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...Said the editor of Burke's Peerage: "It really shakes me. A most unfortunate innovation-something -which may result in peers becoming confused wuh American band leaders like Duke Ellington an Count Basic." Nevertheless, there have been previous one-name earldoms: Earl Jowitt, Earl Haig. Attlee's son and heir will be Viscount Prestwood of Walthamstow (Attlee's constituency since...
Harry Carney with Strings (Clef LP). The man who has provided the solid foundation of Duke Ellington's sax section during 30 wonderful years plays his baritone in lush surroundings. The sound of the solo is pleasantly, hoarsely tender, and the tone of the improvisation recalls a good-natured storyteller ruminating over his romantic past, with occasional wry asides. Among the good old tunes: It Had to Be You, A Ghost of a Chance...
Jazz For People Who Hate Jazz (Victor LP). A perfectly respectable collection except for its repellent title and patronizing program notes. Includes vintage performances by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Bunny Berigan, Count Basic...
Friday with Garroway (Fri. 8:30 p.m., NBC). With Bertrand Russell, Duke Ellington...
...Anybody Happy? Dave Brubeck is not stopping. Besides his inner drive, there is plenty of competition to keep him interested. Big bands continue to get off the ground (Count Basie, Woody Herman's "Third Herd," Duke Ellington). The nation is laced with touring jazz packages, e.g., "Jazz at the Philharmonic," with stars such as Pianist Oscar Peterson, Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and Singer Ella Fitzgerald. Serious composers continue to find stimulation in jazz; this month will see the U.S. premiere of a work by Swiss Composer Rolf Liebermann, a kind of concerto grosso in which the Sauter-Finegan band will...