of it.

After Stage One connectedWith this show, my reactionwas abstract.

Stage Two began to get meworried, for details were fewand far between.

In Stage Three, the type-writer did not click merrilyaway at all, for the very goodreason that I am not a jour -

Our Radio Critic suggests that theanswer, in a word, is the MELODY

nalistic genius who can prattleon, regardless, about a nonde-script subject.

Still, I can but try. Pick anyfirst-class session violinist, puthim in front of a good pianist,clarinettist, accordionist. Fill upthe hole with anything you likethat adds up to a Sextet.

Pop around to the publishersfor some " pop " arrangements.Rehearse for the BBC's allottedthree hours-and there youhave it!

Danny Levan and his Sex-tet, or, A. Rose and his Band,who would smell as sweet byany other name.

Smug, satisfiedThis, of course, boils down to

the fact that here is an outfitwhich one can neither raveabout nor revile, it producing asmug, satisfied sound, com-pletely lacking in personality,the like of which we all toooften hear on the air. It has yetto take the short but difficultstep between workmanship andartistry.

The Stargazers have sincelong taken that step, and verysuccessfully too. On this pro-gramme, they proved that theyhave the technique, the tonalblend and the united " zing " tomatch up with the best of theAmericans - which is whateveryone considers to be thehighest praise these days !

One small point. The drill ofthis group has always been itsforte, and whether in comedyor otherwise, the password hasalways been precision. Whathappened to the rhythmicalclapping in " Sugarbush " Idon't know. It sounded like de-sultory applause at Lord's.

However, this is all hyper-

criticism, but as the Stargazershave gained the heights, thenif they momentarily slip, it mustbe expected.

Opinion : So-so, so-so, prettybride !

THE MUSIC OF FREDDIEPHILLIPS

Monday, August 4, 10 to10.30 a.m. Light

HERE was a valiant attemptto produce a novel sound,

combining good taste with acommercial trait. The latterwe'll take for granted as a con-dition insisted on by the BBCwhen allotting the half-hour toFreddie Phillips.

The former we'll take forgranted, because I doubt if any-body has ever heard him other-wise.

The all -in effect of a smallstrings and woodwind orchestra,dominated by the maestro'sguitar, struck a much needednote of novelty in the realm oflight music. The impact on theaverage listener, however, musthave been considerably les-sened by some misguided pointsof policy.

Armchair MusicFirstly. This is armchair

music, pipe, slippers and passthe decanter. Or for those whohaven't yet reached the age ofmature pleasures-settee, music,amour, soft lights (and if thephone rings, don't answer it).

But what it certainly isn't, isten o'clock in the morningmood, with Hoover, dirty dishesand the greengrocer's boy as asetting.

Could we not then, have Mr.

WHO PLAYED THE TENOR?A letter to the

IWAS tremendously impressedby the exhibition of musical

scholarship displayed by criticSteve Race, who, on his pro-gramme of Lester Young, re-vealed that Basie's " HarvardBlues" featured Young and notDon Byas, as we have all beenled to believe in the past.

For over twelve years now,the general public and the musi-cians alike have been sufferingunder this delusion that Byaswas featured on " HarvardBlues " and not Lester "Young.Count Basie thought so. DonByas thought so. Even LesterYoung thought so.

But at last Steve Race has un-covered the astounding truth.

It is a comfort to know thatjazz lovers in this country haveworking for the betterment ofmodern music a man so wellversed in the idiom that he cantell Byas from Young so wellthat even Byas and Young standcorrected.

Hail the Master Race !Yours sincerely,

VICTOR BAYLIS.Fourth Avenue,

Paddington, W.10.

13 NOT UNLUCKY. - TheNME learns that organistJimmy Leach has just signedhis thirteenth s ucce s siveannual contract with t h eColumbia Record Company.

Editor

Tito with Laineat Leicester

(-IN August 31, promoterArthur Kimbrell is present-

ing American singer FrankieLaine in two concerts (3 and6.30) at the De Montfort Hall,Leicester.

Supporting Laine in thesecond half of each programme,as well as filling the first halfon their own, will be Tito Burnsand his Band.

Tito told the NME this week" To accompany Frankie LaineI shall be augmenting to fivesaxes, six brass and fourrhythm, but for our spot in thefirst half we'll be using ourcustomary line-np."

Kimbrell's winter season ofconcerts at the De MontfortHall opens the preceding Sun-day, August 24, when (asreported last week) he presentsSugar Chile Robinson withWoolf Phillips and the Sky-rockets.

PIANIST Reg Guest, hithertowith Phil Tate at Hammer-

smith Palais as arranger/pianist, has now joined theTeddy Foster Orchestra.

Reg has in the past beenarranger for the Arthur Row -berry Band, and has playedwith most of the better-knownMidland groups.

Phillips as a " p.m." instead ofan " a.m." music maker? And asoften as possible?

Secondly. Presuming thatthis was merely a slight over-sight on the part of the pro-gramme planners, why notallow the group to lapse alittle more into the Spanish at-mosphere? There is plenty ofpopular music that is fitting tothe idiom, and the present ideaof putting current " plugs " in-discriminately into an unwel-come environment, is unnatural,and consequently sounds un-comfortable.

Segovia -likeThe delightful Segovia -like

guitar solos, thus caused themain body of the show to sufferby comparison. This, I am sure,as Mr. Phillips is more estab-lished as a guitarist than aleader, is the last thing hewanted to happen. My com-miserations on being a victimof circumstances.

Thirdly. The show warrants avocalist.

Instrumentally, the stringswere ideal, the rhythm admir-able, but the solo positioning ofthe clarinet seemed to call fora little more solo virtuositythan the player present had tooffer.

Opinion: A Phillips soul that'stoo good to be trodden on,

HARRY LEADER & HISBAND

Friday, August 1, 12.45 to1.30 p.m. Light

I'M torn twixt two desires. Tobe laudatory about a band-

leader who is trying very hardto do a good job of taking hisband out crf the rut. Or to stickto my resolve of only beingconcerned as to whether abroadcast is good, bad or in-different by the best standards.

Well, clad in shining armourand carrying the banner oftruth, I must sally forth to dobattle by saying this show wasindifferent.

Even if nowadays danceband broadcasts are destined tobe the publishers' paradise, onlythe engagement of the bestpersonnel and the use of in-spired arrangements will putthe proceedings out of theordinary.

Mr. Leader, I'm afraid, pos-

sessed neither on this session,and although two free-lancevocalists performed as skil-fully as one would expect, see-ing they broadcast with all andsundry, and the band was wellrehearsed for the occasion, theultimate effect was anotherpiece of nondescription withoutany great heights or depths.

VocalistsWhilst mentioning vocalists,

a word of praise for the versa-tility of Marie Benson, but aword of rebuke for the "clin-ker " in "For the Very FirstTime." Still, all is forgiven asshe is not prone to this habit,and I'm sure it will be for thevery last time.

Mark Pasquin's competentand sympathetic voice was acommendable contrast to themerry vocal pranks of MissBenson, but still had no moreinspired moments than it hadwith Hall and Sundry.

The Band had a few solospots ; a mention of them indi-vidually, however, would doneither them nor my conscienceany good.

The announcer gabble dgamely but gormlessly, and ifhe's the type who writes hisscript during the previous num-ber-how else!

Opinion: A gallant failure.* *

HIGH NOTES OF THE WEEK.Freddie Phillips and his un-

mechanised guitar.Low NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The pianist bandleader whomight absent-mindedly use hisband one day.

* WINIFREDATWELL *

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1952.

VVHEN Winifred Atwellwalked on to the stage

of the London Palladiumlast Monday she realisedone of her major ambitions !

Several years ago, whenshe was playing one of thesmaller theatres just outsidetown ... " My name was waydown the bill, and hardlyanyone knew me in thosedays. A pressman happenedto come backstage, andcalled in on me while he wasthere. We chatted, and inthe course of conversationhe asked me my ambition.

" I replied that it was to playthe London Palladium, andpromptly thought no more aboutit until a coupleof days laterwhen I actually saw my ownwords in cold print !

" I was completely shattered,and quite shocked at my ownnerve to even suppose that I-a very struggling artist-couldever hope to make the Palle -.diem.

" I think I avoided the otherartists for the rest of that week,as I felt sure they would belaughing at my temerity."

ChemistWinnie's career story began

when most children would stillbe playing with dolls. From theage of six, she could play thepiano and organ with more thannormal adult efficiency; in fact,she can hardly remember atime when she could not play.At that tender age she was inmuch demand for charity con-certs and parties, and as shegrew older the obsession formusic increased.

Her father wanted her tobecome a chemist-like himself,so that one day she could followon with the family business.Winnie's mother, knowing herdaughter's restless temperamentrather wanted this, too, so thatit would keep her at hoMe.

Dutifully Winnie went throughcollege, and took her pharma-

Within a week she was inNew York, then crossed toEngland, where she receivedtuition from Harold Craxton.

She received a small allow-ance from home, but had to lookaround for a few playingengagements to help things out.

One day in 1947 (about a yearafter she had arrived here) shefound herself in agent KeithDevon's office. Keith says : " Iwas immediately struck withWinnie's unusual appearanceand personality; she told me shewas a pianist, and after I hadheard her play I was consider-ably impressed with the brilli-ance of her technique.

Instant Success" Shortly afterwards I was

running a Sunday concert atthe London Casino, and MissCarole Lynne-who was one ofthe stars on the bill-was un-fortunately taken ill and there-fore unable to appear.

"1 realised that this would be

After her triumphant first night at the London Palladiumon Monday, Winifred Atwell beams among the masses ofbouquets presented to her by friends, fans and colleagues.On left is her husband and, on right, her discoverer -agent

Keith Devon.

ceutical degree, but that partaccomplished, she went back toher piano with even more de-termination.

Pianist Alexander Borovskywas her idol, and her youthfuldream came true the day shewas able to hear him play inperson. She had an introduc-tion to him later and he askedtier to play for him. Winniedid so, and to her joy he toldher that she had great talent.This gave her every encourage-ment to continue with hermusic, and she finally decidedto leave home and studyfurther afield.'

a chance to test Winnie's capa-bilities on the stage, and accor-dingly took the risk of puttingher on -a completely unknownartist-in Miss Lynne's place.

" My judgment of her abili-ties proved to be correct, forshe was an instant success atthat concert.

" I then suggested to Winniethat I thought she would, do wellplaying the variety theatres, andwith this purpose in mind Iplaced her around some of thesmaller theatres in order togive her experience of playingthis type of work.

" From then on I watched her

performance continuously fromthe front-week after week, andmade various suggestions toimprove her act. Winnie-always a very willing learner-took my advice with such re-sults that after being under mydirection for only two months Iwas able to place her as anattraction at the London Casino

played on that other piano ' (asDecca christened it with tongue-in-cheek) proved the gimmickof my whole career!

"I really believe that recordscan make a tremendous differ-ence to an artist's career, andthat they should study publicreaction to their records-asmuch as if not more than their

AN INTIMATEBIOGRAPHY

-which at that time was a topvariety house."

Five years later Keith Devonnow has the great satisfactionof seeing her reach the apex ofher career, with this Palladiumengagement.

He pays tribute to that soliddetermination possessed byWinnie, by saying : " Apart frommy own efforts on Winnie'sbehalf, no one has workedharder and practised longerthan she has. Even now sheworks untiringly at the job ofpleasing her public, and no oneis more deserving of successthan Winifred Atwell."

Jack JacksonAnother landmark stands out

in Winnie's career, and onewhich perhaps boosted her totop -of -the -bill position soonerthan she would otherwise havearrived there. Winnie tells thestory in her own words.

" I was playing at PengeEmpire during March last year,and on the same bill (althoughmuch higher than me) was JackJackson. He had always takena great interest in my work, andit so happened that during thisparticular week some peoplecame down from Deeca to seeJack. He insisted that they sawmy act, and really ' sold ' me tothem; they became interestedand shortly afterwards I mademy first recording for Decca.

"My first hit recording was°Jezebel ' and gradually salesof all my records worked to-wards very comfortable figures.Of course, with the famousBlack and White Rag' which I

recorded last September, Ialmost shot to fame overnight !

Records" Oddly enough, no one was

more surprised about that thanI was, as I had only recordedthe side as a laugh-the moreimportant number was to bethe ' Cross Hands Boogie.' How-ever, that's often how it is inshow business, alad the Rag

actual performances perhaps."Each of Winnie's recording

sessions are productions inthemselves. It is not generallyknown that she is responsiblefor all the arranging of the partsfor her " Rhythm " (drums,guitar and bass) as well as herown piano.

Doll MascotsShe confesses that. answering

her own fan mail is still one ofher biggest thrills. " Peoplewho don't even know me, writesuch wonderful things-I can'ttell you what a kick I get outof reading all the letters. Theonly thing that bothers me thesedays is that I have to take a bitlonger to get around to answer-ing them all."

What does this charming andfriendly star do when off duty ?

This picture was taken bythe NME on Monday even-ing, and shows the cul-mination of WinifredAtwell's ambition-hername as a top -liner outsidethe world-famous home of,variety-the London

Palladium.

That infectious smile spreadsover Winnie's face as shereplies : " I read detectivethrillers, and do endless cross-words. One of my fans in Ire-land sends me bundles ofcomics-and I even read those!"

No biographical story aboutWinnie would be complete with-out mention of her two dollmascots.

One is white and is called"Dusty," and the other, " Lilly -white," is black. The dolls arequite small and go -everywherewith Winnie, carried in herhandbag.

" They were given to meabout the time my luck seemedto change, and they have beenlucky for me ever since. I justhope their good luck holds."

HOME,TTHS

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London, W.Car: Triumph Razor -edge

saloon. Black.Pets : None. Impossible

whilst touring, but hopessomeday to own an Al-satian.

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A Word toYoung MusiciansTHERE IS a most significant item in our

news -pages this week. Tito Burns an-nounced that he would hold auditions fora trumpet -player to replace Albert Hall,and no fewer than thirty instrumentaliststurned up on Wednesday afternoon to gothrough their paces. Tito and Albertlistened to them all very carefully andmost sympathetically, for they weregenuinely anxious to discover any sparkof talent that might be developed.

WHAT HAPPENED? Regretfully, they had noalternative but to agree that the standardwas not only low, but impossible! Not oneof the players came up to scratch, and thethirty auditionees were sent on their waywhile Tito and Albert shook their headsin bewilderment.

SO DO WE. It is a dreadful commentary onthe profession today that a plum berth likethis should be so difficult to fill. Trueenough, this is a bad week and all the bestplayers are out of town, but that is at bestjust an excuse. There should be enoughup-and-coming young players to fill anyjobs that are going . . . but there aren't.

THE BLUNT truth of the matter is that fartoo many youngsters today are callingthemselves musicians and consideringthemselves to belong to that highly -skilledprofession and yet their academic back-ground is nil. They can't play their in-struments properly because they've never

to be taught, and never botheredto practise. It hasn't been necessary when,aided and abetted by their innate love ofmusic, they have busked their way into theaffections of some undiscriminating fansand thought themselves geniuses. Theirknowledge of their instruments is super-ficial, yet they believe it is all -embracing.They believe, in fact, that they " know itall."

DO YOU remember the sound common-sensethat Kenny Baker talked in the recentbiography we published in these pages?He said, when asked to give advice toyoung players: " Tell 'em . . . to learn theirinstrument properly. Nowadays, not enoughtrouble or care is taken about academicplaying. There are guys in the jazz busi-ness today who don't know anything,musically speaking; how can they ever begreat jazz players if they haven't got asolid musical background to build on?You must tread the academic road if youwant to get anywhere."

TAKING HIS own advice has broughtKenny Baker to the very top of the tree.and if more young players followed hiswprds of wisdom, they might have got theTito Burns job on Wednesday! What ismore, to paraphrase Kipling, they'd " bea musician, my son !"

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NME offices.In addition to beingone of the world'sleading jazz -authori-ties, Barry also findstime to be a writer,lecturer, teacher andDoctor of Philosophy.His assistant -editoron " Metronome " isour New Yorkcorrespondent, B i 11

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TWO RADIO SERIESFOR PARAMOR

COMMENCING August 24, Columbia recording MDNorrie Paramor will be having two series running

simultaneously on Radio Luxembourg.In addition to his present

series of piano broadcasts withrhythm section, Norrie is to con-duct a 15 -piece orchestra forthe new " Empire Show " serieswhich commences on that dateand will be broadcast weekly onSundays at the peak time of 8p.m.

Instrumentation of t h eorchestra will be five strings,two reeds, three brass andfour rhythm, and the outfit willbe used singersTeddy Johnson and Pearl Carr.

In this series, Norrie Paramorbecomes an actor for the firsttime, as scriptwriter TeddyJohnson has written in a fewlines for the maestro to say.

With his many Columbia re-cordings selling well - especi-ally his newly -released " TheIsle of Innisfree " from the film" The Quiet Man "-as well assome sides recently recorded forthe French Columbia CompanyNorrie is busier than ever . . .

which no doubt explains histwo luxurious cars photo-graphed on page 3 of this issue!

South LondonOpen -Air Jazz

CHARLESWIGLEY is at it

again ! This well-knownSouth London jazz enthusiast,who founded the " Chas Club "of old, is organising another ofhis open-air jazz parties whichalways rate the description " anoccasion."

The venue is as before, thebeer garden of the " Duke ofEdinburgh," Ferndale Road,near Clapham North tube sta-tion.

The date is Thurday, August21, and the bands involved arethe Christie Brothers Stompers,Mick Mulligan's Magnolia JazzBand, Mike Daniels and hisDelta Jazzmen and the CharlieGalbraith Jazzmen. Vocalistswill include Neva Raphaello,George Melly and Beryl Bryden.

BALL BOLLS OFFBASSIST Cliff Ball, once with

the Kenny Graham Afro -Cubists and lately with theRalph Dollimore Trio and theJohnny Gray Band at theGeorgian, leaves Gray thisSunday (10th).

Shortly afterwards he replacesStan Wasser with the OscarRabin Orchestra, now residentat the Lyceum, London.

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STARRING IN

NEW SHOWTHE new Emile Littler show

" Love from Judy," firstnews of which was given in theJune 27 NME, opens at theCoventry Hippodrome on Tues-day, August 26.

In the title role will be JeanCarson, star of last year's" Latin Quarter " show at theCasino and many times prin-cipal boy : opposite her will beBill O'Connor, whose singingand dancing in the HisMajesty's producton of " Briga-doon " will be long remembered.

Completing the triangle inthis story of the orphan girlwho was sent to college by akind Trustee is Johnny Bran-don, British idol of the bobby-soxers, w h ose Columbiarecords have received wideacclaim.Others in the cast include

Adelaide Hall. Audrey Freeman(who has been switched fromthe " Zip Goes a Million " cast),June Whitfield and Linda Gray.

PALLADIUM HEATH

SESSIONS AGAINWS from the Ted Heath

camp this week is thatSwing Sessions at the LondonPalladium will be commencingon Sunday, September'21, whenTed Heath and his Music willonce again be on the stage toplay the music the fans regu-larly fill the theatre to hear.

One of the two guest groupswill be the Jimmy WalkerQuintet; the other has not yetbeen booked.

LIPTON'S HOLIDAYGROSVENOR HOUSE band-

leader Sidney Lipton is atpresent touring Europe in hiscar. He will be travelling viaParis, Geneva and Milan, andwill be taking advantage of theopportunity to keep a look -outfor talent which may be suitablefor cabaret at Grosvenor House.

He returns to this country onAugust 23.

PHILLIPS' £1,000,000 ALL-OUTGRAMOPHONE RECORD BID TO BE

LAUNCHED IN JANUARYRumours mount as Leonard Smith andNorman Newell resign from Columbia

RUMOURS which for some time past have raged inAmsterdam and London concerning the impending

switch of the American Columbia catalogue to thePhillips Electrical organisation gained new impetus witha statement made today over the telephone to the NME'sLondon offices by a senior executive of the Dutch con-cern in Amsterdam.

This statement said that the take-over of thenew label would definitely be effective as fromJanuary 1, 1953.

This transcontinental phonecall confirmed that the initialpressings will be made in Hol-land, but that negotiations arewell advanced for this operationto take place in London even-tually.

No confirmation or denialcould be obtained of the reportthat plant recently deliveredfrom Germany to a site in thesuburbs of London was for useby the new concern.

One rumour in Amsterdamwhich has gained great promin-ence, and seems highly crediblein the eyes of well-informed ob-servers, is the report that thePhillip s' gramophone -recordbudget for the first year will be£1,000,000, on a monthly alloca-

tion of £90,000.Experts feel that this is not

an unreasonable figure in viewof the large amount of cashneeded for the production andexploitation of the AmericanColumbia label under its newcontrol.

Meanwhile, in London, theNME has received a writtenstatement from Norman Newelladvising us of the resignationfrom the Columbia company ofhimself and his immediatechief, Leonard Smith, ColumbiaArtists' Manager.

Enclosed with this announce-ment was a copy of the letterof resignation which Mr. Smithhad sent to Mr. B. Mittell ofEMI. In his letter, Leonard

ELLINGTON FOUR HELDON MECCA CIRCUIT

THE business drawn in on the± Mecca circuit by the RayEllington Quartet has been ofsuch magnitude that the circuitbooker, Mr. Morley, has re-newed the group's contract fora further three months fromSeptember 22 to December 21.

Late this week it was knownthat a residency for the grouphad been the subject of discus-sion between the Quartet andthe Mecca management.

We gather that while the firmfavours a sojourn for the groupat a northern Palais, Ray andthe boys would much prefer tocome south ,again after theirlong provincial tour.

The northern venue underdiscussion may well be theLocarno. Liverpool, at which

the Quartet were due to appearin two weeks' time. The NMEnow understands that followinga week at the Ritz, Manchester,the group goes to the PlazaBallroom in the same city,instead of moving west toLiverpool.

This alteration in itinerarywould be in keeping with anymove to present the Ray Elling-ton Four at the Locarno forany length of time.

Additional Ellington news isthat the boys will again beappearing in the " Goon Show "series which airs again inNovember. Fans can, however,hear them earlier when theyappear in the " Forces All -StarBill " which is being recordedon August 17.

At Finsbury Park Empire this week, Ambrose is presentinga show which stars (1. to r.) Nat Gonella, Max Bacon andElton Hayes. Max (as " Friar Tuck ") and Elton (as " Allan -

a -Dale ") are dressed for the Robin Hood finale.

Smith stated there was somepolicy disagreement with thecompany, but that it was never-theless a wrench to sever con-nection with Columbia, bearingin mind that his associationwith them had lasted thirtyyears.

Norman Newell has beenwith Columbia since April, 1949.

Questioned later by the NME,Leonard Smith said: " I have

HERE!

Famous U.S. song writerJimmy Van Heusen says fare-well to the TWA Air Hostessat London Airport on arrivalhere last Wednesday (6th).Among Jimmy's hits are" Going My Way," Sinatra's" Nancy With The LaughingFace " and most of the musicfor the Bing Crosby " Road "film series including " Moon-light Becomes You," " Swing-

ing On a Star," etc.

nothing to add to the remarkscontained in my letter, a copyof which is in your possession.It would be a breach of eti-quette for me to say what thepolicy disagreements were be-tween the management and my-self."

Asked about reports that heand Norman Newell would begoing over to the new Phillipsset-up, he commented that thesewere " absolutely premature inevery way. No definite news isyet available."ARTISTS

Naturally these moves haveprovoked much rumour andconjecture. Many of the Britishnames who owe their recordingfame to Smith and Newell havebeen mentioned in one quarteror another as possibly transfer-ring their allegiance to thePhillips concern.

Most of these recording starswere either on holiday or " notavailable" when contacted bythe NME on Wednesday, butsinger Teddy Johnson was mostemphatic. " No one from Phillipshas made any overtures to me,"he said, " and .anyway my Col-umbia contract has still sometime to run."BRENT WILL GO

However, it is pretty certainthat Phillips will have one bigcapture in the shape of TonyBrent, newest singing discovery,whose new Columbia issueshave received considerableacclaim from all quarters.Tony's manager told the NME:" It is very likely that Tonywill be with the new company."

Whoever does join thePhillips set-up from the Britishcatalogues will be in good com-pany, for American Columbiahas on its books such namesas Frank Sinatra, Guy Mitchell,Mitch Miller, Doris Day,Frankie LaMe, Ro sem a r yClooney, Toni Arden, Jo Staf-ford, 'Paul Weston and manyother world stars.

Tito auditions 30 Trumpets-but still can't find right one !

" y DON'T know how some people have got the nerveto come along for an audition, honestly I don't.

Half of them can't even play their instruments."It was Tito Burns speaking.

He talked to *he NME last Wed-nesday at Feldman's rehearsalrooms after the last aspirant tothe Burns trumpet chair hadbeen tried and found wanting.

" That's almost thirty of 'emI've listened to, and I stillhaven't got a trumpet player,"he went on. " Now it's a mat-ter of listening to some of theboys in the Provinces whohaven't been able to get alongtoday."

" What about ' name ' play-ers ? Haven't there been anyenquiries from that quarter ? "we asked.

" Oh yes," replied Tito, "three. or four of them. And if youprinted their names, one or twobandleaders would throw a fit!But I'll let you know who it'sgoing to be as soon as I knowmyself.

" In the meantime, AlbertHall is staying with me until Iget a replacement."

" Oh for someone to play the thing !" The Tito Burns Bandgaze soulfully at the vacant chair which a three-hour audi-

tion last Wednesday failed to fill. (See story).

BARRITEAU FROM 7 TO15 FOR GLASGOW

CARL BARRITEAU is to augment his septet to a fivesaxes, four brass and three rhythm outfit to go into

Green's Playhouse Ballroom, Glasgow, on August 25 fora three weeks' season.

Asked if this enlargement ofhis Band would be a permanentmeasure, clarinet/bandleaderCarl said : " No. I will revertto my Septet immediately afterthe Glasgow season. After all,this group has proved verysuccessful; not counting twodays for travelling time, weonly have one free date be-tween this Friday and our

BRAZIL AWAITS INGLEZ FORRIO DE JANIERO, Wednesday. Reports have been

widely circulating here that British bandleader RobertoInglez has already signed a contract to appear here inthe near future. (The NME of June 6 carried the storythat he had been invited to appear there).

A recent edition of " 0Mundo," one of Brazil's largestnewspapers, reported:

" Roberto Inglez will veryshortly be appearing in Rio.They are saying with greatpersistence that he will beappearing in one of the largestnight clubs in the capital, butthe question is, which one ? Wealready know that he is almostdefinitely booked to broadcastover Radio Nationale. . . ."

RIO RAVESAsked for his comments on

these reports, Roberto Ingleztold the NME in London : " I'mafraid I'm not in a position tocomment, as the matter is nowin the hands of the Savoy HotelPress Office."

When asked for their Com-

ments or a statement, a Savoyspokesman said: " I'm afraidwe can't let you have a storyyet. The photographs aren'tbeing taken until tomorrow(Thursday)."

When asked why photographswere being taken however, thePress Office was a trifle evasive;it. therefore, seems likely thatthere is more than a grain oftruth in the reports sent overby our South American corres-pondent, and it may well bethat Roberto Inglez will shortlybe missing from his customaryplace on the stand at theSavoy.

If these reports are accurate;and earlier information correct,Roberto will have an orchestrawith the same line-up as he useshere, will be appearing both on

SIX WEEKSradio and in stage appearances,and may be there for anythingup to six weeks.

Meanwhile, press reports inRio continue to give glowingreviews to Roberto's recordings.The newspaper " A Noite,"writing about Inglez, says. "Tomake a record with RobertoInglez is the greatest thing thatcould happen to a Brazilianartist, and for a composer tohave his work recorded byInglez is the greatest thing thatcould happen to anybody."

This statement is more easilyunderstandable in the light ofthe fact that a recording bysinger Dalva de Olveira withthe Inglez Orchestra (one ofthose recently cut in thiscountry) was top of the best-sellers within a week of itsappearance in the shops, andhas been selling at the rate of10,000 copies per day.

return to London on September15."

Other news from the Barri-teau camp is that last Fridaythe Band's agent, Alf Preager,received a frantic request fromjimpresario Ed. W. Jones, forthe services of the Band atWeymouth on the Sunday(3rd).

The show even at 48 hours'notice and in spite of theinclement holiday weather, was85 per cent. sold out.

For this date, and that on theSaturday, singer Linda Russelldepped for Carl's usual vocalist,Mae Cooper, who was indis-posed.

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not many miles away tenor -saxophonist Ronnie Keen andhis wife, vocalist Marion Davis,were mulling over ...an offerfrom Jack Parnell for themboth to join his Music Makers.

First intimation that some-thing was afoot came when anenquiry for the Keen -Davisphone number was received atthe NME offices.

The news -staff immediatelyfollowed up this lead, andascertained that offers had infact been made to Ronnie andMarion, who were reported tohave asked for time to think itover.

If this twosome does eventu-ally link up with the Parnellorganisation (and by the timethese words appear in print thedecision one way or the otherwill have been taken) they willnot be renouncing their avowedintention of not touring anymore.

The band only plays threeone-nighters each week, andsleeps out of town only once aweek on average.

Marion Davis is at presentsinging weekly on the Ambrosebroadcasts.

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The " Nickleodeon Girl" hastwo children under two yearsof age and she feels, we under-stand, that the wrench of a part-ing from them for over amonth would prove too great astrain.

This is certainly bad news forthe Freddy Randall Band, whowere looking forward to athree-week tour as her accom-panying orchestra.

LATE FLASH. - Melodiscrecording chief Jack Chilkeshas joined the Board of Direc-tors of Polygon Records, andwill broaden the scope of thatcompany. He is switchingAnnette Klooger and DennisLotis from the Melodisc toPolygon label.

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BIG MIDLAND DANCE BANDCONTEST: MONTH'S RESIDENT

A SEMI -PROCONTRACT IS PRIZE

SAX -PLAYERMAKES GOOD

FREDDIE FOX

IT'S a long jump fromsemi -pro musician with a

gig band to comedian at theWindmill. It's quite a stepfrom a junk -shop in Boltonto the stage of a West Endtheatre.

But on October 6, whenRevudeville No. 252 opens at theWindmill Theatre, musician/comedian Freddie Fox will havecompleted the double.

Twenty - seven years ago,Freddie (then 18) bought him-self a clarinet. He subsequentlyplayed it (as well as, fromtime to time, saxophone, drums,accordion and bass) with asemi -pro band, in between doingpart-time theatrical work aslime boy, call boy, and projec-tionist.

His daytime jobs over theyears have been varied andnothing if not multifarious. Inhis time he has been minerand journalist, café managerand commercial traveller. Hehas been to sea as a sailor, andflown as a Flying Officer in theRAF.

But all the time, Freddie hashad one ambition : to have hisown musical comedy stage act.

A few years ago, Freddie tookover the running of a junk shopin Bolton, and at last had timeto get down to the planning ofthe comedy act he had long hadin mind.

Now he has a chance to makea name for himself on the stagewhere Richard Murdoch. EricBarker, Bill Kerr, Michael Ben -tine, Diana Decker and manyothers did just that. October 6can be a big day for FreddieFox.

APPOINTED Entertainments Manager to Bilston(Staffs) Borough Council last Thursday, Mr. Robert

Easton has already prepared a scheme for a Dance BandContest, details of which were given in an exclusiveinterview with the NME Black Country correspondentlast Saturday.

The Contest, to be held onSaturday, September 6, will berun to find suitable bands forthe series of dances held atBilston Town Hall every Sat-urday evening

The winning band is assuredof a contract for the four weeksfollowing the Contest and willalso receive a handsome plaque.

ADJUDICATORThe adjudicator will be a pro-

fessional teacher of BallroomDancing and the Contest i3being run in° conjunction withMr. T. Carroll, who was mana-ger of the Mirabelle Ballroom,Dudley for three and a halfyears before it closed down inMay, and is now acting as MCat Bilston.

Entry forms and full detailscan be obtained from the Enter-tainments Manager, Town Hall,Bilston (not the NME).

Currently in his eighth suc-cessive month at the Town Hallis Hal Meredith and his Band,who will also act as houseband for the Contest. HarryDarby's Premier Band of Wol-verhampton replace Hal for thelast three weeks of this month.

DEATH OFNORTHERN.

MU OFFICIALVISITING his hometown,

Drogheda, Eire, for aholiday with his mother, 53 -year -old Peter Moran, well-known East Lancashiremulti - instrumentalist, ofLeamington Road, Black-burn, was taken ill andrushed to hospital where hedied on Monday (August 4).

CORNERMANMr. Moran, an official of the

Blackburn branch of the MU.came to Blackburn about 30years ago. He saw service withmany noted Northern bands andhad played probably in everytown in the county.

Primarily he became famousfor his brass band work astrombonist but he subsequentlyadopted saxophone and clarinetand, a few years ago, became acornerman in Eddie McGarry'sOrchestra with whom, until lastOctober, he played alongsidehis son.

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FORTMGHTLYSU R P R I S E announce-

ment from the DudleyHippodrome is that theautumn series of SundayConcerts will be held fortnightly instead of weekly aswas the custom last year.

Vie Lewis opens the season onAugust 31, being followed byJack Parnell the following week,and then name -bands eachalternate Sunday. No small jazzgroups are to be featured.

On Sunday, September 28,Dick Haymes will play an after-noon Concert accompanied byArthur Rowberry and his Or-chestra.

The concerts are beingpresented by John Gordon inassociation with Bob andMaurice Kennedy, joint manag-ing directors of the theatre.

John Gordon is also presenting Cyril Stapleton at Wednes-bury Horticultural Show onSaturday, August 16. This willprobably be the last appearancethe Stapleton Band will makein the Black Country beforedisbanding.

Brian Pearsall, who is con-tracted to Gordon for ten years,is currently appearing at theMusic Hall, Shrewsbury, butwill return to the Adelphi, WestBromwich, in September.

FREELANCE drummer GeorgeCurtis, last week at Sea -

view, IOW, with Laurie Payne'sMelachrino Quartet, comes totown this week to dep forGeorge Fierstone with WoolfPhillips' Skyrockets Orchestra,at the Palladium.

On Saturday, August 9, hisdaughter Vicky is gettingmarried at St. Alban's Abbey at2.30; with a first house to playat 6.30, George doesn't look likehaving much time to toast thehappy couple.

SANDOWN, I.O.W.-Four ex-Gonella sidemen, under thejoint leadership of bassist/vocalist Roy Dexter and drum-mer Les Jessup, are currentlyplaying their third consecutiveseason at the SandringhamHotel here. Specialising incabaret and comedy numbers.the Quartet is completed bypianist Eddie Farrow andGeorge Harrison on sax andclarinet.

They are at Sandown untilSeptember 20

SCUNTHORPE. - The recentvisit to the Oswald Hotel of theJoe Saye. Quartet was sosuccessful, that Joe has beenbooked by the management fora further fortnight there tocommence on August 18. Hewill be taking his Trio for thisengagement, plus a girl vocal-ist hot yet selected.

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PAVILIONHAYDN POWELL, direc-

tor of dance music forBournemouth Corporation,has added a third string ofmusic -makers to the twoalready well establishedthere.

Playing in the Pavilion'sPopular Restaurant is a triocomprising " Sandy " Sander-son (piano -leader), Eric Ellis(alto -clarinet) and Bill Sykes(drums).

Haydn Powell conducts thePavilion ballroom band and theother group is drawing thecrowds to the pier for dancing.

This latter outfit recently lostleader Alan Levett who left togo to Nairobi. Tenor -clarinetman, Al Smith, took over asleader while Douggie Leatherbyhas taken over the piano chairfrom Doug Campbell.

In addition to these -.activitiesthere is a group playing in themornings during August in theballroom. After an 18 -monthlay-off, conductor Powell hastaken up his trumpet to frontthis combination which consistsof Hammond organ, piano, bassand drums.

Norfolk Hotel leader, IvorRaymonde, fronts a trio for abroadcast accompanying job in"Variety Roadhouse" on August24.

This is a new venture for Ivorbut it will in no way affect hisnormal broadcasts with his sex-tet. or his work at the Norfolk.

On Sunday, bassist TeddyWadmore was unable to singwith leader Raymonde in their" boy -girl " version of " A Guyis a Guy," so the latter amusedthe hotel patrons by singingboth " parts " - complete withchange of " costume."

"FIRST British show ever tocross the Arctic Circle "

is the claim of the Royal KiltieJuniors, the young troupe ofmusical boys and girls who, arenow touring Sweden, and whoplayed a show in Kiruna. Lapp -land recently. The group thenmoved south to play towns insouthern Sweden, and will betouring Denmark during August.

POLICE were called out inDublin last Friday to con-

trol the thousands of teen-agedancing fans clamouring foradmission to strike -bound ball-rooms.

Six Grade B dance halls inDublin h a d pickets outsidetheir doors following the ex-piration of the period given bythe Irish Federation of Musi-cians to the Ballroom Proprie-tors' Association to meet ademand for increased wagesranging from 7s. 6d. to lls. 3d.per hour for Federationmusicians.

In some ballrooms the ownerstried to carry on with the aidof records played over a publicaddress system.

... And down theGlasgow streetscame Dr. CrockGLASGOW citizens, proceed-

ing about their lawfuloccasions, got quite a shock lastTuesday morning when, to theaccompaniment of drums,and a trumpet or two. Dr.Crock, his Crackpots andseveral policemen came march-ing down to the city's busyRenfield Street - SauchiehallStreet crossing.

The parade wended its wayfrom Green's Playhouse Ball-room, where the Band iscurrently appearing, throughthe centre of the city to St.George's Road, a distance ofabout two miles.

Waiting there were the staffof Kendal's Shirt Shop, onwhom Dr. Crock and his Crack-pots were paying a ratherpublic call.

The whole business providedquite a bit of fun for thecitizens of the Scottish city andattracted a tremendous amountof publicity for the Band.

BOURNEMOUTH. - GuitaristRay Kirkwood, currently lead-ing the orchestra at the town'sAqua - Fantasia Show eachevening, has teamed up withwell-known local guitaristSidney Bone for cabaret work.On these dates, Ray playsHawaiian guitar and Sidney theSpanish version.

PLANET OK.-Planet Recordsannounce that they have beenaccepted as members of Phono-graphic Performance, Ltd., andconsequently MU members arenow permitted to record forthem.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1952.11

MAN, woman or child,Ella is the greatest!"

With these oft - quotedwords, Bing Crosby suc-cinctly summed up the waymost people in popularmusic feel about a wonder-ful performer.

Since she first hit the head-lines in 1938 with "A-Tisket A-Tasket," her own reworking ofa toddlers' tune, Ella Fitzgeraldhas gone just about as far asanyone can go, aestheticallyspeaking, starting out as anenthusiastic kid with a naturalflair for swing singing, andfinally reaching the stage where" Down Beat's" Mike Levin hadno hesitation in calling her" The first complete artist thatjazz has produced."

At first, everything that Elladid was cast in the same lightlyrhythmic mould. Today her ver-satility seems limitless, embrac-ing everything from blues toballads, calypso to mimicry and,for good measure, a style ofscatting that is unmatched inaccuracy and control.

Thrilling SagaHer career has taken her

from ballroom and vaudevillestage to the world's leadingconcert halls, with innumer-able radio, recording and TVdates along the way, and shehas sung in a dozen countriesthroughout the continents ofAmerica and Europe.

According to her official pub-licity release, the Fitzgeraldstory is " One of the mostthrilling sagas in show busi-ness," and this is not so farfrom the truth.

Born in Newport News, Vir-ginia, Ella lost her parentswhen she was a tiny tot, andmost of her childhood was spentat the Riverdale Orphanage,New York City.

One day she went along to theApollo Theatre to compete inthe weekly amateur contest,and her version of Hoagy Car-michael's " Judy " won her firstprize, and a seven-day engage-ment at the theatre.

Contrary to general belief,maestro Chick Webb did NOT

Singers' division of the 1937" Melody Maker " poll, follow-ing a BBC broadcast by theWebb outfit relayed direct fromNew York, and at the time shewas already recording solo aswell as with Chick.

After Webb died, in the sum-mer of 1939. Ella picked up the

contact with members of thebop movement, and it was ona variety tour with Dizzy thatshe evolved her unforgettablevariations on the theme of" Lady Be Good" which shelater sang at the London Pal-ladium.

No one who was present at

ELLA FITZGERALDFIRST

LADY OF

SONG

hear her on the opening night,but shortly afterwards her greatpotentialities were brought tohis attention, and he lost notime in signing her to singwith his band.

Within two years, her famewas widespread enough for herto win the International Girl

fallen baton and led his bandfor a while, but since the earlynineteen -forties she has beenout on her own with an ever-increasing success that needsno further emphasis here.

Her marriage to Ray Brown,former Dizzy Gillespie bassist,brought Miss Fitzgerald into

. And soon

she'll be singing

in Britain !

the two concerts she did withTed Heath at the end of herseason there can ever fail torecall the electrifying atmos-phere of the occasion, and herContinental dates with the Jazzat the Philharmonic unit wereevery bit as galvanic.

Nevertheless, for her own

personal preference Ella likesto sing in an intimate roomwith a relaxed, subtle groupbehind her, and the songs sheloves are sentimental ones.

"Despite all the things I'vedone, I still consider myself aballad singer " she admits, "AndI suppose I'll always be thatway. I love ballads; despitewhat they say, that will neverchange."

In view of her strugglingchildhood, Ella's interest inaiding orphaned children isreadily understandable. In 1945she was elected to the Inter-national Committee of the Fos-ter Parents' Plan For WorldChildren, serving with suchwomen as Mrs. Harry S.Truman and Mrs. EleanorRoosevelt.

She continues to devote muchof her time on behalf of home-less youngsters, both in Americaand abroad.

During the seventeen yearsshe has been recording, therehave been so many magnificentFitzgerald issues, most of themcurrently obtainable here, thata representative short selectionis hard to make. "Black Coffee,""A Man Wrote Song," " HowHigh the Moon," " Talk Fast,My Heart," " Basin StreetBlues " and the various duetswith Louis. Armstrong barelybegin to scratch the surface.

PerfectIn fact, play any one of her

sides, and the odds are infavour of you hearing a well-nigh perfect example of peer-less artistry.

In the words of her impre-sario, Norman Granz: " EllaFitzgerald reigns today, un-challenged, as the championgirl singer of our time." Therecan be very few knowledgeablepeople who would contest thisstatement.

THIS IS HOLLYWOODby ALEON BENNETT

JACKSON TEAGARDEN isnow called " Doctor of

Dixieland." He picked up thismonicker during his reign atthe Royal Room where he jam-packed the joint with his jazzpronunciations. In his slam-bang group are his brotherCharlie (" Little T "), RayBauduc, Marvin Ash, MartyCorb and Jay T. St. John. . . .

At the Encore, it's the PaulSmith Trio. . . . Felix De Colaclosed at the Bar of Music. . . .

Joe Venuti and his Trio hold-ing sway at the DevonshireInn

Jazz history was made at theShrine Auditorium on July 26when Gene Norman and FrankBull presented their thirdannual Blues Jubilee with thegreatest blues singers and musi-cians hereabouts.

The Blues Jubilee has been asolid sell-out for three yearsnow. T -Bone Walker andJimmy Witherspoon put on aduel that left the fans limp.Helen Humes, Al Hibbler, JayMcNeely and his Orchestra andPeppermint Harris had the fansjumping for two solid hours....

Billy Gray, Patti Moore andBen Liessy are entertaining thepatrons at the Band Box. . . .

Ray Anthony, currently at thePalladium in Hollywood, justbought himself a $40,000 hillsidehome. . . . Louis Jordan openedat the Tiffany Club. And thejoint is jumping.

A new night club. the Cres-cendo, operated by Harry Stein-man (husband of Fran Warren,

and Billy Eckstine's manager)is having trouble with theunions. Ella Mae Morse, PatMorrissey and Champ Butlerhad to wait for their money.

Nat King Cole is appearingthere, but with the stipulationthat he be paid at the end ofeach evening's performance. Wesat on this story for a fewweeks because it was our inten-tion of giving the Crescendoevery opportunity to straightenitself out.

Even though this would havebeen published 6,000 milesaway, a telephone call fromoverseas to the right people.would have closed the placedown with a bang. But thestory is out. . . .

Billy Daniels is at theMocambo and drawing a star-studded audience. . . . W. C.Handy, " St. Louis Blues "creator is suing a carnival formisuse of his song.... ColemanHawkins came out with " Spell-bound " on Decca. . . . JohnnyOtis has a good platter in "BabyBaby Blues " for Mercury. . . .

Stan Kenton opens the BlueNote in Chicago for two weeks,August 29. . . . Sarah Vaughanis at the Hawthorne Casino inMass. . . .

One well-known trumpeterwas recently picked up by thepolice on a morals charge whenhe was found in a hotel roomwith two chicks.

Musician plays a hot horn andhad been approached by anindependent record outfit towax a few sample discs. Butthis fracas killed the deal...

Winifred and Dolores Oakley 'Share the Bulls -eye, too !

T N the London Palladium's1 star-studded bill, whichopened this week, there aretwo very talented ladies -Dolores Gray and WinifredAtwell.

Dolores couldn't get awaywith it fully until she resortedto her " Annie " costume and arifle, whereas Winifred, appear-ing for the first time at thePalladium, not only got awaywith it with the help of a pianobut had the audience yelling,

whistling, clapping for more,and more-and more.

Atwell's brand of piano -fire-works is so well-known to allthrough her big -selling record-ings that all one can say of herappearance in variety is that(a) she plays the piano exactlyas always, and as brilliantly;(b) she has been clever enoughto evolve a little stage presen-tation around her; and (c) she" threw " everybody (certainlythe national paper critics !) byplaying Greig's Piano Concertoin the midst of " Cross Hands

The NME photographer was in Winifred Atwell's dressingroom to wish her luck, just before the opening show, andcaught Ivor Mairants doing the same thing. He accompanies

Winnie on guitar during her act.

Boogie," " Black and WhiteRag," etc.

Dolores Gray, I think, is agreat stage artist, and Ithoroughly enjoyed seeing her.Nevertheless, I heaved a sigh ofrelief and thankfully uncrossedmy crossed fingers when sheslipped out of the very prettyevening gown, and the lovesongs, into Annie Oakley and" Doin' What Comes Naturally "et al.

I liked the way she fastenedon to the current vogue forartists casually to " slip in " thefact that, by sheer chance, theirnext number was recorded on" such -and -such " label, and sonicely referred to her own thatI would have bought a recordright there and then if anyonelad come round selling !

I was rather tickled to noticethat, of all people on the bill,Winifred Atwell was by far thebiggest recording personality-so she didn't mention herrecords or label!

The entire bill for this weekand next is excellent, and inLeslie Randall, a young manwhose medium so far has beentelevision, I feel we have a newcomic of some import, whoshould quickly be doing ex-tremely well for himself.

His act was clean, clever andfunny. His gags with cigarettes(particularly the early -morningsmoker) had the biggest laughof the evening; I think we shallsee Mr. Randall often at theArgyle Street Auditorium.Yes, a first-class bill-Carsony

Brothers. Nanci Crompton, theDeeps, Hall, Norman and Ladd,Allen Brothers and June-Winifred and Dolores, greatstuff. J. B.


Traditional and commercial meet. Mick Mulligan, leaderof the Magnolia Jazz Band, discusses bandleading problems

with " Stagecoach " maestro, Eric Winstone.

JAZZ REVIEWSby HECTOR STEWARTCHRISTIE BROTHERS

STOMPERS" You Always Hurt the One

You Love ""I'm So Glad "

K. Christie, trombone; D.Hawden, trumpet; L Christieclarinet; P. Hawes, piano; B.Marshall, banjo; D. Coffey, bass;

B. Saward, drums(Melodist 1220)

IF you want to know how theseboys have come on, listen to

this one. Without wishing toprecipitate a minor civil com-motion, it must be fairly statedthat the Christies phow whatthe Manchester lads lack-relaxation.

Admittedly, the styles aredifferent. The Christies emulatea New Orleans Negro band,and in some measure theysucceed - though mercifullyeliminating the bum notes andthe tired phrases that too oftengo with it.ENSEMBLE

Most important, they'velearned the knack of sitting onthe beat instead of pushing it.They don't wildly pursue themelody, rather let it overtakethem, and, having got it wherethey want it, close in for aclimax.

The way they open each side,they could almost be commenc-ing the first set at the LondonJazz Club with a whole eveningbefore them. Dickie Hawdenhas developed a fine, hot tone,and leads away confidently in" You Always Hurt," later to bejoined by the brothers. Thethree play together to themanner born, complementingone another's lines of thoughtand placing notes just wherethey're most needed in theensemble.

IMPROVED RHYTHM" I'm So Glad " is a spiritual -

style number that the LytteltonBand used to feature a year orso ago. If it sounds more thana little like " Gimme CrackCorn," it probably indicateswhence the latter tune came.This side, too, goes with a solidswing, notable for two fineclarinet choruses from Ian andsome extra -glorious trombonefrom Keith.

If the Christies' last recordwas good, this one is better, dueto the improved rhythm section.However, the engineer seems tohave taken fright at the end ofthe second side. There's anoticeable volume fade. Onecan't altogether blame him, foronce started the Christies'sound as if they'll go on for-ever !

THE SAINTS JAZZ BAND"Milenberg Joy "/" Tiger Rag "Personnel as for Parlo. R.3544,reviewed in NME. June 20,

1952(Parlophone 11.3564)

OK"' the lesson has beenlearned - simply not to

advocate the return of a newrecording band quite so hastilyin future. It was never sus-pected that the Saints would beback before you could say"Jelly Roll Morton " with any-thing quite so outrageous as thistreatment of "Milenberg Joys."

Someone asked in all serious-ness if it was meant to be funny.Alas, it isn't. Put it down toover -enthusiasm for Jelly's tuneif you like.

At best, the out-of-tuneness,the squeaky clarinet, the zanytrumpet, and the laughter -cry-ing trombone only manage tosound like jazzmen trying to bejolly with their tongues in theircheeks.

Fortunately, " Tiger Rag " isbetter. Alan Radcliffe againsteals the show with his varia-tions on the clarinet licksimmortalised by Larry Shieldswith the Original DixielandJazz Band.

The rest of the boys chase the" Tiger " so hard, it's a wonderthey don't knock themselvesout. When will it be realisedthat jazz isn't just a matter ofmaking noise with a beat ?

BILLY BANKS says

BRITISH JAZZ ISMAN, I ain't kidding ...

I've heard better jazzover here than in manyparts of the United States.

Right now I'm thinking ofwriting a new song and thetitle would be " Way DownYonder In England."

When I came over here mybookers had me lined -up as avariety act. That's right enoughon account of that's what I'mdoing in theatres here. But thepoint is the bookers didn't talkabout jazz or the big interest injazz all over this country. Uh-huh. . . I guess I didn't knowabout it myself.

I soon found out. I told pro -

GREAT !In an interviewwith DOUGLAS

ENEFERmoters: " Look, this thingsurely is here to stay. Thesekids are really on the ball-andthey're your new varietytheatre audience. It's some-thing you just can't ignore."

Mulligan and 'Keir meetup again at Carlisle

THEREwill be a big re -union

at Market Hall, Carlisle,on Saturday, August 9, whenMick Mulligan's Magnolia JazzBand join forces with DaveKeir and the Nova Scotia JazzBand to present a traditionalistconcert.

The Dave Keir Band, by theway, will be presented at theconcert by David Mylne, Scot-tish area representative of theNFJO.

And the reunion? It's likethis:

LOOSE ENDLast April, Archie Semple's

Capital Jazzmen were on tourwhen they ran across the Mul-ligan boys. Mick liked thesounds that came from Archie'sclarinet and Pat Malloy's bass,offered them a job and wasaccepted.

Which left the Capital Jazz-men rather at a loose end. ButDave Keir (who handles altosax, violin, clarinet and pianobut settles for playing trombonewith the band) decided thatsome re -organisation wasneeded.

What was left of the CapitalJazzmen was augmented andthe result was Dave Keir andthe Nova Scotia Jazz Band.

And on Saturday for the firsttime since the switch -over, the

You can spot Beryl Bryden at the far end of the Ferry,so you can know that this is one way the jazz fans haveof getting their jazz and the summer weather all at the

same time.

old gang will meet again-withArchie and Pat playing " inopposition " to their old team-mates.

There have been some chan-ges in the old line-up, of course,since Archie and Pat left. Itnow reads:

Dave Keir (trombone); AlexWelsh (cornet); Jack Graham(clarinet); Tom Turner (tenorsax); Drew Landles (piano);Jimmy Moonie (guitar); GeorgeCrockett (drums).

Bass -player for the concert isstill to be fixed.

HOUNSLOW Jazz Club holdtheir second Riverboat

Shuffle on Saturday. September6. With music supplied by theAlbemarle Jazz Band and MikeCollier's Band the Shuffle leavesRichmond Pier at 7 p.m., re-turning at 11 p.m.

THE Jazz Record Retailers'Association has recently

been holding a trade war onunsatisfactory dubbings issuedby some of the British labels,large and small.

Vogue's recent issue of a JellyRoll Morton coupling from thefamous General album of pianosolos has been the cause of aspot of argument. Vogue chiefDoug Whitton, states that hiscompany maintains a policy ofpressing from masters only andthat the or i g in a 1 Generalmasters in the States were notperfect.

The JRRA, it appears, madedubbings from brand newAmerican pressings with betterresults. Any comments ?

,M'FJO National SecretaryJames Asman asks us to

advise readers that the NFJOCentral Offices at 18, Timber -croft Lane, Plumstead, S.E.18(Telephone WOOlwich 4492),which was closed for a fort-night, will re -open on Mondaynext, 11th. James, his wife andJRRA secretary Owen Brycehave been touring the West,Country in a caravan.

Everywhere I've been in yourcountry it's jazz, jazz all theway.

The way things are stacking -up jazz is surely going to havea big impact on variety. Hell,the next thing you know, jug-glers will have to do their actwith a jazz beat and shuffle.

Something else again-I justdidn't realise the kind of bandsyou've got over here. TakeFreddy Randall. Apart fromsolo work, I've done my act outfront of this group and themusic is as solid as a beertruck. Mr. Freddy blows somereally torrid trumpet and thewhole bunch are really in there.

Praise for SayeThen I've just caught an

earful of another GeorgeShearing. Guy named JoeSaye. What a piano -playerthat boy is !

I've heard jazz over here thatwould surprise the folks backhome. They just don't knowwhat's going on in this littleisland.

I got a little homesick whenI first came over-but, believeme, I soon lost that old feelingwhen I met all the real friendli-ness and tremendous interest injazz that I've encounteredeverywhere I've been.

I'm gonna sit right down andwrite a letter about it all toW. C. Handy, the old daddy ofthe blues, in New York. He's76 now and he can't see no more-but he knows 'most every-thing about jazz and I knowhe'll be fascinated to hear howthings are over here when theyread my letter to him.

When I first latched -on tohow all the kids here feel aboutjazz I was staggered. One ofthe shocks I got was when Iplayed Leeds. After the showthe manager of the theatre said:" There's 200 young people out-side."

Old Discs" Yeah," I said nervously :

" What do they want ?"" You !" he told me. " But

You don't have to worry-theyjust want to shake hands andtalk about some records youonce made."

Those old platters! The kidswere firing questions at meabout the "Yellow Dog Blues,""Yes, suh!", "Margie" and those"Mean Old Bedbug Blues."Tell you sump'n-I hadn't evengot a copy of " Ye/low Dog "myself, and when I tried to buyone in Hull the man in the shopsaid he didn't have one left.

What comes next ? Well, I'vesigned that contract to appearon the Moss Empire circuit-and they're going to try to buildup the real jazz angle. Afterthat ? I'll let you into a secretambition-there isn't a thing inthe world I'd like to do betterthan to work regularly with anEnglish jazz group.

I guess I can't say more thanthat. . . .

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1952. la

THE Academic Club,which meets Mondays

at the " Prince of Wales "Ravenscourt Park, is doingan excellent job for thedevelopment of British jazz.It's one of the few clubs intown where you can hearthe up-and-coming youngmusicians (many of whomyou've read about on thispage recently) playing

THE DIE MODERN PAGE AT THE ACADEMIC

alongside today'slished stars.

This, of course. serves adouble purpose. It gives theyoungsters invaluable experi-ence " in the middle," and pre-vents the fans' current favour-ites from resting on their laurels.

The NME contingent wentalong on Monday, July 21,and listened to sixteen musi-cians playing in various pick-upgroups.

Stars of the evening wereBasil Kirchin, who combined

estab- excellent showmanship with a Garry Chevins, a huge lank ladfine beat and intelligent, oftenhumorous, figures; tenormanJimmy Skidmore, " the mostcommercial modernist in Eng-land " (to quote Steve Race);and for me especially, the tenorof Foster's protégé, JohnnyMarshall. He blows like . . .

Johnny Marshall, and is defin-itely in the running for futurepoll -winning stakes.

Other boys who played onthese sessions, which variedfrom good to not - so - good,included Johnny Rogers (alto);

who blows gusty baritone; DaveDa vani (accordion) ; PercyCarter (trombone); pianistsHarry South, Freddy Harper;Geo. Jennings, Ron Fallon,Manny Shulman (basses); RoyHatton and Dickie de Vere(drums).

Lovely Marion Williams fromthe Lewis Band, sang a coupleof numbers; while genial hostPete Harris made a more thancompetent compere.Personal Impressions

THE LACK of enterprise in

the choice of themes was mostnoticeable and disappointing;

THE ATTACK in the trum-pet -playing of a not -very -serious young man named CliffDenchfield who might be takenseriously in a few years' time;

THE SMACK in the eye forall who say that good jazz isonly to be found within 'thelimits of the West End's "squaremile."

Our future stars are certainlygetting a good grounding at theAcademic.

FLASHBACK! Listening toDecca's newly -signed recordingstar, Jimmy (" Too ") Young, onthe air last week reminded meof the first time I met him-atthe Cripplegate studio, singingon the Ralph Sharon Sextet'sbroadcasting debut.

To refresh your memories,Ralph's line-up in those dayswas Jimmy Skidmore (tenor),Tommy Pollard (vibes), PeteChilver (guitar), Jack Fallon(bass) and Martin A st on(drums)!

* *In " Hall -Marks " on July 4,

we gave you the first intima-

HALL-MARKSTony Hall's

tion that a new club would beopening in town which " couldevoke a lot of goodwill that'ssadly lacking in some quar-ters!" This club opens nextThursday (14th) at 100, OxfordStreet, and will be called the" Two -Way."

Featuring the best of bothmusical schools (the Dank -worth Seven and Mick Mulli-

RECORD REVIEWRONNIE BALL TRIO

" Liza " (Gus Kahn, George Gershwin).VICTOR FELDMAN with the RONNIE BALL TRIO

" Excavation " (Victor and Robert Feldman)ESQUIRE 10-242

Personnel: Ronnie Ball (piano); Pete Blannin (bass);Tony Kinsey (drums). " Excavation " adds Victor Feld-man (vibes). Both recorded London, December 15, 1951.AT long last, here's an impression on wax of the in-

genious head -arrangements used by the Ronnie BallTrio-surely one of the greatest, and the most under -publicised, groups we've ever had.

" Liza " swings all the way, with Ronnie (" Mr. Up-right ") Ball playing the best solo he's ever recorded.Agreed, Bud Powell's style had quite an influence overRon at this stage of his development (when these sideswere made), and there are also traces of Tristan, butwhat the heck !.. Ronnie plays fine piano !

Kinsey's kicking brushwork is excellent ; and PeteBlannin proves he was the ideal bassist for the Trio.

" Excavation " adds Victor Feldman's vibes. It's a verypretty original with infectious changes by Vic and clari-nettist brother Bob. In conception, it reminds us of Getz's" Standanavian " (originally a Swedish folk -song). Victakes it at the same leisurely tempo as his " Serenity "on Melodist (reviewed here June 20, 1952), and for thefirst time on record shows up as the relaxed creativeyoung genius we all know him to be.

Ronnie takes a gem of a 16 -bar solo in the secondchorus, playing a sympathetic line with a simplicityreminiscent of John Lewis. The over -long " nothinghappens" coda robs us of at least half a solo chorusThis side's not too well recorded, and the rather heavyoff -beat tends towards thumpiness.

VERDICT. Two more sides - good, though not thegreatest-to help British jazz rid itself of its inferioritycomplex.

RESOLUTION. Next time we have a home-grownoutfit as good as this one was, let's give it the publicityand praise it deserves at the time-and not wait till afterit's extinct.

MIKE BUTCHER and TONY HALL.

Modern Gossipgan's Band are doing the open-ing night) we sincerely hope thatit will help break down the" Iron Curtain " dividing the figsand boppers, and make themmore tolerant towards theother's brand of jazz.

Heck, it's all music, and aslong as it's good of its kind,give it all the encouragementit deserves.

The promoter, Ricky Gunnell,is a very nice guy and a newhand at the club game with alot of new ideas. We wish youwell, Ricky, and we'll be alongon the 14th.

* * *HOW MANY TIMES HAVE

YOU HEARD THEM SAY . . .

" I'm forming a new group."Then you find that the per-

sonnel's exactly the same as atleast three other " new groups "you've heard the same week." It's got a new sound,"

Then you find that it's eitherthe usual unisons or that some-one has scored a couple ofcarbon -copy "Miles'" arrange-ments." Maybe we can get a Jazz Club

broadcast or two."Then you know that a large

pinch of salt is required. JazzClub broadcasts, indeed! Inthese days?

THAT'S WHY, when I heardthat five well-known modern-ists had given notice to fivename bandleaders and wouldbe forming a " new group," Ihad my doubts.

However, after hearing acouple of rehearsals, I thinkthis may prove to be the mostinteresting regular " pick-up "group for some time, in that

it will feature many Ameri-can originals seldom playedhere, such as Bud Powell's" Hallucination some newGerry Mulligans like " Mul-lenium "; " Stan Getz Along";" Broadway "; "Moody'sBounce," etc., which will be abig step "out of the rut ";

it will feature a " fat " frontline-up of tenor, trombone andbaritone, which has excitingpossibilities; and

it will play " just jazz .

the kind we enjoy playing, andthe kind we hope the kids willenjoy listening and dancing to."

T h e personnel comprisestrombonist Ken Wray leadingKeith Barr (tenor); HarryKlein (baritone); Tommy Watts(piano); Stan Wasser (bass)and Martin Aston (drums).Good luck to 'em, and may theclub dates come rolling in.

* * *Back in England, looking

tremendously brown andhealthy after a month inFrance, and sporting a ratherextraordinary hair -style, isJohnny Dankworth. I'm told hecame across a most appealingversion of " Swedish Pastry " inCannes!

By the time you read this, theSeven will be on the road againand bookings are coming in formonths ahead.

* * *We got our kicks on the

Dixie side of the studio at last'week's Freddy Randall airing.The rhythm section (LennieHastings, drums; Ron Stone,bass; Bobbie Coram, guitar, andDave Fraser, piano) is the bestof its kind here, and the frontline goes like mad.

Konitz-pupil Bruce Turner'sclarinet is a joy to hear, Nor-man Cave sounds like BillHarris at his guttiest, andFreddy's driving lead andMuggsyish solos made our visitwell worth while.

* * *Any evening around 7.30, at a

recently -opened snack bar in

Wardour Street, you'll find mostof the Ronnie Pleydell boys ontheir " tea-break " from theTrocadero. Met some of themthere the other night-JimmyStaples, the brilliant baritonist-arranger; Charlie Payne, whoused to be lead alto with theill-fated Tommy Sampson crew;and Jack Peach, who's beenplaying drums the way a lotof boys are playing today fora long long time without anypublicity,

* *" Off the Envelope." Ex -Lewis

and Baker bassist Alan "Weed"Macdonald now with TeddyFoster. New pianist in the bandis Reg Guest. By the way,Teddy, are "Great Day," "SlowTrain Blues," "Mary Lou" and" Junior Miss " the only bandnumbers in the book? You'veused them on two successivebroadcasts now. . . . Promisingyoung Les Simons trumpeter.Les Condon, now on the boats.. . . Pianist Tommy Pollard inWales, where his wife is veryill. Hope she's better soon,Tom, and that you'll be aroundtown again shortly. . . . Thankyou, Steve Race, Jimmy Grant,Tommy Whittle and (on record)Lester Young, for a wonderfulJC last Saturday.

* * *THE PROVINCIAL MODERN

JAZZ SCENE is pretty quietjust now, but the other day weheard some. nice things saidabout a Nottinghamshiretenorman named VaughanWilliams (wonder if his friendscall him " Greensleeves "?). Hesometimes plays at the Mans-field Jazz Club, which featuresmusic for moderns every otherThursday. Local groups used bythe Club include those of Mal-colm Allen and Ted Needham.

ACROSS THE 'COOL' ATLANTICDUI" ELLINGTON'S

" Liberian Suite," one ofhis most successful concertworks, is to be used as back-ground music for two, movieshorts recently made by pro-ducer George Moser in Africa.The filfris will form part of aseries of eight, collectivelytitled " Free World." An LPissue of the Suite has beenavailable for some time onAmerican Columbia.

The personnel that Dizzy

Gillespie had with him for ashort season at the Capitol inChicago read as follows : BillGraham (baritone sax); WyntonKelly (piano); Bernie Briggs(bass); Al Jones (drums); andJoe Carroll (vocals). Dizzy'sassociation with the wor d"Capitol" has further beenstrengthened recently by therelease of his " Coast to Coast "as part of the Trumpet Stylistsalbum put out by the recordfirm of that name.

MIKE BUTCHER,


ACCORDION BOOMIN MIDLANDS

ALL over the Midlands the demand for accordionplayers is booming and many accordion bands are

being formed on a semi -pro basis. Dance bands witha strong accordion flavour are hitting a new popularityhigh in this area, and requests for tuition are so greatthat teachers cannot keep pace with them.

At the Jack Woodroffe Schoolof Music, 89 Broad Street, Birm-ingham, accordion expert PercyBarratt, told me : " The everincreasing demand for accordiontuition is almost unbelievable.So good is it at this school thatwe urgently require additionalstaff for accordion teaching."

He added : " Many of thosewho come to me for tuition aremusicians who intend to joinbands now being formed. Anumber of new all -accordionbands will be appearing withinthe next twelve months. Suchbands are in big demand, especi-ally at club dances and privatefunctions."

At this school a whole suite ofstudios is now devoted to accor-dion development.

Indicative of the boom is thefact that on September 13 at theFriends' Institute, Birmingham,accordion contests and a musicalconcert will be held on a scalenot attempted since 1938.

On this night, after the Mid-land Area Accordion contests,chief attraction at the concertwill be the West Burton Accor-dion Orchestra, All - Englandchampions for 1951.

Organiser of the event is Mr.Barratt, member of the advisorycommittee of the NationalAccordion Organisation.

LATINFORMATIONVOCALIST

Gerry Moss, atpresent with Ricardo and his

Rumba Rhythm at the Berkeleywill, on August 13, bejoining the Cubanos at the Em-bassy. Gerry will be replacingLes Lombard, who moves overto join Don Carlos at the Astorand Colony.

Watch out for "Luna Rosa."This number-a hit in Italy forthe past three years-is makingvery healthy headway in theUSA.

* * *A few " oldies " are being

given a new life. I see thatthere are new recordings of" The Peanut Vendor," "Poin-ciana " and " Siboney."

* * *This week's rave is Buddy

Costa. Sheer artistry andbeautiful singing makes Buddy's" The Mask is Off " a pleasureto listen to. No slurs up to thehigh notes. This boy hits themspot on, and with such easeand lovely tonal quality. Thisparticular recording of the lushtango has been getting quite afew Rave notices in the Statesso watch out for the nameBuddy Costa.

* * *Closing date for the " Royal

Festival Hall Stakes " contro-versy is August 10. Hurry !Hurry ! Hurry !

* * *Flip side of the Luis Arcaraz

record mentioned two weeksback, features some lovely altowork. This number, " Sax Can -

GOURD TIMECHARLIE

tabile " is a " must " for allsaxophonists looking for some-thing with a mambo flavour.

* * *Looking for a novelty

calypso ? Then take e look-see at " Co -Co -Coconut." Ithas very good possibilities.

* * *Francisco Cavez jumps into

the limelight once again. Hismodernistic compo si tic n" Jungle Rhythm " has beengetting quite a few broadcastslately.

* * *Stanley Black's recording of

"Pianola " obviously startedscmething. It has been followedup with another very goodversion by Joe Loss, on HMV.

* * *More contenders for my

Largest Number of Record-ings Contest " are " The Choo-Choo Samba," which hasjumped into the French andBelgian best-sellers with 14French and 7 English record-ings, and " Miami BeachRumba." This has been issuedin France under the title of" Voyage a Cuba." So far thereare 27 different French record-ings of it. Any other offers ?

BAND CALL Week beginning August 8

WINIFRED ATWELLWeek, London Palladium.

CARL BARRITEAU BANDTonight (Friday), Embassy Ballroom,Skegness. Saturday, St. George's Hall,Hinckley. Sunday, Jephson GardensPavilion, Leamington. Monday, Sea -burn Hall, Sunderland. Wednesday,Thursday, Friday, Sunderland.

TITO BURNS SEXTETTonight (Friday), Rex Ballroom, Cam-bridge. Saturday, NCO's Club, BrizeNorton. Sunday, Ritz Ballroom, Wey-mouth. Monday, Wimbledon Palais.Friday, Astoria Ballroom, Nottingham.

JOHNNY DANKWORTH SEVENTonight (Friday), Town Hall, Chelten-ham. Saturday, Empire Hall, Taunton.Sunday, Regal Cinema, Minehead.Tuesday, Orchid Ballroom, Purley.Thursday, 100 Oxford Street. Friday,Twickenham Palais.

RAY ELLINGTON QUARTETWeek, Locarno, Liverpool.

TEDDY FOSTER ORCHESTRATonight (Friday) Astoria, Nottingham.Saturday, Nottingham. Sunday, RoyalHall, Harrogate. Monday to Fridayinclusive, Green's Playhouse, Glasgow.

HARRY GOLD AND HIS PIECES OFEIGHT

Tonight (Friday) and Saturday, Sea -burn Hall, Sunderland. Sunday, WhiteRock Pavilion, Hastings. Tuesday,

Town Hall, Seaton. Wednesday,Princes Pavilion, Penzance. Thursday,Drill Hall, Falmouth. Friday, TownHall, Torquay.

NAT GONELLA AND HIS BANDWeek, Empire, Glasgow.

JOE LOSS ORCHESTRASeason, Villa Marina, Douglas.

SID PHILLIPS AND HIS BANDTonight (Friday) and Saturday, GraftonRooms. Liverpool. Tuesday, GaumontBallroom, Morecambe. Wednesday,Empress Ballroom, Whitehaven. Thurs-day, Coronation Hall, Ulverston. Fri-day, Clarence Ballroom, Spennymoor.

FREDDY RANDALL BANDTonight (Friday), Southsea. Saturday,King's Lynn. Sunday. Cook's FerryInn. Monday, Broadcast. Thursday,Beverley. Friday, South Shields.

RALPH SHARON SEXTETSeason, Pier Pavilion, Weymouth.

SQUADRONAIRESSeason, Palace Ballroom, Douglas.

BILLY TERNENT ORCHESTRASeason, Butlin's, Filey.

HEDLEY WARD TRIOTonight (Friday) and Saturday, Hip-podrome, Bristol. Sunday, Broadcast.Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,Bournemouth. Thursday and Friday,Bath.

ERIC WINSTONE ORCHESTRASeason, Butlin's, Clacton.

SONGWRITERACCORDIONIST

"YDL E W I S, well-known

Northern accordion band-leader, is also making his nameas a songwriter. His two latest

SYD LEWIS

numbers to be published are" Peaceful Valley " and " I WillAlways Remember You Smil-ing."

The Syd Lewis AccordionBand have toured the North ex-tensively giving successful per-formances of old-time andmodern music in Blackpool,Bolton, Burnley, Fleetwood,Huddersfield and many otherwell-known towns.

TOP -LINE REGAN unintended slight on pro-

lific sessioneer Reg Hogarthwas obliquely cast in last week'scomment upon the Primo ScalaAccordion Band. Reference toPrimo (Harry Bidgood) Scala'sbrother Warwick as " leader "should have been augmentedwith the information, wellknown in the profession, thatReg shares first accordion desk,and it is Reg who takes topline in the broadcasts and re-cordings.

An equal division of accor-dion honours is made in War-wick Bidgood's own large sharein the cares of the arrange-ments, together with his accor-dion performance on the ses-sions. To give full honour wherehonour is due, however, it isour Reg who in this accordionaggregation, stands in the samelight as the violin " leader " ofa straight orchestra.

TOLLEFSEN FOREASTERN COUNTIES

CONTESTGREAT credit must go to the

organisers of the firstEastern Counties Contest to beheld since 1938 for their effortsto bring about a revival in theaccordion enthusiasm that onceprevailed there.

That there will not be anyhalf measures can be gaugedfrom the fact that they havebooked Toralf Tollefsen for theConcert to follow the Contestat Norwich on September 25.

" Box Biographies"BRIAN DEXTER

nNE of the younger genera-tion`-' of session accordion-

ists, Brian Dexter has a firmfoundation in music in hisstudies on pianoforte at theLondon Musical College underWilfred Davies.

Like many other accordion-ists, Brian just " took up " theaccordion, but three years onchurch organ had fitted himfor proficiency in handlingthis type of reed -sounding in-strument. At fifteen he wasalready a very handy perfor-mer on accordion, and by thetime war broke out was justgetting in nicely with theTown gig circles.

Military service in the Re-connaissance Corps was fol-lowed by a more pleasantspell as a fully-fledged mem-ber of the Royal Scots GreysMilitary Band under Band-master C. A. Holt. In thisband Brian had to take up aproper military band instru-ment, and he put in a lot oftime and careful study onclarinet, to become a veryfair performer after demob.

He enjoyed a successful spellat the Savoy with the DannyLevan Quartet. Also broad-cast with Danny in " TheStrollers," and " Rhythm Ren-dezvous " during whichBrian's accordion became alistening must for accordion-ists.

Now a key man in Westernmusic, Brian airs in " Riders

of the Range " and " SquareDance Revels," records withDanny Levan as one of the" Red River Boys," and the" Tennessee Rakes." Still gig-ging around Town Brian isable to show another facet ofhis abilities as a very modernpianist. Brian is married andhas a son.

Favourite composer: J. S.Bach.

Favourite record: "Misirlou",Jan August.

Favourite dislike: 0 v e r -amplified accordions.

Favourite food: Eggs andbacon.

Hopes for the future: " Toearn a living the way I like."

Swing and Do-si-do !

Eyebrows raised, accordionist Warwick Bidgood rirples outsome square dance obbligatoes with George Hurley confidentin the background on violin. " Happy Hoe -Down" MaestroPhil Cardew awaits his clarinet chorus while NorahGalloway makes the calls, celebrity David Miller beingjust visible in the background. String bass in left fore-

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CLUBS -TRADITIONALALBEMARLE JAZZ BAND.

Wednesday, " White H a r t,"Southall. Buses 105, 83, 120,807.

AT COOK'S FERRY, Sunday,August 10 : FREDDY RANDALLAND HIS BAND, also BOBBYMICKLEBURGH and his Com-modores. Buses 102, 84, 144, 34.Fully licensed bar.

CATFORD JAZZ, " KingAlfred," Southend Lane (near-est station Lower Sydenham);7.30 p.m., FRIDAY, 8, MIKEDANIELS and his Band, NEVARAPHAELLO,

CLUB FAUBOURG presentsTuesdays : MICK MULLIGAN'SMAGNOLIAS. Thursdays : RONSIMPSON'S COMMODORES.Unique French atmosphere.Licensed. Dancing. Admission(members) 3s. -6a New Comp-ton Street.

CLUB SATCHMO. CLUBSATCHMO. " White Lion,"Edgware. Sunday, 7 p.m.: ERICSILK'S SOUTHERN JAZZBAND. Dancing. Bar.

CRANFORD JAZZ CLUB.Every Friday, " White HartHotel," Bath Road. Cranford(Hounslow West Und. Stn.Buses 81, 98 and 222). Homeof Crane River Jazz Band.Members 2s.. guests 3s.

DELTA JAZZ CLUB, 44Gerrard Street, W.1. Terrificsessions every SATURDAY, 8p.m. with MIKE DANIELS andhis Band.

JAZZ JUNGLE, " GreenwoodHotel," Whitton Avenue West.Greenford. The new residentclub of CHARLIE GALBRAITHAND HIS JAZZMEN openingWEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13, 8till 11.30 p.m. Fully licensed bartill 11.30. Buffet bar. Dancing.

LONDON JAZZ CLUB,Britain's Premier Jazz Rendez-vous, 100 Oxford Street, Lon-don, W.1. Monday and SaturdayJazz: Christie Brothers Stom-pers, Neva Raphaello. MondayRequest Night. Membershipdetails: 4 Earlham Street, W.C.2.TEM. 1762/3/4.

RHYTHM ON THE RIVERfrom Westminster Pier. SUN-DAY, August 10, 7.30 p.m. LON-NIE DONEGAN'S Band, NEVARAPHAELLO. Tickets 5s. 6d.HIT 3134 or at Pier.

SENSATIONAL OPENING.TWO-WAY JAZZ CLUB, 100Oxford Street. THURSDAY,AUGUST 14 at 7.30 p.m.: RIKGUNNELL presents THEJOHNNY DANKWORTHSEVEN and MICK MULLI-GAN'S N E W MAGNOLIAJAZZ BAND in TWO-WAYJAZZ, all outstanding Jazz per-sonalities invited. FREE MEM-BERSHIP GIVEN until 8.30p.m. on OPENING night only.TWO-WAY JAZZ presentedevery Thursday night at 7.30p.m.

SLOUGH PALAIS Specialattraction : THE SAINTS JazzBand with THE ANGEL, Tues-day, August 12, 7.45 till 11.15.Admission 3s. Dance or listenin comfort. Snack bar.

WOOD GREEN. Sunday,"THE SAINTS." Tuesday,WOOD GREEN STOMPERS.

RECORDS FOR SALE

10,000 NEW AND USEDrecords in stock. Call, browseand select at your leisure. Hearyour records in comfort. Lon-don Jazz Club Record Shop, 82,St . Johns Wood High Street,N.W.8. PRI 6725.

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JAZZ RECORDS and booksbought and sold - best pricesfrom the best shop. - THEINTERNATIONAL B 0 0 K -SPIOP, 52, Chasing Cross Road,W.C.2. Phone : TEM 2315. -Ask for Dick Hawdon.

CLUBS -MODERN

AH, All, AH, AIL AH, AH,LION'S DEN, SUTTON. Dancing every session. Residentgroup Ken Sykora, Tim Davis.George Jennings, Pete Harris,Pete Townrow, plus guestartists.

ACADEMIC MONDAY!Jimmy Skidmore, Fred Perry,Dicky DeVere, Leon Roy, BasilKit -chin, Freddy Harper, CliffDenchfield, G a r r y Chevins,George Jennings, Ron Fallon.Ray Dempsey, Pete Harris." Prince of Wales " (minuteRavenscourt Tube).

ACTON BOP CLUB by over-whelming demand the BASILKIRCHIN Sensational Sextet," White Hart," Thursday

ANTON PROGRESSIVECLUB. " White Lion," Edgware,Sunday, 12 noon. BOB BURNS,TOMMY WHITTLE, TONYKINSEY, TONI ANTON, MATTROSS. Dancing. Bar.

BIRDLAND, open every Fri-day and Saturday, 39 GerrardStreet, midnight to 4 a.m. Fri-day, Joe Harriet's Band withSam Walker (baritone), KenWray (trombone), Terry Brown(trumpet). Saturday, Tony Kin-sey Trio with Tommy Whittleand Ronnie Scott.

CLUB ELSINO. "LordPalmerston," Staines Road,Hounslow, Thursday. GARRYCHEVINS' SEXTET. Thanks,Dave Davani. Lennie Dawes,Harry South, Benny Goodman,Terry Shannon, Bill Eyden.

FABULOUS FELDMAN'S, 100Oxford Street, 7.30 p.m. Sun-day, Basil Kirchin's Band,Johnny Rogers' Quartet,Maurice Burman.

NEW JAZZ SOCIETY, nextmeeting August 19. Details nextweek.

STAINES RHYTHM CLUB.Sundays, 7.45, " Anne Boleyn."Skyrockets Trombonist, D 0 NMACAFFER. Johnny Alexande7Sextet. Danny Darnenn Group.Jazz, modern session. Swim-ming, restaurant.

STUDIO '51 - STUDIO '51,10/11 Great Newport Street,

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Tommy Whittle with the TonyKinsey Trio and Tony Hall.

SAT.: RETURN OF RONNIESCOTT ALL-STARS.

SUN.: 7 till 10.30: TerryBrown Group. Tony KinseyTrio. Tommy Whittle. guests.

WED.: Battle of Tenors, DonRendall. Tommy Whittle. TonyKinsey Trio, plus Tony CrombieTrio.

PUBLIC NOTICESBOROUGH OF BILSTON

MUNICIPAL DANCES

A STRICT TEMPO DANCEBAND CONTEST will be heldin the Town Hall, Bilston, onSaturday, September 6, 1952,the winner thereof will be givenengagements to play in this Hallon four Saturdays and will alsobe awarded the Bilston StrictTempo Dance Band Plaque.

Bands must consist of six toeight pieces. Adjudication by acertified dance teacher. Furtherparticulars and entry formsmay be obtained from theEntertainments Manager, TownHall, Bilston.

INSTRUMENT REPAIRS

BOBBY MICKLEBURGHwill snake that Trombone orTrumpet as new! Overhaulslacquering and plating byexpert craftsmen. -6 DenmarkStreet, W.C.2.

HARRY HAYES' Repair Ser-vice is universally accepted asthe best and most economical inGreat Britain: lacqueringspeciality. -20 Ronully Street,W.1.

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OFFICES TO LET. 3rd Floor,5 Denmark Street, W.C.2. Apply20 Whitechapel High Street, E.1.ROY 1569.

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TUITIONBOBBY MICKLEBURGH

teaches Trumpet and Trombone.-Ring TEM 0079 (Afternoons).

BRITAIN'S BEST SaxophoneTeacher. Leslie Evans teachespersonally EVERY lesson -nosubstitutes -no classes. Begin-ner, Moderate, AdvancedCourses. Timing, TechnicalStudies. Music Free. AlsoPostal tuition. Low fees, un-limited patience. Syllabus : 275,Colney Hatch Lane, N.11. ENT4137.

CENTRAL SCHOOL OFDANCE MUSIC. Principal IvorMairants says : " Results showthat you learn more in half thetime under Britain's finestteachers," Pupils may hireinstruments for 5s. per weekSend for free prospectus.-C.S.D.M., 15 West Street, W.C.2.Temple Bar 3373/4.

DRUM TUITION EXPERTNat Burman, 88a Edgware Way.Edgware 7568.

EVENING CLASSES for newsingers to train for BBC andband auditions. - Bond StreetRadio School, 83 New BondStreet, W.I. MAY 4901.

HARRY HAYES for the finestsaxophone and clarinet tuition.Beginners to advanced sectionscoached. Success guaranteed.-20 Romilly Street, W.1. GER1285.

HARRY LETHAM, Trumpettuition. -25 Percy Street, W.I.MUS 1866.

KATHLEEN STOBART,tenor sax tuition, beginnersand advanced, ad-libbing, etc.-Phone : CHI 1030.

MAURICE BURMAN teachesall aspects of singing; s.a.e. 293White House, Albany Street,N.W.1.

OWEN BRYCE, trumpet,trombone tuition for jazz enthu-siasts.-WOOlwich 3631.

PHIL B. PARKER (Principal,Parker's Brass Studios, Ltd.)all Brass Instruments. Begin-ners to teachers' standard.Modern Dance Music tuition byTERRY BROWN. - 6 DanseyPlace, off Wardour Street, nearGerrard Street, W.I. Sat., 12th,GER 8994.

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Engagement of persons answer-ing these advertisements mustbe made through the local officeof the Ministry of Labour, orScheduled Employment Agencyif the applicant is a man 18-64inclusive or a woman aged 18-59inclusive unless otherwise ex-cepted from the provisions ofthe Notification of Vacancies

Order, 1952.

SPECIAL NOTICES

LONDON JAZZ RECORDSOCIETY. " Bear and Staff,"Charing Cross Road, tonight :Dick Hughes

MOTOR INSURANCE RATESCUT BY 25 PER CENT., let usquote. - M.I.M.A. Langham6941.

MUSICIANS WANTEDCROYDON, URGENT. Accor_

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MUSICIANS WANTED all thetime. Musicians are wanting the/slaw MUSICAL EXPRESS all thetime but, sorry supplies arelimited, so place a regular orderwith your usual shop now !

SITUATIONS VACANT

VACANCIES EXIST in afirst-class Military and DanceBand for a Pianist (willing tolearn MB instrument), also tenorsaxophone (Military and DanceBand). -Apply Band President,1st King's Royal Rifle Corps.Winchester.

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CONTACT LENSES. Wearthese wonder lenses while youpay for them. Choose your ownPractitioner. Details from TheContact Lens Finance Co., 4Reece Mews, South Kensington,S.W.7.

LYRIC WRITERS should col-laborate with Carrington Briggs.Music Composer, Levan, EastYorks.

RETIREMENT INCOMEPLAN for musicians. - Detailsfrom the MIMA, 17/23 WigmoreStreet, W.1.

WHY NOT have your ownstones and cameos mounted insilver ? Sketches and estimatesgiven. - Write Marjorie Ibbot-son, The Studio, 11 ThornsettRoad, Sheffield.

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RECORDS WANTEDWE WILL BUY your un-

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NEWS AND CHATTER OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS11ELLO, there ! This is the

Tin Pan Alley Tom -Catdeputising for the Alley Cat.who is away vacationing amongthe holiday dustbins. And it'sjust like the sauce of the AlleyCat to be prowling around theseaside alleys during BankHoliday week, when there'slittle doing in town.

However, I've been able todig up a few bits of chatter sohere goes....

* * *A little bird tells me that the

tremendous success of Guy Mit-chell has already earned him areturn date to the Palladium,at lots more loot.

Next time, though, he won'tjust stay a fortnight and then gohome. No, I hear he'll be with

Everything stops for tea-even an Ambrose broadcastrehearsal; and here is themaestro himself enjoying ahurried studio tea-party withhis secretary, Joan Linton.

us about six or eight weeks,which is swell for the out-of-towners, who had no chance ofhearing him this trip,

*Talking of Guy Mitchell

brings me automatically to theother guy in his life-the younggenius who writes his songs -Bob Merrill.

Every number this amazingyoung man writes is a hit, aswitness " Roving Kind," " TrulyFair," " We Won't Live In ACastle," " Beggar In Love,"" Pawnshop On The Corner,"" Belle, Belle, My LibertyBelle," etc.

His latest to come over hereis " Walking To Missouri," allabout a lonely little robin who'swalking to Missouri because he

hasn't got the money to fly!How does the guy think of thosethings ?

Dash Music have this latestone.

* *Wire from Calvin Gray,

leader at the Somerville Hotel,Jersey, informs me that a distin-guished musical personalityholidaying in those parts sat inwith the band this week, muchto the joy of all concerned.

It was none other than NorrieParamor.

* *Breezing in and out of the

NME offices on Tuesday wasBenny Lee, just back from aholiday at Bournemouth, wherehe shocked the staff and alsomy colleague " The Slider " bythe comic postcards he sentthem through the post.

But when he told us of someof the other postcards on salethat he didn't send, we decidedhe'd let us down lightly !

* * *As Benny was leaving, he

stuck his head back through thedoor and yelled : " Talking ofsongs, what's the opposite ofSin ? ' "We hadn't the faintest idea

and told him so." 'Sout!" he yelled.

* * *Lots of people are going to

Luxembourg for their holidaysthis year. Had a. card fromAlbany Club bandleader Ron-nie Munro, who's over therewith his charming wife, Jean,telling me they arrived just intime to hear his weekly pro-gramme direct from the RadioLuxembourg station.

They are going on to Hollandlater this week, and are stayingon the coast, outside The Hague,

*If you have occasion to ring

the Decca Record people, makea note that their telephone num-bers at Brixton Road have nowbeen changed to Reliance 8111.

They've got thirty lines ontheir switchboard, so you shouldbe able to get through!

* *Pianist - accordionist - arran-

ger Johnny Douglas should havebeen given some credit in theCyril Stapleton article lastweek, as he was mainly respon-sible for the distinctive soundof the nine -piece band at Fis-chers about which Cyril spokeso highly.

Johnny did the bulk of thearrangements, and Jack God-dard also did some.

Nowadays, of course, Johnnyis staff -arranger for Robbins,and is directing accompanyingsessions for Decca, includingTex Ritter's " High Noon " andBenny Lee's "Pretty Bride."

*Here's a really lucky band-

leader ! Felix King leaves Lon-don Airport this coming Tues-day on a four weeks' holidayin the States. He flies to New

York, takes another plane toNebraska, then drives toSeattle, through British Colum-bia, along the coast to SanFrancisco and lands up in,Hollywood.

I hear there are all sorts oftelevision and radio pro-grammes being lined up for himover there.

* * *Telling me all this exciting

news on Tuesday, Felix Kingalso told me of a request he hadhad in the post from a fan thatmorning, which must surely

THE ALLEY CAT IS

MERIDIAN I

IDAHO STATE FAIRWATCH FOR THE HAND OF FATE

SOUTHERN '

PRETTY BRIDEREADY SOON

I WAITED A LITTLE TOO LONGSOUTHERN MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. LTD.

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ON HOLIDAY

My rapidly-sunburning col-league " The Alley Cat " cantake full credit for respecting aconfidence even when he had a" scoop " in his paws.

In our issue of July 18, heannounced that he knew the Aand R men who were going toPhillips, but, since their ownpresent companies had not yetbeen informed, he would respecttheir confidence and not say aword.

The men were of course,Leonard Smith and NormanNewell, of Columbia, with whomwe were daily in touch, waitingfor the story to be released.

It has been officially releasedthis week, so you'll find it onour news pages. That's what'sknown as keeping faith.

* *I hear that Betty Hutton has

been booked at the London Pal-ladium for a three -weeks'season, commencing Septem-ber 29.

That I must see ! Ever sinceI saw her beat the blazes out ofthe microphone and nearlywreck the joint with her tre-mendous vitality and personal-ity, last time she was at thePalladium, I've been waiting forher to return.

take the cake in the " How Com- When it comes to that Blondeplicated Can You Get ? " Stakes. Bombshell, I'm just a fan at

The fan wanted to hear Felix heart - and I don't care whoplay a song called " I'll Ve Da knows it !San."

Or, in English, " Auf Weider- Hooray ! The Musical Celebri-seh'n " ! ties Cricket Team sponsored by

the NME, won its game on Sun-* day (August 3) against the Lon -Reggie Goff crashed back on don Hospitals' Staff Association

the air with a bang on Sunday: at Walthamstow, by fifty-fiveand made one wonder how runs.on earth a man with such a The Musical Celebrities teamsplendid voice and microphone included bandleader Lew Stone,personality could possibly be singer David Hughes, comediankept off the radio as long as he Bill (" I've Only Got Fourhas. Now that his inexplicable Minutes ") Kerr, trombonist" exile " is over, let's hope that Harry Roche and Chappell's ex -he gets the regular airings he ploitation-personality Jimmydeserves. Henney.

He introduced the lyric that Pip Wedge scored 38 in theirhas been written for " Blue total of 142, and Jimmy HenneyTango," and made a good job of took two wickets for 14 in theit, although-as far as I'm con- LHSA's total of 87.cerned-the number is purely This coming Sunday (Augustand simply an instrumental and 10), the NME sponsored teamalways will be. will be visiting Harpenden

The lyric is by Mitchell Par- Ferndale CC at Rothampstedrish, of " Stardust " fame, Park, Harpenden, Herts.

48 HOURS IN NEW YORK(Continued fr

the States and is carving quitea reputation for himself.

Tommy Dorsey opened at theStatler Theatre while I was inNew York, but I'm afraid I hadneither the necessary dollarsnor the time to pay him a visit.Let's hope I can catch him onmy next trip.

At the Paramount Theatrethe Elliot Lawrence Orchestrawere appearing on a rush book-ing. This band has had a strokeof luck, by being featured withthe new Dean Martin -JerryLewis musical film " JumpingJacks," which is going downreally big, and in my opinionis one of the best these comicshave made to date.LONG RUN

Lawrence has been booked bythe Paramount for four weeks,with a tentative eight or twelveweeks, depending on how longthe film runs. Apart from theband spot, Elliot's group alsoaccompanies three or fourother acts on the bill.

On my rounds I was told thatChubby Jackson, the beardedwizard of the bass, has left

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MUSICCHARTS

As a service to our readerswe have arranged with "TheBillboard," the U.S. show tradepaper, to reproduce its MusicPopularity Charts.

The Charts appearing beloware the latest to reach us byair.

Woody Herman, and that thereplacement is not yet fixed.

One thing I noticed on thisvisit was that a number ofplaces where there used to bejazz going on every night, arenot now booking "names," andso the big names seem to havejoined regular studio bandsand TV outfits, only appearingat jazz concerts as a sideline.

RECORDS MOST PLAYEDBY DISC -JOCKEYS

Last ThisWeek

1 1 Auf Wiedersehn-V. Lynn2 2 Here In My Heart-A. Martino3 3 Half As Much-R. Clooney4 4 Kiss of Fire-G. Gibbs

12 5 Auf Wiedersehn-E. Howard5 6 Lover-P. Lee8 7 Botch -A -Me ----R. Clooney6 8 Delicado-P. Faith7 9 Waikiki' My Baby-I. Ray

15 10 I'm Yours-D. Cornell18 10 Wish You Were Here-E. Fisher10 12 Maybe-P. Como-E. Fisher14 13 Walkin' My Baby-Nat Cole9 14 Vanessa-H. Winterhalter

10 15 I'm Yours-E. Fisher16 16 Here In My Heart-V. Damone13 17 Somewhere Along The Way-

Nat Cole22 18 Kay's Lament-K. Starr30 18 Once In A While-P. Page- 20 Sugarbush-D. Day-F. Laine- 21 Poinciana-S. Lawrence17 22 Good Old Summer Time-

L. Paul-M. Ford- 23 Smoke Rings-L. Paul-M. Ford27 24 So Madly In Love-G. Gibbs- 24 Walkin' To Missouri-S. Kaye

READING.-The ArthurHowes' Organisation are show-ing enterprise during the holi-day month of August by pre-senting Ted Heath and hisMusic at the Reading TownHall on August 23. Althoughthere is no official " close sea-son " for Reading dancers, at-tendances are not so large dur-ing the summer months.

To present such a top-notchband at such a time shows alot of courage on the part ofthe Howes Organisation. Doubt-less it will reap its reward.

Special attraction at thePalace Theatre, Reading, forAugust 18, and succeeding week,will be the Billy Cotton Band.

BEST SELLING POPSINGLES

Last ThisWeek

1 1 Auf Wiedersehn-V. Lynn5 2 Botch -A Me-R. Clooney4 3 Half As Much-R. Clooney2 4 Delicado-P. Faith3 5 Here In My Heart-A. Martino7 6 ,Walkin' My Baby-J. Ray8 7 Blue Tango-L. Anderson6 8 Kiss of Fire-G. Gibbs

10 9 Maybe-P. Como-E. Fisher9 10 I'm Yours-E. Fisher

13 11 Wish You Were Here-E. Fisher15 12 Walkin' My Baby-Nat Cole11 13 Somewhere Along The Way-

Nat Cole17 14 Sugarbush-D. Day-F. Laine18 15 Vanessa-H. Winterhaiter12 16 Lover-P. Lee14 17 Kiss of Fire-T. Martin20 18 High Noon-F. Leine26 19 Indian Love Call-S. Whitman18 20 Auf Wiedersehn-E. Howard16 21 I'm Yours-D. Cornell25 22 Smoke Rings-L. Paul-M. Ford- 22 Rock of Gibraltar-F. Lathe21 24 Take My Heart-A. Martino21 25 I'll Walk Alone-I. Emmen

BEST SELLING SHEETMUSIC

Last ThisWeek

1 1 Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart4 2 Walkin' My Baby Back Home3 3 Blue Tango6 4 I'm Yours1 5 Kiss of Fire7 6 Half As Much5 7 Here In My Heart

12 8 Botch -A -Me8 9 I'll Walk Alone9 10 Delicado

10 11 Somewhere Along The Way13 12 Maybe- 13 Wish You Were Here- 14 Guy Is A Guy15 15 With A Song In My Heart

TOP TUNES IN BRITAINLast This

Week1 1 Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart (PM)2 2 Blue Tango (Mills, 2/6)3 3 Homing Waltz (Rein)5 4 Kiss of Fire (Duchess)4 5 Never (FDH)9 6 High Noon (Robbins)6 7 Blacksmith Blues (Chappell)

12 8 I'm Yours (Mellin)7 9 We Won't Live In a Castle

(C&C)8 10 Pawnshop on a Corner (eine)

11 11 Be Anything (Cine)10 11 From The Time You Say Good-

bye (The Parting Song) (Pickwick)13 13 Tell Me Why (Morris)14 13 Ay -round the Corner (Dash)20 15 Trust In Me (Wright)15 1,6 Wheel of Fortune (victoria)17 17 Gandy Dancers' Ball (Disney)18 18 Cry (FDH)- 19 I'm Gonna Live 'Till I Die (C&C)21 20 Day of Jubilo (C&C)- 21 When You're In Love (C&C)- 22 Walking My Baby Back Home

(Victoria)22 23 Anytime (Victoria)16 24 At Last, At Last (Pickwick)

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