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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (David Oistrakh, violinist, with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, A. V. Gauk conducting; 2 sides LP). Surely one of the great among modern violinists, 42-year-old Oistrakh combines in his playing the suavity of Heifetz and the depth and penetration of Szigeti. Most curious item in another album of Oistrakh favorites: Stephen Foster's Swanee River...
...record market, Columbia has issued Lee's first album in a decade: Night in Manhattan (2 sides, LP). In top form, Lee has Top Performers Bobby Hackett and Joe Bushkin to back her up in some of the best gentle jazz (Street of Dreams, A Ghost of a Chance, Sugar) recorded in a long time...
...Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord (Jelly Roll Morton; Circle; 12 LP sides issued, 12 to come). Jazz's genesis and exodus, told in seven hours of reminiscence, singing and solid piano-playing by one of its first prophets...
...Joey (Columbia; 2 sides LP). With Vivienne Segal, of the original cast, helping out on such worldly ditties as In Our Little Den of Iniquity and What...
Ella Sings Gershwin (Ella Fitzgerald; Decca; 2 sides LP). Ella's little-girl-lost voice is well suited to some of the best ballads (Someone to Watch Over Me, Looking For a Boy, Maybe and five others) ever written...