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WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 194 S PAUL WILLIAMS WINS BATTLE OF MUSIC , Rating Hot Records | MOOD ELLINGTON For the most part, Duke Ellington’s music has gone far astray j from its roots in Negro life, I have no objection to good healthy experimentation, but I don't like it as an. end in itself. When it becomes rneerly a superficial striving for effect, it’s like a hollow shell. Go around back, and you find nothing but empty, space. That’s the way the Duke’s new Columbia album '‘Mood Elling ton.” impress® me. Isf the eighj sides, only two arc down to earth and as such catch the genuine feeling of America. One is HY'A SUE, carefree and rocking with a lot of the blues and witu meaty solos by Hodges and Tyree Glenn, who is a lighter, less vital rfanton. The other- is THREE CENT STOMP a happy hopping side ; in which many of the hoys get off good riding solos. This is the kind of mb ’ - that made Ellington g cat. But the .ihers v'.ry from the interesting to the boring. Tech nique. yes, but guts, no. There's ON A TURQUOISE CLOUD, with • it ay Davis' voice an intogial part of the ensemble: NEW YORK CITY BLUES, a descriptive piano solo mainly: LADY OF THE LAVENDER MIST, gentle and moody; GOLDEN CRESS, with a little backbone; THE CLOTHED WOMAN, a display of keyboard technique, and PROGRESSIVE GAVOTTE probublyy the third best side because, among other things, you hear a lot of Carney, baritone, the mainstay of the band. You may go wild about the album; I say it's not worthy of Duke. Still speaking of albums, let's turn to the great Spanish com poser, De Falla, whose ballet, "The Three Corner Hat." is repre sented in three dances recorded by Aleo-i Gallien. conducting the Philharmonia orchestra lor a Columbia album. THE NEIGHBORS is gentle, DANCE OF THE MLLLERI far moto vital and FINAL DANCE very exciting Richly colored and strongly rhythmic, this should have wide appeal. * BOP AND JAZZ:—The Bop label has recorded a concert per formance by outstanding artists in this field that ought to really tend followers of this music. Using the. title, THE HUNT, there are six sides Howard McGhee on trumpet and Sonny* Kriss on alto feature two sides. Trummy Young’s trombone and Barney Kessell’.; jiyhar star on another platter and a third biscuit finds two teno saxists, Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray, chasing each other all over the shellac. Musically, the Kessell work is tops but the fana tics will blow their wigs over the Gordon-Gray battle John Hardee on Regent shows his mastery of understatement on the tenor sax as he plays the easy BABY WATCH THAT and . the driving BAD MAN’S BOUNCE. This sparkles' except for the vocal on the first. . . Eddie Davis, a bop tenor man who doesn’t gs» to. extremes, blows tw.o highly interesting sides on Apollo, t h e easy swing SHEIKA and the more explos've FOXY. Except for trying to out-squeal Jacquet. Davis does mighty fine Hot Lips Page debuts on Columbia with the riffy LA DANSE combining Latin with straight jazz rhythm. His growl trumpet >- wild and powerful. Reverse is the blues. WALKIN’ IN A DAZE, vjith Lips' 1 gravel voice, a punchy tenor sax and excellent, open horn in the Armstrong tradition . . Here’s another platter recorded at concert. It’s 7 COME li by Red Norvo on Disc, a terrific bourn done informally with tremendous rhythm, excellent Slam Stewart and Noivo and unidentified trombone. It has its weak spots but f]'e good parts are so good the rest can be overlooked. SWING STUFF’—Joe Liggins‘leaps in ON SPOOKS HOLIDAY . for. Exclusive but the bettei side is a hopping version of DARK TOWN STRUTTERS BALL . . . Arnett Cobb punches out ARNETT BLOWS FOR 1300 and COBB’S BOOGIE on Apollo. Both leap all over the place with A3 King’s fantastic trombone cutting in f-or a share in the honors . . . Ovc-r shuffle rhythm. Jack Me Yea renders the story telling FIGHTIN’ MAMA BLUES on Exclusive, then pairs it with a lot of jive over Latin rhythm entitled CARLOS which never comes off. It would have been better had the piano had its j say uninterrupted. RHYTHMY SINGING:—Johnny Moore has two clean little j sides on Exclusive, I’M LOOKING FOR LOVE, a blues ballad with fine guitar, and the rhythmic HUGGIN’ BUG. This combo main tains its high standards , . ) Both the Basin Street Boys and the j backing band have an easy bounce on the Exclusive of YOU’RE ; MINE FOREVER, coupled with the slower and melodious NEAR TO YOU. * NOVELTY AND HYBRID:—A clever and most amusing biscuit is Arthur Godfrey’ Columbia of TURKISH DELIGHT. If this doesn't bring chuckles, it's hopeless. Flipovei is the hill billy number with god twists. TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE . . Lonnie Tristano, whose piano is loved by musicians but is confus ing to most laymen, plays THROUGH THESE PORTALS and SPEC ULATION on Disc. Anyway, it’s kin to Kentons ' progressive jazz" . . . Doortby Shay’s FINISHING SCHOOL WAS THE FINISH OF ; ME on Columbia has much of the sparkle that brought her fame, but the flipover, MAKIN’ LOVE MOUNTAIN STYLE, is boring . . . Khachaturian is represented on two recordings showing the rich color and excitement of his work. They art the DAGGER DANCE, slightly skin, to the Sabre Dance, waxed by the Bolshoi State Tim at re orchestra, and GALOP played by the Santa Monico Symphony on Disc. BLUES AND SPIRITUALS:—Joe Wiliiiams has the hottest blues platter, a Columbia of DON’T YOU LEAVE ME HERE and KING BISCUIT STOMP. Both pack a terrific punch over strong beat, fine vocal and marvelous harmonica. This thing smokes . . . The Dixie-Aires, a less polished version of the Golden Caters, sing two rhythmic spirituals on Exclusive, the fast ELIJAH and the slower MY TROUBLE IS HARD. Both are excellent. * Nitelife In New York \ NEW YORK (ANP) JO FLORES, popular and genial presi dent of the Chateau Lounge Social club, Inc., is busier than a bird dog scratching for fleas these days preparing for the first annual dance of his organization to be held Wednesday evening. Sept. 15 at cozy Club Danceland . . . Needless to say with such men as Mr. Flores George Jones Jr., Teddy Thayer, Ray Finder, Mike , Ahmed and E. Thompson throwing their full weight into every detail, they hope to make their first aifair a memorable one in Harlem's gay club-life history. . . . Well known members of the club are Curtis Leak, secretary of the Negro National Baseball league and sort of "right arm" of Prexy UJohnny Johnson, rector of St. Michaels church: John H. Car ter. Charlie McDonald, Edward Allen, Lawrence ("Sonny”) La'Forte, Lionel Simon, Buster Durant Jimmy Eggleton, Thomas View and Philip Holmes . . . This column wishes you and your associates much success, Joe. and remember, —we are always in your-comer . . . * THELMA CAR RENTER the velvet-voiced girl for whom we predicted a brilliant future after her first appearance at the fam ous AFPOLLO THEATRE was givn a swell column-story in the Sunday edition (Aug 8) of the N. Y. Daily News.—Local nitcclub theatre-goers can never forget Miss Carpenter’s rendition of #n Ethel Waters hit, ‘-Stormy Weather,” It virtually made her reputation, bringing the help to her career of such notables as! John Cantor to name a few ... Nightclub offers came and an after-school booking at the Black Cat club in Greenwich Village . . . Mr. Hammond snatched Tbelmu.i ot# of .this one and she went on-to the swank LK REURAN BLEU 1 nitespot as vocalist with Teddy Wilson’s hand and with the help <i| Count Basie and J. C Flipper*. PRODUCES SAPS SHOW BUSINESS' STAIE ROUTINES AT! .ANTIC CITY -ANP: ' Embarking on what may be the i ! most spectacular ph'er < f hi col-j I orful career as a showman and i i produce/. Ziggy Johnson anuounc- ! led thb week this ini, miens to j ; canvass (he country from colle-te j : campuses to farm houses .seeking, • | undiscovered talent for his "Scn.-.;- tions rtf '4B.' die to go into re- i hearxal in six -vc.'i; Convinced ihm theatregoers and! : nitclifers aren't patron i/me On t ■'mteruimmcnt place- throu.Jiotn ■ i the country because they v- become-j i fired ol witnessing the same chorus i *k:n - (• , . . !-■ • ; ither acts who repeat their rou- j lines yCiir .itter vt . : ox- • pressed ht< d revive this lost i i intcre.-t. He v.-j-: assemble a bevy | :of dancing bcMttms showgirls, ana ; ••more.- • t.us , .la: 1 a mus.icalo. that : tic w;11 tak a, :•■ ■••■ M,, a,.’ion. Somethin, ha a, lie done suor, iif show t.'trdtv ss is to survive."! aid Johnson m his drevine. room at 'he Club Harlem w Yon>i . ; toys and girl, don’t show snv m ! tCrest in tile stage as a career be enu'-c. Ihey too long have been tin- I • cournged by low wag-r. unsorupu-j tons agents and the thousand and one hazards that to make up show business '.-V. tariv J'i e gofL-n many it: - ten- and pictures from young girl- | ; from vn< :ou< v a!ks -,f life v. anin.-j to join 'Sensations' ! \v.,nt al. voung no: formers to eontac: heir. The girls don’t no.-: .-•s.-r, Jy ' have t know how to dxnc- :.- ! 3 I will teach them nu - .-if T think it’s, about time that •■•ornething is done I for those ncrlccttd future stars. -- r else we can just forget ■••Lion* • anv fuV i e ;d :•!! for them Typical <4 Ziugv'., -tvle of pv--- dm-nir "Srnsal’..ms" v. ill . a •how with a theme and will tea- j Mir- - music written by 7.ififty and i hi. s' iff. The,.. tvp. of -how. pa.-.-.- | os a! of existence when ?h oh- Co".m Clnli f.-.iri. ,j jj ,-n; voa.-s a o arid the pop:,!:, - prochn- ; will attempt to revive then- with ■ Ids newest opus Bean : i Chicago where ho nroke inti, v-iiidt v:!lc as n eh ru h, "Oft Liu-ky.” Ziggy. v. ■ fir-t : nam is Joseph, storied producing in '35 at the Plantation Club ji. S. . Louis His genius and flare for the sensational is lei ::»■>'• responsible : : for the "Y Ck'cu " revue there be ’ ing made a national affa-r with! ‘a: - each vc;.r hcßgmg to play tais . affair which n sponsored by J: ;r - ■ E. Cook, to send children to. sum- i ; mfr camp. Johnson is responsible for tin rise of many pope,!-, entertainers 1 in show business He discoveycd i Her ll a c Aile-',. •• 'a g.-a-du.a;- ! ’ j fr-'-m the chorus line- to a future spot; Dinah \V -.-pinglon. sin-; me i star, and George Hudson. who i fronts a topnotch ork. Each yeat j ’ Leroy Williumr- has commissioned i Ziggv t.,. produce his Club Harlem ; j revues and tn--. marks hi- iiftb ; season ht-ro Sonny Thompson On Coast- so-Coast l our Keyboard Wiz.-rd Sonny Th.-mo on whose original re<.->rding oi “Loup Gone." the nation's. Tv i •most-plaved. mort-hstenecl to' rc ; cord, will commence a coast-to coast tour of ballrooms. pa:v: i theatres and clubs in rnirl-Augu.-i. Returned By Popular Demand fc* r . 3;Tf lok oiE' \ RALEIGH MEM. AUDITORIUM j *»»■«■ njcbt Q oa Advance Tickets On Sale &Tj s |Ft i <f]l « /ji !•■ At All Os The Usual V # W i Places, _ ADV, SAL. *1,50 I I i~ - •**-• — -V i w& os. I !! "' A a' ,<% v ' j,® s 'fcjkfF i;'' ........ TO IfETI'RX--A’.u>• -• is ■ hown Karl Rostic. the man with Jie gcidi-n t;>r"h on tli >aM!phone, who will bfins: hi- !.;•:. •■■■ chcstra to the city foi Hah igh s next big dance. B«cdia i - brio:: re turned to ft.’.b'ii, Si bv popular demand i allowing his great sue - cess here on Hi h. JJf. . Yjfs*v< l;(Wr. unde: persui din'-c'irt-; J Cooper, who recently op; ned his nuo. New \ or’.. Thi.mpsor, will c : .) reel, an nil-sin; group of in>: •*; n-o •: a - sax Li ivory, n htadlinv the rARotTWTAW I'he date ter ihe return cn g.>. r. nniil i- Moiulay. September ’!*:!( at the A.(.norial ~riuni. 5L stir, a juke lies iarorite. is -f r. iwembcn 1 >r his record - • -I", of "Temptation" and "The C. S nmp" Several of his oth er rtcords also occupy high spots s; toe j;. nox hit parade. LONNIE JOHNSON who is scheduled to appear for a Labor Day dance ic be held in Ra leigh’s Memorial Auditorium. His Tomorrow Night’ corstin es to remain near the tsSp ameng r.cord sales. - - *esr ... - - l‘\l i. VV)i HAMS who stole the show in Raleigh on Monday nijfht as he appeared on a twin bii! at the Raleigh Memorial Au ditorium with 1 jII Moose Jack son for the enjoyment of local dance fans at the Raleigh Me n.ona! Auditorium. Luidler To iMay N. V. I ... . ‘ HOLLYWOOD - Nellie Lutch er, following seven:! successful engagements here ort the coast, board -d the Chief last Sunday for N- v. York C’ity where lmpor tant engagements will keep her active until late in the fall. Fol lowing date-.; at the Biltniore Ho tel in W'Tuicod, N-w Jersey, and at Ci: in Philadelphia, the ■‘re.it gone gal" will open at the Ap'.Ro Tlu aler in Now York for . '•■., weak ari'i then will return Cali* Society Downtown foi ten weeks. The last time Nellie appeared at Case Society she had just be t) f.iu.-,p o'.: if(>:■:'(.'■ it in the music business. It has been a tittle mo’-e than a year that her ' first : words lur/itd the entertain pv tg * ov'd up«:ido down :md the: time she will go in at ton times he; origin,'U sajatv. PAUL WILLIAMS SCORES IN DANCE AT AUDITORIUM RALEIGH-- Paul Williams and' j hi, famous orchestra, t j si’outd we v sextette, literally locked the ■ roof of the newly remodeled Ra ! leigh Memorial Auditorium on i Monday night. It was William- all oi the- way in the battle between him ar.tt Bullmoose .Jackson. It must have been that (he r< -t . was well bolted down, for times ii seemed to swing end .-way from he hot number: Williams and iii | boys gave out. Born in I oiri: hen,. Tenn s-ec. ilhrly year.: ago, Paul Williams' earliest ambition was to spend the' : . est id his life in professional ath letics. To achieve this goal while in high school he tried out for the Bowling Green Academy football i team. The coac h took one lo >k at him and said fella, "Your'e much to small." Dejected Paul looki d around for another seh.ool activity in which | to partake, One of his friends saia 'Hey. why a n's you try out for , Hu -chon! band" Within three months Paul \va- one of the star member.-- of the Bowling Green , .Academy baud, and on his wa< to a career in the music business.' l! was this initial Ira ip in:' that kept him going through the rough vears of the depression. Hr had to >juit school before he graduated high -chool and, outside .if play ing a sax a phone, had no skill of course. So he took a job tooling the sax ;n a Detroit band He stuck with this small outfit until the war broke up the hopeful group. It Was Teddy Rejg musical do i otor of Savoy records, and Joe B'dihowner of a Detroit mu-no -hop. who convinced Paul Wit b uns that he was ready for his an band. Any doubts that Pam lu.d were eliminated when hr- first Savoy Record, "Hastings Street B*. unci , became an overnight hit When the recent record ban went into effect. Savo;, had stored - nnnjrh hit masters of tin Paul Wii lir-in.s band to keep jump-happy fans satisfied foi at hast a year "Builmoose" Ja< ks"i: ,md his scnsiitional Buffalo Hc.-hm-u. the nil'ion's top-ranking record makers for 1t,’48. whose new* .-t smash-hit. I Can't Go On W *1:.,. t Vo!:" Lrids fan to sin pas th- tn mendous po)- ularity of their previous besf-sell itn: discs, T Low You. Ye> I Do." ■Bivaky Pete "All My Low Be i long- To Yeu" and "Bowlcrged Woman.'' have been bo.-ked for a special 8 week series of one-night• i engagements in t'ne south, south west west and midwest. The saxophone-playing song ter, who played Raleigh Monday, is : eading for Georgia. .Manama. ! Tennessee and Virginia with the •'•Harlem Hit Parade Bandwagon,’ I co-:-tarring with Paul LJ.i-kOi Wil liams and his band, -’. ill comnv. nee i hi- own 'm itcrson' 'our in Pensa cola. Fla An:";t.-t 31 si. '1 his will be followed by roil.c --• cutive • nc-nighter eii'.agemer.fs in | 1 it tie Rock Aix. Shreveport Vicksburg. Mi s.. New Orleans. La.. ; Port Arthur Texas, Lafayette and Lake Charles. La lvklerad > and Cunid: n Ark. Fort. Wojth. Lufkin Houston. W.ieo San Anioniu Gal veston. Austin. Dallas, Wichita Falls. Texas. Oklahoma City Hot Springs. Ark.. Tulsa. Okla St. Louis and Kansas Cip M-* TJii re mi. inmg 28 engagement--, .to be played in west and midwest- Labor Day Dance I Monday September 6, 1948 1 Presenting Lonnie Johnson j 1 j : ! j Composer and Singer 1 Os ; "Tomorrow Night” j with I 1 i I Milton Larkin Orchestra BftLEIGH MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM Advance Tickets $1.50-At The Door $2-00 jjj 9 P. M. Until 1 A. M. Gossip of the Movie Lots i HOLLYWOOD (ANPf Boy, oh boy, how our sepia celebri ty go oito joyful hysterics when a column!* m a daily happens jo , asuaily mention his or her name (especially her) in a half para graph of eight, point, type. Clutching the little clipping and excitedly gasping sot breath, he or she will gurgle, “Oh did you tee wind ,h>c Doaks said about me in this c. o. i,.u..m..n? But if a paper of his own race announced him or ballyhooed him and his family all his lite in whole pages, well—if he dropped a penny post card of thanks to the publisher, it's a miracle. I could mention offenders, hut instead 1 shall mention three of the most appreciative stars. These arc Nellie Luteher, Louise Franklin and Marie Bryant. Louise who is Beau of Bryon and Beau, and Marie have always esteemed the tan press. Nellie, it seems, will not be afflicted with enlargement of the cranium no matter how famous she may become. Lucius Harper of the Chicago Defender, vacationing here in . California for the first time, says this .fate has thrilled him with :ls beauty. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he is stopping . at the swanky Watson hotel on the exclusive west side. Jesse A. Graves minus 37 pounds has left the Lebanon hospital where he underwent treatment for a hart ailment. His sister ar med this week from her home in Dos Moines. He missed scvetal good roles during his hospital stay. SPY PROBE }{i j ,«py investigation ih Washington hav> given several of cur • iota: sepia super radicals the jumpy jitters. Next week, maybe ’ ex-party leader Luke Rosser will hav told me something about the present state of mind among this group. Congratulations to Eddie Burbridge who was promoted lasi week from the double job of sports and theatrical edited editor on the Los Angeles Sentinel to its managing editor. A. native of New Orleans, he virtually grew up on his uncle’s paper. The Louisiana. Weekly. Little Torn Harper made a terrific hit las! week at the Million Dollar theater Dizzy Gillespie packed them in at, the Cricket club. Because the Rev, Clayton D. Russell was among a group of several white ministers, the group was asked to leave the Brown Derby last week. They went to a drive-m. Bravo for Capt. Leon H. Washington who in his -Sentinel edi torials took a slash at sex perversions. The recent Foster murder ease was a climax of a sordid nuuatura! association insulting frtwn pe: version Such abnormal persons, nr he o; female, are a menace r young girl--, weak willed wives o; young boys DRAGS HIT ' Drag balls" encourage pervert. It j> hoped that the new pro -1,; Hor of the Club Congo will not stage- them as the previous one did. The new all colored musical feat re by New Yorks Bryon An derson for Norwand pictures wound up sheeting last week princi pally at the "Lazy L.” ranch. Eunice Wilson. Joelt FlueUen, band leader Autin McCoy and Bill Walker are featured payers. Tiie fiXure of alt colored cast films is doubtful since Harry M. Popkin spent 200,000 trying to make profits in the field of 450 theaters willing to buy them at a decent rate. It was nice chatting over old show life with th< Rev, Vivienne Brown, formerly the famous Billyc Brown, stage and night club star, now assistant pastor at the Neighborhood chit:oh. She sw that Daisy Boone Markham, former secretary at Independent church. another dancer at her church. It is good to see my old friend Leigh Whippet b >ck in Holly v .'.'id. Opinion is divided on the Hazel s> vt.t new! gram, but the majorit • praised her. Herb Jeffries needs piustH surgery o*« his forehead. It was gashed when an airpian--* Herb boi mwed front Mickey Roney crashed near Las Vegas. CASTING STARTS FOR AEW VERSION OF "BLAEKOIRDS'’ NEW YORK i ANP Lew Los-j lie so n "ill tn easting for “Black birds "I lfMfi ” The fourth edition ,-.f the ivvuo he made famous in the '2o': is bieng writteaj now with j new skits and music by new writ- i cr, ;md authors Nothing definite | -, • rntorv are now being hook ri by Gale Agency, Inc. Nov. York under pcr-oaal supervision c»f j l.uckv MJlinder. discoverei and l .manager "f the popular "Bub moose." PAGE SEVEN ha* hern revealed other than the writers arc at work for Leslie au'i ; lie hopes to have his show on Broadwav this fall. At one time, his revues were the most snccesfttf and spectacular Negro revues prevent eo - arid many colored artists either shirred or got their .start with the canny showman Lincoln RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA sUNDW AND MONDAY. AIICI'ST 32-23 Herbert Marshall, .loan Fon'aine. i IN “IVY" I ■ The Deadliest of Females) Cartoon News of the Day Tl KSDAV. AUG I ST 34 Richard l>iv Leslie Brook? “THE SECRET OF THE WHISTLER” Plus Extra Specialty DIM ARNE 7 BAND IV “.in TERHI MBA" COMEDY METRO NEWS WEDNESDAY A THURSDAY, Al tJUST 25-2*5 DOUBLE FEATURE M.ANTON MORELAND IN : “TALL, TAN AND i TERRIFIC’ ALSO KENT TAYLOR THE SECOND ; CHANCE” NEWS NEWS AND CHAPTER NO. a "THE VIGILANTE” FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AUGUST 27-28 DOUBLE FEATURE JOHN WAYNE IN “RICE STEEL” AND Yum Conway, Rita Corday IN “The Fa leones Alibi” ALSO CWAFTER 13 “THE PURREE MONSTER STRIKES" 4ttpNNamp?««»
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