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Duke's Concert And

Mag's Bash Delight

BY FRANK STACY

New York--Duke Ellington's third concert here and F?ete

magazine's initial and fruitful attempt in the field of jazz concert promotion sparked the listening of jazzophilea here

England--Thi? probably wao one of the last photographs taken of Major Glenn Miller before he disappeared mysteriously last month on

recently. Duke's program, lasting three hours, offered the a flight from London to Paris (see adjoining columns for details).

beat and moat original muaic of our

The occasion was a 100-mission party for American airmen, when

time played by the beat and moat

Major Miller was introduced to a reputed "double". Captain J. G

original orcheatra. View's galaxy of atara included: Barney Bigard;

Why, Sho'!

Wilkinson, who is standing al Glenn's right. That's T/Sgt. Ray Mc Kinley at the extreme left, who is conducting the Miller band during

By Mike Levin

the Stuff Smith trio; Red Norvo'a eombo and Pearl Bailey.

XXI--"Partly PHHt'

Besides playing a shortened version of Black, Brown and

There comes a time in every ioolumnist's life where he has to take things easy and stop huffing ano puffing. That's for this week with me. It ain't that I've run

Music World Waits tfresh out of things to be mad ?bout, nor it ain't that I ain't mad about 'em; it's just that to-

Beige, several new numbers were introduced Including Blue net work commissioned Bluetopia, which struck this scribe as being one of the few pretentious ana stagey compositions that the Duke has ever written. The Per fume Suite and four new con

I day I'm the laziest columnist in town

New Key Men | 1 could try to write a long

cert! for Stewart, Hodges, Brown and Hamilton were of a different order--all pure Ellington and

Word About Miller I column about Charlie Spivak's great music. Surprise of the lat

New York--The Duke pulled a sardonic fait one during hi? recent Victor disc date. Fully aware that there were a couple of jau "authorities" lolling about the recording studio, El lington called out to hi* musi cian?: "Don't play thi? next one too good, feller?. The critic* won't think it'* jazz!"

the leader's absence. At the right Is Rudy Starila, whose all-girl band shared honors with the air force unit at the party, and the girl* in the rear are member* of Rudy'* "Starlitea". Photo by Stars and Stripe?, Overseas.

In Horn's Band ; ?inning the sweet poll, and Duke ter group was the improved play Klingtori copping the swing, just ing of clarinetist Hamilton. Only shading Woody Herman. This be Hodges seemed gloomy and un

New York--A delayed war department report announcing

cause I've bucked for Spivak from the beginning, thinking him a fine musician and a swell guy; and too, because I still think . Duke peer of all he surveys, * though I don't question for one minute that Woody Herman has

Cray Leads i the finest white swing band in

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W TheestBeAatn LSaestt Los Angeles--Billy Berg, local

nitery op, whose deal to bring

Krupa Misses Coleman Hawkins to the coast

fell through when he lost lease on proposed new Beverly Blvd,

inspired here.

A Bare 'Midriff'?

Altogether 14 numbers were played; far too many for detailed review, what with the space shortage. Other highlights, how ever, were Billy Strayhorn's sparkling Midriff, which must have made any big band arrang ers in the audience wonder if they were using the right scale, some of Al Hibbler's singing, the amazingly high notes hit by new trumpeter William (Cat) Ander-

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Los Angeles--Three new key men appeared in the line-up of the Harry James band as the Horn prepared for his debut in the featured music spot on the new Danny Kaye airshow, sched uled to start on CBS Jan. 6.

Davie Coleman, onetime tub man for Freddie Slack and well known here for his work in small jazz combos such as those of Barney Bigard and Wingie Mannone, replaced Carl Maus in the rhythm section.

Uan Rasey took over the lead trumpet chair in the brass sec tion. He first attracted attention as a member of the Stan Kenton band. Victor Hamann took over the 1st chair slip-horn spot, re placing Bill Granzow.

the disappearance of Major Glenn Miller on a plane flight

from England to Paris has shaken the entire music world.

Details of the incident are still lacking, hut the latest report

from the war department indicate* that Major Miller made the channel

crossing in a two-man fighter plane.

Apparently it has yet to be deter

mined whether the plane lost its way and landed in enemy territory, was shot down by eneipy aircraft or, as has been suggested as a wild ly remote possibility, was struck by

a robomb.

Major Miller disbanded his civilian orchestra at the height of its popularity in September of 1942, enlisting in the Air Corps with the rank of captain. It was his job to organize all the Army Air Forces bands, as well as later to play a weekly network radio

New York--Despite the unex plained disappearance of it* leader. Major Glenn Miller'* Air Force band went through with a short-wave broadcast from Pari* on Christmas with ?rranger Jerry Gray wielding the baton. BBC relayed the show to thi* oouatry where Mutual picked it up for full network.

It's reported that drummer Ray McKinley has been placed in charge of the Miller band.

Opening Nite ipot, has leased a nitery location

on Vine St. just south of Sunset. New spot, to be known as

McIntyre Crabs "Billy Berg's", will be ready, Berg

believes, by Feb. 1 and will be

Air Commercial opened by Hawkins, as originally

?Manned. It will accommodate (bout 300.

LOonpeCzhiCrpollNecatms e BDoenfidesshAuuDtoepasthy New York--Payment of $750 to

bandleader Vincent Lopez has Sven chirp Karole Singer the

ght to use her professional name. A court decision earlier upheld the vocalist's right to I break her five-year contract with

Johnny Marvin Lopez but gave the leader use of

the name. Karole is making vaudeville appearances as a

Dies On Coast single act, also forming a singing

duo with Don Saxon to be called Dotty and Don. They've audi tioned for NBC.

Los Angeles -- Gene Krupa opened at the Palladium to a heavy turn-out despite fact that his band reached the big> Holly wood nitery's bandstand two nights later than his advertised "opening", which had been set for Dec. 26.

Krupa and his entire band, en route to Los Angeles by an army plane from a training camp where they had played a radio broadcast, were grounded in Clo vis, New Mexico by weather con ditions and had to make the rest of the trip by rail. Jan Garber substituted for two nights.

Los Angeles--Johnny Marvin, 47, singer, guitarist, songwriter who was one of the first of the western and hill billy performers to build a wide following in that field, died at his North Holly wood home here on Dec. 20 of a

James is cutting his string sec tion to five (3 violins, viola and cello) for his week-end dates at the Casa Manana, where he fol lows Jan Garber. On the air show he planned to augment the strings to 12 or 13.

San Francisc- -- An autopsy performed following the death of Neil Bondshu, bandleader, failed to solve certain puzzling circum stances of the tragedy as the re port went into police files as '`cause of death undetermined".

However, investigators were convinced that the musician took his own life in a fit of despond ency. Bondshu, whose band has been playing the St. Francis hotel's Mural Room since Novem ber, was discovered on December 23, in a room at the Hotel Clare mont in a dying condition. At tending doctors said they treated him for an overdose of a sedative

Crogram with his own service and. While overseas, he put on

air shows over both the AEF and BBC with the same band, which Included such music stars as pianist Mel Powell, drummer Ray McKinley and arranger Jerry Gray, the latter also acting as assistant leader.

Started with Pollack

He began studying trombone when he was ten, and after at tending the University of Colo rado, entered name band circles with a chair in Ben Pollack's outfit. The leader figures on many early hot jazz discs and a dip into Delaunay's Discography finds his horn listed with groups like the Original Wolverines, the Mound City Blue Blowers and the Louisiana Rhythm Kings.

After the usual apprenticeship with name bands, he organized his own outfit in 1938 and a year later had reached a popularity peak unsurpassed by any other name bands, winning top honors in the "sweet" division of the annual Down Beat poll in both 1940 and 1941.

New York--Hal McIntyre, cur rently at the Hotel Commodore here, is on the air with his first commercial show. Program, heard every Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:00 p.m. (EWT), is sponsored by the Eversharp company. Un usual angle Is that the show fea tures only the McIntyre band without any of the variety-guest routine used on most musical shows. Gimmick of the program consists of musical "salutes" to military activities of colleges throughout the country.

New Pressing Plant

Bridgeport, Conn.--Columbia label has purchased the King Mills plant of the Remington Arms company at King Mills, Ohio, for postwar use as a manu facturing plant to service middle west record shops. This Ohio

Peggy Mann A union official in Troy waa

elected for hi? 45th term. The COP'? hope FDR doean't hear ?bout it--and get ideas.

heart attack. Marvin started recording wide-

open-spaces music as early as 1920 and later became prominent in radio in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He left a wife and

drug, but that they were unable to identify the drug.

Bondshu's mother, sister and his wife, Vicki, who once was featured_as vocalist with his band, were with him when he died At

Hi* Wife Optimistic

He was a remarkable arranger and it was this ability, plus a rare facility for getting the most out of his musicians, that made

pressing outlet will make possible overnight record delivery to the midwest.

two children.

writing the band was still at the his band unparalleled for beauti

With race track? closed, many

St. Francis under the leadership ful sax blends (with an unmis

Monroe Comes Henten are finding them?elve? in

I the awkward position of taking

of Dick LaSalle.

takable clarinet-over-saxophones trade-mark) and an unearthly

home full pay envelope?.

{decision that was the result of

Over Mountain I Karole Singer bought her name

from Vincent Lopes for 8750.00. Thi? is probably the largest price lever paid for a pun.

Icky Vicki wants to know how it tan be the SOLID south when aver,thing ia atrictly from Dixie.

An annual survey shows Bing to

New York--Vaughn Monroe is cutting a Moon album for RCA Victor. Famous as the Racing With the Moon singer, the leader will wax that number plus seven with "moon" in the title, includ ing Blue Moon and Moonlight and Roses. Monroe's band, which recently acquired Johnny Bond as featured trumpeter and vocal

Time To Swoon

New York--The "swoon singer" list grows a little longer with the disc debut of Armen Camp, for mer WCAU vocalist, recently dis charged from the coast guard. Under the management of Joe Davis, owner of Beacon records, Camp will be heard on four sides of a new "Joe Davis" label, backed by Archie Bleyer's ork.

ong, strenuous hours of re hearsal and the despair of other arrangers and leaders.

When Major Miller left for army duty overseas, he left a wife, Helen, and two adopted children behind him. Their home is in Tenafly, New Jersey. Friends of Mrs. Miller are heartened by her confidence that her husband is safe and will return.

On The Cover

Making a place for heraelf in radio ia glamorou* Peggy Mann, whoae new Blue Network ?how. Set To Music, will have it* debut from 4 to 4:40 p.m. (EWT) on Sunday, January 31, and will be heard weekly thereafter. Peggy used to *ing with Enoch Light, later with Teddy Powell, briefly with Gene Krupa'* new band before ?he launched her career U a ?ingle. Peggy, who walk* in beauty aa well aa in melody,

be head movie man at the box ist, opens the Palladium February To even things up, the four tunes

probably will walk into Holly

effiee. However, Frankie is still tops 6, returns to the Strand theater to be cut are published by Joe Down Beat covers the music wood aoon, by invitation.

St the ?ox office.

here in May.

Davis.

news from coast to coast.

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NEWS

Chicago, lanuary IS, 1945 Chicago. Jan

Santa Barbara Band Is Army Born and Taylor-Made

Eddi< Horn

Member? of the AGF ASF redistribution

center bund at Santa Barbara watch Cpl. Lea Rogers heal one out. Left to right: Pfe. Georg* Paulsen (Art Jarrett and Alvino Rev), Pfe. Loren Holding (Jan Garber) and Pfe. Jerry Jackson (Lani McIntyre). This ork is the nucleus of the one organised by Skinnay Ennis at Santa Ana in June, 1943. He is baek in eivvies.

The present leader of the band. Sgt. Al Taylor,

tootles the elary here a* his boys swing out on C-Jam Blues. Left to right: (front roar) Pfe. Jerry Jackson, Pfe. Skippy Martin, Pfe. Loren Holding; (bach rtnr) CpL Lr* Roger*. Sgt. Eddie Robertwon, Pvt. Ray Gill and Sgt. John?' Blaek. Sergeant Taylor played in movie studio orks and on several major radio shows in civilian life.

One nf th* b??t known memben of the Santa Barbara band is Sgl. Chuck Petervon, who played trumpet for Artie Shaw, Woody Herman and other bands. I hue k G carving out a chorus of Stardust here. These photos and

Here, with exception of Chuck Petersen? who is not shown, is Sergeant Taylor's jut combo within the band. Left to right: Pfe. Skippy Martin, alto sax; T/5 Pete lofthouse, trombone; Sgt. Eddie Robertson, bass, and Sgt Johnny Blaek, piano. Arranger for tke band in Pfe. Harold Mooney, who played

piano for the late Hal Kemp. Yes, it's army born and Taylor-made!

Strong Men Seeking

Winter Wonderland

BY CWOJG ROBERT SALES

Norfolk, Vu--Bob Strong's band miMcd the coke show

broadcast nf Dec. 12, slated for Richmond, Va.? but the

Somewhere in Germany^After searching for six months

ihrough French and Belgian record and book chops, I finally

found a copy of the latest revision of Charles Delaunay's Hot

Discography in Liege. V orktng under almost impossible con-

ditioas, the French research expert------------------------------------- --------------------

------- . chapter of piano solos; and, in

tiuns in the completely revised and conclusion, a new section--

rewritten Hot Diseographie 1943 Europe--divided into countries

I first learned of the new edi (France, Belgium, Holland, Eng-

tion of the popular record work Lxnd, Germany, Denmark, Swe

wh< i. entering Paris late in Au den and Norway.) A pn mist is

gust, 1944,1 was shown a copy in made to devote a later edition or

a disc shop The book is printed supplement to a discography of

on pulp ar i bound in paper, with Swiss recordings, which wa, not

a format identical to the preced 1 ossible at this time, due to war

ing 1936 and 1938 editions Con time conditions. In the back will

sisting of 538 pages, it sold for be found the usual alphabetical

250 Belgian franc: (about $5 70.) index to orchestras and musi

The edition was limited to 500 cians. An Innovation in this edi-

copies, each copy being num tion

the inclusion

bered.

brief historical and biographical

Preface by Panazzie

sketch of the more important

The work opens with a preface bands and musicians--somewhat

by Hugues Panassie, followed by after the fashion of Paul Eduard

Situation Du Jazz by Henri Ber Miller's Yearbook A Swing.

nard, and an Introduction and Quite properly, Delaunay com

Plan of the Discography with a mences this section on Negro

'?genealogical chat'," by the au musicians with King Oliver,

thor. The similarity in thought of whose recordings the author

between the new edition and says: "Although the discs of The

Panassie's The Real Jazz is at Original Dixieland Jazz Band

once apparent--Delaunay has di and The New Orleans Rhythm

vided hit. "plan" into two princi Kings were their chronological

pal sections: Black Musicians predecessors, those of King Oli

and White Musicians.

ver constitute documents whose

Following these is a section of authenticity is infinitely greater

miscellaneous white and black in that which concerns the true

bands, listed alphabetically; a character of the original jazz.''

The fellow with

face is Andy Ru??cll singer.

An interview with Andy was

recently ?taged by WAAT

here, with a group of ador

ing bobby-soxers doing the

interviewing. The show fol

lowed immediately after El

ton (Star Spangled Banner

Waring Somewhere) Britt's

eowbo; song session, a

major WAAT feature, six

days a week.

So one of the -t hoolgirl*

quizzed. "Mr. RusseB, what

do you think

Elton

Britt?"

Said Andv, "Who** Elton

Pritt?"

Next come the listings of Kid OryT Sunshine Orchestra, Cook's Dreamland Orchestra, the Delta Album by Kid Rena, special dis cographies of Johnny D ?dds, Sid ney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton. Jimmy Noone, Tommy Ladnier and louis Armstrong. A consid erably enlarged listing of Ma Rainey issues, and the already complete Bessie Smith section follow--albeit other Rainey re cordings are to be found under Ladnier and Fletcher Henderson.

Bi< Banda Included

In a chapter headed, "The Large Black Orchestras," are In

maestro turned up with an ironclad excuse. The freak bli?

sard and accompanying sub-zero temperature which stranded

che?tras,'' and includes- Fats

Waller, Benny Carter. Coleman

Hawkins, Teddy Wilson, and

Lionel Hampton

This section is prefaced by a

short apologia and I attempt a

rough translation of an excerpt:

`The role of the white

Ian

in the evolution of jazz music is

very modest, compared to the

work and the supremacy that

is always manifested by the

black?." Delaunaj then lists the

Original Dixieland Jazz Band,

the New Orleans Rhythm Kings,

the Strong motorcade at a moun tain inn was adequate reason for the Strong men becoming the first band rver to miss ? roke air show.

Strong's entourage left Canton, Ohio, for Richmond, 400 miles away, Monday morning. Roads were so bad that the cars had only progressed 50 miles by seven at night. Despite the advice of a state patrolman at Wheeling W. Va. Strong decided to continue by car when he learned that train connections could not be made.

Bucktow? Five, and Bix Beider By seven the next morning,

becke; followed by chapters on the band cars pulled into Wash

Chicago Style (Teschemacher, ington, Pa., where they remained

Condon, and McKenzie ), The till noon making repairs. As it

New Yorkers (Red Nichols, was impossible to make the coke

Charleston Chasers. Miff Mole, show on time, the plan was to

The Cotton Pickers, etc ), and a make for Cumberland, Va About

section of "Some Large White 30 miles from Cumberland, one

Orchestras.'' including Ben Pol of the cars slid into a huge drift

lack and the Whoopee Makers, and Strong remained with the

Benny Goodman and Bob Cros casualty while the other autos

by. The remainder of the book continued. When Strong reached

consists of the miscellaneous, Grantsville. 30 miles from Cum

piano solo, and foreign sections berland, he learned that the in

heretofore noted.

tervening highway to Cumber

Throughout the book correc land was impassable. Strong was

tions and additions may be noted informed that the cars which

which Delaunay owes to George had gone ahead were in no im

Hoefer's H -t Box column in mediate danger, as there were

Down Beat, Eugene Williams' frequent farm houses along the

late Jazz Information, Miller's way.

cluded Fletcher Henderson, Duke Yearbook of Swing, and other Wednesday morning Strong

Ellington, McKinney's Cotton collecting sources. In particular, started for Cumberland and was

Pickers, Jimmie Luneeford, and a Clarence Williams discography hailed by a driver, who told him

Count Basie. Henderson's Or and a chapter on Washboard the remainder of the band was

chestra is divided into periods, as in the preceding editions

Bands, as well as a lengthy list of Mamie Smith and her Jazz

stopping at a mountain inn back on the road. W'hen Strong ar

Primitive Epoch, Loui> Armstrong Hounds (found under Johnny rived, he learned that the first

Period, Golden Age. and Modern Dunn) have been added.

part of the motorcade had been

Epoch. The Ellington discogra

Jais is Universal

stranded and only the arrival of

phy includes all the small re cording groups which were previ-

The new section on European recordings serves to emphasize a

a mountaineer had saved them ill from being frostbitten while

ot dy scattered throughout the Miscellaneous section. The final

fact that collectors in the states too often forget: jazz is uni

huddled in the halted cars, wait ing the arrival of snow plows.

division

is

termed

"Studio

Or-

versal, and not hemmed In by boundary lines. We are much too apt to think of jazz as wholly

The mountain' er had guided the group to a nearby mountain Inn where they rested a full day.

Freed French

American. I can testify that the work of the lesserknown Leo

After extricating the cars, the motorcade made fur the Palomar

New York -- Further new* about Cherie* Delaunay, author

Chauliac Pierre Han-, Claude

Fouad. Charles Laurence and

at Norfolk, arriving Friday morn ing and opening two days late.

of Hot Discography, come* from Christian Wagner of France; Gus

Cpl. Nat Shapiro. While in DeLoof, Fud Candnx Jean Omer, tions and additions which could

Pari?, Shapiro met I ieul. Paul Jeff De Boeck and Gus Clark of be made by any number of col

Nourry. novi of the U. S. army Belgium; Ernst Van T Hoff and lectors in the United States and

and previously ai> FFI member. The Ramblers, of Holland; as Nourry report? that Delaunay well as the more famous Ste nay's debt through his'unremit began work on a liberation iwue phane Grappelly and Django ting research and efforts to ad

of the Hot Club magazine while Reinhardt, Andre Ekyan Noel vance the cause of jazz. We can.

imprisoned by the Germany for Chiboust, Alix Combelle, Michel in some small measure, repay

hi* activities a* a member of Warlop. Hubert Rostaing, and this debt by sending any authen

the French underground. The the other members of the Hot tic information to him at 14 Rue

famous Belgian jazz authority, Hugues Panassie, it reportedly living in a ?mall town in south? rm France. Nourr? ?aid.

Club de France, is comparable in Chaptai, Paris 9?, France, so that

and

to that he may further revise Hot Dit-

of present-day American jazz cography for an even bigger and

men.

better edition than this, the best

There arc numerous corree- thus far.

New York gM>re hit son grillion. Tog going strung

?dllion and B polka went ov< Bui that'* ju*t ?per ?hortagi atari tu li*t all iheir latest. Tut |ke a real *orl

Does it sc slugger talk! UUSI' it is. H< a fugitive fro was recently rofesslunal i

Hendersor really rocket? ft: he has 1 only a year ai insurance bu and was toot for that.

Started

Eddie's ni sprinkled wll portant in tl names such i Miller, Polla? his career as Hull House alongside tro 1rillo about 3 Goodman wa the Hull Hoi time. Jimmy Sractlsing m

lews band o Addition to Hull Houser: bandwagon funerals and good lip and

His own fl piecer for a at Benton H payoff was $2 milk you coi was hired b; the dancers, circuit with bers Include C-Melody si and later Fi and tram-m Next he was

SITTIN1

BIG The band

the hell They're n But just To set 1

"boff."

ck Peterson, Taylor's jass o right: Pfe. ite Lofthouse, in, ba??, sad inger for the who played

ng id

coke show i., but the

freak bib* eh stranded

?i ? mo??

nine the fint

left Canton, I, 400 miles ning. Roads ne cars had lies by seven le advice of it Wheeling, 1 to continue earned that auld not be

Kt morning, into Washey remained pairs. As It ike the coke plan was to d, Va. About >erland. one a huge drift id with the other autos ong reached from Cumthat the in to CumberStrong was cars which e In no 1mthere were s along the Ing Strong nd and was ho told him e band was iln Inn back Strong arat the first le had been le arrival of saved them fitten while I cars, waltmow plows. I guided the ountaln inn a full day. e cars, the he Palomar riday morn days late.

vhich could iber of colStates and I in Delau1s unremlt'orts to adzz. We can, sure, repay .ny authenn at 14 Rue nee, so that ie Hot Ditblgger and lis, the best

Chicago. January 15. 1945

NEWS

DOWN BEAT

Eddie Still Toots His I Eiki Mae Visits Songwriters Duke's Concert

Horn--But Figuratively

Rates Sell-Out

By ROD REED

Los Angeles-Advance Interest

New York--"Lew Brown and Ray Henderson have written

In Esquire magazine's annual jazz concert, scheduled for the

ore hit songs than even Irving Berlin! Sonny Boy sold three

Los Angeles Philharmonic Audi

million. Together sold a million the first time out and is now

torium on the night of Jan. 17,

going strong as a revival, It All Depend? on You went over a

Indicated a complete sell-out for

rillion and Brown's Beer Barrel

Felka went over the million mark. But that'? juat fraction. With the

paper shortage yon couldn't even dart to li?t all their hit?. And now (heir latent, Turn Off the Rain look? Ifce a real sock!"

Does it sound like a songnlugger talking? It should be cause it is. He's Eddie Richmond, a fugitive from the trumpet who was recently appointed general rfessional manager for Brown

Henderson, Inc. Richmond really rocketed to this top post for he has been song-plugging only a year and a half, was in the Insurance business before that

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Fast Team

New York--Lew Brown and Ray Henderson, like the St. Louia Cardinal?, are a fa?t team. A radio idea, now being peddled by their profe??ionai manager, Eddie Richmond* would require them to write a ?ong in oneminute flat from any title pro posed by the studio audience. As a stunt. Brown and Henderson actually have been able to throw together simple words and musie in less than 60 seconds.

the affair despite top prices charged, which ran up to $5.50 a seat. Proceeds go to the Volun teer Army Canteen Service, which supplies entertainment and other morale services to wounded soldiers in army and navy hospitals.

Program for the event was built around Duke Ellington and members of his orchestra. Oth ers announced to appear were Billie Holiday, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Sid Catlett, Willie Smith and Anita O'Day.

A radio tie-up In connection with the concert was to pipe In, from New York, Benny Good

and was tooting a horn way be-

man, Mildred Bailey, Red Norvo,

for that.

Started At Hull House

Eddie's musical history is sprinkled with names very im portant in the orchestra field-- names such as Goodman, James, Miller, Pollack, B>x He began

er's "Five Kings of Syncopation" playing at Reisenwebers and in a couple of Shubert shows. Other "kings" were Ous Arnhelm and Jules (Thanks for the Buggy Ride) Buffano.

New York--Ella Mae Morse trie* ont the latest hit with it? writer?, Ray Henderson and Lew Brown, on a piano one? owned by King Carol of Roumania. Read the ?tory in the adoining column about this songwriting team and the new director of their publishing firm, Eddie Richmond. Warren Rothtchild Photo

where I stayed about a year be son, who once had five shows and

Teddy Wilson; and, from New Orleans, Louis Armstrong, J. C. Higginbotham, plus a group of old-time jazz greats still residing in the Crescent City. which is seldom--he likes to play

his career as a school boy in the

Dick Climbed Tree

fore coming here."

a movie on Broadway simul with his three children and listen

Hull House band in Chicago, alongside trombonist Caesar Pe trillo about 30 years ago. (Benny Goodman was later a member of the Hull House band.) At that time, Jimmy Petrillo also was a Sractising musician In the Dally lews band of the Windy City. In addition to playing dances, the Hull Housers also got plenty of bandwagon jobs and Italian funerals and Eddie developed a good lip and plenty of wind.

His own first band was a flvepiecer for a summer resort job at Benton Harbor, Mich, and the payoff was $3 a week and "all the milk you could drink." He then was hired by Fanchon & Marco, the dancers, to tour the Orpheum circuit with a unit whose mem bers Included Rudy Wiedoft on C-Melody sax, Arnold Johnson and later Freddy Rich on piano and tram-man Paul Van Loan. Next he was one of Sophie Tuck-

"At Reisenwebers they had trees for decorations," Richmond recalls. "One evening our violin ist was missing but we could hear him playing. He had climbed into one of the trees. His name was--and Is--Dick Himber!"

Richmond was a pioneer in brass experimentation, believes he was the first man to use a beer can and a kazoo as mutes. These, together with a small megaphone (borrowed from singer-banjoist Frankie Masters) and a felt hat were the only kinds of mutes used in those days.

He left Miss Tucker Just be fore she set out on a European tour, formed a band for the Edgewater Beach hotel, Chicago, ana later moved into the Moulin Rouge Cafe. Drummer Herb Quigley, and clarinetist Izzy Friedman, both later with Pops Whiteman, were with him as

Ironically the one song Rich mond has to his credit--Flag that Train--is catalogued by a rival publisher, Witmark! He's not planning to write any more, figuring that plugging will keep him busy. Brown and Hender-

taneously, are starting to cast their new show, Good Will Gertie which will have lots of new tunes and they're toying with the Idea of making a musical of Mae West's old play, Diamond Lil.

When Eddie isn't working--

to his rare record collection. He has about 1000 discs--but not a one of those he himself made as a trumpeter!

Down Beat covers the music news from coast to coast.

was Masters, who was induced by

Richmond to try singing for the

first time.

Couldn't Stay Out

"I was having fun and meeting some fine musicians," says Eddie, "but I decided to get married and settle down in a more stable business. So I got out of music and into insurance, but I couldn't stay out of music altogether. It wasn't long before I had agreed to manage Ben Pollack's band.

'The band was really in its

prime with, in addition to Glenn

Miller and Benny Goodman, such

men as Harry James, Dave

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band, married Fay Vosatka last

Condon Expects

his vocalist, Phyllis Myles, as at

tendants . . Dorothy Claire, still

Sleasing patrons at the Latin

uarter, is doing a series of week

ly air shots over the Blue and is

set for Hollywood and the movies

in the near future

Charlie

Agnew closed at the LaSalle

Enmw.y Tucker terminates a

ten-week engagement at the

Ftevens Hotel January 25 and

Ted Weems, returning to Chicago

after a long absence, opens in

the Boulevard Room on January

26 . . . George DeCarl begins his

second year at the Capitol Lounge

the end of this monti

Carol

Bruce is tanging at the Black

Hotel and headed east for a date at Bill Green's Casino in Pitts burgh Violinist Florian ZaBach and his orchestra is the new at traction at the LaSalle.

Eddie Howard closes ut the dra gon January 18 and opens at the Oriental theater the next day for u week. Henry King begins his eight-neck engagement ut the dra

stone Hotel and Skip Farrell Is doing likewise at the Drake . . .

gon on January 19 . . . The Brown Derby reopened irith the Music

Carmen Cavallaro, who has been

Makers and Mary Jane Dodd as the

at the Palmer House since last

vocal attraction ... The Dukes and

September, opens at the Chicago

Ducheis are in their third year at

theater January 26 for two weeks.

He will be replaced at the Palmer House by Bob Grant, whe comes in with Hildegarde on January

the Officers Club in the Knicker

bocker Hotel . . . Johnny Hynda fa

the 88'er at the Hollywood Lounge.

The Ma or and Minor , are at

the Bar O' Music

The 1111

Tab Smith fa at Cafe De Society

Club features the Three Beats of

Oeaau Park, Cal--Elaine Rhythm

The Cat's N' Jam

with Trevor Bacon featured on vo- Glynne, who used to sin. with mers and Laura Rucker are at

eab. They air nightly on WIND Jimmy Joy, joined Jan Garber a* the 3 Deuces

Blind pianist

(11:45 CWT)

Bob Merrill. vocalist during hie engagement Lennie Tristan-> at the Zanzibar

bluea-khouting trumpeter, left Dal at the Casino Gardens here.

raves

And The

ia* Bartley to forrn hi* own combo . ? ? Jimmie I unreford. who ap peared at the Regal lea* than two

late, due to difficulties with city

authorities.

Mano Serrltello, out of Harry

Cradle `of Swing) is rocking with Cab Calloway for the rest of this month!

month* ago, will open at the James band, is blowing his trum

Downtown January 19 for a week pet with Frankie Masters at the Down Beat covers the music

... The new El Grotto, featuring Latin Quarter Dave Baumgar news from coast to coast--and is

Tiny Bradshaw, opened a few day? ten, manager of Frankie Masters' read around the world.

Bermuda--This is u peach on the beach, not one oys. Bobby ?grounds for ey--Someone nd The Man s, bary and ed beautiful s gal's husky ormal noteto be one of le otherwise an euphem) concert, th the same recorded and i early next

ie Led Piper, In lere, has in-

?ies of Tuesns organized ir de Paris, ick. Spot is time to feaison's band, fraction.

inthip to me, ` handling of tideration of being?. He u to prove that dcian and not ?ellent leader, te I'll have to We the whole ate Rumor?"

n and Coca is Sisters. I t time and knew what ; thing isn't

whacky by rint, I'll eat dames have again--only buried with result of it. ) even want whole deal 1c--what do Jan for our len it comes ;hat may be. it everybody ome writing 't laziness, I ita make up ether music ust for the :ks of a few eally repret the whole for and be : of the ways Ither jazz Is in art or die azy now?

IVELANO ?, OHIO

... Shedd McWilliams, tenor, has

returned to the jazz chair in the Sonny Dunham band, replacing

Fazola Meets Old Friends

Ex-Spanier lubber

Tony Bastien . . . Ammons and

Johnson are on a theater tour with Joe Turner . . . Jean Starr,

Dies In Rockford

who had her own combo, joined

Benny Carter's trumpet section

Rockford, Ill.--Russ Winslow,

and does vocals, too.

popular local bandleader and ex-

Come V-Dny, Bill Coleman plan*

Muggsy Spanier drummer, died

a return trek to Europe, with

here December 21, following an

either Pari* or his old stamping

operation. He had been suffer

M THE SQUARE

grounds in Cairo as destination . . . Milt Berth Trio now on CBS, Mon

ing from a serious stomach ail ment for the past three years and

days through Fridays, at 5 p.m.

had given up his band a little

(EWT) ... Chirk Lind has the air

over a year ago. Russ was well-

waves jumping around Denver with

known in Chicago jazz circles.

Casa Loma is In the market for an unknown girl singer to build. They did okay with Eugenie Baird now chirping with Bing ... George Paxton goes into the R Y. Paramount in March, with the Hotel Pennsy a later possi bility . . . Rosemary Calvin of Detroit is chirping with Vaughn Monroe, replacing Marylin Duke, who presented the leader with a black eye as she retired to be come a housewife.

his after midnight jau disc show from KMYR . . . Benny Goodman, who already eut for Columbia with his small eombo and voeals by Peggy Mann and Jane Harvey, will wax with a big band soon.

Jack (The Bear) Parker took over the stand at the 51 Club on Swing Lane, which was on a square kick until now... Jo Staf ford goes Into the Martinique in Gotham . . . Chubby Jackson, who plays a five string bass, is

New Orleans--Irving Fazola (left) visita with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Black at the Club Plaza, where he is playing with Leon Prima's Dixie eombo. Blaek, now a transportation agent in the eoast guard, was assistant to Gil Rodin when Faa played with the Bob Crosby band, Inter was manager for Ted Weems.

Twins Organize

Twins left band work for defense

During the days when the OffBeat Club was the center of hot music in Chicago, he sparked the rhythm sections of bands there under the leadership of Wingy Mannone and Jimmy McPart land. When Muggsy Spanier or ganized his Ragtimers and intro duced dixieland jazz to the Hotel Sherman, Russ was his drum mer. He left Spanier in 1941 to lead his own band at the La fayette Hotel in Rockford.

Milt Deutsch. advance man with sporting a beard with the Her

work but recently have been

- Bob Fo??um.

Woody Herman, and Dorothy man band at the Paramount . . . New York -- The McFarland playing one-niter dates locally

Stuart, road manager with the Kay Allen joined the Jerry Wald Twins are organizing a new band with pick-up groups. Ann Vin Down Beat covers the music

Herd, both wed, but nol to each ork at the New Yorker hotel.

under Joe Glaser aegis. The cent will chirp with the new ork. news from coast to coast.

other. Marion Daniela, dancer, 1?

Milt'- secret bride, while Dorothy'?

male 1? Eddie Greene, trumpeter

manager for Bobby Sherwood . . .

Marie Carroll i. Bob Strong'a new

vocalist

Life reports they're

wearing zoot suits in Paeis, now.

Georgie Auld got his release from William Morris, but his future is a confused picture. Frederick Brothers say they have no contract with him yet and Jack Robbins, original backer, seems disinterested . . . Hazel Scott will marry the Rev. Clayton Powell, Jr., when his divorce is granted . . . Entire show from

the Zanzibar goes into the Roxy in Manhattan, including Louis

Armstrong, Claude Hopkins, Delta Rhythm Boys, Bill Robin

son and Maurice Rocco.

Johnny Bothwell, who ?cored

fourth in the poll on alto ?axe?,

? ill cut out from Boyd Raeburn to

build a band for William Morri*.

Raeburn play? the 125th Street

Apollo in Neu York ?tarting Jan

uary 19, with Trummie Young

joining for the engagement ? . .

Louii Jordan hat elated weekly

fuetl ?hot? over the Cheeterfield

Supper Club ?how with Perry Como

during hi? run at the N. Y. Para

mount in February . . . National

Record? have tigned Maurice Rocco

and Skip Farrell.

Fred Waring comes on at 10

pm. (EWT) on Thursday now,

Instead of 7, because new time is

clear on all 181 Blue Network stations. Fred's Donna Dae fol lows Jane Froman into Manhat tan's Copacabana on January 26

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