VVliliSlv JiiSDING bATUIvJL>A\ , AUGUST ZB, !U4*i
BRAZILIAN CONDUCTOR LAUDS CAROL BRICE
f TT-Tlr. i n _ . , . - i
Nitelife In New York
f'ROFILKS”'
NEW YORK (AMP) ON '"I'HV! DAWN PATROL BEAT, one
ttjiuuntfc i.s Jifi m *;ia ,* ,vit.;i its will*/ I j_> i: *■ n people, right
guys and gals, arid eabten'iss and king:-; to borrow a commonly
ured phi a: * , . Thus it - tout \v<- talk ahiut a pt'ivonablc- *.abide,
PHILIP HOL MES, who employed by to L*. v-) Transportation
C-'orp., owneg by Jake and A be. two partners who have bc-on in
business 20 yea is employing colored drivers during all that long
period , . .
They opeiat- the hv . 1. /k Park., i d-:." t taxicab that is
r.uch in demand, • 've ved as we myk* our •-*,« eh 1;, tour.-. ?f
ti,e Harlem gay spot?
, Phil Holmes much .• ..light :»£tei by ' u topflight entertainer.
who go tiom cati- e fab d!- ; finishing t.i ,-ii w kin the swank
downtown cat* oner ion. -.u./h ho., ■■hir. a.-; ‘-AVANNaM
CHURCHILL, LESTER YUI NCI, COLEMAN HAWKINS, WILLIE
BRYANT, ELLA FITZGERALD. SID CAT LEE! wo. Id. smooth*-.u
| drummer, SARAH V AIJGH AN. CANADA I.KE amt hod of others.
Behind an engupnij smile that Iv-ars the bran-l «ii sincetity po
liteness and i* : in. ;... careful driving, and a * t.inpi *-li*-ir-:ive knowl-r
edge of evei y nook and cianny nt this e /. path tv* m South L -t ! •
to oui own h'uiieni town ha- gained t■ i b >rtun - toime :•••*>
warm plate in tie., hearts of pleasure seeking New Yorkers of both j
•races. .
KING OF THE BLUES
1- it WYiNONNIE HARRIS JOE TURNER or T BONE WALK
EE v. ho quuhtn .* i tin nun-h son. .*. aftei titl- in your mind
(not minei Em wondering a* 1 rk» ten this partii-iiiai polite I
can ray for T-Bone Walker, lm.n Aaron Walker, he is generally
rated tops.
A g .tted child p. ■ it ■ - ....rnC debut was made a' an ajj. •
•when most youngste. .• .u«- >.ot of high school Cab Callows;*
held a 'Hi id-.- H. contest' n. Dallas and T -Rr.ne Waiker didn’t do
■ ... thing . ' ■ ■ , t • • . : - -trams. «nd ) a--
His rendition ot t..** oi>:.* .vimnie th !•• ■ "-? «nd stunts on
the ether med it....0n i;..n pm-, • > tout *.! the soul >
with Caiiow&.v
Like Sug:<> Chile Rrmn- .o T-Bone Waiker never took a
, music lessen ,n hr- |- . Hi.; a.. ■ «nd mommy. no.vever, wore musi
cians but somehow they nevei got around to teaching the boy
anything in tiiat field The ...u Lawson Brinks, on whom we did
a featute tart May signed l B, ie to a six week's contract the
wound up i..sting 52 •.**.-( Wim ti;. Brocks aggregation Walk*
cud radio work over -taiion \YRR Dallas, over a •: months stretch
His fame was mu c
Thirteen yc-ais ago (1935} T-Boone walked down the- matri
monial aisle vvitli his- vhikthcod love, Vida Lee Lash lev. Fort Worth.
Tex. He had been married befor* but ’ Cried to click resulting m >
a son, T-Bone Walker. Jr., of whom he A vet . fond It wasn t unto ,
August 20. 1946. that his second man)age wr- bussed with chil- J
dre-n a sweet daughter being born to tn>; ?-tuple who is popula
with colored and white admirers the country ovet
, PLAYED AT 'LITTLE HARLEM
The year 1936 -a-. T-Bone booked at Co.Kf-.mb’s renowned ;
Littie Harlem club ;n the Angel city. He was a star of the first
magnitude there ft. three years Les Hite took ewer the great j
blues singer in ’3k and for two years leading up to the Heart Harbor
i treachery the pair raked in money and press headlines.
Movie tans remember hi* siding work in two MGM pictures
•Two Sailors and a Girl, and . To Hpt? to Handle.' —L*■ f -
t'y’s Tavern’s Eddie Green =*;--d 'I -P.-r mugg e<l befcie close
the-doors audiences at Charne BuCisri.ru: i'r. taste mu id) i>A VO V
;n crowded Harien.tovv.i me love ■' his life, outside * t his
present wife l- two years and two months old BEN IT A RUTH
WALKER his daughter—his imr.-hies in span- moments includ*
gi .it and he rii-s. At one tun* (1.946) he own* ■■ a stallion and a r
handsome Palimino "trick home” y<->, T-Bone Walkei taught the
horse these tricks ar t he i- an ex.*' -Merit n cst-man in iddition. . .
He has waited many ot his original tun*; among then being ,
EVENING. YOU DON’T LOVE ME ANY MORE. SAIL ON
# BOOGIE, T BONE BOOGIE, In '46 he signed a contract!
that runs out the . < ason with Black and White Recording label-- :
With Freddie Slacks band under Capitol label, he recorded, I
GOTTA BREAK BABY and MEAN OLD WORLD.
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' TALULAH VISITS LADY DAY
NEW YORK Tallulah
Bankhead, America's Number
One acres:*, slar of "Private
» Live*", daughter of the late J
Sensfar from Alabama, shown
above visiting the dressing
rooms et vocalist BILLIE |
HOLIDAY, America's Hiimbi/r
One Song Stylist, at the Broad- i
way Strand Theatre.
Seemingly the Holiday pets, j
"Mister", a celebrated thor- j
onghbred boxer, with "Lady", i
»
six-week-old Brindle Boxer,
latent addition to the kennel
menagerie, are stealing the
show,
j Miss Bankhead commented
; Jhcil "Billie Holiday ia one of
the greatest she ever heard,"
| j.
i "Remember Only You Can
!Prevent Forest Fires is the slogan
! which post offices in 38 tmajot
I cities will use ir. their stamp can
I celiation dies this fall.
CRITICS PRAISE
CAROL BRICE FOB
RECENT RECITAL
Eleazar de Carvaiiio ,y.-u . Hi •>-
ziiian tninduc oi student **f Dr
Serge Koussi*.it.-ky and ai instrue
tor at the farntn! Berkshir* School
1. rued Caio! Brice'.-: hand neto.v
bi.fjOO music lovers at ’laiiglewoud
last Sunday
Thai hi- way of >h*>\vu.- • In*
.ippi-eciution l**r Mi In ice'- ; iv.c
rendi ion ot Maiunl lit Fallo’* t-.l
Aia> i Lfriii*..' Tln: . real conti - : •
M-conied tne work eat O i tui ( ■ •
liiiii!;u. Mastei wori- - . ill. Ei it.-
ite■ illll and the lait. Ijm S i -
|)hor,.v Orche n-:-
While kr act of kis.-inr Mr s
Mi *( i ■ liand bei'nre 1 y. ..<>*> u tut. ;
i - n. its* It of no major yiiite am
tin- - harp kne ot contrast b> tween
tin customs ■>! tin l: 3. ami iho-e
,of Sou 1 .) America and continental
Korop, was Plastically t'mplia-izi d.
The world of art and unisic is
much mor* liberal than othe. field'-
; o! endeavor in America Y* t r..-
aaidles.- ot hew gn-ii* a N'*-i'' art)-t
; become':, it is id; cus in.us that
'hr "Yardstick Negto . .ndralto.
Nrgro barifoni it. o. dm- i m u
f : ring to race art ;s
Ml .- Brice's nuanpii a: I'anrt.--
, wood ws- a major one. She won tin
plaudits ot America s majoi critics
She et a sfanddi-u to,- weal i>. . •
i-.it 4 utiun winch tu n,-. " tj* inid
difficult to follow
WINDY CITY
CHATTER
BV DAD ( i..D;K
CHICAGO *.-,kPi The v i
lit- i ) liiiipn : am nit-. i
•I lioll nuailelUs ill e lit rtt a• j
| circle -.
1 Lille Toni Tiaijier .fir child sen- :
.-a ion ivnr. tin -Carciy store
'Blu. u if,. :,..v -1..,.pel the
, Cliicaco Me aft, 1 lie bill also m
j eludes Sarah Vaughan. Herbie j
i rid- and in; .sextet. Two i\m !
: Baker and Chicago s, tou, !o|. disc;
jOCKCy Ei-iiU. Sirnor.. f.tidie Huts
i bard Linn Boiton and Dave Can.- :
■ ay. lie man who plug/ed S.-.r:,i
; Vaughan in the- mid-west
Ttie Eddie Hey wood H i. .
jtional at the Blue Note where he is
ti mured nightie Etonr witt; u Hod ■
,i 1 reem an -M. f-urtiund ri-inbo. Jiiiit
on Jai/Quet and Ins combo ..re*
jumping at the C "mb Sil.booette foi
: two weeks
Rose Murphy in- "Chi Ctn -■ n -
vation. is featured along with Eddie
: South ami b.s ti n at the fin:: Dot! i
.-jii the north side.
Out '...ti1l :,- e Ri'./ /..liiii;! has
eoiTie* up with a Hi . sij,-.w iltjll y -
v. ■" d viiht i* -i, ;,tvn in.- ,1. ye
Scott. Joe Will...in' Andy Tibbs
Shirley Spencer and Sandra the
j "shaketree-- Dave Young and hi
liand featuiinc E.-., \V>. JacksiOn
■ round out lie program
The Leake. Twi.s and their
•C-.ts- on tit** K.- i. tire in* r.:; >•
-d 58th Street at the H. aiut A
lounge. Claude MoLinn and hi:
four Jacks and a JiH ,ue at .ia- Q
f lounge ..tid Tiny Peilon. fresh
I from a midwe-Ktenr t. -ur racks ~t
the El Casino.
The Beige room ope-hing w:—• a
killej dilier. The taous. v/a- pa*-l
cd f*rr the opening -d Larry Sn-el.
"Show Business" Featured rets, in
cluded Babe Ma thews Aland anv
Ethelym ballot dancers; Cook and
Brown, comedy and d-uuv tf-;.in
Toby Winters, -hake danc<. the H»
Beige beauties and Lonnie Sim
mons’ band
And 63rd Street live! - too
Sarah McLawli: and in all girl
corn bo are holding down th*. jurng
section a the Blue Ile/aven lounge
and Gem in- Dixon at ?tie Circi*-
Inn.
Hot spots are not th< only place?
; Chicagoans go This city ha-, be-
I come baseball cmir.cious with the
recent tipfayrii-ances of Sa h*'i l-'aige
land Larry Dob> witti th*' Cleve
| land Indians and the East-West all
star game at Comisky Park.
RALEIGHS
NEXT BIG
DANCE
j ; ■ ■#s -jfc'-feriacaafcf
- mm ’ m i
Y||' V ;
WVsm
! ■ EARL
| BOSTIC
And His Orchestra
!
j MON, SEPT. 20
DFDFĎF
~' - -
illlE
I AN t .!.? {. .H iWPlMi—Lionel
Hampton. kirij; of the vibraharp
whose hut clubs were recent!)
3 rtwtn need [<i have passed tin
700 mark. The I one) Hamilton
fan clubs romposeti of white.
Neirto ami itt many cases, mixed
youngsters who hail no- <>nh
l.imtel s musicianship but hC el
forts hi instill awareness of (tie
i cspoie ilulilii-s «1 eiti/enship m
the minds ot ilit •, oungslers
The maestro holds lionoraf
ominissiuiis ami memberships in
hundreds of youth ano .junior e<t
he us groups in It pa> It, til tin
COUUti y.
BILLIE HOLIDAY IS
BOOKED l-'OR BALTO.
By 1 LOYD SNELSON
NEW YORK. • "Mias Broad
’•Vay , Ain t ie's s {-reaP-.-t stuig
• stylist. ~'l‘li Kim All a:i ' L#ad v
Duy”, Ms Bilim Holiday to you.
w ill rmsitee the rail to make her
next aj'Orai unco li. hoc home
town Baltimore, directly aftc-'
closing Nt ■ ii{faof'mfcTil at the
Broadway Sfranfi Theatre.
Urgent requests from all over
. the nato-Tj lot hto ~oj vices, pout
! ing in. (Hall pcrp)~xmg indee i.
i kept tl •• noted singing star in a
i quandary, bat she finally elected
j to accept -the Baltirnoic da to. and
: will appear there for one week
bußtnaitte August 31 si at the Club
Astoria.
Miss Holiday was born in Bal
: tiniore April ?, 1919, daughter o!
Clarence Holiday, noted guitar
player who died .om< year.-. at I ',
and her mother w„ [ the former
j Sadie on, who lived in New
York She has nr.; sung in Bal
timore f " some years, and Cr
will go there aeYn which will
be one of tier great* :t pleasures.
i As of August 1. crop and soil
conditions m the State were favor
able and great*? improved from
July's nesr-dought eondi ion’s.
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in vtoia.irs
ID ALMS t WRITE
■ li'iii : ib.-,! L* a dicai,-:'- f!*-uu-»r.-
ti,-; l WltiiaiH'
.Hi :■) : YVt i!. folk: arc suv- .
!,c it ■■■ oak; 1.1 adi *■•£*m it Brook
l>f. Mild Ojvvehsml baaciiiill tt-hni'
won t!i< cliiiispionships in their
r> : ocetivo feagu*lt V- uuld bo
U'.-tii- justice, too, becau-.' tTm
two scan: would be rov.aroett -
and how to,- thou Üb' '-£i) aHi•
fuel:- town id plJi.'i'is of thr noii
!" ; ej A too mu eh : ■ dream ftbou--
■ itrouk!yn and etc- ianri -it iouli)
1 happen yon knov/ and if it di*
iiiippcn, you Kueow wtuil wouii
al-.u happen. Rob: -on and t -
' p. u*. th: or, om "ih: Doby an-.
Sat*'t:*’l f-’aige on ill*' ~: i ir-• Loot
■■■on. ot like i.l:e old N'eg; k igii"
: with u tea. white player; t- *:d
into give fair employment a bbcck
5 - What perk would be in, enough
| to hold -U'-'h an i*tt nai: t ion" Bill
j Veech could retire a ii'iillioi'iaiiv
c aft*: that u-ncs and Branch Rick*
:/ vs ailinent- woififl evaporate un
der the cloudburst of gold:
And incidentuily. It Dot, Ntv. -
! Ciirnbe hurl- .mother out of those
i 'limy up tlu.r- m Montreal, look
toi liiit) be up v. ith ttit psren.
? team nrn.t.v promo <hay the- g-oj
even kuoav’s .mi bn.
-:'.v h f: :i,-In, bailerii;? for today.
1 ‘ Neve ,ir:t,<- m<i CampaneTia sot
; Bronkf' ii raicc and Began for
-. ii who-ft’! Do,, i wake
il Jae up.
n ■ Egg product »:m for the rentaind*
e-r ot the year is likely to be some
* v.-hat smaller than it was for the
* same months lasi year.
Vi A S rs k A i iil( A \ ViUSICIAN
LONDON <ASV) iVla. Sow
untit , seatrii aUov<* ;;l tb«» oi'ipHi
ia King.sway hall, Lumiun. is one
<»i lhr njort dfolinguishrtl orp.tr
I'ts in ilfilam toda\ £fr is dit-te
!ar of Imr ir will) tllr Colonial
Him* unit and is ltcqUrntly heard
hroadt a r it»i»g over the British
radio,
Mr. sovvati.ie is a Nigerian who
eiiiiie to I U \i n s .*£u,
übilaiuli l*e ‘till kil.iClsJm i
(h» r « Vtioii With Ahrwlktilv
wfit ir he oas born. He (Oir»pov:efe
iiui it-, belif that the western
i< f h»tU| m of iliMi iviu be list'd
to I |>uM-iv AMc&ti thrusts.
Ul (.HAN “MALIC
missis 100.000
NEW YORK Li-uah Vanehan :•
Mu;.ll .;•(! u, Oi'ding. Gl "It Mi
git life (if cii tin- 41)0,000 mark
in • alt-.' and will lie uvt'l 'the
half-mi I lion mark by Labor Day.
it w;c: anm>une<?d thi' week b.v
official.- ot till MtisiiYaf! lOivi
pany, wltieli is cun entiv enjoying
the i.ipeesl ill Ua history,
thanks tt tm 11eirn iidott:. sale of
Miss Vaughans discs.
With Mr V.’i irhan’s recordim
o! ’lt ) JaeiC 'll ;■ i SOfi i.'.g !0 tile
Lincoln
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CHAPTER 14
jl -URPLE MONSTER STRIKES
I LET’S LISTEN j
WUh MILDRED HOUSER JOVIEN
HOLLYWOOD (ANP) ABC -ifliliau* stations throughout
the country arc asking the ABC network. fut anotlur rebroadcast,
ot their latest documentary, '•Communism, U S. A Brand.” If ABC
! complies it will mark the thud time the show will in aired
Amateur Hour Back
Major Bowes’ "Original Amateur Horn with Ted Mack in
the iole of• master of ceremonies will resume via ABC Sept, 29
The show will be both aiied and televised for a full houi.
News Notes. A mother ot nine childt* n, Mrs. Luevane of Fort
Collins, Co!, will mviv* $5,000 lor giving the permanent name or
"Best Years” to Tom Brenerman magazine . . Arlene Francis will
lake over mistress ot ceremony duties on Mutual Don Lee’s new
Wednesday show "There's Always A Woman" . ABC television
Will ait video's first documentary this fail. The subject' will be
"The Marshal] Plan: A First Report.”
’THE DIAL AND DISCS. Columbia Records -'ashes in on an
item from tin concert, course ot Duke Ellington-—hr Air Condi -
e.oiied Jungle spotlight clarinet virtuosity of Jimmy Hamilton
. ah blending? of Ellingtonian chords Fiipt vev A! Hibbler chant
iug j sad low yarn "It’s Monday Every Day The Columbia
lapel ie. i.ed mt,i then dust.' til*-- tor three great platters - and
include them in recent releases —Gent Krupa's Alter You're Gon;
ifeaturing Hoy Eldridge's super!, ta.st and rangy trumpeting) and
Dark. Eyes (.showcasing precision ju/z of the famed Krupa trio,
arums, piano, piano, sax); and two immortals as tar as jazzstera
a**- ounce: net!. Jimmie l.unci lord's Ain’t Site Sweet and the Cab
Callow a;. hand directing all attention to Chu Berry’s tenor saxing
u: Ghost ut ... Chance King growl trumpeter Cootie Williams,
tit iird )itti. m two Capitol sides but « solid jump vocal com
bined with Lionel Hampton rifts take over on Bnng’em Down
l rent and earthy blues, shouting with oi rational c oOtie itiake .-
Stingy Blues worthwhile.
That boogie man, pianist Eteddy Slack garners attention with
a single ideas* of the oldie brought up to date Kitten on the Keys
.nd a fresh new item. Steal Away * r as> Baby Topping this is
Slack's sccnd Boggie Woogie album by Capitol including specialties
like Chopstick Boogie The Brown Danube* Is I Gotta Practice and
! her own clever novelties, to relax in the realm of simple blue?
with Don’t Be So Mean T Baby and Just a Shade on the Blue
Bide with hubby Dave Bat bean lending musical accents . Piann
perfectionist, Teddy Wilson. Keeps a pace you’ll Irk- in his Musa
ciaft of Whispering- A: Tune Goes. 1L .. An additional hunk
of first rate piano is offered by a quaiL-t .•! varied keyboard styl
ists in a Jewel record album.
Package* gives you supet modern piano p.i.kmg Hal Sbaefer
(Man I Love-—Love For Sale); Bob Laine (South of thi Border
Blues —Moontide): Harold Best wick (How Deep is the Ocean —
All tne Things' You are). Jot Bm-hkin (Bwk Home in Indiana •
Boogie Woogie Platter. National piattety assembles jazzsters
undt r wing oi dann *tist Hank D'Arnica for Hank's Pranks —-Juk ■
Box Judy • National shows otf Bitly Ecksune in an old Eatl
Hines; stomper, Jitney Man and RUngtons Sophisticated Lady for
contrast
The swinging and singing Treniei Twins make merry on Met
. cury with I'm .Happy When I'm With You and Convertible Cad
jjlac .. . Blues shoutm Bullmoose Jackron and his own band, an
MGM record feature with Memphis Gal-Moose on the Loose . MGM
takeoff of Nellie Lutcher is Vioia Watkins with her release of i
Wonder Why—Now I Know.
SA\ KiNU MAA\ \S MRU S OKI i\I:VIEK
NEW YOR K-ANPi Alter Lm
iiii- l I.*- er Y'.nng Me ti nor
axv*[:i.oue star many often won
d* : .snd marvel at hi- ticb ana
civ.itiw ideas niarvfb'd? beat And
■ d taslt Tht- amart'iiicijt r soo»t
i .I;: ..pt-ilcd when they b urn .hat be
was: born in New i.'irl- aits th* hninv
of jar/ and us a young si*-, play f d
m bis ia tier's carnival band
Fteecgiii;'.* ci it- i.ne : t :;i* iiat*--'
exponent- ■- In- ln-.li .<n Yvunr
ii-is nad a li*. < ic mi.- .cat career
| since lust learned to play di ains
at the age ol eight and - . itch* d
i to his horn at 15. Now playing tit
!h€ Apollo case in Harlem ihe
great sax ace still holds then, spelt
heights if tro popularity, it may
ultimately come very close to tho
one million soles figure.
isr iiißis
t
| AND THE
Lionel Hampton All Stars
IN. PERSON
Memorial
Auditor! tin i
RALEIGH, N C.
! Monday AU !o UST
FEATURING
Utile Johnny Griffin* Worlds Greatest
i Teen A#e Tenor Sax Star •• - • America’s
Greatest Record M & k i n g Senoati-on.
4 * Lowe Gf-ovin”, -The Spider” "Fiy Mr. 1
: Fly.”
ADVANCE TICKETS $1.50 1 >
* At Door $2.00 \ \
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PAGE SEVEN
bound r.iu-i ■ :vs h# gives out whir
iiii uidu idi ei style that frsi won
attention and acclaim with Count
Basie's ~rk in '35
He lias played with some ot trie
t,es maestros in the business that
included Benny -iottn and fieich
es Headers n, but it was in the
period oetwt en ’35 and ’4O that he
von a niche toi himselt in trie
orchestral world w. i, t iiint s band.
Leavinp the Basie crew he formed
in own band and since then has
been touring the country with tois
i-ax piect combination.
Since tie opened here las, wees
ttu Young horn has. drawn a capa
ci v crowd to this Harlem bistro,
further attesting to the tenor ace *s
a crowd pleaser and box office at
traction.