Word: deccas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jazz Concert at Eddie Condon's (Decca, 8 sides) New 52nd Street Jazz (Victor, 8 sides). Condon's old guard (Max Kaminsky, Billy Butterfield, Pee Wee Russell and others) doggedly play The Sheik of Araby, Atlanta Blues, etc., Chicago style, circa 1928. The initiated will prefer it to Dizzy Gillespie's "bebopping" in the 52nd Street album...
Stravinsky: Petrouchka (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet conducting; Decca Record Co., Ltd., 10 sides). One of the first of English Decca's FFRR (Full Frequency Range Records) albums to be distributed in the U.S. Its reproduction is brilliant...
Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Moura Lympany with the London Symphony Orchestra; Decca, 8 sides). A flashy piece by Russia's No. 3 composer (after Prokofiev and Shostakovich), also FFRR...
Bernstein: Fancy Free (Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein conducting, with Billie Holiday; Decca, 8 sides). The jaunty, jazzy ballet score with inappropriate lyrics sung-by blue-voiced Billie Holiday. Performance: fair...
Into a sparsely furnished room of Chicago's Palmer House filed apprehensive representatives from RCA Victor, Decca, Columbia and the other major record-makers. "Boys," greeted host Petrillo, "each year we just sign. This time we're going to negotiate...