Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1964 — Page 12
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12—The Indianapolis Recorder, Mar. 14,1964
Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Stevie Wonder In Motortown Revue at Circle April 7
Believe Me . . . When I Tell You
Marvin “Pride and
By BOB WOMACK SR.
A few columns back we printed the results of The 1964 DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE’S POLL WINNERS. This week we take great pleasure in giving you—THE 1964 PLAYBOY MAGAZINE’S JAZZ POLL WINNERS.
The most popular stylists are listed as follows:—TRUMPET: Miles Davis, A1 Hirt, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong; TROMBONES: J. J. Johnson (Indianapolis musician who has won every poll in the country, also Paris), Ka. Winding, Si Zentner anu li^u Liuoi.mever
ALTO SAX: Cannonball Adderley and Pa.il Desmond; TENOR SAX: Stan Getz and John Coltrane; BARITONE SAX: Gerry Mulligan; CLARINET: Pete Fountain; PIANO: Dave Brubeck; GUITAR: Charles Byrd; BASS: Ray Brown; DRUMS: Joe Morello; MISC. INSTRUMENT: Lionel Hampton; FEMALE VOCALIST: Ella FitrTcrald: MALE VOCALIST: F rank Sinatra; INSTRUM E NTAL COMBO: Dave Brubeck; VOCAL GROUP: Peter - Paul - Mary.
Marshalltown, Iowa. He conducts a wake-up session called “CoffeeTime” from 6 to 8:30 a.m. daily plus the swingingest jazz show in the Middlewest, Saturday afternoon.
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The Playboy disc jockey of the year award went to Barry Norris, KFJB,
SOME YEARS BACK the Theatrical Department ran an annual City-Wide Recorder Jazz Poll using only local talent. Plans are in the making to resume this affair in the very near future. Dort’t you think that this would be a good deal? . . . The winners would receive trophies and a certificate of merit at the Grand Ball . . . Why not, drop us a line letting us know what you think of the above happenings? . . . Your letters could start the poll rollin’ ... Believe Me! . . . WE THANK Willis Dyer, band-leader-salesman for the Schmitt Music Co. for his kindness extended the Recorder Staff and Yours truly, before the recent organ concert of Don Baker, noted organist, recording and motion picture star. The entire concert was played on the beautiful new CONN ORGAN. Willis is the first and only Sepia salesman selling the Conn instrument in the city. Incidentally, the affair was held at the Broad Ripple High School Audi*™*him.
headlines the Motortown revue with all top stars at the Circle theater Tuesday, April 7, for two shows—7:30 and 9:30 with all seats reserved. Tickets are on sale at the Claypool Ticket Agency in the Claypool hotel. Mail orders are NOW being accepted.
Why not contact him first when in the market for a new-used organ, etc. Phone: WA. 4-1368 or home: WA. 3-1029. Many music teachers were present to hear the big sounds of the mighty Conn. Mrs. Crystal Jackson of the John
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Augmenting the bill are: Mary Wells singing ^Two Lovers,” “You Beat Me to the Punch”; “Little Mr. Fingertips,” “Stevie Wonder,” 13-year-old blind recording artist, Marvelettes, 6 girls, chirping “Please Mr. Postman” and “As Long as I Know He’s Mine”; Martha and the Vandellas, “Come and Get These Memories,” “Heat Wave,” etc. Also the “Temptations swinging with “The Way You Do the Things You Do”; Bill Murray does the emceeing with Choker Campbell and his big orchestra giving out with those swingy tunes. Remember, this is the same show that packed ’em in a few months back when they made their first appearance here at the Murat.
Hope Grade School stated that “she really enjoyed the recital very much.”
DEATH LAST WEEK claimed Fred Wisdom, 61, pianist and one of our best musician friends. As we think back to the early 30s when the Avenue was really jumpin’—all the talk among the nite lifers were: “Let’s go to the Cotton Club and hear the Wisdom Bros. Combo. The cats are jumpin’ like mad.” Notforgetting, “Georgia Boy,” the great entertainer now retired and living in Louisville, Ky. The combo was under the coleadership of both Fred and his brother, Walt, who wailed ‘much trumpet’ along with Kelly, the drummer-man out of Ohio. The rest of the sidemen sat in at different times making the crew the best in the city. There were jam sessions each and every afternoon and night except Sundays . . . Believe Me When I Tell You These Things. I was there. During the 40s after the termination of the Cotton Club contract the brothers went out on their own with Fred becoming a member of Bob Womack and his Continued on Page 13
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CUMlNts I U ClKCLfc: Mary Wells and Martha and the Vandellas are just a part of the big musical package— Motortown Revue, coming to the Circle Theatre Tuesday, April 7, for two shows at 7:30 and 9:30. Other top stars on the bill are: Marvin Gaye, the Marvellettes, Martha and the Vandellas, the Temptations, Little Stevie Wonder, Bill Murray, M.C., and Choker Campbell and his big orchestra. Tickets on sale at Claypool Ticket Agency. Mail orders accepted.
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"To Kill A Mockingbird" Starring Gregory Peck At Walker Sunday
An important milestone in the career of film star Gregory Peck took shape at Universal studios when Peck starred in the PakulaMulligan production, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize novel.
His performance as “Atticus Finch,” the Alabama lawyer and widower who teaches the pitfalls of injustice and prejudice to his two growing children, marks the first time in 31 starring motion pictures that Peck has appeared on the screen without any romantic vis-a-vis. Neither wife nor sweetheart will share a single scene with him in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” scheduled to open Sunday at the Walker Theater.
“And yet,” says Gregory, “it is one of the most beautiful love stories ever to be made into a film. It is this magnificent relationship between father and children that made Miss Lee’s novel so great, a spirit pronounced simply and honestly so that all would understand. It is the love expressed in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ that made it a best-seller for almost 100 straight weeks, achoice of a record-breaking four book clubs and a sale that is reaching toward five million copies.
JAMES BROWN ‘Mr. Dynamite’
himself: “How does he do it? How can one person have so much drive and energy and talent?”
Brown and his complete and exciting revue will be presented in two performances Friday, March 27 by the popular Defiants Club. Show time is 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at the Murat Theater. Tickets are available at the Claypool Ticket Agency.
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