Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1955 — Page 13

Bobby Hacket Heads Jazz

Renato Pacini To

25 Piece Orchestra In Big Show

Musical Upbeat

Hr HOB WOMACK

THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE NAACP has now entered the fitfht along’ with this columnist in trying to obtain

steady employment for Sepia talent on the three TV stations ‘in The'Murat Sunday "uiterA 1 ' ,<M “ ,u • •S'd |< ; lls " ont hut . es oev • , : noon, Mav 8. Umistial in that it will encompass in one pro-

what their reasons are! It is no question about t ye hate , thp Hel<fct of KlzZi am , c . laKsits . some of the best entertainers in the business InuiK iiirtu Thc nluslcians al . 0UI ; d wh ^. h !, he

here, lake your pick—combos, singers, dancers, M. C s, etc. p, ORrani will center are trumpeter Trumpeter Harken will . . . The T.eat’ will go all the way in this tight believe me Bobby llaekett, known to millions ; nmmjwred Jazzopliiles

when I tell you.

Concert Conduct

The Indianapolis Recorder, May 7, 1955—13 at Murat Sun

One of the most unusual attractions in the history of

; LENA’S RECORD BANNED BY MORE NETWORKS i NEW YORK (CNS) — Lena Horne’s first record in five years “I Want to Isove” has been banned i now by NBC and ABC networks. \ Eirst to do so was CBS with the others following suit last week. 1 Odd that NBC should be in on * ; the act for their parent company RCA-Victor made the recording.

be re-(

... as one 1

as the “sound” on the Jackie Glea-| the outstanding jazz musicians! son recordings, and Renato Pacini, in the world. ...

FELTON SMITH, formerly of the Imperial Cafe, now pro- assistant conductor of the Indian- tie was featured at various times prietor of the 303 Club i* sportinp a combo three timep » ^ ‘"ThaSTSiH"?!- featured as so- ! Pri^^nStU week namely: Monday (Matinee), Friday and Saturday mtes. !oi I s I t \ v k ith , in ort ^,esira of 25 con-Uer, and Glen Gray.

See Kentucky Derby On TV At Hotel Ferguson Saturday

As an added feature in this varied program, the outstanding jazz

presentation.

And Bobby- Hacketit will add his |

t trumpet, work to .the session to p ea ‘

1 have betm advised that the spot will be decorated very soon. cilK , ed by Pacini, orchestrations Watch this column for the date of the grand owning. featured by the Jackie Gleason or-

DI KE HYDE, one of Naptown’s all around musicians chestra on tv and records will be p re sent e d n 1 area

now living in Crawfordsville. Ind., dug yours truly, on a recent usl ‘ d vLsit here. Duke is wailing with an ofay unit in that city. However, plans are in the making for him to become a member of a local group soon . . . Harold >|alone and company jumped awhile on last Saturday ijite at the Keystone Club

in Kokomo.

NOTICE TO MUSICIANS: The 1055 Convention of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) will be held at the Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland. Ohio, during the week of June 6. At this writing we do not have the names of the local delegates. ROGER JONHS and his All-Stars has replaced Jimmie. Coe and his eombo in the Moulin Rouge Room at the Ferguson Hotel. Jimmie is now on a short tour in the Fast . . . The Hampton Sisters are still on the bandstand at Jim and

MARINERS DOING WELL DESPITE GODFREY FIRING

Pacini will offer selections, as well, of light classics and popular music in the easy manner of the symphony pops series, which he has eondueted since its inception three

years ago.

NEW YORK (CNS)—The Mart- 1

| Be sure and see the Kentucky Derby on TV in the new Hotel ; Ferguson’s swank Moulin Rouge Room this Saturday afternoon. . And enjoy the thrills of the race with a cool mint julep and good , southern fried chicken plus jockey caps to lend color to the occasion

Sf?N 1E OP^TET° : wdl^ Y bring )H Rsl ners ~ outstand;il ' e in tecracial group < stePPmg a river in flow

u„ . .u h. , ( of singers who got pinkslipped from; But like others of the ousted- Good music will be provided by

the Arthur Godfrey team last week ' by-Godfrey club, the Mariners; Roger Jones and his great dance

—are doing even befher tha» erx- soared in bookings.

Their new band.

ageocy—the William Morris—re- Dom’t forget the Candle Light Mariners: ports that their fee has been upped matinee on Monday from 5 to 7.

RATING The RECORDS.

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nomine I we ™ vvit h Godfrey and thereby 1 from Godfrey’s salary and they land Can Can Nile on Tuesday. .nrV m!^ tow ' w 0, '° almost a fixture of the red-. have plenty of telegraphed offers. ‘ May 10. This is whopper for good ?aS%h!emon h k 1 head’s set-up. When notified that i They will be on the Ed Sullivan entertainment and one that will ' llml’s it the air-conditioned ! their services were *> longer need- ’ show several times pl^us go right long be remembered by patrons ot Murat Sundav \i-iv H ed, the Mariners were heartbro- tiuough May with oiass clubs and tne nistro.

Tickets foV the show are on sale i ken Jind remarked: “It was like theaters, now at Ross-Babcock in the Clav-j *

STi'o U, f "s2 7 5 ' , '" < ' s tWm ! Georgia Gibbs' Singing of "Tweedly Dee"

Leads To Cong. Diggs' Copyright Bill

IN INDIA TRIUMPH ^Xn^uons W thrtr ^“ CTt, ”^ iuring ,he pasl

V a " n ’ aHo *»*-. p**' 1 role, sax amt Hutrh Watts on the ya^tan" 1^0 e uTamiS"ii:. new DELHI. India ,ANP. S'ta «ly

drums. Ernest Rich, popular singer was guest Ot the manage- bums by a jazz songstress ever re- Newspaper critics here pulled out ; Charles Dig-s Jr introduced a - 1 ^ songwriters and not to singers p 1 :^ . '• , ™ ment of the 503 Club on last Saturday nite . . . Jimmie Col- leased. Miss Vaughan, accompanied all the Stops and lavished praise i bill in Congress last week designed ! ^ musicians who might have their ' ^TenUv with the Chicago CardL

lins. 88 er wailed on a’25 cent trig over the weekend. That T' a . !! ^ ’ 0,1 Jubilee Singers who strengthen existing copyright vor | ts duplicated.

is some nice breat.

LULLABY:

ROGER JONES AND HIS ALL STARS ore pockin' 'em in nitely at the Moulin Rouge Room in the new Hotel Ferguson. Be sure and dig this red hot swing combo over the week end.

.1. HENRY RANDALL

For AM’

Hy’s popular dance and cocktail spot. The i>ersonnel of the the magnificent crew are: Aletra. 88, Carmalita, baritone sax. Virtue, bass. '' ,l l f v s ' n y L odds the disc “Sarah

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v... - presently with the Chicago Cardi-

sings LULLABY OF BIRDLAND, gave a recital of Negro spirituals' laws.' Meanwhile. otficiaLs at Atlantic J 0 .r!: 1

-Soon after popular singer Rosemary Cloon- JU?^Y OlTREU^N OT^'^HE KINTU ‘^Tho Indian Express called the 3] .TOGO f ^ k roy^J 1 t1^ h ^s h a S rosuh'of i tlSit' d Bake^^aiglm^l sk ^ t il OV became the proud mother of a baby boy. one of her radio FMBRACF.ABLE YOU. I’M GLAD pcionuance “thrilling’’ and said! having her arrangement duplicated : has been copied, the record has LJtheiJSegroes in tjie cast include

JirotrramA scheduled the following tunes, “Little Man You’ve 1 il was , a ‘-owI-sthTing rocltal." Idown to the hist voice inflection parsed the fKKfOOO sales mark. If..,) A P-, ... n.,,, •• ••vn "eu,. ^ONG end II S C KA/.i. Another paper, the Statesman, hv \nss Gibbs Currently, the thrush is on

ll’uL xr • V/Vi: e V U ^ U ’ AH 1 he Pretty The rhythm section includes asserted, “The singed gesture ol ‘ DigU drew up a bHl designed to with Nat 'Kins’ Cole’s rhythm ^es. Dick J^ne, AlphonsoJVHl-

u nite Horses. W e assume the baby Wti? tuned HI ... It IS not Clifford Brown, trumpet; Paul goodwill in coming to India will create a federal commission to and hues review, every clav that a writer Of singing commercials gets to hear “Vice-Prez - ’ Quinichett. tenor sax; not bo restricted to the concert ——

a P '^%er S h. w .2 m „ro stops. LEONTYNE PRICE IN CHICAGO

Symphony Orchestra recently recorded a jinjrle ,-he wrote "'IVniis isn't'uip hottest best-s,-ll- carton!"Ttw^onamSSlon'b«<an CONCERT OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC for the purpose of promoting the Fine Arts drive in Cincin- er ol the year, we ll oat this col- in 1871 at Fisk University in Nash- CHICAGO iANP) — Soprano inanzen.” The concert of contemnati. The lingle was 58 seconds long and also used 8 voices unin ' Sarah s artistry integrity ville. Tern. Leontyne Price participated in a 1 porary music was no field new for sineinp the lyric. Who knows, maybe people will start listen- ^ " oh "' rl "" , k nf “T S ,h< ’ Si in.? durmp the commercials and talking dnrintr the shows. rhythm sots her olf perfectly. To lh ,'.’ a p!.‘ r n l ' l ?';v n f,‘;“ ( l l :,r ;; by "'M.ss'priee "torted"soSe'‘rt the composers.

•CLOCK' in •Jl-NGLE* . . . The Bill Haley recording of hear it is to buy it. tEmArey' .. ^ ^ nrtmit s^,Sns In 5 ' .. Items used thromrhout the . "> '-p. the “Vtco Prez" ‘he. IXI.otL Symphony <h.

MGM movie.

Walter Davis, Newell Teabry. Jack

Currem 1 v.The"thrush is on tour {^. v ''* ar d;. Uly^es Harris. Norman

Kones. Dick Lane, Alphonso Miller. Charls Perkins, Henry Teet Allen Willias. Mellon Gaines. | Carols Newman, Marion Jones,! Ray Martin. John Arrington and !

Don AlvLs.

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city’s finest musicians in a con-! Chicago s most exclusive musical

Miss Price joined some

tv’s finest musicians in .. , . _

W movie™"Th/ Skioanl J^le'^a m^f^r^ is iePm)^ ftn^o.^eS, ^Itr^i ^ ^ ^ '

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a hit on Deceit Records earlier in the year. “Blackboard ‘«w_is one of the rising meteors 1- \\ conductor of the Chicago Sym-’ uxs angeli

«* iwc-v»i vi.-. *:*ii jic-i iii uuc ecu. niivcivuuiii'u ' w “'' v.' f tvitHTf'oi.' conductor of the Chicago Svm- ANGELES (ANP) — The •Uinyle'- is a movie concerned with the complexities fl'aciny "" " H ’ jazy - sccrictoday^AUhouch p ar!1 ,‘ „ . phony orchestra, and members of i rhythm and blues eraee has hit teachers dealiitjr with problem teenaprers m S ShShTcrnHW “-MidO Brm inX the ireh,percussion section, AUetka. L'X’nw v/vi-D Mi'uiZ' ..rr -t .. on fhe album t utiued Moods nun ana oniy m me seconci move- \gtH. pr-i/-,. tnn^ the world nremierc Pronxite's here have lined up KNO\\ ^ Ol R Ml SIC . . . Hail Columbia was the his confreres have their say and ment does he drop his guard. “Rus- Q^Jt'iii.cyivvs KiUmaver's “I orca Ra a series of bookings for Lop artists 1’1’st genuine American song, both as to the words and music, best feature is the cool sound and f/an Faster by the composer of ^ ' ,for brief stints in the territory . It was written as a march and was first named “Genera! b,on , din " of the vanous mstri ’ cX^'To^V-inturin^ 1 ^ 0 o* -Kivr— rm f to HA vF* Roy Milt<>n and his 80114 Washinyton’s March." Later it was called “The President's m \ n ^, n ., thoV ^ Ql „ nk . h . frt mZi ’o^'Russtan Orfho^ •>« «*- ^ » engagement m

Washington, recorded that it was composed in 1781) by u t . te ull o ont( . studied at Tennes- 1 Easter - The mating work, unforClerman named Fayles, leader of the orchestra for the Old St ,* State, are Herbie Mann, flute: ! l imately. pales in compa'ia. >il

Among those joining Quinieh- j t! 1 , 0 * „ l . U i ss,an i t,rtrio ! ; . lox REGUI.AR TV SHOVt [Anchorage next week and Earl i

a.-r-it- , » w - r> i v- . ' Bostic and James Moody and their’

,, . - . , 'ORK 'ANP.-Nat King ;orvhe «tr* will appear in Alaska!

New York to be inaugurated. Mr. Custu, the adopted son Ot Sir Charles Thompson and Jimmy ' OOre O Kafhnn t i • • It nr tt^hav^h^^ow^ nex^rk during the summer. March” and was played in 1780. when Washington came to Prists: and Harold Wing. til , ri^lfn art hS ^en^el rision show. > A / iIton ’ s rl h'ih John St. Theatre in New York, where George W’ashingfo*.- Man^^’H^ue^ndo^^ diiuns' leased, the artist doing pi-okoftev’s The grapevine here has it that ^sti^yet I to > invade Aiaska' S but tirnt heard it while attending the playhouse. bongs and what ha^ou. Quhicv {TRST VIOLIN CONCERTO and CBS will announce shortly tb.-K it on

THIS \\ KEK’S STAR OF THE COLUMN is none other Jones has done the writing and ar- ; SYMPHONY. It Cole has bt^n signed tor a w othail mv old friend FRANK GOODWIN well known hind ranging here and one side of ' i>ddl ^. ult to conceive of anyone a-week show v, lurh ui!l be^u n uian ni\ in iiienct r n.AA tv txWV tuyt lAi, well known oust- , 12 -inch disc is entirelv Latin- not ^ e,t,n R a hang out of the Lale the fall. ness mail, conservative dresser, philanthropist and sports American and/or Afro-Cuban in and t ^ lc Prokofiev, not as sunny The only other Negro who came enthusiast. Mr. Goodwin has been a fixture in Indianapolis flavor <EmAicv> as ,,1< ’ “ s > r mphony". is deeper, close to having a regular TV show for many years and at present is owner Of the Goodwin Realtv ^ ' voulf l be the height of some- " loch more intense and musically show was Hilly Daniels. *ho had Comnanv North f'anitol Tve • h‘i< ro«innnflorl fit thing or other not to mention ’ satisfying Mil.stein. collab- a brief stint on AB< , U . ' * . .. " :. 1 f ” cHWay.-i 1 esponxied to . Other artists in the “cool” orat,n fMo r the first time with the It is rumored also tha4 gospel I charitable requests from all races, creeds and colors, never manner, who have equally choice ^!' ^ ou ' s symphony, is impeccable, singer Mahalia Jackson may get turning down a worthy request. Frank, formerly owned a fare fir you record fans. One's Os- r ?. h . 0 reproduction is superb. (Cap- a rot urn show. She already has use car lot located at 21st and Capitol Ave., plus the opera- car Pettiford. bassist, cellist ex- 10 ' a Chicago TV show

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The ea^v-romping excursions on SEXTETTE. GOLDEN TOUCH, EDGE OF LOVE (on which x he plays both cello and, bass simultaneously; it’s easy, he played the j bass first and dubbed in "ihe cello i part laten, plus the originals! CABLE CAR. RIDES AGAIN and ! TRICTATISM. are enough to make | .\ou clamor for many more. Sidemen for this cool session are I Julius Watkins, French horn; Char- I les Rouse, tenor; Duke Jordan.! piano; and Ron Jefferson, drums I

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Same label has a “Peter (Brown) \ The Great Sextet” Lp which lit-, (■rally astounds us. Brown, an alto, ; leads a group composed of Joe • Wilder, trumpet: Wallie Richardson. guitar; Wade Legge, pianp: ‘ , Gene Ramey, bass; and Rudy Collins, drums, in a fashion which at times makes us think of the late John Kirby and his chamber music swing combo of years back, and yet, it is completely unlike (in other portions! anything we’ve heard before. This, his first album. is definitely a choice one. Pick up on THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU. I CAN’T iBELIEVE YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE. TEA FOR TWO. plus originals, USED BLUES and DELTA BLUES. The ! Brown sound a la Kirby is noticeable in the up-tempo’d numbers

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MURAT THEATRE, SUNDAY, MAY 8,3 P. M.

Pop and Jazx Concert Starring

BOBBY HACKETT UNIQUE TRUMPETER of JACKIE GLEASON RECORDS AND ORCHESTRA OF 25 Conducted by RENATO PACINI Also the Montgomery-Johnson Quintet Jazz Specialists Tickets Now at Ross and Babcock Travel Bureau. Claypool Hotel Lobby. $2.75, $2.20, $1,65, $1.10

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