Variety (May 1926)

Wednesday, May t6. 1986 - -• ■ ■ ■ ■ - m»»■ MUSIC VARIETY DISK REVIEWS By ABEL artist with the hit Bones from I nlng." -What Good Is tJood Morn- "Song of the Flame." In which the mg' r* is the companion piece, also prima donna Is featured. The so- a distinctive dance tune, prano Is assisted by the Russian A» i Hallett is back on his New Brg- Choir and registers well on the wax. | land tour and proving" the biggest itinerant ballroom attraction in that Warner'. ftauM* i rM , r _ i territory. While In New York the ( Th«. r.vi.w .f n.w r«ord. .- Mgrwfd .. t. mat,.* .nd th. I *»_«£.A.Ojough Byron WanMr IKI"rtrSM^tS!^^^?Sr% ^u. .r»i.t. on ..eh Ub.< .r. ,roup.d u„d.r . wmm.n h..d.) _ ^^TiSSt V5T ^"Si «™£ r^.UTa^^'h" VICTOR ..u.tatolng th. recording through- «P«*. «nd .toe. U>e 8.v.n »H "u^Sl .ale. opportunltle. a. . yen'out FAGAN'S CABARET Band man to Give Rochester Rest Cafe First A -canned" dance music remena-I A « xlp ToeB .. couplet na8 both fersnos left behind by Psul Whits- Mlaa Rea and Mr Baur wltn ^che,. inin and his ultra Jazsltes, while ^ accompaniment, duetting "Look- •hroad *»MMnsj foreign fngage- j for a B .. and . Nlghly Night.' BsntsT are , *T««tin' Down in Ten- I Ajld the line-up does out. "Georgian na" (No. "Lulu SeHe" and r, No Fool- well by prestige. HoVev^thVVand^S |* ^ audiences nightly, really co-operative, with Tom Bran _____ non as its manager, and in time the OKEH Warner name will be eliminated. Vincent Rixzo and Ms Hotel tyi All of thjs Is incidental .and PTel-I vani* Orchestra (Philadelphia) are t « Anera OX tnai umne, wiiu ui- Ttf«w Vnrk nnpr^ftA nrrwliirf lrtn com- l_ . «_».v»« » I loreign composition, aiso OUiifU lor Sto Poolin " by Gene Buck and 3KJ_J* W_?n* DroducUon ' 00111 Orleans Owls, from the Hotel Roose- | a production—-''Great Temptations" iSamie Hanley. a heritage of Zleg- pletes *** l>acl t>pg - velt, N. Y., doing "The Owl.* Hoot." La an interpolation-^and makes a •"TJi. ..r>_i—. Beach Nlanls." \ m . - __ la local dance hit and well knewn in felds Palm Beacn nwm._ _| ^ blossomai forth ss that territory through radio broad sax soloist on No. 3060 with 1 CM ting "Dinah" and "Forever and Ever 1 The vocal chorus is present in 0$ o Foolin*" as well as on both distinctive d number. The Peerless Entertsiners (Crox- ton - Harrison • Csmpbell - Meyer) now I seemingly have Victor's permission Sides of the first mentioned Dixie lth y .. b th melody numbers of. - ... . 0 „ ©ouplet. Instrumental^, all are done ^ f a t ore d bv Krueser In turn Th# California Ramblers," with eonslderabie synco-symphonlc i^lJjJ d.« C e ^LJLtl^ on No back at thelr Pelham Parkway. N. to record elsewhere, this quartet Sit on par with the past proved £44 !ffe« ^ Indian Y - lnn ' bearIn « their name. follow- being exclusively signed with Vic- Wh^temanstandard. I * u " oners i^o-naa, an inaian | tw% „ _ l> , ln(M v>i^.i^« I ¥« "ni«*<mn<iv" -«<i "Tamiaiv mptif fox-trot, and We're In Love," the "As Long as band leader's Jssse Cr «^°^» * h J > ,^ h f 1 . flf'^ 6 * reed solo standW out also, his organ stuff pretty in the popular -Always" and Dinah'* •couplet Mr. j^^f ln8tance c f a soloist with Crawford dresses the ditties up with danoe ^ d eaaaying a ^, lo record considerable Instrumental > inlnga, and sells the pops symphony. lng a winter season In Florida, are 1 tor. In "Burgundy" and "Tamiaml back In the record fold. "Climb the 1 Trail" the Peerless Quartet asserts Highest Mountain" and "Under | Its recording finesse in great style Ukulele Tree" are typical of the O P. school of dansaptatlon. trim- like a Is Charles Ksley, the sympathetic tenor of Abe Lyman's Cslifornia Orchestra, who offers "After I Say VOCALION The Vocalion. ally of the Bruns- wlck-Balke-Collender products, is I'm Sorry" and "Don't Wake Me going after the "hot" recordings on Come Wsring's Pennsylvsnisns, up, M both excellent numbers for his I a large scale, making Vocalion an the Jaszical sheiks of the movie the- type of voice. The Lyman band, as (outlet for honest-to-gosh Negro Original Indiana Five, under Tom Morton's direction, waxes beaucoup "hot" on No. 40699 with "Pensa cola" and "Hard to Get Gertie." This quintet are dance-hall favor- ites and are effective with torrid fox trots on the disks. atres, and ring up a double score a dance organization) has its oppor- with 'In My Gondola.'* coupled with tunlties with "There's a Blue Ridge "Just a Cottage Small," the latter ln My Heart, Virginia," a potential the John McCormack ballad sensa- hit song of clever construction. The tion. It makes a.colorful fox-trot melodious "Burgundy" Is the back- and young Tom Waring'B vocal re- | | n g- # fraln does not mar tho rendition. Another Waring release. "Someone to Love." Is a waltz on No. 20018. with Edward J. McEnelley's Ore hat- trs backing up with the fetching In the Middle of the Nipht," a dis- tinctive composition by Billy Rose and Walter Donaldson, which re- posed for two years in the Berlin, Inc-r safe before given a chance. syncopation. The following have JEmerson Gill, back ln Cleveland, his native stand, recorded "My Bun- been selected for their unusual d i e c f Love" and "Rhytlun Rag" in merit ln that field. Chicago. Gill, and his Castle of Being of similar calibre with ln- Paris Orchestra, as they are blllled strumental treatment, varying only aro consistent dance hits on the with .the type of number, nothing okeh label and evidence their in more need be said about them other strumental skill in this couplet than a recounting of the titles. Thus No. 1010 has RusselPs Hot 8ix sizzling with "29th and Dear- born" (Jones) and "Sweet Mumtaz,' anew. Jssk Smith, "the whispering bari- tone'* of radio fame, now in London, warbles a pair of novelties ln "Poor Papa" and "Don't Be a Fool—You FooL" Smith -is the songster of whom Art GUlham (Columbia rec- ord artist and radio, favorite under the billing "the crooning pianist") Phil Ohman and Victor Ard«n f the crack pianists who came to pro- duction attention in two Gershwin I ^* "'/V^f-^-^ *Q^'^"^i^IV» I Another Chicago entry. Merritt musical*r-"Lady Be Good." of last £™' <Jj «S «^iriTSXr Brunies snd HirFrisrs Inn Dsnce season, and "Tip Toes." of current S7h?^2rtl? £ ??mIE Shu^n/ Band, click with a novelty dance Offering-have taken a dance band ot ^^S^MJ^ H^^uS^ couplet, which has Lew King vocal unto themselves for novelty rendl- L. ^°,™ e ^.T. h ^iRvSlST ili h^t Uoloing a chorus. The numbers are tion of coking for a Boy" ^W^iJ^ <™ Toe..; Naturally, the IIh^nS^ut M^ln t£e ISg? h ralni ™ Men! " dual keyboard stuff features, but | ^ JoW ^^^^ aBe antl Rochester, N. T., May 24. Ray Fagan, the orchestra leader, will give Rochester its first real cabaret next month when he opens Ray Fapran's Plantation ln tho old Gardiner Homestead. Fagan plans a combination country club and cabaret and will book in cabaret performers from New York. Fa- gan's orcheslr. is ln Rochester for tho summer after engagements in vaudeville and Europe. The Gardiner Homestead com- prises five acres of land and has 21 rooms. It will be remodeled. The groundti will be given over to several tennis wourts. gardens and a large parking space, gardens and of offering patrons the privileges of a country club without the country club dues. ACTS B. A. Rolfe, the orchestra leader, has aligned with/the Amalgamated Vaudeville Exchange on a tentative arrangement for the production-of flash and band acts for Amalga- mated routing. It's a new idea being tried out and the conductor of the Palais D*Or orchestra has been given space in the Amalgamated offices. Since Rolfe's advent into the Palais D'Or, the Edison recording company has signed him as the ace band attraction and contemplates exploiting him as well as their records on a large scale. Hereto- fore, the Thomas A. Edtson, Inc., has been very conservative with their record business. tho dance version is not made mon otonous by overplus on the ivories, and In truth is a well-balanced dance arrangement. St. Vitus deflers. King Oliver's Jsxz Band, whose fame has percolated Into white man's circles time and again, hall- _ ..... ^ _w. l»K from Chicago, admits they're Rsy Miller, because of his Detroit and «s n «g It" on No. .... _ ..... .retreat, has been absent from the 1007 SH3!!S!!!_5Lf Qr JffSP^/il? 1 ?,.?. 1 ! 111 !' I dtoka for «ome Ume. However, he 1 10 % # Three Jolly Mlhsrs (banjo. infrfngement Both work alike, in " M ™° *~ ^"Anv come-back wit^ / n# T m#r lw < . 7°' •nMsed /ashlon to piano accom- a T X P sftuf?" wi»te5 sneaks 21**°^?* cta !?JJ e &. h V,? th Sl r ^ MBtrnMifhiit hnth Mn HnM thAir I S' 0 " 1 !* Your stuff, wnich spoans i d | g0 fiffjings with "Pig Alley Stomp" paniment, out bom can noia their ♦ ]f vnr maiodv contrast. «dmi„„u... t>i.,^.m /xf« um^ own, so £ question of similar bill- ing is comparatively negligible. Qeorge Olssn's frequent oppor tunlties at Victor recording, made for itself. For melody contrast, 'Sign of the Rose" Is included. and "Ridiculous Blurt" (No. 16269) and "F Minor Blues," coupled with ."Chicago Back Step" on No. 15271. Ben 8eivln, who has been building I These, too, are ultra torrid, a society rep while at the Century Sonny Clay's Plsntstion Orch«t- ^iSl XrnVr^^nnSL to't^ I theatre night clubs-firstly in tra, with "Plantation Blues" and ^tJSS^S^JXSSS^SS ni-SS **• DaJMment at Parislana, nee -Chicago Breakdown." complete the 2!!L JSKl ^ bori t0 T. le * 71? S f 1 ! Che* Fyshor, and now atop the Cen- instrumental offerings. stoUoned permanently at the Hotel tury at the Cafe de Paria—handles VocaUy (Miss) Tsddy Peters, with SSSSKrJtr" d J!L-5l!S ,l iL i~ hla Utest " smartly as "Georgia Man" and "What a Man." SSSivfr wLSS^LSS^JIS JS. ever - The numbers. "Under the pours forth her African eulogy of JSSSi ZPXT ? T .1 Ukulele Tree" and 'If I Knew I'd certain choice males ss only a "blue J^iVif? % % £* abundan f e of op £Jf: Find You," both with vocal chor- mama" can express it Of the same -^^.T^w! 1 ^, 1 !?^..^^ I U8ea ' aro smoothly scored for mel- | order, Ads Brown, running more to Spanish sheiks, croons it wickedly with "Tla Juana Man," who is glor- ified as being a great "rider" and always a tonic for her souL Those lyrics are wows! This is coupled with "Panama Limited Blues," also by Miss Brown, who has a piano- banjo-reed trio accompanying in- strumen tally. On No. 1002 Violet MoCoy with the Dixie Trio admits her "Charles- ton Blues" and "South Street Blues." exceptional scores in the 'Who and ody f OX -trot purposes, the tunes not "Horses recordings; for instance, being broken up too much through and maintains a good pace in "She's needless instrumental ad libblng. a Corn-Fed Indiana Girl," by Fran Prey, Eddie Kilfeather and Maestro Olsen himself, all of the band* Frey and Bob Rice, the vocal aces of the Olaenites, also contribute vocally In this smart dance rendi tion. On the reverse, Elmer Schoe bel's "Too Bad," a "hot" Jazz classic, completes the couplet No. 20029 has Olsen doing "The COL 11 1: OA Another society dance favorite, Mike Msrkel snd his Orchestrs now on the Columbia label, delivers handily with ^Birdie" and a torrid back-up in Joe Tarto's "Black Horse Stomp." Tarto Is Vincent Lopez's bass player, and from the Girl Friend," the hit number" of the I Casa Lopes this stomp has spread musical of that name by Lorcnz around and become a popular dance Hart-Richard Rodgers. The same I number, vocal trio which has plugged this number on the radio also figure. On I Blossom 8eeley v r disk comeback the reverse, a new Victor band, Sid has her accompanied by dual pianos •yonsy's Orchestra, clicks with in "Spanish Shawl" and "Round Could IT I Certainly Could," by Jack About Way to Heaven." Both are Tellen-Milton Ager, a brisk dance better known as fox-trots, but lyrlc- aumber of not too "blue" order. | ally appealing, particularly the first, which is seldom voiced around, al- From Detroit, Jean Goldkette and though one of the season's out- Jjis Orchestra favorably impress standing dance tunes because of Its with "Gimme a Little Kiss" and unusual scoring by Elmer Schoebel, lonesome and Sorry." The exag- also the composer. The "Heaven" torated Instrumental osculation is I song is frank "lift" on a Negro out one of the novelty points In an | spiritual. a cIevep **rangement. The sec- ond ditty is more melodious and I Ted Lewis has four numbers— •••y flowing;. Vocal choruses also "Drifting and Dreaming," the Ha- ore included In both. I waiian fox-trot, which, if handled „ , by a large publisher, would become ..Hot" stuff Is the keynote of No. a sensation, and Irving Berlin's W023, which has Fred Hsmm't Chi- "Monkey Doodle-Doo" (Cocoanyts") jazzists doing "Sugar Foot comprising one couplet. "I Found JKonip," a corking "stomp" of ap- a New Baby" and a Byron Gay nov 55f ent _ Negro creation, which is the|ty, "No," are the other renditions. "Drifting and Dreaming" has a standing offer for $20,000 from a larger firm, the present publisher, however, holding on, believing he can "make" It himself, as he did with "San," this same firm's last big dance tune. "I Found a New Baby," by Palmer and Williams, Is a follow-up on their "Everybody Loves My Baby" hit. whyfore of Its excellence as a "hot number. On the back Art Landry's orchestrs has "Slippery Elm" (Boyd center) for an assignment, and this, too, Ir beaucoup torrid. BRUNSWICK A wealth of production songs have oeen recorded by Brunswick. Vir- ••njs R«« and Frsnklyn Baur In solo *nd duets, accompanied by Walter "Mnechen's Brunswick Hour Or- "■••trs, are the recording artists. *lss Rea's soprano, accompanied by * mixed chorus, first handles TjAnd of Romance." from "Castles J the Air," and "I Dare Not Love y ou," from "Princess Flavla," in ex- ••"ent fashion, her rich soprano HABM0V7 Joe Cdndullo, from the Everglades (N. Y.) cafe, Is a Harmony record newcomer with "Bass Ale Blues," which is a Memphis Five standard. Candullo clicks with this, snd "The Hobo's Prayer" as a backing. Harvey Marburgsr snd his orches- trs are another new dance band on Harmony. Their "Somebody's Lonely" and "Don't Let Me Stand In Your Way" are excellent intro- ductory on their behalf. Psul 8pecht, now in England, has recorded well up ln advance pend- ing his return. "Honey Bunch" and "Let's Grow Old Together" (No. 619) are melody foxes with singing chor- uses, both well done. but Kosts makes hor record de- en Columbia as an exclusive Vocally and Inst rumen tally, two more new recorders are Will Osk- land, tenor, radio prize winner and "the works" at his Chateau Shanley. and Rubs Bloom, piano soloist. Oakland's "Let's Grow Old To- gether," which he co-authored with James Brockman and Ira Schus- ter, Is not to be confused with the Bob Nelson song of the same title, which precipitated a squabble In the business between Brockman and Nelson. The latter's song has since been taken over by Shaplro-Bers stein. Regardless, Oakland's con tra-tenor registers neatly with "Gone" and "Let's Grow Old." Rubs Bloom, who has officiated as piano accompanist for many disk "names," mostly female recording artists. Is now "canning" his own solo compositions. "Soliloquy" and "Spring Fever" are his first two and very good. Msl HsHett's version of "Only You and Lonely Me" (Jesso Greer- Ray Klages) la corking- The num- ber Is a hit possibility, of novelty construction, and painstakingly scored by Hallett for his "oan EDISON Msnuel Romsin from vaudeville and picture houses Is a new Edi- son tenor. His debut entries are sentimental ballads, "I Wish I Had My Old Girl Back Again," a Yellen- Ager-Pollack offering that looks like another "Wonder What's Become of Sally," backed up by "Am I Wasting My Time On You?" Romain does his stuff well. Jack Stillmsn's Bsnd, "house" or- chestra, has been prollflcally en- gaged accorded to the following sex- tet: in "Somebody's Lonely" and Roses," Arthur Fields Is featured as the vocal artist on No. 61734. "Valencia" and "Lulu Belle" and "For Heaven's Sake" and "Bur- gundy" are the other couplets. All are dsnceable and acceptable St ill- man products. Frank Braidwood, the "Cowboy tenor," with Irwin Dash at tho piano, has an odd way of talking his fox trot ballads which will never do. He lends the impression of being unable to sustain the melo- dies, particularly since "After I Say I'm Sorry" and "But I Do" are rather lilting. Dave Ksplsn, the piano accom- panist for the Happiness Boys, is augmenting his stuff by recording with his own orchestra for Edison. "Tamiaml Trail" and "Oh You Lulu ffelle" comprise -a couplet, well handled by Kaplan's novelty band. Sibyl 8anderson Fagsn, picture house whistler and recording" stand- ard, has an ensemble with her in "Alahammy Cradle Song" and "Someone to Love." The whistling is pleasingly augmented by violin, piano and celesta accompaniment. Earl Oliver's Jszx Bsbies are com paratlvely new on the records. This Oliver is not to be confused with King Oliver, the colored Jazz expert, although Earl's aggregation almost defy distinction from a native prod- uct in delivering "blues." "Jig Walk," a corking Chraleston, Is cou- pled with the novelty "Horses" (By- ron Gay-Richard A. Whiting), both making excellent fox trots. AbeU UNITS FOR BALLROOMS A new Idea for ballrooms Is to bo tried out by the Alf Wilton office. Jack Hern has booked Windsor's Vanities," a 19 people unit, carry- ing two regliiar advance mon and publicity agents to supply to min- utes of entertainment for ballrooms, split up into two 15 minute Inter- vals, including 'The Capital Oc- tette," a fashion show with four mannequins, showing lingerie and fashionable gowns, a cabaret-revue, dancing contests, eta Between en- tertainment periods the musicians supply tho regular dance music. The fashion parade Is usually tied up with local merchants. Tho second unit on tho ballroom circuit will be Larry RelUy's All- Irish Frolic, with a similar operat- ing scheme. Both unit; aro now being booked in ballrooms by tho Wilton office. Geo. Brown Relieved Of Alimony Payments The New York Supreme Court doesn't think much of Rose Brown's chances for successfully suing George Brown, musician and drum- mer, for a legal separation. It has refused to award temporary all- * mony and counsel fees. Mrs. Brown waited 7 V. years before starting suit on an alleged desertion in 1918. They have an 11-year-old daugh- ter, Beatrice. Brown proved ho contributed toward her support and that the wife was running a modiste shop successfully. First Ballroom Band In 'Picture Houses Phil Romano and his orchestra, at the Roseland Ballroom, New York, are to double Into metropoli- tan and outlying picture houses. This is the first time a ballroom band has been enlisted for the firm theatres. Romano has aligned Jockey Fran- cesco, night club dancer, for his pic- ture house act. Roger Kahn'ft Bookings The Roger Wolfe Kahn office has been spotting dance bands around for the summer, under George D. Lottman's direction. The choice Hotel Rltz-Carlton, Atlantic, City, engagement will have a nine-piece Kahn band, ueaucd by Abe Effig, this summer, in conjunction with Gus Edwards' revue. Tho Hollywood Inn, West End, N. J., snd the Winston Inn, Sea Gate. Coney Island, will alpo hold Roger Kahn bands. Nat Cbalken has associated him- self with the Kahn office as a band booker. AB GREEN FUBLISHIHG Abner Greenberg, part time law- yor, and part time songwriter, nasi now turned part Ume music pub- lisher. Under his nom-de-plume of Ab Green, Greenberg is conducting his music business. Tho lawyer - songwriter - music publisher was at one time using the pen name of Abbey Oreene, but has latterly switched to Ab Oreen as a nom-de-plume, SUMMER SUBSCRIPTION to "VARIETY" $1—3 Month* 8end remittance with same snd sddrest