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Buzz in' 'Round
with BILL GOTTLIEB Photos by the Author
Gimmick of the month was Riverboat Jazz on the Hudson. Promoters Hodes and Blesh engineered the deal and it should be with us tor quite a while. Acoustically, the set-up has severe limitations, what with everything crowded against a noisy engine room whose throbs couldn't stay on the beat. On the other hand, it has such virtues as serving as a swell excuse to get some of the cats out into this fresh air they'd been reading about all those years. Shown most prominently below the roof of life-belts are the gentlemen Dodds, Marsala and Nicholas. James P., Pops Foster and the rest of this almost inseparable group fell overboard before the shutter
snapped. . .
According to the Down Beat poll, the hottest musician in circulation these days, at least among present or recent side-men, is trombonist Bill Harris. He's unquestionably the biggest draw 52nd St. has had the past halt year. What with business on the Street better now (June) than it's been in almost a year— despite the hotbox condition of the swing cellars— this is indeed a tribute to brother Bill. And so, ladies and gentlemen, 1 present Bill Harris.
Music aside, there's something about dealing with musicians from day to day that makes you think about becoming a shoe clerk or anything else that would take you from the music biz. Such would not be the case it all musicians were like Al Hall. Here's a guy that s not only a good musician ( there're plenty of these) but is also punctual, ambitious, articulate and altogether wholesome. This ex-Carter bassist, who has become a specialist in backing vocalists, has branched out into fields in which you'll seldom find a jazz musician. He has his own little record company, Wax, and is currently in the pit band of the Broadway show, "Barefoot Boy With Cheek." This last is quite a trick for a hip character and is something of a Jackie Robinson distinction, too.