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...Real Money. U.S. jazzmen, and particularly Negro jazzmen, continue to find steady success in Paris cellars and bars. The famed Hot Club of Paris has its headquarters in a Pigalle courtyard with four walkways named Rue Armstrong, Rue Ellington, Rue Gillespie and, of course, Rue Bechet. Sidney, who set out on jazz street at ten playing the clarinet in some of the gayer New Orleans brothels, came to be regarded as one of the best jazzmen in the U.S., but never managed to make a steady living at it. Once he ran a pants-pressing establishment in Harlem and only...
...Music of Duke Ellington (Columbia LP). Reissues of twelve matchless Ellington originals, ranging in style from The Mooche (1928) to Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (1947). Highlights: Kay Davis' wordless, sensuous crooning in the Creole Love Call, the elegant interplay of Johnny Hodges' alto and Harry Carney's bouncing baritone in I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart. Baby Cox's unforgettable vocal growl in The Mooche...
...Mallets (Lionel Hampton and guest stars; Victor LP). Twelve tunes, some loud and some sentimental. They are riffed to the accompaniment of deep, throbbing rhythm by a galaxy of greats, many paroled from the Ellington band...
John Bailey and Bob Ornsteen tied for first among the freshmen in last Friday's trials, both carding 82's. Other qualifiers were Jon Lind, Louis Klein, Jack Jaspers, Craig Swoboda, Fred Vogel, Bill Parley, Jay Hollander, and Tom Ellington...
Blue Moon (Duke Ellington & His Quintet; Capitol). The Duke tries a small combo for this fevered version. Jimmie Grissom sobs out the vocal...