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paniment by a Benny Goodman style
swing band led by clarinetist-tenor soloist
Hucko is nostalgic, but it is also pleasant
and light in an almo'st amateur "girl next
door" sense. A thoroughly enjoyable job.
Fountain's LP ( he is the clarinetist currently
featured with Lawrence Welk) is
good, representative Dixieland small band
jazz, performed with two sets of musicians,
one from Hollywood and one from
New Orleans. Fountain does not dominate
the llIoceedings, but when he does
play h e shows himself a strong, vibrant
and interesting clarinetist. Dixieland fans
should not miss this.
Scobey's band, with the exception of
two tracks (a fine, swinging Hayes vocal
on Cake Walking Babies and a rocking
instrumental on Woodchopper's Ball ),
never seems to make up its mind whether
to be jazz or pop. In his bid for a wider
audience, 'Scobey has lost sight of the
musical goal which gave him his 'start in
the first place. The results are spotty at
best.
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• JOHNNIE RAY IN LAS VEGAS
with Orchestr a.
Shake A Hand; Just Walking In Th e Rain;
Yesterd ays;' Cry & 9 others. Columbia CL
1093.
• SOMETIMES I'M HAP PY featuring
JILL COREY with Glenn Osser Orchestra.
Whe n My Baby Smiles At Me; Bye Bye
Blues; Nobod y's Hea rt; Better Luck Next
Time & 8 others. Columbia CL 1095.
• JO ANN MI LL ER-UNR E­
STRAINED! with Benn A rden Orchestra.
G ood little Girls; Whe n The W o rld Was
Young; No body's Sweetheart; Am I Blu e &
9 others. Audio Fidelity AFLP 1864.
In recent years Johnnie Ray has become
an exuberant night club entertainer in
continual demand throughout Europe as
well as America. This recording made at
the Desert Inn in Las Vegas features a
characteristic Ray program of his own
past hits, standards and a couple of rocking,
quasi-gospel numbers. What may
be lacking in musicianship and sensitivity
is more than offset by his throbbing fervor
which is a continuance of the Sophie
Tucker-AI Jolson entertainment tradition.
Just you try to resist the excitement of
the "jubilee," I'm Conna Walk And Talk
With My LO'rel!
Jill Corey on the other hand, is an
innocuous girl. She began several years
ago in a style marked by a lilting simplicity.
She since has become an eclectic in
search of an individual manner. One half
of her newest album consists of standards
sung with an attempt to satirize the
"Roaring Twenties" style. Miss Corey and
the band soon become tiresome in this
vein. The other side finds Miss Corey
ranging in delivery from cuteness to ordinary
sentimentality over sighing strings.
Greater emotional projection and musicianship
emanate from the person of Jo
Ann Miller whose voice also has more
body. She is most convincing on ballads,
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