Variety (Jun 1935)

66 VARIETY ^ll»l€-^NITE CLUBS Wednesday, June 19, 1935 Disc Reviews By Abel Greeii Rhythm Is the dansapation vogue these days. The klda have set the standard and a flock of rhythmania is on the wax to flU the market, limited as it Is. Willie Bryant tees olt with Victor 25045, 'Long About Midnight' (Irv- rng MllIs-Alex Hill) and 'Jerry the Junker' (Clarence A. Stout-Clarence Williams), beautillul jazzique. Glenn iller orchestra on Colum- bia 3051 has co-maestro, Smith Ballew, pinch-hittlng with the vocal In 'A Blues Serenade' and 'Moon- light on the Ganges.' New Orleans Rhythm Kings give out 'Sensation,' a o e-step, and 'Bluln' the Blues,' an old Dixieland Jazz Band favorite. In a 193G ver- sion of the 'Dixie style.' Ljecca 464. Okay for hoof. More New Orleans, Louis Prima and his N. O. Gang on Brunswick 7.448 with futuristic Jazzapatlons of 'Chasing Shadows' and 'The Lady in Red,' the latter a rumba fox, but you'd never ku w it as Prima plays and warbles It. Zutty and his Band beaucoup c'ncaplionous on Dscca 465, with 'Bugle Call Rag' and 'Royal Garden Blues,' 'time-honored Jazz faves; Noisy but If it's rhythm that you want—! Art Tatum, the almost-blind col- ored piano-tickling genius, evidences some of that intricate Steinwaying on Decca <0S with 'The Shout' and 'After You've Gone.' Just pianner solos, but you can'almost dance to' 'em and the last word in ultra-193B rhythms. Tatum was the wow of show-wise New York at the old Onyx cliib beilore'lt was burned down, just as Prima, now holding forth at the Open Door, another W, 52d street (N.Y.) nitery, is the current musicians' musician. Russ Morgan (Columbia 3050) burns up plenty of 'Midnight Oil' (by Russ Case) and 'Tidal Wave,' companion piece, is another Jazz deluge. Morgan-Trask co-composed. The boys sure sizzle. Glen Gray and the Casa Loma ore are more conservative in their rhythms on Decca 463 with 'Chant of the Jungle' and 'Cotton' (Pee Wee Hunt vocals in the latter) but evidence anew their influence on the rhythm school of American dansa- pation. . Duke Ellington is always the Duke. Brunswjck 7440 couple 'Ad- miration' with 'Merry-Go-Round,' as ultra in their Jazz style as anything done before by Ellingtonltes. , Doreey Bros, and their orchestra (Decca 409) wax 'Dese Dem Dose' and 'Weary Blues.' more up-to-the- second foxtrotology of the type the Westchester bander-outers and the campus' crowd goes for. Dorseys are a bit- smoother, but as ever dance- effective on No. 47C, with 'Chasing Shadows,' the Silver-Davis hit, and 'Every Single Little Tingle of-My Heart;* Bob Eberts and Kay Weber offlclate vocally, respec. Clyde McCoy ore revives 'Whis- pering' (Schonberger)' backed by another oldie, 'There'll Be Some Change Made' (Rosalind Marquis vocalizes this un) and-dishes forth a nice brand of dansapatlon. Decca 461. Vocals The warblers also have their in- nings. Gertrude Niesen on Colum- bia 3047 waxes, pash with Sam Cos- low's hit, 'In the Middle of a Kiss from 'College Scandal,' and Iri lighter vein does 'Latin from Man hattan,' another picture song. Pinky Tomlln, something of a Hollywood vogue these days, doesn't panic on Brunswick 7377, but pat ently has been recorded to fill the ROBBINS'CHATS Pnriloii Our Knuiid !lIioulilerii —It'H front Tiiklni; UnwM ou: "YouVe All I Need »» from ^fotroN production. "Kscnpnilu." A (jreiit Hons; liv (iVS K.AIIN, ItRONJS- ^.^^\ kafek nmi avai.tkr .ICKMANN. 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Helen 'Morgan also . clicks on Brunswick 7424 with two fllniusical enti'ies, 'Taken By Storm' (from 'Dizzy Dames' by Alter-Heymann) and 'The Little "Things You Used to Do,' from the Jolson picture. .Bakaleinikoff and his orchestra lend capable Instrumental back-upperlng. Decca has another novelty, on No. 473 by the entire stock company .doing 'Way Back Home' on both sides under the divers treatments of Bob Crosby, Johnnie Davis, Ella Losan, Tuno Twisters, Cleo Brown, ensemble and Victor Young's or- chestra, repeating the same stunt which Jack Kapp devised with 'You're the Tops,' one of Decca's top sellers since that company's been in business in the U. S. A' novelty parlor vaudeville record combining the talents of an impos- ing roster of talents who essay snatches of the song theme in hand. Bob Crosby, alumnus of the Dor- sey Bros, orchestra and recently heading his own dance combo, works solo on Decca 472 with Life Is a Song'.and 'Kiss Me Goodnight,' aided by the 'Victor Young orch. He has Bing's vocal style and profi- ciency and bids fair to emulate his more famous brother. Here Come the British Columbia 3062 imports from Lon- dcm 'One Night in Napoll,' evidently patterned aftef 'Isle of Capri,' as done by an unusual combination, the London Piano Accordion Band, un- der direction of Scott Wood. It's a tango fox, with vocal refrain. Back- up is the muslcianly Henry' Hall's orchestra doing 'When t Met My Girl in the Rain,' English tune, likely also for international con- sumption. Ambrose and his music via Decca 467 offers 'I'm on a See-Saw' from 'Jill Darling," London show, coupled with an American show, excerpt. 'You and the Night and the Music,' from 'Revenge with Music,' slow foxtrot. victor has seen fit to couple Jack Jackson and his orchestra'from the Dorchester hotel, London, with Richard HImber and his Ritz-Carl- ton hotel orchestra. New York. It's been done twice. Victor 25042 has Himber recording his own composi- tion, 'Time Will Tell,' paired with |How Can I Hold You Close Enough.' Love Mo Forever,' waltz from the RKO film of that name, by Gus Kahn - 'Victor Scliertzlnger, Is on Victor 25049, done by Himber, paired wUh another waltz, 'Faith,' recorded by Jackson in London. Peggy Coch- rane is the Londoner's vocalist; Stuart Allen with Himber on the vocals. Both thoroughly competent recording Jobs: Ray Noble (Victor 25040) re- courses to Gordon-Revel's 'Paris- in the Spring' for the title song and Bon Jour Mam'Selle,' two melodic foxtrot ballads in the smoothly dis- tinctive Noble style. Al Bowlly again offlcintes vocally per usual. Reisman-Duchin-Green, et al The dance stylists have been very prolific these • hot months, possibly \n anticipation of the dog days to come. Leo Relsman has fashioned a seasonably sprightly pair.of fox- trots on Brunswick 7421, titled 'In the Merry Month of May' and ^lowers for Madame.' Phil Duey vocalizes and also okay. As nice for Just listenin' as dancing. Eddy Duchin, a former Relsman diHciplo and his pianist at the C P Co,sino, offers 'The Rose in Her Hnir,' waltz, and 'Outside of You,' fox. both from WB'a 'Broadway Gondolier' and both by Al Dubln and Harry Warren, and does "em with Hu; usual Duchin eclat. Lew Sher- wood again vocalizes and Duchin again scintillates with his keyboard tempo direction." Victor 25057. Brunswick has moved Johnny Green off its' Columbia label into tlK' truly elect and on Brunswicl 7441 this Comooser-maestro show, off instrumentally and foxtrottingly with 'A Mile a Minute' and 'Care- free.' Green features his keyboard dexterity to good advantage and Jimmy Farrell assists vocally. Kay Kyser from the mldwes puives that a little novelty goes ; long way and in short order cap tLived the campus kiddies' interest with his smooth dansapatlon. It's evidenced on Brunswick 7449 with If My Love Could Talk' and 'Think- ing of Yoii,' waltz and slow fox re- .'■.pec, with Messrs, Arthur Wright and IN (Smiling) Stol;er ' getting on-tho-wax introduction by Kyser he aKsay.<; his vocal solo, just one of this band's little tricks in style. Kyser is the maestro who sings his titles eschewing the orthodox an- nouncements, and it's lieen enough of a novelty variation, besides his basic dance style, to Impress him. He e.ss.ays it on the wax also. This Is his first for Brunswick. Ted Fio Ritb' Is another who Is painstaking about his arrangements, Brunswick 7446 with 'You're All I Need' from 'Masquerade' (by the Imported composers, Kaper-Jur- mann) and 'Love Song of Tahiti' from Metro's 'Mutiny on the Bounty' (same tunesmltbs) are unusual fox- trots under the Flo Bito baton. Shadows' and 'Seein' is Believin,' Muzzy Marcellino and the Debu- tantes vocalise. Hal Kemp rings the bell with 'You'ire an Angel' and 'I'm In Love All Over Again,' both by McHugh- Flelds from 'Hooray for Love' on Brunswick 7429; 'The Image of Tou' and 'What Would You Do—Mr. Moon?' No. 7434; and 'Thrilled' and 'Middle of a Kiss' on No. 7437. The same .utiuBual Kemp-harmony style in the brass and reed work distin- guishes these highly danceable fox- trots. Maxine Grey, Bob Allen and Skinny Ennis vocalize.. ■Tom Coakley and hia- orchestra have come out of the-west like maTny another subsequently name band and show their stuff to favorable advantage on Victor 2B058 -with 'Just an Ordinary Human' and 'Rainbow,' latter, Harry Archer's unusual fox- trbl ballad. Carl Ravazza oTIlciales vocally. The rumba-tango fans' have a couple of pips on Victor 25048 by Xavier Cugat's Hotel Waldorf- Astoria orchestra with 'Cancion de Cuna' (Cradle Song) by Eduardo Bianco, talented Cuban composer. It's a tango with Yotanda Nirrus, Berrios and ensemble featured in some unusual vocalizing. Reverse is a Mexican waltz, 'La Mancorna- dora,' one. of the prettiest of that type of nationalistic composition^ and Berrios and Gonzales are labeled for the vocalizing. Oh Brunswick. 7443 is Albert So- carras and his Cubanacan orchestra with an extraordinary rumba coup- let, 'Africa,' by Julio Brlto, which starts off in waltz style and then into a smooth maracas rhythm, paired with 'MasabI,' another dis; tinctive composition by R. Ravelo Friol. Some beautiful sax passages in solo' stand out in the Socarras style. _ Enric Madriguera and his orches- tra couple 'Love Song of Tahiti' with the rumba, 'The' Gauoho,' from Fox's 'Under the Pampas Moon." Victor 26046, and in the usually svelte style of the Madriguera rhythms and orchestrating. Guy Lombardo shines on Decca 454 and 466 with 'Alice Blue Gown,' the old 'Irene' waltz hit, and the contemporaneous foxtrot,- 'Seein' Is Believin', with the Lombardo sax style getting in Ita smooth innings. No. 466 is 'Lonely Feet' out of an- other yesteryear ' musical, 'Sweet Adeline,' paired with 'Ninon,'Kaper- Jurmann'8 smart foxtro tune. Lat- tcir. are a pair of expatriated Ger- mans now in Hollywood on filmu- slcals and evidencing a destiny for American distinction as tune fash- ioners. Carmen Lombardo is promi- nent vocally througiiout. The Ozzie 'Nelson fans have a wide selection to pick frorh on Brunswick. No. 7425, .'Latin from Manhattan' and 'Quarter to Nine,' both out of 'Go Into Your Dance'; No. 7426, 'Ordinary Human,' with Harry Woods' strong foxtrot ballad, 'I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again'; No. 7433, the Scotch novelty, 'Whistle in the Thistle* with 'Sweet Flossie Farmer,' hoke waltz; and No; 7442. 'Every Little Moment' and 'Ninon,' about as complete a gamut of the smart Nelson dansapation as could be desired. The maestro is most prominent vocally, although Harriet Hllliard has a couple of favorable audible opportunities. Henry Tliies Suicides Henry- Thles, 41, committed suicide June 12 in Cincinnati by shooting as his wife ahd 19-ycar- old son awaited him at the dinner table. Thles was maestro with WLW, Cincinnati, joining the station after many years of conducting his own orchestra. Music Notes Bernhard Herzmansky, president of the Austrian isongwriters and publishers society, back to Vienna last Friday (14). Dr. Hans- Gei- rlnger, his associate, is prolonging his N. Y. stay. And No Hair-Pulling Ames, la., June IS. When the Iowa Bandmasters' as- sociation met here for their annual convention a sizable audience wa? given a treat with the first day fea- turing a'concert by musicians every one of whom was and is a band di- rector from some section in the state. There were 35 h.aton-wavers in the concert band. Givot in Nitery George Glvot booked for the 'Royal Frolic cafe, Chicago. Indef stay starts June 21. KAUFMAN'S TOTJE Lebanon, Pa., June 18. Whitey Kaufman and his Victor recording orchestra playing at the Gretna; Gables, Mt. Gretna, near iiere, Is taking to the one-nighters July 1 for an extended tour. Kaufman|s new combo numbers 16 , and features Gayle Preston,' femme warbler. RosB-Fenton Farms, As bury Park, N. J., reopens June 22 for the summer. Lita Grey Chaplin, Ar- thur Brown, Burns and Farney and Pepplno and Rhoda comprise the new floor show. Ralph Williams of Chicago and his 14-piece orchestra debuted at. St, Louis last week on S.S. President, excursion boat, to run all sumnier. Franz Waxman signed-by Univer- sal to write the score for 'Diamond Jim Brady.' Johnny Mercer and Matt Malneck turning out the tuijea for .'To Beat .the Band' at Radio. Crawford and Caskey are the new dancers at the Hotel Pennsylvanio, N. Y;, with Vera Niva added. Jack Denny's orchestra continues. Frances Maddux succeeds Dcly- sand Clark at the -Savoy-Plaza hotel,. N, Y. i Judith Ford and dancers into the Boucho Villa Venice, Chicago, for il6 weeks. Angelo Ferdinando switched from ihe Great fforthern into the Mira- ,mar Pool, N. Y., on July 1. Ted Flo Rito and Albert Von Tilzer sold 'Roll Along' Prairie Moon' to Metro for use in 'Here Comes the Band.' Ted Lewis starrer. Baroness Monica Henkl opened at the Place Elegante, N. Y. as a chanteuse. She comes from the •Kaiser Bar, Vtennese night club. Frances Stevens Joined Jack Denny's band at the Pennsylvania hotel, New York. Ruth Barnes into the Lincoln Inn, Chicago. Beverly Roberts, featured piper at the St. Moritz, New York, get a new indef ticket. Irving Rose now at Jack Demp- sey's New York hashery. Gus Kahn finished his commit- ment to 'The Girl Friend' at Co- lumbia and moved back to. Metro. Jack Robbins due back at Metro after ogling the musicals back east. Princess Chiyo opened at the Normandle, New York, last week immediately after closing six-week date at the Hollywood restaurant. Oriental dancer later goes to the Kit Cat Club on Merritk Road, L. 1. Morrie Hoffman's ork playing at the Lake View hotel, Averlll Park, N. Y. Don Loper's orchestra has suc- ceeded Phil' Bmmcrton's 'Diamonds aboard the Paradise, Troy. Floating night club Is also booking special name bands for Saturday and Sun- day dates. Rex Gavitte's ork Into the f>lace Elegante for summer. Castle Theatre Music Hall will be opened in Long Beach by Max Rud- nick June 28 as theatre-nltery. Dancing on stage after show and- tables spread alround house for eaters. Four Noblemen into the Ambas- sador hotel'.s, N. Y., summer garden for cocktail hour. Lust at the May- fair in Cleveland. Larry Durant's orchestra take:> stand at Seven Gables, Milford. Conn., succeeding Lake George- bound Eric Peterson's band. Allan Small goes to the Sun and Surf Club, Atlantic Bench, L. I. Tyros in N. 0. Niteries New Orleans, Juno 18. Amateur craze has spread from the radio stations to the night clubr; here. Spots have set aside one night s week for the slmon pures, offering the winners prizes ranging from - rt week's engagement to cash ami Werchandlse orders. Whiteman's $2,500 for Grocer's 1-Day Shmdig • Paul Whitoihan la booked to make two appearances for the Kroger grocery chain in Grarid Rapids, "June 24. Stand calls for a concert in the local ball park in the after- noon and an evening of dance music in one of the Grand Raplda ballrooms. Band ia gettlntr $2,500 toe the date. Grocery syndicate will restrict the'night-event to an Invitation list composed of employees and friends, but it hasn't decided oh the admlsh- ■angle 'for -the concert..-It is' cort- siderlng ' making tiqketa to the' latter, available-, to those buying some particular product that the. chain , is trying to boost. Nitfi Club Reviews HOTEL ST. REGIS (NEW YORK) Johnny Green and his orchestra's debut on the Socony commercial Friday (14) made the CBS turn-out at the St. Regis roof a gala occa- sion. Green's smart dansapation, with the composer-pianist alter- nating, between the' Steinway and the baton, showed to brilliant ad- vantage against a distinguished background supplied by an excep-- tionally ultra turn-out. Mario and Florlo, ballroomolo- glsts, and Marjory Logan and Johnny Farrell as vocal specialists, were augmented by Virginia Verrlll, 18-year-old Califorriia warbler, brought east for the CBS Socony commercial. She's regularly at the Hotel Blltmore roof, but made a- personal click at the competitive St. Regis as one of Gx-een's guests. New to Niew York, and known only in the profesh 'as the wocal doubler for Jean Harlow in 'Reclcless,' .she'll , get beaucoup attention before long. Nor will the radio commercial retard her chances, Mario and Florlo are a terp pair who progressed not a ■ little since last seen months ago. Their stylo is smoother, they have acquired the- very necessary exhibition poise and sartorial polish which is the more accentuated in the field o'f sophisti- cated baalroomology, and, besides, have Improved their routines into big-league proportions. Miss Logan and young Farrell are standards with Johnny Green on tha air. disks and dance engagements, having -been favorably commented- upon before. Their good Impression lingers. St. Regis roof remains apart from ine 'popular' mldtown roof gardens In that the patronage Is obviously more discriminating and the cater- ing possesses an air of old-family retainers rather than tlp-snatchlhg waiters. Maybe from the waiters' viewpoint It's not so much to be de- sired, as, witness the episode of a couple of pseudo-'bloods' who signed their check (seemingly house guests) and, despite the 25c. tip they left, got themselves more than generously bowed out of the place. However, that's an exception rather than a rule. It is to be hoped—for tho sake of the waiters', union, any- way. Ahel. CLUB NEW YORKER (NEW YORK) Hector's Club New Yorker has been doing all right with the social- ite songstresses. For months Lois (Pease and) Elllman, daughter of a pi-ominent New York realtor, made tier social bunch pay a fee for what she probably gave out gratis In her- parlor—a planolog routine. Now the suave Hector repeats with Beatrice (Tlmmy) Dobbin, of the faculty of tire exclusive Foxcrott flnlsiiing school in Virginia, who commanded a blue-blood turn-out at her debut that %yas probably tops in the num- ber of Social Register recruits in any one nite club. Long one of the town's best oases. Hector's-has kept abreast of trends and the times by readjusting his tariffs and catering along ultra- modern lines. When Eve Syming- ton (Senator 'VVadsworth's daugh- ter) did so well at the Place Piouallc, Hector got Miss Elllman, who, incidentally, returns in the fall about the same time that Miss Dob- bin resumes on the Foxcroft faculty. Timmy Dobbin is a hotcha school- marm giving out pert songs to self- piiino acccinip In a fetching fashion. Slie'd be especially effectivo on the ,iir, but in the Intimacy of the Club Ne'w Yorker she works sans mike (a good idea) and chit-chats with the customers in friendly fashion. Jlmtiiy Ko'gcr.s. a vet in the smart bars, Is the relict artl.st, also at the ivoi-ies, anrt Jack .Meyer with a Meyer Davis combo continues dis- pensing highly danceable dansapa- tion. A6cJ. Jimme Lunceford ork one-nitlng through New England for Charles Shrlbman.