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...more attention than this little squib can give, and it will get it next week. . . . Mike Levin, who started this column three scaut years ago, is busy as ever around New York, what with a new feature in "Orchestra World" and a labor of love helping Red Norvo under way with his new band. . . . Harry James and his band did not impress me too favorably at the Metropolitan last week. Helen Forrest sang nicely, without fancy gestures, either, but the band itself didn't ride on its various killer-dillers. There were plenty of brassy blasts, of course, but they...
...Louis Armstrong Hot Five records of the vintage of 1926. The intense Armstrong trumpet overcomes any little obstacles of poor recording to show his earlier style of playing to advantage, though most of the numbers sound quite dated. Among the single records the best is the great Red Norvo "Blues in E Flat," one of the greatest improvised performances ever made by a pickup band of colored and white musicians. Bunny Berrigan, Teddy Wilson, Chu Berry, and Johnny Mince, late of Tommy Dorsey, combine their talents to produce one of the most satisfying jazz records of the past ten years...
...agency J. Walter Thompson when it took over the Old Gold account last January, What's New will be tried out for 13 weeks, will be put on a national hookup if it makes the grade. Pleasant to hear last week was the smooth playing of Xylophonist Red Norvo as a Goodman guest. Equally pleasant this week should be the famed Goodman trio, which will get together for the first time in over two years. Besides Goodman, it includes Colored Pianist Teddy Wilson, who has his own band, Drummer Dave Tough, lately with Tommy Dorsey...
NEWS AND NEW RELEASES. By all means get to the Bermuda Terrace, where Red Norvo is playing. I haven't been able to hear the band yet myself, but I'll guarantee you can't go wrong on Red (He calls me Charlie) . . . Benny Goodman's twelve-inch coupling features a number of things, including Helen Forrest singing The Man I Love, Benny's clarinet, a bit of Cootie's trumpet, the best sax section in the world, and some extremely imaginative orchestration by Eddie Sauter on the reverse, Benny Rides Again. On the latter, Sauter ignores any conventional form...
...piano--also some excellent arrangements), Bill Hoffman (bass) and Charlie Carroll on drums do a sweet job besides furnishing the "flash" solos that any band needs these days to satisfy the customers. Stewie McKay, who used to dish out hot tenor, also occasional oinks on the bassoon for Red Norvo, is dispensing for Donahue, as are Sal Pace (alto), Johhny Martel (former Goodman trumpet man), and Miff Sims (trombone), all of whom are good. Paula Kelly and Phil Brito do the vocals, both being personable and good; the former has always been one of my favorite pop tune singers...