Variety (Jul 1946)

44 ORCHESTRAS-MUSIC Wt-ilnesdny, July 10, 194fi Bands at Hotel B.O.'s Mood M u. ll:iinl lluh'l Nat Brand wynne*. Biltmore (liOO; a la carte) Carmen Cavallaro.Astor (850; $1-$1.50> Leighton Noble... Waldorf (550: $2) Klliot Lawrence ..Pennsylvania (500: $1-$1.50)... Johnny Pineapple*Lexington (300: 75c-$.1.50) Joe Reichmah.,...Roosevelt (400: Sl-Sl.aO) Chuck Foster ... .New Yorker (400: $1-SI.o0p ..... _ • Asterisks indicate a supponino. floor «hou>. New Vorker has ice fhoto, Lexington; an Hatyniian floor show; Biltmore, Dunmnper. Los Angeles Freddy Martin (Ambassador; 900; $1-S1.S0>. Holiday crowds and influx or visitors hiked this up to 4,600 covers. Ituss Morgan (Biltmore: 900: SI-S150). Even over wartime levels with inighly 4.800 covers. Chicago Tex Bcneke (Panther Room. Sherman hotel; 950; $1.50-$2.50 min.V Alvir.o Roy closed Thursday (4). Tex Beneke with Glenn Miller's orch in Fridav (5) to round out average 4.400 week. llenrv Brandon (Beach Walk and Marine Room. Edgewater Beach hotel: 4 600 combined; $1.25-51.50 admission to Beach Walk; Marine Room, 50c- 75c cover charge, no minimum I. First week of perfect weather for the outdoor Beach Walk contributed to a record cash take from 13,000 payees. Sherman Hayes (Walnut Room. Bismarck hotel; 465: $1.50-$2.50 min.). Up a bit to 3,100. Ernie Hechscher (Mayfair Room, Blackstone hotel; 350; $1.50-$2.50 nun ). Sicadv 2,600. Ted Straeier (Empire Room. Palmer House; 590: $3-$3.50 min.). Down again to 5.400 after a jump last week. Orrin Tucker (Boulevard Room. Stevens hotel; 650; $3-$3.50 mm ). Good ft.liOO. Shapiro-Bernstein has begun cor- raling a staff to operate the new Mood Music Co., set up in partner- ship with Decca Records to exploit tunes from Columbia Pictures' scores. Ralph Smittman has been taken on to work in N. Y„ with other contact men not yet desig- nated: Julie Losch has been hired to handle Mood's interests in Holly- wood. Dick Voltter, S-B exec and presi- dent of the new firm, will supervise the Mood staff. On the Upbeat Location Jobs, Not in Hotels (Los Angeles) I-rankle Carle (Palladium Ballroom, Hollywood. 4th wk.). Doing nicely with 20,000 admishes. . Henry Busae (Avodon Ballroom. Los Angeles. 2nd wk.). Encored 11,000 entrants, okay. Tiny Hill (Trianon Ballroom. South Gate. 4th wk.). Finaled to sad 2,aa0 customers. Lecuona . Cuban Boys, Eddie Heywood (Trocadero (nitery) Hollywood. 1st and 5th wks., respectively i. Latin show opened late in week, so only drew 2.000 for both Troc rooms. Down to a good 5.800 (CTiicaoo) Gay Claridge (Chez Paree: 650: S3-S3.50 min.) after two months of record biz. Del Courtney (Blackhawk: 500: $2-$2.50 min.V A neat 4,100. Henry King (Aragon; 90c-$l. 15). Down to a fair 13,000. George Olson (Trianon; 90c-$1.15). George Olsons first week adds up to a smash 18,000. Buddy Shaw (Latin Quarter; 700: $3-$3.50 min.). Nifty 4,300. Olman Explains Big 3 Not Sacrificing Pops For Motion Pix Songs New York. j Editor.-' Vakikxy: There have been so many con- flicting reports concerning the fu- ture operation ot The Big 3. I Rob- bins. Feist and Miller] I feci the following lads should put an er.d to all rumors. For one. there is a popular fallacy that picture song commitments have limited this organization's scope. Actually, in the next few months our three companies have three picture songs on schedule compared to five independently 'written songs. Fu- ture plans indicate that the ratio will remain on that level and that we shall always be working with freelance songs as well as studio products. Better liaison in the future be- tween our publishing firms and the motion picture studios will help build good-will among studio writers and producers and, subsequently, with freelance writers. Closer co- ordination between publisher and studio will prove to be of mutual advantage. In the standard and educational music divisions, we propose to con- tinue on a widespread scale as here- tofore. Pruning "waste" production costs - for poor-selling items is not a measure of economy. The funds saved'in this manner will be applied Gene Krupa will one-nit« through New England. July 14-21.. . .Jimmy Lunceford heading for Hollywood for a WB musical short... .Count Basie set for Columbia waxing session In August. Frankie Carle, current at Palladium, Hollywood, has added a quartet, "Sunrise Serenaders," to combo.., .Garwood Van band holding forth At postwar-reopened Arrowhead Springs hotel, Calif... .Earl' Hines' bund flipped from Frisco to Hollywood to cut four sides for ARA.. . .Freddy Mill-tin opening his own music salon in Ambassador hotel, Hollywood, on July 16. Maestro has been dispensing the music in spot for more than five years.. . .Eddie Safranskl, bassist with Stan Kenton, awarded plaque by Perc Herman Jazz Foundation, of San Francisco... .Al Donahue set for three weeks at Plantation, Dallas, starting July 10 Jimmy James' band, current at Sherman's, San Diego, inked into Rainbow ballroom, Denver, for three weeks commencing Sept. 6....Arthur Van orch set for run at Rio Nido. resort north of San Francisco, starting July 29 Joe Liggins' Honeydripper orch inked into Los Angeles' vaudfilm Million Dollar for July 16 stanza, and following week at Lincoln, colored house in same burg . Toplining the Lincoln bill week of Aug. 27 will be Duke Ellington.' Billy Butlerficld orch set for four weeks at Avodon ballroom. Los Angeres, opening Aug. 14 Eddie Beale combo opens tonight (Wed.j at Streets of Pairs, Hollywood nitery... .Ken Carson has joined Spade Cooley's new brasscd-up western band as singer, replacing Tex Williams, who has formed own oatuning outfit.. . .Chuy Reyes' Latin layout set for Mocnmho. Hollywood, for two-month stand. .. .Kermil Beercamp, former manager of Rainbow ballroom. Chi. has become assistant manager under Dick Gabbc at Casino Gardens' ballroom, Hollywood. . . .Freddie Slack band sol for'validate at Golden Gate, San Francisco, starting July 17. Orch. which recently bought release from William Morris office, now man- aged by Maurice Duke. .. .Dale Pcarcc, Bob Crosby trumpeter, leaves combo next week and has signed with Boyd Raeburn crew. Also joining latter is alloman Willie Schwartz Stan Kenton band set for four weeks at N. Y. Paramount, starting Dec. 2 Crew will topline a package put together by Carlos Gastcl, Kenton. manager, and will include King Cole Trio an'd several specialty acts as yet unset. Gastel reportedly will get $13,000 for the bill....Bob Crosby set for month at Avodon ballroom, L. A., starting Oct. 4.. ..Xavicr Cugal will one-nite at Hollywood Bowl Aug. 31, slicking a session with full symph orch, and then directing own Latin combo in a couple of specialties. .. .Frankie Carle making a Universal short, doubling from the Hollywood Palladium. . Trumpeter Max Kaminsky joining Eddie Condon's jazz combo in letter's Greenwich Village nitery....Chucho Martinez, Mexican tenor, has new eight-side ARA album release Musicraft signed deal with Arthur Mur- ray for waxing dance instruction disks to be released bi-monthly.... Ella Fitzgerald to wax album of children's tunes... .Erskinc Butterfield paclcd by De Luxe for minimum of 20 sides per year....Miguelito Valdcs waxing 10. sides for Musicraft during current Coast dale at the Club Brazil. Louis Armstrong orchestra into * '. : Band Box, Chicago, for four weeks July 19 Henry "Red" Allen band heldovcr at Kelly's Stables, N. Y. ... Bill Turner's International Boys Or- chestra into Rip Tide Club, Calumet City. III., tonight (Wed.) Mindy Carson new vocalist with Harry Cool orchestra at Glen Island Ca- sino. N. Y.. John Kirby orchestra resigned 'with Associated Booking Corp. and opens at Earle theatre Top Tunes for Your Books An All-Time Favorite DON'T BLAME ME Music by .. . JIMMY MeUVCH Published by BOBBINS Jack Lawrence Wins $2,500 ASCAP Boost, Nick Kenny Nixed ! One songwriter won out and a:i- 1 other was rejected last week in rc- quests lor classification boosts before ihe director board of the American Society of Composers, Authors and . Publishers. Jack Lawrence was jumped frorrs class B lo BB. The dillerence amounts to about $2,500 a year. He had aslicd lor an A rating. Nick Kenny, N. Y. Daily Mirror i columnist, was the one nixed. WW. t lo increased advertising and promo-I Philadelphia. Friday (12) with Billy Jtlon. I Kyle back on piano, and Buster Baih/v (Hi clarinet, two of Kirby's I members. Furthermore, we interu 10 contin- ual!;, expand a:.c exploit stand- ard bf.'i tC'JCc , l;o:-:..j f)Ut>:.Ci>ti'/j!.-. with ov.-r 200 alr'-atiy xche/.i..■'.<) \-A Jy,j'r.'■-„-'• Pto- fes.-io.'.t; act. v.ties di;ec:ed at pro- mot i:: 2 popular ar*d standard songs w.!l be heightei.td, not lowered. Ir. belief we shall continue to: Piomolc both picture and free- lance songs. Build up our ed- ucational and. standard divisions. Use savings ■ from "waste'' pro- duction lo increase advertising and exploitation of old and. new material.' Abe Olmuii I General Mgr. of Big 3 o: Jiiiunv Joy's, band into Kenny- v. ood l\rrl:, Pittsburgh, lor couple ol vec-ks... Jon Walton, formerly v. ill, Benny Goodman, has quit unit of his brother. Harry Walton, at Mcrcur Music Bar in Pittsburgh to go with Tommy Noll band at a rival spot. Sonny Miller's Cafe. Harry Boles is replacing him on sax and clarinet. .. .Tommy Tucker orch plays a one-nightcr at Kenny- wood Park in Pitt on Tuesday (9) . ...Lee Kelton and his WJAS, Pittsburgh, stall band go to Pines for summer weekend dancing ... "Matinee At Meadowbrook." CBS 7HF. SONG WAT MAVf BANANAS -AM0USH ,{\ hour - show Saturday afternoons from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, drew a 6.2 Hooper . . . Decca re- leasing Al Jolson album Aug 1 . . . Jack Egan leaving Alvino Rcy band to set up own office on Coast to handle Dorsey work, et al . Red Allen-J. C. Higgenbotham band into Kelly's Stables, N. Y. for four weeks . . City College, N. Y.. Centennial Committee posted $100 for an orig- inal alma mater or marching song . . Richard Gilbert named musical i director of RCA-Vietor Red Seal la- bel . . Phil Braunstein, N. Y.. ac- countant for number of name bands, hospitalized via gall bladder opera- tion. Jimmy drier band, current on Calalina Island. Calif., is forming pub firm . . . Lionel Hampton set lor four weeks at Trianon. L. A., starting Sept. 3 . . . Bob Fellows' band set for month at El Cortez, Las Vegas, Ncv. . . . Ray Baudue musicrcw signed by Warner Bros, for spotting in "Stallion Road" . . . Lawrence Wclk's family moved from Chi to Hollywood, where maestro has been playing five months . . . Tecn- Ager.s band inked into San Diego Naval Base . . . Gene Rowland re- joined Stan Kenton as arranger. Eddie Metcalfe, out of service; former singing-saxman with Tommy Tucker, and Jack Walton organized a combo tor society dates in and around Pittsburgh Gus Dolfi band renewed for three months at Oasis, Pitts. . Rodney Davis, organist-pian- ist, into Keystone Hotel cocktail lounge in Pitt for an indefinite run ...Ernie Nefl' had lo quit organist's berth at Blue Ridge Inn. Pill, after two weeks due to pressure of stafT duties at WCAE. mh A'i/\c:;(,*-'/\'/'! :)AU'i\: /■<;0^'f';';.',i;.;:Y (■.:,! WIU.lArA VV/SGES :. rds iC EMPIRF : Band Review JOE REICHMAN ORCH Willi Toni Arden, Tommy Mercer Roosevelt Hotel, New York Joe Reichman's first trip into a major New York spot in a number of years finds the keyboard maestro with a lot on the ball. His all- around band seems lo be exactly the type which consistent visitors to the Roosevelt's Grill desire, and the re- sult is one of the best summer lures the hostelry has experienced in years. Re'ichman brought only 12 pieces with him from his long sojourn at the Los Angeles Biltmore—four sax, four rhythm, three trumpets, one trombone. This combination, bcll- wcthered by Reichman's excellent piano interludes, turns out particu- larly smooth dance music, though it's immensely satisfying from all view- points. It works over all tempi styles, too, doing particularly well with latin rhythms. Not the least of the band's click here is Reichman s ingratiating personality. Both singers do neatly. : Toni Arden rides smoothly through ligl' 1 rhythm and novelties, and Tommy Mercer is ditto on ballads. Wood.