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I 'CAMERA GIRL' CLEO
FOR THE BEST IN JAZZ
SMASH HITBEAULIEU!
What a setting for jazz! The Humphrey Tony Coe, Jimmy Skidmore and Joe TemperlellLyttelton Band-Humph, Eddie Albert (in -in action in front of picturesque Beaulieubackground), Tony Picard, Brian Brocklehurst, Palace.
TWO-PART TOUROF U.S STAR
ATWO-PART package tour of some two dozenjazzmen will hit Britain this autumn.
Under the banner of " Newport Jazz Festival," the show is divided intotwo parts.
The first, consisting of modern and mainstream jazz,opens at the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday, Septem-ber 19. It comprises the Dave Brubeck Quintet, the DizzyGillespie Quintet, and the Buck Clayton All -Stars.
Britain's Vic Ash Quintet will also star with theseAmerican jazzmen throughout their 16 -day tour.
Two more concerts take place the following day (Sunday)at the Gaumont State, Kilburn. Also scheduled are dates atthe Guildhall, Portsmouth (September 21) and the St. George's
Hall, Bradford (28th). OtherLondon and Provincial engage-ments were being fixed as weclosed for press.
DAVE LEE GOESON SOLO KICK
DAVE LEE, pianist with theDankworth Band for the
past four years, leaves at theend of this week.
On Thursday he started aseries of fortnightly appear-ances on TWW, leading a triocompleted by Jack Fallon(bass) and Bill Bramwell (gtr.).
He told the MELODY MAKERthis week: "I have lovedplaying with the DankworthBand, but with all the funyou get playing with a bigband, it's not the same as soloand small group work. Now Ishall really be able to playpiano."
His TWW series is for 10weeks with options.
No replacement had beenfixed at press time.
Kid OryPart Two of the Newport Jazz
Festival opens a one-nightitinerary of 12 dates at theGaumont State on Saturday,October 17.
The show stars 73 -year -oldNew Orleans veteran trom-bonist Edward "Kid" Ory andhis Creole Jazz Band, whichappears with Terry Lightfoot'sNew Orleans Jazzmen. Thiswill be Kid Ory's first trip toBritain.Icir Back Page; Col. 1
Seymour-£33,000Syd Seymour, leader of the
Mad Hatters, who died in De-cember, 1958, aged 52, left£33,411 gross, £33,319 net. (Dutypaid £7,056.)
top American
Here's to the next time! But, until then, Cleo Laine will havea pictorial record of the 1959 Beaulieu Jazz Festival.
TViewers see thefinal concert
THIS year's Beaulieu Jazz Festival smashed allrecords. Besides the record attendance of 12,000,
millions watched the 40 -minute telecast by BBC orheard the two Light Programme broadcasts.
"It has been a really wonderful week -end," organisingsecretary Peter Burman told the MM. " The BBCcoverage was a tremendous boost and one that willencourage us to make the Festival even bigger nextyear."
'Very satisfactory'Peter Bale, who produced the TV excerpt, said: " I like to
get jazz away from the studio. And Beaulieu made avery satisfactory broadcast."
Supplying the non-stop five -hours -a -night jazz were thebands of Mick Mulligan, Vic Lewis, Lennie Felix, Jazz -makers, Johnny Dankworth, Ken Colyer, Acker Bilk, DiaDisley, Ted Heath, Avon Cities, Tony Kinsey, Jazz Com-mittee and Humphrey Lyttelton.
See picture spread on pages 6 and 7.
BARBECUE AT BEAULIEU
Fryin' tonight. . . The venue is the grounds which included an exhibition of Boosey andof Beaulieu Palace and the chefs are some of Hawkes instruments and of jazz photographsthe 12.000 fans who attended the Festival, by "Photography 33."
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(Week ended August 1.)1. LIVING DOLL Cliff Richard. Columbia2. DREAM LOVER Bobby Darin. London3. BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS Lonnie Donegan. Pye4. A BIG HUNK 0' LOVE Elvis Presley. RCA5. A TEENAGER IN LOVE Marty Wilde. Philips6. LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR .. Connie Francis. MGM7. ROULETTE Russ Conway. Columbia.8. PETER GUNN/YEP! Duane Eddy. London9. PERSONALITY Anthony Newley. Decca
10. LONELY BOY Paul Anka. Columbia11. THE HEART OF A MAN Frankie Vaughan. Philips12. SOMEONE Johnny Mathis. Fontana13. POOR JENNY/TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY
Everly Brothers. London14. RAGTIME COWBOY JOE David Seville. London15, PERSONALITY Lloyd Price. HMV16. I KNOW Perry Como. RCA17. THREE STARS Ruby Wright. Parlophone18. TWIXT TWELVE AND TWENTY .... Pat Boone. London19. IT'S LATE/THERE'LL NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE BUT
YOU Ricky Nelson. London20. GOODBYE, JIMMY, GOODBYE Ruby Murray. Columbia
1. BLUE SAXOPHONES (LP) Coleman Hawkins andBen Webster. Columbia -Clef
2. THE KING OF NEW ORLEANS JAZZ (LP) .. Jelly RollMorton. RCA
3. THE NOBLE ART OF MR. ACKER BILK (LP) Acker BilkColumbia
4. SONGS FOR SWINGERS (L1') Buck Clayton. Philips5. MILESTONES (LP) Miles Davis. Fontana6 CHRIS BARBER BANDBOX -Vol 1 (LP) Columbia7. MUSIC OF NEW ORLEANS -Vol. 2 (LP) .... Eureka Brass
Band. Melodist8. JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF EURASIA (LP)
Dave Brubeck. Fontana9. PORGY AND BESS (LP) Miles Davis. Fontana
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1. SOUTH PACIFIC Soundtrack. RCA2. GIGI Soundtrack. Capitol3. COME DANCE WITH ME Frank Sinatra. Capitol4. MY FAIR LADY Original Cast. Philips5. A DATE WITH ELVIS Elvis Presley. RCA6. WEST SIDE STORY Original Cast. Philips7. CLIFF .. ........ .... Cliff Richard, Columbia8. SONGS BY TOM LEHRER Decca9. THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Vogue -Coral
10. SONGS TO SING IN YOUR BATH Russ Conway. Columbia
1. DREAM LOVER Bobby Darin. London2. BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS Lonnie Donegan. Pye3. A TEENAGER IN LOVE Marty Wilde. Philips4. THREE STARS Ruby Wright. Parlophone5. PERSONALITY Anthony Newley. Decca6. ULETTE Russ Conway. Columbia7. LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR. Connie Francis. MGM8. LIVING DOLL Cliff Richard. Columbia9. PETER GUNN/YEP! Duane Eddy. London
10. I GO APE Neil Sedaka. RCA11. GOODBYE, JIMMY, GOODBYE Ruby Murray. Columbia12. POOR JENNY/TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY
Everly Brothers. London13. I'VE WAITED SO LONG Anthony Newley. Decca14. KANSAS CITY Little Richard. London15. A BIG HUNK 0' LOVE Elvis Presley. RCA16. A FOOL SUCH AS I/I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT
Elvis Presley. RCA17. THAT'S MY LITTLE SUZY .... Ritchie Valens. London18. IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE Buddy Holly
Vogue -Coral19. GUITAR BOOGIE SHUFFLE . Bert Weedon. Top Rank20. ITS LATE/THERE'LL NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE BUT
YOU Ricky Nelson. London
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Dinah Washington (Mercury)5. THERE GOES MY BABY Drifters (Atlantic)6. BIG HUNK 0' LOVE Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)7. WATERLOO Stonewall Jackson (Columbia)8. LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR .. Connie Francis (MGM)9. TIGER Fabian (Chancellor)
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YOU'RE ALWAYS
irdland's
IT was an understandable error to sympathise with JohnnyDankworth on his tough American tour. The mind gets fixed on the
inter -state coach rides endured by other British bandexports to the U.S.
JAll INTERNATIONAL
Ronnie Ross winsU.S critics' pollEW YORK. - Euro-
pean musiciansfigured prominently inthe results of this year'sInternational Critics'Poll run by " DownBeat."
Ronnie Ross, the bari-tone saxophonist who,ironically, has never yetwon a British critics' poll,was voted to first place asthe best new baritone manof the year, ahead of suchestablished A4nericanfavourites as PepperAdams and Sahib Shihab.
Two of the three topclarinet spots went toforeign musicians, withRolf Kuhn running secondto winner Bob Wilber andputte Wickman in thirdplace.
New starsBelgium's Jon " Toots"
Thielemans, who has justleft the George Shearinggroup to branch out on hisown, won first place in thenew star segment of the" Miscellaneous Instru-ments " category for his har-monica work.
Britain's Annie Ross wasa close second to ErnestineAnderson for the new stargirl singer award.
Other results included avictory by Duke Ellingtonover Count Basie, who hasdefeated Duke so often inrecent years. Kenton was apoor third with only sixpoints to Count's 44 andDuke's 63. Maynard Fer-guson's band won the newstar category. The Dukewon again as composer, fol-lowed by Gil Evans andJohn Lewis; new stars wereBenny Golson, Quincy Jonesand Bill Holman.
Top combosThe combo winners were
MJQ, Miles and Mulligan;new stars were the Master -sounds, followed by Monkand Ray Charles. Miles alsowon on trumpet, ahead ofDizzy and Louis; new starwas Lee Morgan, with BlueMitchell second and JackSheldon third.
The trombone order wasJay Jay Teagarden andDickenson, with Curtis Ful-ler leading the new stars.Saxes were Hodges, Des-mond, Stitt on alto (Can-nonball for new star), Haw-kins. Getz and Rollins ontenor (Benny Golson wonover Coltrane and J. Griffinin the new star division),Carney, Mulligan and Pep-per Adams on baritone.
Tony Scott won on clari-net ahead of de Franco andEd Hall; Monk, on piano,topped Garner and Petersonwith Bill Evans and CecilTaylor leading the newstars. Other winners (withnew stars in parentheses)were: Barney Kessel (Char-lie Byrd), Ray Brown (ScottLa Faro), Max Roach (ElvinJones), Milt Jackson (MonkMontgomery), Frank Wess(Jon Thielemans), JimmyRushing (Jon Hendricks),Ella Fitzgerald (ErnestineAnderson).
Chet is backPARIS. - Chet Baker,
whose trumpet playing haswarmed up considerably
since the last time he was inFrance in 1955, opened at theBlue Note Club this week(writes Henry Kahn).
Chet told me he intendedstaying in Europe for some con-siderable time. He plans totour Italy and then Germany.
After that, he will visit theBelgian Congo and the Sudanwith his own combo, now in theprocess of formation.
Chet tells me he will mostlikely take a Dutoh bass player,a German drummer and prob-ably Al Haig, an Americanpianist.
At the Blue Note he is playingwith Jimmy Goulet (guitar),Pierre Michelet (bass), KennyClarke (drums) and. RennyUdringer on piano.
Ella sings GershwinMONACO. - Ella Fitzgerald
broke off her holiday to sing atan all-Gershwin concert at theInternational Sporting Club lastFriday. The concert was in aidof the Monaco Red Cross and theconcert was attended by Princeand Princess Ranier.
"Tough tour?" echoesJohnny "Oh, no. We hada comfortable trip, withdates around New York.We stood out for it,remember."
The Dankworth band, infact, was the first Britishgroup not to have to buyits way into the States withsweat and discomfort.
Says Dankworth: " Harold
. . cooling off with GeorgeShearing.
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messageto JohnnyDankworthDavison must get the creditfor that. It isn't easy to sellour bands to American pro-moters. Let's face it, we werevirtually unknown outside jazzcircles. The bookers can'tassess the drawing power of aband by listening to a coupleof record tracks.
" We'd only had one Ameri-can release that meant any-thing to the general public=and what's one record in thegigantic yearly output ofAmerican discs? "
One booker, at a loss to finda sales angle to boost the un-known Johnny Dankworth,billed him as Louis Arm-strong's British discovery.
U.S reactionBut despite the lack of ad-
vance reputation, the Dank -worth crew made the Ameri-cans sit up and take notice.
MM correspondent BurtKorall cabled enthusiastically"It impressed with its en-semble strength, well -marriedsound and technical agility.On a par with the best."
"Well -disciplined," applaudedVariety. " Precision reminis-cent of Shaw, Goodman andDorsey. A remarkable crew."
Down Beat made compli-mentary comparisons withBasie and Ellington, whichpleased our John mightily.
True, the band's soloists didnot tickle critical ears to thesame effect. It was observedthat they needed to spend sometime in the States to acquirethat "edge " which identifiesthe best.
" But," points out Dank -worth, " the boys were tiredwhen they first took the standat Newport. And they werenervous, too. They pulled outthe stops for the occasion andplayed well-but they didn't
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come right up to form in solos.Surely that's understandable.
" But I doubt whether any-one who heard them on thelast night would have felt anydissatisf action."
Indeed, Oscar Goodstein-host to the band at Birdland-regretted that it was only aone-night stand.
" You can play here a weekanytime," he told them.
Goodstein gave the Dank -worth boys the honoured -guesttreatment. They were given awarm welcome at Newport bymusicians and jazz writersalike.
TheloniusI didn't get to hear much
music there," says Johnny ruefully.
"Of those I heard, TheloniusMonk impressed me the most.Before that, his records left mefeeling that I had missed thepoint somewhere. But hiswork at Newport was full ofmelodic invention. I shouldsay he is truly one of the greatinnovators of jazz."
The rest of the tour waseventful. In New York, Arm-strong-defying doctor's orders-borrowed Stan Palmer'strumpet to blow a set. In theBirdland audience listening toDankworth were the BasieBand, Philly Joe Jones. Ellaand Erroll Garner.
In New Jersey, when the regular drummer was delayed, KennyClare accepted Duke's invitation to play with the Ellington Band.
There were hullos fromGeorge Shearing, Benny Good-man and ex-DankworthiteDerek Smith, now a Statesideresident.
The days after their tri-umphs, says Johnny, werespent "ligging around "-cool-ing off in George Shearing'sswimming pool, eating withMaynard Ferguson and Quin-cey Jones, breakfasting withZoot Sims. . . .
" It was great, says Johnny."And I'd like to spend somemore time in America. Butoddly enough, we were glad toget home.
" I suppose that living out ofa suitcase on tour is as weari-some in America as it is overhere."
From Newport to BeaulieuAfter appearing before a distinguished audience at the famousNewport Jazz Festival, one of Johnny Dankworth's first Britishengagements on his return from America was at the BeaulieuFestival. Here Johnny is seen with Cleo Laine (see pages 6-7
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BRICKSDESPITE the song, I can't say
I did like New York in June.Not in June, 1959, any-
way, with the tempera-ture " high in the 80s " (asthe radio announcerskept repeating) and drop-ing by a mere threedegrees overnight.
One wakes up in themorning in a state of ad-vanced exhaustion, gluedto the sheets by the exudedperspiration of yesterday'siced water.
New York, they tell you, is notAmerica.
Ant -likeHaving observed the country
closely through two visits, I canconfirm the fact-though whatthey really mean is that NewYorkers are not like the Ameri-cans one meets elsewhere.
The average New Yorker,swarming ant -like into the sub-way or hacking his way into theAutomat, strikes the English-man as something slightly lessthan human.
presents Chapter One of his
American tourThe sweating throng of grim
workers, who almost sink Man-hattan island with their weighteach weekday, are symbols of asociety in which you must makea dollar out of the next guy, lesthe should make 50 cents out ofyou . . . and all in a summerclimate as hot as hell and ashumid as the Malayan jungle.
Mind you, it's one of theworld's jazz centres.
Birdland crouches at 52ndStreet and Broadway: thesandwich -board outside bills theMaynard Ferguson Band andthe Billy Taylor Trio, and the
REN GREVATTreports from New York
\TEW YORK, Wednes-day.-Gene Vincent,
who is currently on tourin Tokyo, is rumoured tobe fed -up with the recordbusiness.
The singer, who had asmash a few seasons agowith his recording of " Be-Bop-A-Lula," has been oneof Capitol Records moreconsistent rockabilly artists.
Should Vincent leave re-cords, it is thought that hewill take a more active inter-est in his farm in LosAngeles.
Talked aboutONE of the most talked of
records in recent weekshas been Ivo Robic's" Morgen," which is currentlyhigh on the German best-selling charts.
Rights to the platter inAmerica were acquired byLaurie Records.
There have already beentwo covers of the song-bothon Columbia Records. LeslieUggams has waxed anEnglish -lyric version. knownas " One More Sunrise." andthe label has also released aninstrumental version byRichard Maltby.
Summer hitANOTHER record causing
some excitement is onthe Titan label by the Stran-gers. The song, " CaterpillarCrawl," has had numerouscovers and the side promisesto be one of the summer'sbiggest.
Modern discsTHE release of the old
Charlie Chaplin film," Modern Times," has creatednew interest in one of thethemes from the sound trackscore.
There have been several ver-sions of " Smile " in recentweeks. Currently heading thelist among the various record -
logs is Tony Bennett's treat-ment on Columbia Records.
HomecomingBANDLEADER -S IN G E R
Monty Babson returnsto London to open a limitedengagement at his originalhome, Al Burnett's StorkRoom, on August 17.
A welcome home party isbeing planned for the singerwho has had a solid initialreception in America.
Babson has left the Jubileelabel in favour of a new two-year deal with PaletteRecords here, which ties himin to the Pye set-up inBritain. Pye will dLstributehis discs throughout theContinent.
While in England, Babsonwill record singles and a newalbum and it is expected hewill appear in the Prince ofWales TV show.
Big -name policyDELLA REESE, who also
has left the Jubilee ros-ter here in favour of a dealwith RCA Victor, will likelyreturn to London for an en-gagement at the Pigalle,which is going on a big -namepolicy.
Sammy Davis Jnr., is alsoin the running for a stint atthe club.
Star travellerPAUL ANKA, who spends
little time in Americaand his native Canada, lefton Saturday for a return tripto Europe.Anka is due for a tour ofthe Riviera and will make anappearance at a gala forPrincess Grace in Monaco onAugust 24, after dates in Italyand France. A tour ofSweden is also a possibilityfor September.
The young star has Justcompleted a pair of motionpictures-" Lonely Boy " forMGM and " Adam and Eve "for Universal. His disc of" Lonely Boy " is currentlyNo. 1 on the oharts.
music inside is by turns blazingand fleet -fingered.
A heat -prostrated audienceapplauds the magnificent Fer-guson herd-and how Maynardmanages to breathe, let aloneblow like that, is a miracle.
Of course, there's the matterof air-conditioning, which inthe public buildings of NewYork alternates with the devas-tating Regulo-9 central -heatingof winter.
Dressed for the heat -wave,movie patrons shudder as theygo in and sneeze as they leave.But one is grateful for the polaratmosphere in American cine-mas, even if depressed by theconstant aisle -traffic of childrenseeking peanuts, orangeade andrelief.
The music from the Metro -pole Bar is still audible at adistance of two blocks, theclang of heavy hi -hat cymbalsborne along on an apology fora breeze.
SluggingIn the atmosphere of a
Dublin bottle -and -jug, HenryAllen, Jnr., Claude Hopkins andJ. C. Higgenbotham blast away,proving that if their kind of jazzis indeed dying. at least itintends to go down slugging.
Endless drum solos are theorder of the day, and if everynumber isn't " Perdido," everytempo is.
The manager stands by thedoor, staring malevolently atthe cluster of people on the side-walk who-without paying acent for the privilege-are reallyhearing the music to bettereffect than those inside.
Remembering that the Metro -pole now has a modern jazzdepartment. I mouth at him theword: "Upstairs? " He nodsand points to a staircase behindhim. I walk up behind a youngman carrying an alto case.
The upstairs clubroom is ahigh-class spot, very differentfrom the beery bar. Curtainedand soundproofed, it haswaiters, subtle lighting, a neatbandstand-even a grand piano.
SwingingAs I enter the club, Buddy
Rich, slumped over his drumkit in an attitude of watchfulrelaxation, speaks into a hand -mike. " Where the hell wereyou? " he says. " We're sup-posed to start at nine."I am just about to replytartly that I come and go asI please, when it dawns on methat the alto player beside meis making noises of apology ashe opens his instrument case.
" Ladies and gentlemen-PhilWoods," says Buddy Rich." Late, but swinging."
He is, too. He blows fine.Parkeresque alto, and BuddyRich plays sympathetic drums.
Depressed-as only I appearto have been-by Gene Krupa'sembarrassing display of dated
Buddy Rich-seen here withJerry Colonna -has taste anda technique which are a sheer
delight.
drumnasticks on the last Nor-man Granz tour, I do not ex-pect too much from Mr. Rich.But his taste and technique area sheer delight.
If someone would remove hisbass drum when he wasn'tlooking. Buddy Rich would be acredit to the modern move-ment.
Alternating with Rich is theMarian McPartland Trio.
Marian has a delightfullymusical approach to jazz and acharming personality on thestand, but there's still some-thing or other that comes be-tween her and complete key-board mastery.
I suppose it's a tempera-mental thing.
Marian is not quite assured asshe sits down at the keyboard;not quite monarch of all shesurveys, as she flexes her fingersand decides what to play first.
The piano is a proud inde-pendent beast. and will soonhave you fretting and frus-trated if you don't show it afirm hand.
One mustn't be unfair, ofcourse. Marian is a fine jazz-man-jazzwoman, rather-andat any tempo from medium ondown she gets full marks.
But when, after a couple offunky things and a ballad wewere clearly due for somethingup -tempo, I fancied I caught asmile of quiet triumph on theface of that piano.
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A PIETI REMEMBER the first time
I played for Billie. GjonMiii, the "Life" photo-grapher, threw a big partyat his home-a real crazything.
It was for musiciansand entertainers, mainlyfor people who'd been atCafé Society, I think.Pete Johnson and AlbertAmmons were there, andBenny Goodman, I guess.
Billie, she was very muchthere. I'd met her before,casually, but this was thefirst proper meeting. Shehad been at the old CafeSociety before I workedthere, and I never got to seeher.
The bluesAnyhow, everybody at the
party did something, and Billienaturally had to sing. Shedidn't often sing blues, but onthis occasion she sang a few,and I played guitar behind her.
It was the first I'd ever heardof her in person, though I knewsome of her records. You can
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I remember
saysIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
JOSH WHITEuunnuluuuunuununumuuumuuauuuuuu
imagine the effect she had.Of course, she looked as greatas she sounded. She really wasa luscious woman and per-sonality.
Those days, and for longafterwards, Lady always wore agardenia in her hair. She hadto have that white gardenia,and she did something for it,believe me.
It was like a superstition toher, that flower, and sooneveryone got to know about it.She didn't have to buy them, ofcourse. Admirers would keepsending them in, and Billiewasn't short of admirers.
Following the " Life " party.she started coming into theCafé now and again when I was
This World of Jazzpays tribute to the late
BILLIE HOLIDAY---"w".."1"6111111111111111...----WHAT a sad, bad year it has been for jazz. The deaths
of Baby Dodds, Lester Young and Sidney Bechethave been followed with tragic swiftness by the departureof Billie Holiday-to my ears, an incomparable jazz singerfrom the moment she hitthe record scene in themiddle Thirties.
Billie's death wasn't unex-pected. But it was no less ashock for that.
She had been ill for a longtime and was clearly in poorshape when she visited thiscountry last February. Whenshe appeared at Lester Young'sfuneral a friend told me shewas looking " incredibly beat."
But Billie mistrusted hos-pitals and refused to go in fortreatment. Then on May 31she was brought unconscious toNew York's Metropolitan Hos-
roal-butonly after an abortive
journey to the Knickerbockerspital. which sent her on
to the Metropolitan.It seemed no one at either
place realised who she was-she
had been admitted under hermarried name of EleanoraMcKay - and Billie's doctormade the disconcerting ob-servation: " It might have hap-pened to anybody."
William Dufty, who wroteBillie's memoirs, " Lady Singsthe Blues," added that the hos-pital authorities thought it washardly playing the game for astar to " Come in like a Harlemhousewife."
After a short time in hospital,Billie appeared to improve. Buton June 12 she was arrested forpossession of heroin and for awhile was guarded day andnight by the police.
Then she was paroled intothe custody of her lawyer, DonWilkes, and the watchdogs werewithdrawn. Wilkes describedthe law's last brush with Billieas " a very, very shabby per-formance on the part of theState of New York."
Billie herself, when she wascaught smoking a week beforeher death, said: " They alreadyarrested me a month ago. What
She was original,
honest-unique
says MAX JONESIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
are they going to do for anencore?
Then Billie suffered a relapseand died at 3.10 on the morningof the 17th. She was 44.
At her funeral, a crowd of2,500 mourners attended, with500 more gathered outside.
Among the honorary pallbearers were Teddy Wilson,Mary Lou Williams, GeneKrupa, Benny Goodman, RoyEldridge, Charlie Shavers. HenryAllen, Joe Williams, JuanitaHall, Leonard Feather and JoeGlaser.
Billie was born EleanoraFagan on April 7, 1915, inBaltimore, Maryland. H e rfather, Clarence Holiday, wasthe guitarist who played withthe Henderson and Redmanbands.
Billie moved to New York asa child and got her start as asinger at the age of 14. In1934 she was heard by JohnHammond and, as a result,made two sides with Goodmanand the famous series withTeddy Wilson.
Solo artistIn '38 she sang with Basie,
and afterwards with Artie Shaw.From then she appeared as a
solo artist, but after two con-victions on narcotics chargesand nearly a year in a federalreformatory, she found it in-creasingly difficult to get regularwork.
It was largely because of theNew York police ban that shethought about coming to Europethis year for a long stay.
Billie's final concert appear-ance was at New York's PhoenixTheatre shortly before sheentered hospital.
Billie didn't depend on poweror forceful swing for hereffectiveness, but on subtlevariations of beat and melodyand a completely individualapproach to the words of thesong.
Her voice was never large.but it was one of the uniquesounds in jazz. And from thestart of her recording career tothe end she was original, in-stantly recognisable, and alwaysartistically honest.
working. I was there for aboutfive years, from 1941 onwards,and we got to be friendly. Well,after we got over the " StrangeFruit " thing, we becamefriendly.
For a time she wanted to cutmyo throat for using that song.which was written for her, 1
believe. One night she calledby the Cafe to bawl me out.
We dancedWe talked, and finally came
downstairs peaceably together,and to everyone's surprise hada nice little dancing session.
I'll tell you about " StrangeFruit." I heard Billie's record.and it was such a powerfulthing that I felt the songshould be used and heard toopen people's eyes to somethingthat shouldn't be.
I didn't want to steal any-thing from Billie. I loved herinterpretation of the song, butI wanted to do "StrangeFruit " my way.
I explained how I felt toBillie, and I think she saw thepoint. After that, she oftencame in the Café-more oftenthan not for the late show,around 2.30 in the morning.
After hoursSometimes she was real late,
and wouldn't even come in.She'd drive down to the Village-the old Café was at 2 Sheri-dan Square - and sit outsidelistening to the car radio withher big boxer dog, Mister.
Then we would drive aroundthe after-hours spots, the keyclubs, the drinking places likeAlex's. We became the best offriends.
Billie was often accused ofbeing temperamental, hot-tempered and wild. She hadher weaknesses, also more thanher share of troubles, andfinally they wrecked her health.
But at heart Billie was a goodgirl. She had more thought forhumanity, and was more race -
conscious, than people thought.She'd had to fight all her life,and most people hate fighters,I can tell you.
That is one of the reasonsshe told so strong a story whenshe sang. It was as if she weresaying : " Goddam you, listen towhat I have to say! " And youlistened.
What of Billie as an artist?She was the queen. I don'tknow who influenced her, whereshe got that after -the -beat style.but I never heard anyone singlike that before.
Looked goodIn recent years I didn't see
much of Billie. The last time Icall to mind was San Francisco,around '54. when she was work-ing a spot out there.
You couldn't not notice Billie.She was going around in ahuge chauffeur -driven Cadillac.looking good-damned good. She
Billie Holidayon her lastBritish visitin February.
had lost a lot of voice then, bullwhen she got up and sang shestill sounded wonderful.
You know one of her recordsI'm crazy about? " No More,"made about 15 years ago. I'veadmired it for years, and theonly other record of the song Iknow is Dinah Washington's.
One and onlyBut the words don't mean the
same again, once you've heardBillie sing them. It's one ofthe hardest songs in the worldto sing, and you won't findmany trying-they're afraid ofit.
There was only one LadyDay, and even her closestimitators never sound like herin any important respect. Shewas only 44 when she died, butin that time she gave more andtook more than a whole lot ofartists could if they lived tobe 84.
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The saxists are Ronnie Ross (i.) and Art Ellefson of theJazzmakers. The group was featured in one of the two LightProgramme airings from Beaulieu.
CRASH CASUALTYTRUMPETER Ken Sims
was missing from theAcker Bilk line-up at theBeaulieu Jazz Festival onSunday. The previous day,he sustained lacerations ofthe scalp when the Bilkband coach skidded andcrashed when returningfrom an engagement atMaidstone.
Nat Gonella, originallybooked as featured soloistwith Bilk, played bandtrumpet in place of Sims.
Johnny Dankworth pauses during the TV rehearsal to chatto compere Ken Sykora. With them is Johnny's singer -wife
Cleo Laine.
ROUNDABOUTBEAULIEU
A panoramic shot of Beaulieu Palace with the colourful fairground bandstand. Onthe stand are Ken Colyer's Jazzmen.
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and white topped merry-go-round under which over a hun-dred musicians played to12,000 people at the three-day Beaulieu Jazz Festival.
" The Stud " comprising thebands and combos of suchvaried styles as the Avon Citiesand Jazzmakers, Disley andDankworth, Heath and Mul-
HOST TO JAll
The Festival was covered for the MM by Editor Pat Brand andphotographers Eric Jelly and Marc Sharratt. Pat Brand ispictured (above) being welcomed to Beaulieu by Lord Montagu.
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A three-day jamboree of topBritish jazz talent upon whichthe fresh air of the Hampshirefields seemed (as in previousyears) to act as additional in-spiration.
ExtraFOR, to my mind, every band
played at least up to stan-dard, and occasionally above.In the Dankworth Orchestra,too, I found just that extrasense of confident relaxation Ihad expected to result fromtheir successful American tour.
The Heath boys displayed itimmediately after their firsttrip. And I'll be interested tohear the Lyttelton seven ontheir return.
And what of the organisationof this Newport in the NewForest? At least as good, saythe Dankworth boys. if notbetter than its Americancounterpart.
Why ...GRUMBLES? Of course. For
instance: Why did the BBCaccord it so little airtime (allthe facilities were there)?
Why are the disc companiesscared of on -the -spot record-ings?
Why no afternoon jam ses-sions for the scores of musicianskilling time before the eveningshow?
But most of all:... oh, why ?
WHY does the National Press(with a few notable ex-
ceptions) persist in misrepre-senting jazz events?
WHY has traditional jazzbeen muscled in upon by theludicrous loonies Lyttelton lam-basts elsewhere this week?
And are these the mainreason
WHY modern jazz still can-not successfully be mixed withtraditional in the same con-cert?
Sat. is Trad.THE latter seems to have been
accepted as a regrettablyinexplicable fact by Lord Mon-tagu. He told me on Monday:
" Next year, I think I'll makeSaturday Night TraditionalNight and leave all Sunday forthe Moderns."
Which should relieve thelatter from the presence of theformer and absolve the formerfrom the necessity of expressingtheir mistrust of the latter.
HumanIASKED Dankworth pianist
Dave Lee how the audiencecompared with Newport. Heseemed to cast about for a diplo-matic answer.
at BEAULIEU" Well ... no one came dressed
as an idiot, you know." They all seemed determined
to enjoy themselves-but in the
manner of reasonable humanbeings."
Let's be fair, though. Theweirdies were (as always) aminute minority of the three orfour thousands attending eachnight's event.
But in their efforts to captureattention by the only means ofwhich they are capable, theyalso (as always) made the head-lines.
Success !BUT enough of grumbles.
Let's throw out a few con-gratulations. To:
Lord Montagu on yet anothersuccessful gamble with the Eng-lish climate;
Producer Peter Bale and hisBBC team on their excellentMonday -night telecast;
The Vic Lewis XI on theirwin (123 for 7 declared; trom-bonist Frank Parr 30 not out)over the Lord Montagu XI (122all out);
Three Mr. Acker Bilk fans forspontaneously starting a col-lection for the band's injuredtrumpeter, Ken Sims (total:£20 5s.);
The assembled throng forconsuming no fewer than 5,000hot dogs and
Thirty tuns of beer. . . .
The motto should read " Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense." ButMM artist and lass guitarist Diz Disley looks as though. lie istrying to change the last word to "(Six) Pense."
The last band to take the stand on Sunday night was Ted Heath's. Seen with Ted(above) in this midnight shot are members of his sax section.
A highlight of the Festival was a cricket match between teams captained by LordMontagu and Vic Lewis. Here Lord Montagu presents silk ties to the Lewis XI beforethe match. L. -r. are Pete Murray, Frank Parr, Martin Gilboy, Pete Appleby, Ron Tindall,
Mick Mulligan, John Griffiths, Jim Godbolt, Lord Montagu and Vic LewiS.
LEROY ANDERSONFETED IN TOWNLEROY ANDERSON, American
composer of " Blue Tango,"" Belle of the Ball," " Serenata "and many other hits, arrived inLondon on Wednesday from theContinent.
Anderson, who has been inEurope on holiday, was enter-tained by his publishers, MillsMusic, at a cocktail party at theRoyal Opera House yesterday(Thursday).
He returns to the States onMonday.
Heath commissionTed Heath has commissioned
famous American West Coastarranger -pianist Marty Patch towrite some original instrumen-tals for the Heath band.Says Ted: "I fixed the dealwith Dave Pell, the former LesBrown saxist, when he was overhere recently. Dave is a partnerof Marty, and I should be gettingthe arrangements pretty soon."
A big hit of the Festival was the Acker Bilk Band. Acker isPictured (1.) listening to a solo from guest trumpet star Nat
Gonella.
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MATHIS,EVERLYSIN THE AUTUMN?THE long-standing negotiations for the Everly Brothers and Johnny Mathis to
play Britain may shortly be finalised by the Lew and Leslie Grade Agency.A series of one-night
stands is being lined .up foreach of these acts duringSeptember or October.
The Everlys visited Britainon a record exploitation trip inJanuary, but Johnny Mathishas not yet appeared in thiscountry.
Too highRepeated bids have been made
for the solo song star, but so farthe price asked has been toohigh. Now, at long last, Mathis'sBritish debut may materialise.
The Everly Brothers. Don andPhil, first clicked into the best-sellers with ' Bye, Bye Love."which soared over the millionmark.
They followed through withsuch smash hits as " Wake Up,Little Susie," " All I Have To DoIs Dream," " Bird Dog " and" Problems."
Their latest-a double -sidedhit-is " Take A Message ToMary " and " Poor Jenny." Thisis already coming up to the150,000 mark In Britain.
A PRESENT FROMSTEELE TO MR. KWITH a guitar under his arm
labelled " For Mr. K,"Tommy Steele flew to Russia onWednesday. He is representingBritish youth at the Moscow FilmFestival.
" My fan club' bought the guitarand asked me to present it to aRussian youth organisation,"Tommy told the MM at LondonAirport. " But I plan to give itto Mr. Khruschev if I get half achance.
' This is a tremendous oppor-tunity of seeing Moscow and Ihave been awake for the past twonights with excitement."
Travelling with Tommy washis manager John Kennedy. TheBritish film party was completedby Carole Lesley, Peter Arne andRichard Todd.
By requestTommy will be introduced to
Russian film audiences at leadingMoscow cinemas. But he will notperform unless specifically asked.
He is due to return to Londonat 1.30 p.m. on Saturday and fliesto Dublin later in the afternoonto play for the TV All Stars Foot-ball XI against a team selectedby playwright Brendan Behan.
Steele then plans a three-weekholiday.
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The saxists are Ronnie Ross (i.) and Art Ellefson of theJazzmakers. The group was featured in one of the two LightProgramme airings from Beaulieu.
CRASH CASUALTYTRUMPETER Ken Sims
was missing from theAcker Bilk line-up at theBeaulieu Jazz Festival onSunday. The previous day,he sustained lacerations ofthe scalp when the Bilkband coach skidded andcrashed when returningfrom an engagement atMaidstone.
Nat Gonella, originallybooked as featured soloistwith Bilk, played bandtrumpet in place of Sims.
Johnny Dankworth pauses during the TV rehearsal to chatto compere Ken Sykora. With them is Johnny's singer -wife
Cleo Laine.
ROUNDABOUTBEAULIEU
A panoramic shot of Beaulieu Palace with the colourful fairground bandstand. Onthe stand are Ken Colyer's Jazzmen.
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BEAULIEU JAZZ FESTIVAL STUD OF ELECTRIC GAL-LOPING HORSES. So ran the legend round the red -
and white topped merry-go-round under which over a hun-dred musicians played to12,000 people at the three-day Beaulieu Jazz Festival.
" The Stud " comprising thebands and combos of suchvaried styles as the Avon Citiesand Jazzmakers, Disley andDankworth, Heath and Mul-
HOST TO JAll
The Festival was covered for the MM by Editor Pat Brand andphotographers Eric Jelly and Marc Sharratt. Pat Brand ispictured (above) being welcomed to Beaulieu by Lord Montagu.
Concert and plectrum Guitars
Nsx- N -w-,ws.-A.NN.
Illustrated are two fine Guitars from the famous"Aristone" range-the Model 110Concert (Finger Style) Guitar £23.18.6,constructed to true Spanish Guitar dimensions.and the Model 120 Plectrum Guitar.£25.7.6. ideal for the jazz or danceplayer. There are other models at pricesfrom £15 to £67. and all are available onthe Besson 10% Deposit Easy Payments Scheme.
For the best Guitar Amplification...
ELECTONE AMPLIFIERS & PICK-UPS
A range of high-grade equipment for the guitarist seekingsap quality amplification at moderate cost. The pick-upscan be fitted instantly to your acoustic guitar; the amp-lifiers, housed in attractive modern -style cases, are fullyportable. Fully described in 6pp. illustrated leaflet free,50 request.
BESSON HOUSE.BURNT OAK BROADWAY
Price lists of all BessonInstruments available
110
EDGWARE. MIDDLESEX'Phone Edgware 6611
See your local dealeror write to Besson
ligan, Bilk and Jazz Committee.Not forgetting Ash and
Lyttelton, Kinsey and Felix,Colyer and Lewis.
A three-day jamboree of topBritish jazz talent upon whichthe fresh air of the Hampshirefields seemed (as in previousyears) to act as additional in-spiration.
ExtraFOR, to my mind, every band
played at least up to stan-dard, and occasionally above.In the Dankworth Orchestra,too, I found just that extrasense of confident relaxation Ihad expected to result fromtheir successful American tour.
The Heath boys displayed itimmediately after their firsttrip. And I'll be interested tohear the Lyttelton seven ontheir return.
And what of the organisationof this Newport in the NewForest? At least as good, saythe Dankworth boys. if notbetter than its Americancounterpart.
Why ...GRUMBLES? Of course. For
instance: Why did the BBCaccord it so little airtime (allthe facilities were there)?
Why are the disc companiesscared of on -the -spot record-ings?
Why no afternoon jam ses-sions for the scores of musicianskilling time before the eveningshow?
But most of all:... oh, why ?
WHY does the National Press(with a few notable ex-
ceptions) persist in misrepre-senting jazz events?
WHY has traditional jazzbeen muscled in upon by theludicrous loonies Lyttelton lam-basts elsewhere this week?
And are these the mainreason
WHY modern jazz still can-not successfully be mixed withtraditional in the same con-cert?
Sat. is Trad.THE latter seems to have been
accepted as a regrettablyinexplicable fact by Lord Mon-tagu. He told me on Monday:
" Next year, I think I'll makeSaturday Night TraditionalNight and leave all Sunday forthe Moderns."
Which should relieve thelatter from the presence of theformer and absolve the formerfrom the necessity of expressingtheir mistrust of the latter.
HumanIASKED Dankworth pianist
Dave Lee how the audiencecompared with Newport. Heseemed to cast about for a diplo-matic answer.
at BEAULIEU" Well ... no one came dressed
as an idiot, you know." They all seemed determined
to enjoy themselves-but in the
manner of reasonable humanbeings."
Let's be fair, though. Theweirdies were (as always) aminute minority of the three orfour thousands attending eachnight's event.
But in their efforts to captureattention by the only means ofwhich they are capable, theyalso (as always) made the head-lines.
Success !BUT enough of grumbles.
Let's throw out a few con-gratulations. To:
Lord Montagu on yet anothersuccessful gamble with the Eng-lish climate;
Producer Peter Bale and hisBBC team on their excellentMonday -night telecast;
The Vic Lewis XI on theirwin (123 for 7 declared; trom-bonist Frank Parr 30 not out)over the Lord Montagu XI (122all out);
Three Mr. Acker Bilk fans forspontaneously starting a col-lection for the band's injuredtrumpeter, Ken Sims (total:£20 5s.);
The assembled throng forconsuming no fewer than 5,000hot dogs and
Thirty tuns of beer. . . .
The motto should read " Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense." ButMM artist and lass guitarist Diz Disley looks as though. lie istrying to change the last word to "(Six) Pense."
The last band to take the stand on Sunday night was Ted Heath's. Seen with Ted(above) in this midnight shot are members of his sax section.
A highlight of the Festival was a cricket match between teams captained by LordMontagu and Vic Lewis. Here Lord Montagu presents silk ties to the Lewis XI beforethe match. L. -r. are Pete Murray, Frank Parr, Martin Gilboy, Pete Appleby, Ron Tindall,
Mick Mulligan, John Griffiths, Jim Godbolt, Lord Montagu and Vic LewiS.
LEROY ANDERSONFETED IN TOWNLEROY ANDERSON, American
composer of " Blue Tango,"" Belle of the Ball," " Serenata "and many other hits, arrived inLondon on Wednesday from theContinent.
Anderson, who has been inEurope on holiday, was enter-tained by his publishers, MillsMusic, at a cocktail party at theRoyal Opera House yesterday(Thursday).
He returns to the States onMonday.
Heath commissionTed Heath has commissioned
famous American West Coastarranger -pianist Marty Patch towrite some original instrumen-tals for the Heath band.Says Ted: "I fixed the dealwith Dave Pell, the former LesBrown saxist, when he was overhere recently. Dave is a partnerof Marty, and I should be gettingthe arrangements pretty soon."
A big hit of the Festival was the Acker Bilk Band. Acker isPictured (1.) listening to a solo from guest trumpet star Nat
Gonella.
RECORDS MAGAZINE -There's a full -colour portraitof Marino Marini and hisQuartet on the front coverof the August issue. 16 pagesof pictures and features tointerest all record enthusiasts;your monthly guide to goodrecord buying. Sixpence fromyour dealer or newsagent.
45I DECCII 78
REC0505
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ROYCharlesWHAT'D I SAN
Parts 1 and 2
HU 8917. LONDON
Scotland goesLatin with
admundoRosSCOTLAND
THE BRAVEF 11150 DECCA
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CharlieGracieANGEL OF LOVE
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MATHIS,EVERLYSIN THE AUTUMN?THE long-standing negotiations for the Everly Brothers and Johnny Mathis to
play Britain may shortly be finalised by the Lew and Leslie Grade Agency.A series of one-night
stands is being lined .up foreach of these acts duringSeptember or October.
The Everlys visited Britainon a record exploitation trip inJanuary, but Johnny Mathishas not yet appeared in thiscountry.
Too highRepeated bids have been made
for the solo song star, but so farthe price asked has been toohigh. Now, at long last, Mathis'sBritish debut may materialise.
The Everly Brothers. Don andPhil, first clicked into the best-sellers with ' Bye, Bye Love."which soared over the millionmark.
They followed through withsuch smash hits as " Wake Up,Little Susie," " All I Have To DoIs Dream," " Bird Dog " and" Problems."
Their latest-a double -sidedhit-is " Take A Message ToMary " and " Poor Jenny." Thisis already coming up to the150,000 mark In Britain.
A PRESENT FROMSTEELE TO MR. KWITH a guitar under his arm
labelled " For Mr. K,"Tommy Steele flew to Russia onWednesday. He is representingBritish youth at the Moscow FilmFestival.
" My fan club' bought the guitarand asked me to present it to aRussian youth organisation,"Tommy told the MM at LondonAirport. " But I plan to give itto Mr. Khruschev if I get half achance.
' This is a tremendous oppor-tunity of seeing Moscow and Ihave been awake for the past twonights with excitement."
Travelling with Tommy washis manager John Kennedy. TheBritish film party was completedby Carole Lesley, Peter Arne andRichard Todd.
By requestTommy will be introduced to
Russian film audiences at leadingMoscow cinemas. But he will notperform unless specifically asked.
He is due to return to Londonat 1.30 p.m. on Saturday and fliesto Dublin later in the afternoonto play for the TV All Stars Foot-ball XI against a team selectedby playwright Brendan Behan.
Steele then plans a three-weekholiday.
l'hourg announceron honeymoon
Australian Barry Allois chiefannouncer at Radio Luxembourg.was married to Mlle. FernandaStoffels last Saturday. Theyplan a five -week honeymoon inAustralia via New York, Holly-wood and Honolulu.Guests at the reception in-cluded Max Diamond (GabrielMusic), Fred Jackson (Planetary -Kahl), .Jim Kent (MGM). AllanTulloch and Ronnie Bell (TopRank) and. Luxembourg deejaysDon Moss (best man), Ted Kingand Alan Freeman.
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The best-& worstof Mingus
CHARLES MINGUS (LP)"The Clown"
Haitian Fight Song (a); Blue Cee(a); Reincarnation Of A Love-bird (a); The Clown (b).(London 12 in. LTZ-K 15164-
35s. 9(d.)(a)-Mingus (bass); Curtis Porter
(alto); Jimmy Knepper (tmb.); WadeLegge (pno.); Dannie Richmond(drs.).
(b)-same except Porter (tar.);narration by Jean Shepherd.
CHARLIE MINGUS is some-thing of a jazz enigma. A
superb bass player and expertcomposer, his music is so oftenmarred by over -conscious striv-ing for effect.At his best he is among themost important voices on thecurrent jazz scene. At his worsthe is a second-rate imitation ofmany of the more " advanced "classical composers of the lastfour decades.
This " Mingus Jazz Work-shop " LP has three magnificenttracks, and one so horrifyingthat, with the best will in theworld, I have yet to play It rightthrough at one sitting.
Fortunately, this monstrosity-the title piece, " The Clown-is the final track on the recordand doesn't interfere with theplaying of the other three.
It presents a certain Mr. JeanShepherd improvising a highlymoral narrative against assortedburblings from the musicians.
The other titles show theleader's talents to real advant-age. As a bass soloist, Mingus isin a class of his own. Everythinghe plays really does make senseand he has great rhythmicdrive.Trombonist Jimmy Knepper isa new name to me, and his play-
ing throughout is most im-pressive. His conception isutterly modern but he uses theslide of his instrument as it usedto be used, for slurs and glis-sandos. In addition he has apleasingly warm vibrato.
Porter, Legge and Richmondalso acquit themselves honour-ably.-Bob Dawbarn.
AgelessTINY CRIMES with COLEMAN
HAWKINS (LP)" Blues Groove "
Marchin' Along; A Smooth One;Blues Wail; April In Paris; SoulStation.
(Esquire 12 in. 32-082-37s. 9;d.)Crimes (gtr.); Hawkins (tnr.);
Musa Kaleem (flute'); Ray Bryant(pno.); Earl Wormack (bass); TeagleFleming Jr. (drs.). USA. 28/2/58.
*Absent from "Marchin' Along."HAWKINS is rightly con-
sidered an ageless jazzplayer whose style, while itremains thoroughly personal,undergoes slight modification asthings around him change.
Coming after " The High AndMighty Hawk " and " Blue Saxo-phones," this LP speaks forHawk's continued potency.though it is not in the sameclass as the other two.Hawkins himself has less' todo this time, anal his fellowsoloists rarely offer anythingoutstanding.Moreover, the material couldhave been better-or better pre-pared, at any rate-to avoid aconsistency of mood whichmakes some parts of the recordmore suitable for background oraccompaniment purposes thanfor concentrated listening.
arazzdisc"Marchin'," which begins with
guitar over a smart, shufflingkind of beat, is uneventful ifsolid quartet playing for itsfirst eight minutes.
Then Hawkins lifts theInterest with a long and admir-able solo. He employs a heavytone and pronounced attack,phrasing at first in a deliberateway that fits the rhythm-and-blues character of the piece.
As the solo builds, he in-creases the force and mobilityof his playing until excess effort
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At his best, bassist Charlie Mingus is one of the most importantvoices on the current jazz scene. Here he is seen with the lateCharlie Parker (alto), Thelonius Monk (piano) and Roy Haynes
in the fourteenth chorus resultsin a savage squeak.
After the tenor there is anti-climax, but Bryant plays welland, after 18 minutes, the bluesriffs convincingly to a close. Theabsence of flute does this one noharm.
Hawk produces more un-expected turns of phrase in
Blues Wail,' a slow blues withshort solos and a lot of Grimes'sguitar, and the slightly fasterSoul Station."
He is fairly impassioned on thetwo non -blues tunes, but theseare largely dull. Though Kaleemcan construct phrases, his fluteblowing is often perfunctory.
Grimes plays traditional bluespatterns on his four -stringguitar with sound swing, butwithout an individual touch, sofar as I can judge. And it isleft to Bryant (apart fromHawk) to rise above the ordinaryin solos.
Though this is not the mostelegant of Hawkins, it has thestamp of quality. For a ran-dom example of his rhythmicprowess, take his conception ofa simple riff for the final chorusof " Soul Station."-Max Jones.
ConsistentRED GARLAND (EP)
A Foggy Day; My Romance.(Esquire EP 216-13s.)
Red Garland (pno.); PaulChambers (bass); Art Taylor (drs.).17/8'56. New York.
THERE are many jazz musi-cians who are not start-
lingly original, yet give a greatdeal of pleasure with their work.
One of the most consistent ofthese is Red Garland. He hasgreat drive, a sure touch and ahappy logic in his improvisa-tions.On this delightful EP he issupported by the superb Paul
Chambers on bass and some aptdrumming from Art Taylor-who cannot be accused here oftasteless bomb dropping.
Foggy " is taken at a brisktempo and is Garland at hisneatest-uncluttered, swingingjazz piano.
The Rodgers and Hart ballad," My Romance," gets a dreamy,thoughtful treatment withChambers playing compliment-ary lines behind the piano.
Not great jazz perhaps, but itall makes for very pleasantlistening.-Bob Dawbarn.
StudiedMARILYN MOORE (EP)" Moody Marilyn Moore "
Ill Wind; Lover Come Back To Me;Is You Is Or Is You Ain't MyBaby; 1 Cried For You.
(Parlophone GET 8755-10s. 7(d.)Moore (voc.) with Don Abney
(pno.); Al Cohn (tnr.); Joe Wilder(tpt.); Milt Hinton (bass); BarryGalbraith (gtr.); Osie Johnson (des.).USA. Probably 1957.
EVEN if I were unaware ofMarilyn Moore's reputation
as a Holiday imitator, I wouldconclude from any of thesetracks that here was a girl try-ing desperately to sound likeBillie.
To a surprising degree she suc-ceeds. Often she gets close tothe curious timbre, thoughusually without the timing thatmade Billie's singing jazz.
Viewed as an imitation, thething sounds studied, well ob-served and unconvincing-like acuter, featherweight Billie. Youhave only to play a Holidayrecord to realise the world ofdifference.
Don Abney leads a neat.attractive accompaniment whichincludes solos by Wilder andCohn. The horns don't work on"Ill Wind."-Max Jones.
Bert Courtley relaxesBERT COURTLEY JAZZ QUARTET
(EP)New Blues For Old; Sweet And
Lovely; Chocolate Shake.(fleece DFE 6537-10s. tilt)
Courtley (tpt.); Eddie Harvey(pno.); Pete Blannin (bass); EddieTaylor (drs.). 21/8/58. London.
BERT COURTLEY is one ofthe most original of British
jazz talents. When he fails toget his message across it isusually because he has aimedhis sights too high instead oftaking the safe and familiarpath.
This EP is as good an exampleof his work as any on record.
"New Blues" is a Courtley
original taken at slow tempo.Bert takes It easy and there is ageneral air of relaxation. Bothhe and Eddie Harvey build toneat climaxes but the drumsand bass solos add little to thepiece as a whole.
The standard, " Sweet," rocksairing, with Bert getting a MilesDavis muted effect. Harvey,though no virtuoso on piano,again impresses with anauthoritative solo.
" Shake " is an Ellingtonwritten for the revue "JumpFor Joy," and thoroughlydeserving revival. Taken atmedium speed it is the mostsuccessful track of the three,with short feature spots for therhythm section and intelligenttrumpet-Bob Dawbarn.
August 8, 1959. MELODY MAKER -Page 9
WHOARETHE`AST Monday, at
Beaulieu, all the talkwas about "them."
" They " had crashed thegates on Friday night,roughing up some of LordMontagu's staff on duty atthe entrances.
" They " had run riot inBeaulieu village, necessitat-ing police reinforcementsfrom Southampton.
" They " had unsuccessfullytried to wreck Ted Heath'sshow on Saturday, pelting theband with cardboard platesbearing such inspiring slogansas " Acker Bilk for Pope."
" They " had thrown chairs inthe river and had set fire to asummer -house.
Who are they "?
EccentricFrom outward appearances it
would seem that they convergedon the Festival with theprimary intention of exhibitingthemselves in eccentric clothesand the secondary intention oflistening exclusively to thebands of Acker Bilk and KenColyer.
It would be unjust to callthem Bilk or Colyer fans.From what I know of those twoestimable leaders. they welcomethese hooligans as enthusiasti-cally as a mass visitation of nitsto the head.
They are not what one
Ken Colyer. . . no welcome there
Ted Heath6 . . withstood the onslaught
OOBLIES?Humphrey Lytteltontalks about the 'educated'oafs who create havoc at
every major jazz event
national newspaper mistakenlycalled " rock -'n' -rollers."
Nor are they Teddy Boys,though they provide evidencethat hooliganism is not confinedto the Teddy Boy level ofsociety.
They are hard to pin down,but we know them only too well.
JAll on the AIR(Times: BST/CET)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8:2.45-3.5 p.m. C 1: Pim Jacobs Trio,
Rita Reys.4.20-4.50 Z: For Jazz Fans.6.35-7.0 DL: Charles Melville.8.15-9.0 T: Herman, Hefti, James,
Christy, Paul Smith, etc.8.50-10.0 A 1 2: Champs-Elysees
Jazz.9.0-9.30 W: Jazz Time.9.5-10.0 J: Tribute to Big.9.15-10.0 T: Sal Salvador and The
Elmo Hope Trio.10.5-10.30 J: Bandstand USA.10.10-10.55 F 1: Milt Jackson
Quartet.10.30-11.0 Q: B. C. in Brussels.11.5-1.0 a.m. J: Dancing on Two
Continents.12.33-1.15 T: Repeat of 9.15
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9:5.30-6.0 p.m. J: Hollywood Music
Views.8.15-9.0 T: Beneke, Brown, Sher-
wood. B.C., J.D., Shearing.9.15-10.0 T: Preyin-Rogers, Getz.
Swedish All Stars, Herman -Bos-well -Memphis Five.
10.10 S: For Jazz Fans (news break10.301.
10.37-10.58 B: Panassie on Bostic.11.0-11.55 F 1: " To The Memory Of
Charlie Parker."11.5-11.30 J: International Band-
stand.11.30-11.50 F 2: The Duke of Jazz.
MONDAY, AUGUST 10:6.45-7.0 p.m. C 2: Darktown Jazz -
band.8.15-9.0 T: Popular.9.15-10.0 T: Jazz.9.30-10.0 I: German Jazz.10.10-10.30 E: Jazz with Edelhagen.10.10-11.0 S: As Sunday.10.30-11.30 app. K: Modern Jazz
Discs.10.35-11.0 Z: Jazz Actualities.11.0-11.30 V: The Jazz Corner.11.5-1.0 a.m. J: D -J Shows
(nightly).11.15-11.35 C 2: Pete Rugolo
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11:8.15-9.0 p.m. T: Popular.8.15-9.15 E: Essen Jazz Festival 1959.
with Lyttelton, Dutch SwingCollege, K. Clarke, Kiihn, Petti-ford, Nelson Williams.
9.15-10.0 T: Jazz.10.30-11.0 J: Jazz Workshop.10.30-11.15 I: Blues in Harlem.11.37-12,0 A 1 2: Deep River.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12:2.30-3.0 p.m C 1: " From Slavery
to Birdland."6.20-6.40 C 1: Pim Jacobs Trio.6.20-6.55 F I: Carlos de Radzitzky.6.30-7.0 DE: Jazz Session.8.15-9.0 T: Popular9.15-10.0 T: Jazz.9.30-10.30 F 3: Jazz for Everyone,10.0-10.30 U: Jazz Studio.10.10-10.30 E: Jazz with Edelhagen.10.10-10.31 B: Hugues Panassie.1015-11.5 Q: Ellington 1930-35.10.35-11.0 Z: Jazz Music.11.15 W -1293m: Charles Delaunay.11.15-12.0 0: Jazz Journal.12.10-1.0 a.m. I: Karlsruhe Concert:
Mulligan, Giuffre, Krupa, KollerPet tiford.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13:8.15-9.0 p.m. T: Popular.9.15-10.0 T: Jazz.9.30-10.0 F I: Summer Jazz.10.15-11.0 M: U.S. Jazz during the
war.10.40-11.30 DL: Jazz Club.11.0-12.0 P: For Shearing's 40th
Birthday Jazz in Europe.11.20-11.45 C 1: Music by John Lewis.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14:5.25-5.55 p.m. L: Jazz Pioneers.7.0-7.30 C I: Jazz Session.8.15-9.0 T: Popular.9.15-9.45 DE -232m: Jazz mit Joe: G.
Lewis. B.G., B. Crosby, Morton's" The Pearls." MJQ. Bechet's" September Song."
9.15-10.0 T: Jazz.9.30-10.0 B -258m: The Real Jazz.10.5.10.30 C 2: Basic Orchestra.10.30-10.55 J: Stars of Jazz.11.0-11.15 app. K: Hi-Lo's.Programmes subject to change.
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KEY TO STATIONS ANDWAVELENGTHS IN METRESRTF France 1: 1-1829, 48.39.2-193.RTF France 2: 280, 218. 318, 359,379, 445, 498.Hilversum: 1-402. 2-298.BBC: E-464. L-1500. 247.NDR,WDR: 309, 189, 49.38.Belgian Radio: 1-484. 2-324.3-267.SWF B -Baden: 295, 363, 195,41.29.AFN: 344, 271, 547.SBC Stockholm: 1571, 255, 245,306, 506, 49 band.NR Oslo: 1376, 337, 228, 477, 19,25 or 31 bands.Copenhagen: 1224.BR Munich: 375. 187, 48.7.SDR Stuttgart: 522, 49.75.HR Frankfurt.: 506.Europe 1: 1622.VOA: 8.15 and 9.15-13, 19, 31,49m. bands. 12.30 a.m. only -1734m. (LW).Bremen: 221.Saarbriicken: 211.Luxembourg: 208. 49, 26.SBC Lugano: 588.6.SBC Geneva/Lausanne 393, 31
band.
F. W. Street
They are the people who turn astudent rag from harmless highspirits into a public nuisance.
They are the Chelsea ArtsBall hearties who have madethe senseless destruction of thedecorated floats a dismaltradition.
They are the " educated "morons whose exploits are re-counted in the murkier gossipcolumns, the " deb party " oafswho, through the peculiar elas-ticity of British justice, getaway annually with offences
which would land a Teddy Boyin the nearest magistrates'court in less time than it takesto knock off a policeman'shelmet.
In every field in which theyrear their ossified and repellentheads, they are a menace. Jazzfans -real jazz fans in everysphere - detest and disownthem.
When Ted Heath resolutelywithstood their onslaught, heearned the warm applause ofthe great majority of trad fanswho were patient and receptiveenough to listen to somethingunfamiliar to them.
It is an unfortunate thingthat the antics of these people-unaffectionately known injazz circles as " Ooblies " or" The Great Unwashed "-arecoming to be associated closelywith traditional jazz.
There is a growing convictionthat it takes no more than afew resolute twangs on a banjoto unleash in the subhuman
Acker Bilk. . . he hates them
bosom all the most swinishemotions.Unhappily, the unrulyminority -for minority it is. anda small one at that -can havea major effect on the jazz scene.
They have converted theannual Floating Festival of Jazzinto a floating purgatory formost intelligent jazz enthu-siasts.
As a result of their van-dalism, they have roused thatnormally subdued body, theAlbert Hall seat -holders, to putthe block on the all-night Car-nival of Jazz at the Albert Hall.
And their performance thisyear at Beaulieu must at leasthave sown seeds of doubt as tothe practicality of holding jazzfunctions in pleasant and ex-pensive surroundings.
All along the line, jazz suffers.
Note to PressLet me give the last word to
the chief of the local constabu-lary. whom I spoke to atBeaulieu.
Pointing to the thousand orso intent fans sitting and stand-ing round the Johnny Dank -worth Orchestra, he said" These are jazz fans, aren'tthey? Then why should wehave anything against jazzfans?"
Popular papers, please note.
The Spanish guitarAP. SHARPE, editor of
" B.M.G."-the specialistmagazine devoted to the banjo,mandolin and guitar -has beena student of and authority onthe Spanish guitar for 35 years.
Though he does not play theinstrument, for 13 years he ledwith considerable success agroup styled the HonoluluHawaiians.
He is also the author of " TheStory of the Spanish Guitar," anew and revised edition of whichhas now been published at 15s.by Clifford Essex Music Co., Ltd.,London.
There can be few better Quali-fied than Mr. Sharpe to compilea book of this nature. His de-tailed and authoritative historyof the Spanish guitar, its makers,composers and players, will makefascinating reading for allaficionados.
Mr. Sharpe emphasises thatthis is a book about the " legiti-mate "-gut or nylon strung -Spanish guitar. So it is perhapsunderstandable that he hasomitted detailed reference tosuch artists as Eddie Lang -pioneer of the plectrum guitar -Django Reinhardt and Oscar
Aleman, to name but a few whocaptured the interest of the jazzfraternity.
But a guitar enthusiast suchas Mr. Sharpe can hardly behappy at their omission from abook on " the guitar "-eventhough he is on sound technicalground.
Perhaps on some future occa-sion he will oblige with a follow-up volume on the great jazzguitarists who have emergedover a period of some 30 years.
Only then will the story of theguitar be really complete. -Laurie Renshaw.
CYMBAL SIMON SAYS, DRUMMERS
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HELEN MERRILL-the American jazz singer -flewinto London in June for TV, radio and club dates.She is pictured (above) at her BBC "Jazz Club'
airing on July 2.
BENNY GOODMAN-" The King of Swing "-posesfor the MM at the Savoy Hotel. He arrived inBritain on June 23 for a short holiday. Goodman
last played here in 1949.
HELEN MERRILL is seen at rehearsals for her BBC broadcast with pianistDill Jones and bassist Spike Heatley.
DONNA HIGHTOWER-the Capitol song star -made her first trip to Britain on July 19. She soarbooked for a short season at Mayfair's Blue Angel.
She is now touring the Continent.
THE PONI-TAILS. top American vocal trio, headlined BBC -TV's "Drumbeat"show on July 11. 18 and 25 and on August 1.
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ALL INSTRUMENTS wanted for re-sidency in London, to commenceSeptember. -Box 6960, " MM."
AMATEUR SAXOPHONES (tenorand baritone) for West Londongroup; must be under 1.9 and readmusic.-Hornchurch 46351.
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ELECTRIC GUITARIST and BASSGUITARIST wanted for trio; WestEnd restaurant club, TV; young; ableto sing. -Box 6959, " MM.
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ROYAL ARTILLERY Staff Band,Park Hall Camp, Oswestry: Trainingvacancies for 15 -year -old boys.Strings, Woodwind; Brass, Percus-sion. -Details from Director ofMusic. .
ROYAL ARTILLERY Staff Band.Park Hall Camp, Oswestry: NationalService and. Regular vacancies onStrings, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe,Cornet, Bass -Tuba. - Details fromDirector of Music.
ROYAL SIGNALS BAND has vacan-cies for Vocalist, - French Horn,Pianist, Drummer, String Bass andBassoon. Transfer or re -enlist.National Servicemen considered. -Apply, Director of Mu -sic, Royal Sig-nals, H.Q. Training Brigade, Cat-terick Camp, Yorks.
SEMI -PRO. TROMBONE andDrums required for London perm.;good readers essential; one doublingPiano; no rock or trads need apply.-Box 6955, " MM."
SINGER WANTED for modernsweet harmony group re-forming.Must rehearse. -Field End 8540.
SOLO GUITARIST required, rockgroup. --Box 6949. " MM."
THE FAMOUS BAND OF THE DUR-HAM LIGHT INFANTRY HAS A FEWVACANCIES FOR BRASS ANDWOODWIND PLAYERS. - Apply toMr. L. Bently, L.R.A.M., L.T.C.L.,L.C.S.M A.R.C.M., Bandmaster, TheDurham Light Infantry, RegimentalDepot, Brancepeth Castle, Co. Dur-ham.
THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BANDS(Symphony Orchestra, Military Bandand Dance Orchestras) have vacan-cies for competent musicians. Per-formance must be of a high standard.Outstanding National Servicemenconsidered. Vacancies also for boys.15-17 years, offering opportunities ofan excellent musical careen -Pleaseapply to Director of Music, RoyalArtillery Band. Woolwich, S.E.18.
(ADVERTISEMENTS UNDER ALL HEADINGS)\WILL APPEAR NEXT WEEK AUGUST 15
MUSICIANS WANTED-contd.THE ROYAL ARTILLERY Ports-
mouth Band have vacancies fortrained musicians on Piano and allStrings. Vacancies regularly occurfor all Woodwind, Brass and Percus-sion -dance, orchestral and military.Enlistment, re -enlistment or transfer.National Servicemen accepted if per-formance standard suitable. TheBand's permanent headquarters isIn one of Germany's largest citieswith full local musical and culturalfacilities. Band maintains fuel orches-tra, dance band and military band.-Apply for audition to Depot, -Ports-mouth Recruiting, R.A. Band, Wool-wich, S.E.18.
THE ROYAL SCOTS. -MilitaryBand of this fine Regiment. now inBerlin, can accept applications frommusicians. Good pay, good oppor-tunities. -Apply, O.C. Depot, Glen -come Barracks, Milton Bridge, Mid-lothian.
TRAD. BAND FORMING: LeadTrumpet, Clarinet, Bass and Drums;enthusiasm and willingness to re-hearse essential -Box 6950, " MM."
TROMBONE, Second -TRUMPET,vocals asset; six nights.-M.D.. 129,Musters Road, West Bridgford, Not-tingham.
TRUMPET, TENOR SAX required,young, amateur, traditional; Lon-dOn.-Ren. 3051 (5.30-7.30).
URGENTLY REQUIRED for theBand of the Welsh Guards, Clarinet-tists, Strings and Pianist. Experi-enced players only. - Apply to theDirector of Music, Welsh Guards.Birdcage Walk, London, S.W.1.
VACANCIES exist in -the Band ofthe Worcestershire Regiment for allinstruments. Excellent promotionprospects; musical duties only.National Servicemen of high standardconsidered. Transfers and re -enlist-ments welcomed. -Apply, giving fullparticulars, to Bandmaster J. L.Long, The Worcestershire Regiment,Up Park Camp, Kingston, Jamaica,The West Indies.
WANTED for France: Drummer,Tenor, Pianist, Girl Vocalist; broad-casts. AFN. also BBC; read busk. -Box 6982 " MM."
YOUNG BASS GUITARIST andRock Pianist required for keen rockgroup. -Box 6951, " MM."
BANDS WANTED 8d, per wordREQUIRED for Manchester restaur-
ant: Five -piece ensemble capable ofrestaurant -style and Latin-Americanperformance, also accompanyingcabaret; four hours nightly (no Sun-days); contract to commence Sept.I4. -Terms, photos, etc., to NewOxford Presentations, 15, CooperStreet, Manchester 2.
5 -PIECE DANCE BAND required byCentral Middlesex Hospital SportsClub. for dances during the periodSeptember, 1959 -June, 1960, whichcovers a minimum of eight functionsto include New Year's Eve. TermsShould be notified to the Hon. Secre-tary at Central Middlesex Hospital,Acton Lane, N.W.I0, not later than20th August, indicating whether M.C.facilities can be offered.
Classified advertisements andBox No. replies to: ClassifiedAdvt. Dept., "Melody Maker," 96,Long Acre, London, W.C.2, Tem-ple Bar 2488, Ex. 283, 211.
ENGAGEMENTS WANTED 5d. per word
ABLE ACCORDIONIST available. -Pro. 4542.
ABLE PIANIST. -Pro. 4542.ACCORDION. -Hendon 9128.ALTO. -Lib. 2475 (messages).ALTO, modern jazz/read.-Ren.
569-5.ALTO. -Lib. 2958.ALTO/CLAR./Violin, readelausk.-
Gul. 5442.ALTO/CLAR., reackbusk, anxious
join amateur group, anywhere, Lon-don. -Box 6943, " MM."
ALTO/CLARINET desires season,immediately; all-round experience. -Box 6944, ' MM."
AMPLIFIED BASS/Vocals, car. -Mai. 53-98.
BASS. -ARC. 2050, TRANSPORT.BASS and TENOR, lounge or gigs.
-Rod. 3708.BASS, car.-Elt. 5418.BASS, experienced, can -Howard,
Elmbridge 0919.BASS. -Sou. 3195.BASSIST 1161, reader. -Stan Wag-
ner. 102. Greenwood Road, E.8(downstairs).
BASS -TRUMPET. Regular weeklyengagements required.-Ger. 2774.
BASS, YOUNG, EXPERIENCED;transport; gigs, perm.-Fairlands7416.
BENNIE BRACKLEY, Drums, &JD.-Gra. 1879; Hualbridge 381 (Sundays).
DRUMMER, accomialiehed, trans-port. -Lib. 6078.
DRUMMER, loungegias.-Rel. 3096.DRUMMER. -Sid Lewis, Adv. 2071
(messages).DRUMMER, transport.-Lar. 5094.DRUMMER, experienced, lounge, -
Can. 3440.DRUMMER. -J. Amott, She. 1771.
DRUMMER, experienced. - Mou.3-996.
DRUMMER, experienced, young,read, versatile, requires summerseason or similar. -Rod. 4148.
DRUMMER seeks perm., lounge orclub work. -'Phone: Arc. 3601 (day).
DRUMMER/VOCALIST, club. -Can.3440.
ELECTRIC GUITARIST, - Eat.7456.
GUITAR, solorhythm.-Tul. 73-91.GUITAR BASS. -Terminus 2976.GUITARIST/Guitar-bass, all styles.
read busk, Gcrman, for abroad. -BobStockwell. Rheine Westf Krummestr,19. Germany.
PIANIST, read, busk.-Tra. 7777,Ext. 42 (Ball.
PIANIST, able. -Pro. 4542.PIANIST, experienced. -Can. 1874.PIANIST. -Euston 8109.P I A NIST.-Hendon 9128.PIANIST. MODERN. -WAX. 4782.POLISHED YOUNG lounge/dance
Pianist, any where, North West. -Box6945. " MM."
RHYTHM PIANIST, unlimited re-pertoire. Good -class lounge. -Arc.5098.
STEEL GUITARIST.-Hou. 5400.STUDENT MUSICIANS, vacation
employment anywhere, Britain Con-tinent. W.I. Trio (piano, guitars,viol -in, bongoes), cha-cha. rock, pops.-Inalsingh, 49, Warwick Road, Lon-don, S.W.5.
TENOR.- -Can. 3421.TENOR. -Lib. 2958.TENOR/CLAR. desires season or
resident. - Bob Knox, Arc. 2141(messages,.
TENOR, CLARINET, -Duncan 0779.
ENGAGEMENTS WANTED-contd.TENOR/CLAR. now available for
gigs, read. busk, modern, oar. -Johnny Armstrong, Tul. 7702.
TENOR/CLARINET, coloured, read/busk, modern. -'Phone: Ivan Brace,Tot. 9524.
TENOR/PIANO/Arranger, unex-pectedly free, widely experienced;season or perm. -Peter Kinley, Mac.3188.
TENOR/VOCALS/Clar., modern, ex-perienced pro., unexpectedly free.-Gra. 9868
TENOR/VIOLIN, S.D.-Euston 7900.TENOR/VIOLIN, experienced; gigs,
-Brixton 1447.TROMBONE, read/busk, am.,
library and transport. -Fla. 0665.TROMBONE/Trumpet.-Bec. 4632.TROMBONE, read/busk.-Tul. 7391.
TROMBONIST, semi -pro., goingtrail.; O.T.--Pete Saalmans, 40, Oak -croft Road, S.E.13.
TRUMPET, experienced. - Wax.3020.
TRUMPET, experienced, reliable.car.-Hur. 4328,
TRUMPET: VOCALS, experienced,reliable, S 13; gigs, perm. -New 3174.
VERSATILE PIANIST availableto Sept. 5; band or solo; dep. work.-Harrow 0601.
VOCALIST (26), experienced. ver-satile. doubling Alto.-Tul. 7334. -
WANT a rest? Pianist will deputisefortnight anywhere, anytime. -Box6946, " MM."
YOUNG BASS, eight years' experi-ence, requires season perm.; freeAugust 8. -Box 6947, " MM."
BANDS 8d. per wordA BAND, able, available -Pro. 4542.ABLE BAND, Saturdays. -For. 6512,ACME TRIO.-7Gul. 5442.ALAN ASHLEY Trio/Quartet.-Woo.
7919.ALAN JENKINS' JAZZMEN, tradi-
tional jazz.-Har. 6562.A.1 BAND WANTED? -RING FOR.
9760.CLIFF ROGERS Bands, all func-
tions.--Larkswood 1519.DENNIS H. MATTHEWS Agency for
the finest DANCE bands in allLondon areas. We have just the bandfor your function. - MOUNTVIEW6861.
GEOFF WILK INS' JAZZMEN,based on tradition.-Kil. 0626.
HAROLD WAGNER Petite GypsyOrchestra. -102, Greenwood Road,E.B.
HOWARD BAKER Bands and Caba-ret -one-night stands or resident. -60, Glenwood Gardens, Ilford, Vai-ea-tine 4043.
IDO MARTIN Orehestra.-Valen-tine 2463.
LOU PREAGER'S AmbassadorsBand, especially chosen combination.one-night stands anywhere. - LouPreager Presentations, 69, GlenwoodGardens, Ilford. Val, 4043.
SELECT TRIO, experienced, requireFri.-Sat./Sun. resident post; goodlounge or club. -'Phone: Bow. 3176.
THE LEW GREEN BAND, 3-Spiece, al: functions. -Lib. 1723.
WESTBURY QUARTET free Satur-days. -Mae. 5944; Ger. 3995.
SITUATIONS VACANT 8d.perwordDRUMS ASSEMBLER/Fitter re-
quired to train as top -class fitter andtester; previous experience desirable.-Apply,- giving details of experienceand age, etc.,to Box 6958, " MM."
MANAGERSALESMAN wanted formusical instruments, W. London;only men with experience and goodrefs. considered. -Box 6952, " MM."
August 8, 1959. MELODY MAKER-Page 11est
PRS HITS OUT AT`SHADOW MEN'
THE Performing RightSociety-the organisa-
tion which collects royal-ties for music publishers andsongwriters - has clampeddown on members who writesongs under more than onename.
Under a new edict. composerswill be allowed to use only onepseudonym. In some cases, upto 40 nom -de -plumes have beenadopted by songwriters.
The reasonsSays PRS secretary Royce
Whale : " This will enable usto cut down on the workand expense entailed in regis-tering different pseudonymswith the Society; to preventabuses that have arisen underthe use of pseudonyms and to
FAD WEDDING
Ex -Ted Heath singer BobbieBritton married 25 -year -oldMargaret Adams on July 4.They are pictured (above)alter the ceremony at Ken-sington Register Office. Theyboth work at music -pub-lishers Francis, Day andHunter, Bobbie as a song -plugger and Margaret as a
secretary.
Dates withthe stars(Week commencing August 9.)Billie ANTHONY
Season: Regal, Great Yar-mouth
BEVERLEY SistersSeason: Pier Pavilion, Llan-
dudnoEve BOSWELL
Season: Alhambra, GlasgowMax BYGRAVES
Season: London PalladiumRuss CONWAY
Season: Grand Theatre,Llandudno
Jill DAYSeason: Opera House, Black-
poolLorrae DESMOND
Season: Aquarium, GreatYarmouth
Lonnie DONEGANSeason: Aquarium, Great
YarmouthRobert EARL
Week: Hippodrome, Birming-ham
Billy FURYSeason (Matinees): Palace
Theatre, BlackpoolRonnie HILTON
Season: Queen's Theatre,Blackpool
Edmund HOCKRIDGESeason: North Pier, Black-
poolMichael HOLLIDAY
Season: Floral Hall, Scar-borough
Teddy JOHNSON and PearlCARR
Season: Pavilion, TorquayKAYE Sisters
Season: Hippodrome,Brighton
KING BrothersSeason: Wellington Pier,
Great YarmouthGary MILLER
Season: Alexandra Gardens,Weymouth
MUDLARKSSeason: North Pier, Black-
poolMike PRESTON
Season (Matinees): PalaceTheatre, Blackpool
Joan REGANSeason: Wellington Pier.
Great YarmouthMarion RYAN
Season: Palace Theatre,Blackpool
Marty WILDESeason (Matinees): Palace
Theatre, Blackpool
Only one
`alias'bring ourselves into line with adecision taken by the Inter-national Federation csf theSociety of Musicians andAuthors."
'A racket'Mr. Whale would not give de-
tails of " abuses," but MELODYMAKER " Songsheet " columnistHubert W. David-a member ofthe PRS for over 25 years-com-ments:
" Many executives of musicpublishing houses, recordingcompanies, juke box conceit'sand the like have in the pasttwo years or so chiselled them-selves into a song, although themajority of them cannot puttwo notes together.
" They then receive part of asong's royalties. And, owing totheir influential position in themusic business, they can in-fluence a song's progress intopossible Hit Parade status.
" Although as executives theyare paid good salaries to promotesongs.
" The PRS is to be congratu-lated on a bold endeavour tostamp out a racket that is fastbecoming harmful to the musicworld."Many of the " hard core " of
pop songwriters among the PRSmembership are known to be op-posed to the PRS's new ruling.
Says Jack Fishman, writer ofscores of songs and the musicfor over 30 major films: " It isan arbitrary decision. The PRSshould have taken a referendumamong its 3,000 -odd members. Itis a well-meaning intention, butwrong in the way it has beenbrought into play.
" People use pseudonyms tosuit different types of works. Imay do a gor-blimey ' type ofsong-and not wish to have myname associated with it."
Norrie Paramor, A&R man ofColumbia Records, says:
" Song rackets? I have neverbought myself into a song. Andwhy shouldn't writers use pseu-donyms? There is a big preju-dice against British songmaterial. A pseudonym attachedto a song may enable it to getmarketed."
BAND GAMBLE ISPAYING OFF
BANDLEADER Johnny How-ard's decision to stay in
London has paid off. In May,he turned down a season inNewquay, Cornwall, to stay inTown.Since then he has played atthe wedding of Julie Andrewsand at the Wimbledon Palaisas holiday relief.And now he has netted aresidency at Purley's OrchidBallroom in place of the LesAyling Band.
NEWS IN BRIEF
£30,000 launchingin new price warpYE RECORDS have fired a £30,000 salvo into the current
record price war. This is the sum being spent on a two-week campaign on ATV to launch Pye's new Golden Guinea "Series of 12 in. LPs.
The discs, which a spokesmanfor Pye describes as " music forall the family." retail at 21s.
This follows the recent issueby the rival Top Rank label of" King Size " 45s, featuringnearly double the playing timeof the normal single.
The giant Decca and EMI or-ganisations have so far made nonew moves in this latest rash ofprice cuts. Yesterday ( Thurs-day ) there was no reaction fromeither headquarters.
Decca already market theirlow -price " Ace of Clubs " and" Camden " LPs respectively at21s. 5d. and 26s. 21d.
DAVID* WHITFIELD under-takes a 20 -week tour of
Australia's Tivoli Theatre circuitfrom February next. On Sun-day, his wife, Sheila, gave birthto a baby girl to be namedAmanda Jane. The Whitfieldsalready have two boys.
FOURF0R hundred accordionplayers attended a cocktail
party to mark the opening of anextension to the Arthur BellAccordion Factory at Aycliffe,Co. Durham. With the extension,Arthur Bell will be able todouble his present staff and in-crease production to about 40instruments a week. He told theMM: " I hope to expand evenfurther. The accordion is be-coming more popular than ever."
TIIE Diz Disley String Quintetguests in ABC -TV's " Sunday
Break " this week -end.
ORIGINALLY signed by SidPhillips on a three-month
contract, 16 -year -old drummerRoss Mitchell was almost im-mediately re-signed for twoyears. He joined Sid from NatAllen's band at StreathamLocarno. The Phillips Band iscurrently at the Royal Hall, VillaMarina, Douglas (IoM).
LORD
ROCKINGHAM'S 2ndXI plays concerts at Ryde
Commodore on Sunday with CraigDouglas and Bert Weedon, and atBrighton Essoldo on August 30with the Mudlanks. Line-up ofthe 2nd XI, led by pianist IanFraser, is Eric Ford and BernieTaylor (gtrs.), Johnny Woods(drs.), Reg Weller (drs.) andRonnie Black (bass).
I? RIC WINSTONE and his_112A Orchestra. resident for thesummer at Butlin's, Clacton, ap-pear for one night at the OceanHotel, Saltdean, on August 31 forthe final of the SouthernBelle " beauty contest organisedby Southern TV.
SEMI -PRO trumpeter Kid Shil-lito is giving up his New
Orleans Jazzband to turn pro-fessional and join Mickey Ash -man's Band. Kid, who is a20 -year -old student of economics.formed his seven -piece ninemonths ago. It will be carriedon by drummer Pete Ridge.
The winning style
Winner John Leslie (centre) is pictured with MM Editor PatBrand and Gale Sheridan.
MEDICAL STUDENT
WINS MM AWARDTHREE hundred fans packed Soho's Lysbeth Hall on July 14
to see the final of the MELODY MAKER'S Soho Fair AmateurJazz Pianist Contest.
The winner was John Leslie, a 24 -year -old medical student, fromWood Green. He is pictured (above) being congratulated byMM Editor Pat Brand. " Queenof Soho 1959," Gale Sheridan,presented the trophy.
Disc testThe first prize was a silver
Challenge Trophy, a recordingtest for Melodist and an appear-ance on AR -TV's " Focus OnYouth " the same night.
Second place went to BarryTurner from Stoke Newingtonand third was Robert Stockerfrom Beckenham, Kent.
The judges were Pat Brand,Ben Nisbet (Feldman's), SiggyJackson (Melodlsc) and singerAl Saxon.
Joining MillsMills Music have appointed
Gordon Reed as Light MusicManager. Formerly with Chap-pell's and Inter -Art, Gordon tookup his new post on July 27.
A 15 -YEAR RUN
AT THE RIALTOAFTER fifteen years at the
Rank Organisation's RialtoBallroom, Liverpool, Hal Grahamand his Orchestra end their longresidency tomorrow (Sunday).
After a two-week holiday, Halis to transfer to the firm'smanagerial staff.
During its run at the Rialto,the Graham band has been heardin many BBC programmes. Theband played its radio " swansong " on July 16 in " MusicWhile You Work."
New outfit at the Rialto willbe Alan Hurst and his Band, whoare currently at the MajesticBallroom, Newport, Mon.
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Jack Parnell isback in hospitalJACK PARNELL was rushed to hospital on Tuesday following
a relapse after an internal operation a fortnight ago. HeIs in the French Hospital, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, wherehe first received treatment.
During his illness. Jack's ATVengagements have been takenover by his leader, Alec Firman,who directed the Parnell Band
Disc Break " show on Wednes-'Disc Break' dep
Jack's dee-jay spot on his"Disc Break " show on Wednes-day at 11 p.m. was taken overat short notice by Jimmy Hen-ney, professional manager ofChappell's, who has comperedthe " Oh Boy! " TV shows.
Speaking to the MM from hos-pital on Wednesday, Jack Par-nell said: "I don't know whenI shall be out-but I hope itwill be soon.' Say ' hello ' to allthe boys for me! "
DAVE KING HAS
`HIGH HOPES'DAVE KING, currently star-
ring in his own U.S. TVseries. last week rush -recorded asong he has featured on his pro-gramme.
It is the Sammy Cahn -JimmyVan Heusen composition "HighHopes," which is sung by FrankSinatra in his latest film, "AHole in the Head."
Agent Leslie Grade returnedlast week -end from a businesstrip to America-and broughtback the Dave King tapes. Now,Pye International plan im-mediate release here of Dave's"High Hopes."
COURIERS BACKFROM VIENNA
ON Monday, the Jazz Couriersreturned from a series of
dates at the Vienna YouthFestival.
Co -leader Ronnie Scott toldthe MM: "We had a great re-ception on our concert anddance engagements. Fans fromPoland, Hungary and Czecho-slovakia all applauded the bandand guest alto Bruce Turner,
The Couriers comprise Ron-nie's tenorist colleague TubbyHayes, Terry Shannon (pno.),Phil Seamen (drs.) and SpikeHeatley (bass).
Producer to wedATV producer Brian Tesler
has announced his engagementto his production assistantAudrey MacLean.
Brian has produced many topmusical ITV series and shows in-cluding "New Look," " SaturdaySpectacular " and " Sunday NightAt The London Palladium."
NEWPORT TOURSVFrom Page 1
The Dave Brubeck line-up willbe the same as on the 1957 tour-Brubeck (pno,), Paul Desmond(alto) Joe Morello (drs.) andGene Wright (bass).
Dizzy Gillespie brings LesSpann (gtr., flute), Julius Mance(pno.), Art Davis (bass) and LesHumphrey (drs.).The Buck Clayton All -Starsconsist of trumpeter Claytonwith Emmett Berry (t t.), DickieWells (tmb.), Buddy Tate (tnr.).Earl Warren (alto), Gene Ramey(bass). Sir Charles Thompson(pno. and Herbie Lovelle (drs.).
Comp), ere for the opening pack-age will be " Mr. Voice ofAmerica," Willis Conover.
HUMPH PLAN FORFIRST U.S TOUR
HUMPHREY LYTTELTONfulfils a long-standing
ambition when he takeshis band on its first -evertour of the States onAugust 31.
And touring with him arethe Jazzmakers, the groupco -led by Ronnie Ross(bari.) and Allan Ganley(drs.).
Humph will spend four dayson solo personal appearancesand TV engagements in New
LOTIS GOES 'BUSKING'
Dennis Lotis went "busking " on July 29. He sang " Some-thing Wonderful Happens In Summer " to the crowds inPiccadilly Circus. But he was not alone. Camera crews werethere to film the scene for part of AR -TV's unique presenta-tion, " Summer Song." The whole 60 -minute production wasshot out-of-doors. Other stars appearing included JuneMarlow, Ronnie Carroll and the Norrie Paramor Concert
Orchestra.
NBC-TV BIDS FORFRANKIE VAUGHANFRANKIE VAUGHAN'S smash -hit debut at New York's
famed Copacabana has triggered off a big offer from NBC-TV. The bid takes the form of a regular series of live appear-ances on the network that would extend over several years.Each show would run for 90 minutes and be transmitted incolour.
Commented Frank at Portsmouth on Tuesday : "I shall bedoing a programme for NBC-TVwhen I return to the States onAugust 15." As for the series, the onlyproblem is the time factor in-volved. Production of the showswould extend over several weeks.
Frankie has been invited toMonte Carlo's exclusive SportingClub on August 14 to appearbefore Prince and PrincessRainier.
The following day he flies backto London for ATV's ," SundayShow from the Prince of Wales."
Yolanda joins theRaisin' cast
Actress -jazz singer Yolanda isunderstudying Olga James-oneof the stars of the Lorraine Hans -berry play, " Raisin in the Sun,"which made its West End debutat the Adelphi Theatre on Tues-day.
Yolanda recently completed aseason singing at the Blue Notejazz club in Paris.
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BELAFONTE SHOW
FOR BBC -TVHAR R Y BELAFONTE and
Eddie Fisher are to havetheir own BBC -TV shows inSeptember.
Belafonte, who made a smash -hit debut on BBC -TV last year.is scheduled for a 60 -minuteproduction on September 20. Hemay also telerecord a show fortransmission on Christmas Day.
Fisher will be seen in two 45 -minute Spectaculars on Septem-ber 6 and at the end of Sep-tember. These will be his first" live " shows for BBC -TV.British stars guesting in thefirst Eddie Fisher show includeYana and Bob Monkhouse. OnWednesday, Fisher waxed hisfirst disc in Britain. He cut asingle for RCA at Dec,ca's WestHampstead studios for releasein September. He was accom-panied by the George MelachrinoOrchestra.
ERNEST MAXINBBC -TV pFoducer Ernest
Maxin yesterday (Thursday)announced his first project whenhe retires from the BBC inDecember.
It is a lavish 30 -minute seriesof Spectaculars for ABC-TV.And not only will he producethe shows but he will also con-duct an all-star 42 -piece orches-tra, introduce guest stars andsing.
The series is titled " ErnestMakin's Half Hour " and will beseen on Sunday evenings be-tween 11-11.30 from January 10.
Maxin told the MM: " Butthis does not mean that I willbe completely severing my con-nection with the BBC. I hopeto do some production work forthem on a freelance basis."
Musical adviser for the serieswill be arranger Norman Per-cival.
New jazzspecials
York. Then the British outfitskick off their 16 -day tour witha Carnegie Hall concert onSeptember 4. Also on thebill at Carnegie are GeorgeShearing's big band, the The-lonius Monk Quartet and singerAnita O'Day.
OriginalsAnd Humph has a new plan to
win over U.S. fans to his brandof jazz.Explains agent Lyn Dutton:" Humph will feature a lot oforiginal material on his Amen -can trip, instead of relying onthe normal jazz repertoire Therewill also be special emphasis onthe work of Kenny Graham."
The Lyttelton Band plays a
Folk FestivalFolk singers Fred Dallas, Pop
Maynard and Harry Cox areamong artists appearing at thethird English Folk Music Festi-val at Cecil Sharpe House, Cam-den Town, on October 10 and 11.
The Festival is organised bythe English Folk Dance andSong Society.
Sunday concert at the Pavilion.Bournemouth, the night beforeIt flies to New York.
Meanwhile, the band recordsbackground music for an 18 -minute semi -documentary filmon August 17. Made by Gillette,it tells the story of the razor,and original music has beenwritten by Lyttelton.
The Lyttelton Band goes tothe States in exchange for theBuck Clayton All -Stars, whoopen with the Newport Festivalunit at the Royal Festival Hallon Saturday, September 19.
Tomorrow (Sunday) Humphsolos with the Malcolm LockyerOrchestra in " Funny Side Up "in the Light Programme at8.15 p.m.
KEN MACKINTOSHGETS TV BREAKKen Mackintosh and his
Orchestra have been signed fora peak -hour BBC -TV series thatwill run every Friday from Sep-tember 11 until the end of theyear.
Entitled " Flying Standards,"the show will be transmitted at9.30 p.m.
In line with the title, the pro-grammes will be fast-movingpresentations of hit songs. Atleast 20 numbers will be fea-tured during the half-hour.
Ten singers-including Ken'sregular vocalists, Kenny Bardelland Shirley Western-will takepart.
SR iTLY "AT[RECORD WITH THE
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