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b ut she can belt out too. However, she
is no jazz singer, as the notes imply, and
her interpretation of "jazz" material is
sometimes more contrived than amusing.
N. H.
Mimicry & Jolson's Ghost
• FOREIGN AFFAIR featuring
FRANKIE LAINE with Michel Legrand
and his Orchestra.
Laura; La Pa lo ma; Si tu partais & 9 others.
Columbia CL 1116.
• THE S'EVEN HILLS OF ROME­
Sound Track featuring MARIO LANZA
with Orchestra.
Italiano Calypso ; Temptation; Come, Dance
With Me & 7 others. RCA Victor LM 2211.
• I'M SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE
WORLD featuring Norman Brooks with
Orchestra, Van Alexander condo
April Showers; Toot Toot, Tootsie; Swanee
& 9 others. Verve MGV 2091.
Like Dr. Samuel Johnson's celebrated
remark about the dog who could walk
on its hind legs, it isn't a matter of how
accurately Frankie Laine sings in four
different foreign languages or Mario Lanza
imitates other popular singers, but that
they are able to do it at all. Mr. Laine,
it must be admitted, does quite well,
though he makes the words sound as if
they were somehow being squeezed out
instead of sung.
Camusel and 0 1' Man River, but his approach
is a bit too D iamond Horseshoe
for the likes of T he Surrey With the
Fringe on Top and Septem.ber Song.
The Norman Luboff Choir offers
straight, tasteful interpretations of choral
numbers and of songs primarily associated
with soloists. Of particular interest is the
seldom heard Irving Berlin setting for
Emma Lazarus' eloquent p oem , Gi.oe Me
Your Til'ed, Your Poor, first sung in Miss
Liberty.
S. G.
Happiness Tunes
• RAZZ-MA·TAZZ featuring PHIL
MOODY and Nick Fatool.
Oh You Beautiful Doll ; Curse Of An Ach ing
Heart; Hello My Baby; C hicago; Smiles &
19 others. Urania UR 9009.
The titIe gives tI1is one away. There
are 24 old favorites, ranging from "H ello
My Baby" to ''I'm Just W ild About Harry,"
played by Moody, a two-fisted honky
tonk pianist, with the aid of drummer
Nick Fatool. There is absolutely nothing
h ere but happy sounding music for the
rumpus room birtIlday party or the fraternity
house weekend. It's well recorded.
R. J . G.
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Among the singers Mr. Lanza impersonates
is the above-mentioned Mr. L aine.
There are also Perry Como and D ean
Martin and Louis Armstrong, but Mr.
L anza's full-lunged delivery is hard to
disguise. In addition to this jolly routine,
there is staple pop and operatic fare, including
a hollow sounding Questa a quella
from Rigoletto, and the mushy Arrivederci
Roma.
Another vocal mimic is Norman Brooks,
but this boy is more of a professional
"schizophrenic." His voice bears an uncanny
resemblance to Al Jolson's, and he
has cashed in on this by apparently devoting
his entire repertory to songs made
famous by the late Mammy singer. If
you'd like to hear what Jolson might have
sounded like in hi-fi, here it is, but it's
pretty weird.
S. G.
Grand Manner ed Broadway
• GEORGE LONDON ON BROAD·
WAY with the Roland Shaw Orchestra.
Oh, W ha t A Beautiful Mornin'; They Call
The Wind Maria ; 01' Man Ri ver & 9 others.
London 5390.
• BROADWAY featuring the NOR-
MAN LUBOFF CHOIR.
New York, New York; Another Op'nin', An ­
other Show; Once In Love With Amy & 9
ot hers. Columbia CL 11 10.
Both encased in covers depicting similar
Times Square vistas, the George London
and the Norman Luboff recitals offer
choice samplings of the Broadway musical
stage from Show Boat to My Fair
Lady. London's rich, booming tones come
across impressively in the Soliloquy from
• TABOO - The Exotic Sounds of
Arthur Lyman.
Taboo; Kalua; Ringo Oiwake; Sea Breeze;
Misi rlou ; H ilo March & 6 others. HiFirecord
R 806.
The title song, Misirlou , and Caravan
are tile only familiar melodies but melody
is not the point here. The attraction is
pure sound. T his LP was recorded in
H enry J. Kaiser's new Aluminum D ome at
H onolulu's Hawaiian Village Hotel. The
group includes piano, bass, dnmls and
vibraphone, plus Latin rhythm instruments,
bird calls, conch shells, the sound
of waves and divers other intriguing
noises. Enough jazz feeling is present in
tile performances to give a slight rhythmic
lift as well.
R. J _ G.
SP Variations & Others
• RODGERS-HAMMERSTEIN II:
SOUTH PACIFIC featuring FRED WAR­
ING and his Pennsylvanians.
Capital T 992 .
LES BAXTER and his Orchestra.
Capital T 1012.
PERCY FAITH and his Orchestra_
Columbia CL I 105.
LlBERACE at the Piano with Orchestra.
Columbia CL I I 18.
• LOEWE-LERNER: GIGI featuring
Gogi Grant, Tony Martin & Dennis Farnan's
Orchestra,
RCA Victor LPM 1716.
DAVID ROSE and his Orchestra_
MGM E 3640.
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