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Earl "Fatha" Mines Solo (Fantasy LP), the first solo album in years by one of the granddaddies of the modern jazz piano. The selections-My Monday Date, Deep Forest, R. R. Blues-span much of the "Fatha's" career, starting with the late '20s, when he was jamming with Louis Armstrong in Chicago. The left hand is as bouncy and ebullient as ever; the famous "trumpet" right hand still shimmies over the keys and chops out the big, gaudy chords that have been the envy of a generation of jazz pianists...
After Glow (Carmen McRae; Decca LP). Songstress McRae gives a torchy, slickly phrased reading to such old standbys as Nice Work If You Can Get It and My Funny Valentine, and less familiar numbers, e.g., Guess Who I Saw Today? The voice is too anemic for the big, strutting talk, but just right for the languorous, blues-flavored chitchat of a girl who has been there before...
Songs for a Smoke-Filled Room (Elsa Lanchester; Hifirecords LP). A fey, offbeat collection of songs both sprightly and shivery by the apricot-haired English comedienne, with tongue-in-jowl introductions by husband Charles Laughton. The selections range from Fiji Fanny, a raucous burlesque of the songs the trade calls "grass-skirt numbers," to a haunted, spine-crawling ditty titled If You Peek in My Gazebo, which tells the tale of a mad New England spinster who sits each evening in a summerhouse on the hill secretly watching the lusty young village bucks stroll...
First Place (J. J. Johnson; Columbia LP). The current ruling jazz trombonist struts some of his limber-lined, impeccably phrased stuff on a fine solo album. The selections include revamped oldies such as It's Only a Paper Moon, a haunting blues number called Harvey's House, and a scattering of pleasant Johnson originals...
This Is the Night (Bobby Brookes; RCA Victor LP). A free-swinging, relaxed first workout for one of the more promising and versatile voices in the current fledgling pop stable. Singer Brookes bounces suavely through Give Me All of You, attacks More than Ever with a voice haunted by old, unforgotten loves...