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...dirty rumors to the effect Artie Shaw is trying to get his old band back again . . . Harry Newman, impresarlo of the class of 1942 and booster of the King Cole Trio from California will be glad to know that well-merited recognition is finally coming their way as Lionel Hampden used them in a recent Victor recording session. The "Cardinal" will also be interested, as will most of you, in the middle part of the Earl Hines theme, "Deep Forest," released this week on Bluebird...
...noted especially for his amazingly powerful press roll, that being a steady roll gotten by sticks on a snare drum, with a snap that gives it a swell lift. Listen to records like "Ratamacue" and "Crescendo in Drums" by Cab on Vocalion or "Shufflin' at The Hollywood" (Victor-Lionel Hampden) and you'll get the general idea...
Hinton is the bass man that has made the pickup combinations that Lionel Hampden has been using for his Victor records really sound like something. If you want to hear fast bass work that will make Bob Haggert (Bob Crosby's band) look to his laurels as king-pin of the broken rhythm stylists, Hinton has a concerto, "Plucking the Bass," released last week on Vocalion, that will really make you sit up and take notice. Barker is the new trumpet man Calloway added only a short while ago and plays much in the manner of Roy Eldridge. Jefferson...
...heels to pursuit with any kind of start. To Ju. 88K, and the somewhat slower Heinkels and Dorniers, Britain has several answers, now in production: the light Bristol Beaufort, with a top around 310 m. p. h., the Handley Page Hereford (a super-powered version of the service Hampden) and many others...
...piano work goes, you have to admit that Lionel's wrist action is marvelous--but nothing much else comes out . . . "I Can't Get Started" by the same band is much better, with Hampden playing some of the best vibes he has in years. Incidentally Dame Rumor has it that Chu Berry, Cozy Cole (both of Calloway's band), and Clyde Hart are going to be with Hampden in his new outfit...