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When Jascha Heifetz, fiddle in hand, moved to Decca Records, musicians guessed that Decca, the largest manufacturers of Tin Pan Alley records, pined to go highbrow. But last week it looked as if Decca had given Longhair Heifetz a short haircut...
George Gershwin: Jazz Concert (Eddie Condon and his orchestra; Decca, 8 sides). Condon's guitar gives rhythm to Jack Teagarden's fine trombone, Bobby Hackett's clean, relaxed trumpet and Singer Lee Wiley's blue do on Someone to Watch over Me and The Man I Love. Along for the ride are Condonites Pee Wee Russell, Max Kaminsky, Billy Butterfield and others. Performance: good...
...week job writing a new CBS comedy show (Holiday & Co.) on which he will air some of his songs. He has also teamed up with Publisher Bennett (Try and Stop Me) Cerf to put them in book form and he has accepted an offer from Decca to record his burlesques of the June-moon school of song composers...
Last week the two white jazz aficionados who brought Bunk to Manhattan (and have barely broken even on their investment) rented the hall for six weeks. Bunk signed a recording contract with Decca. Bunk Johnson, at 65, was apparently about to discover that there was money in his music-whatever the longhairs wanted to call...
Jascha Heifetz: Violin Solos (Decca, 8 sides). The top classical artist to stray from Victor or Columbia, during the 14 months when Decca had made its peace with Petrillo and the big two had not. So far, Heifetz has played such banalities as White Christmas and Largo al Factotum for Decca. Now, in his first Decca album, Heifetz puts his cool gloss on bits & pieces from Ravel, Debussy, Godowsky and others. Performance: good...