New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00230
1963
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In The Wings
By DAVE HEPBURN
Mr. Benjamin Peay (Brook Benton to you) of Cam
den, S.C. is out to get himself a brand new image. Well,
not really brand new, because, after all, there is nothing
really wrong with Brook’s current image. But he wants
to do some new things.
First of all Brook has gotten himself free of Dave
Dryer and Irving Saidus as his manag
ers, and has a brilliant, young Negro
attorney, Herb Wright, who was once
the head of the NAACP’s Youth Move
ment. Strange waters for Herb, but he
got his baptism through Progressive
Talent Inc., and he seems quite capable
of steering Brook where he wants to go.
Rugged, Handsome
“Lost Plays” Continuing
Eugene O’NettTa "Loet Plays” South with curtain at I p m.
will continue each Friday, Satur-
, _
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...
day and Sunday at the Conteto- Un
Featured are Adolph Caesar,
. Carmine Cardl. Jeannette Hartun-
Tat.
porary Center, 180 Seventh Ave., t(gj
AN UNFORGETTABLE MUSICAL
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16 • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, April 8, IMS
John Pennink, Pianist
Samuel L. Evans, Negro Im-
pressarin under the auspices
of The Netheriand- American
Foundation and the Committee
for Netherlands Musk?, present
ed John Pennink. Dutch pianist.
In concert at Town Hall last
Friday evening.
The 32-year-old pianist, who
did not begin his musical ed
ucation until he was sixteen,
played an aU-Sonata program,
opening with Mozart's "Sonata
K. V. 330 in C major*’. At tiroes
his piano tunes tended to be
thin and dry, but the Allegretto
movement was played with aa
authority that was brisk and
bright.
His playing of Beethoven’s
•'Appassionato” Sonata was the
piece de resistance of the pro
gram, for the soft, singing tones,
effective use of both hands cap
tured all the tender, yielding
quality of the music. The "Al
legro ma non troppo* mover .ent
was played faster than by most
pianists, but with rhythm and
exhilaration.
Mr. Pennink played the "Son
ata opus Star minor" by
Brahms with power and majes
ty, bu at times the large piano
sounds tended to rob the music
of its poetry, for the tremendous
crescendos had a metallic sound.
Yet he was able to produce a
light quality of tone In
the pianissimo passages. The
"Sonata in E minor" by Willem
Andriessen, one of the artist’s
teachers, contained same inter-
eating thematic material. which
Mr. Pennink interpreted with
feeling.
The audience gave Mr. Pen
nink a prolonged and noisy ova
tian that did not end until he
had plaved three encores
Other Musical Events
Milton Lambert. pianist, was studio Club. YWCA last Friday
By JESSE H. W.ALKER
As almost every successful
person in show business will tell
you. you might find yourself
working at all sorts of jobs in
New York City before you get
that one break that means you
just might be on your way at
last.
So Sheryl Easly, a cute little
(MMi) snapshot of a girl who
has a good Jazz voice, but was
kept singing the wrong kinds
of tunes found herself working
for the telephone company and
even as a secretary for the
Liberian Embassy- -
"But that wasn’t what I came
to New York for**, says Sheryl.
And thia young woman who haul
seven years professional exper
ience even before she came to
New York including three years
in Buffalo, kept hoping and try
ing.
She’d Quit
"Everytime I had a chance
,__, _ ...
. ,
„
she reveal
ed. "I couldn’t record, though.
I had audition after audition.
One big agency told me I didn’t
have a Negroid sound.”
But at last came Sheryl’s
chance. It was when Sal Salva
dor, the guitarist who formerly
played with the Stan Kenton
Band decided to form his own
big new band. He liked Sheryl’s
potentials. He hired her. He’s
now managing her.
"It was Sal who changed my
style to jazz”, Sheryl says en
thusiastically. "I don’t have a
supper club style. He knows
that.”
What Sheryl does have is a
sparkling and powerful delivery
and you can hear her on Sal’s
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evening. The Lseder was sung
with a beauty of projection. ..
On Saturday evening The Salve
tion Army held their Eighth Bi
ennial Music Congress Festival
at Philharmonic Hall. The out
standing instrumentalist was
Carole Reinhart, whose playing
of a cornet solo by Tucker had
all the qualities of a virtuoso. ..
On Sunday afternoon, the
Symphony of the Air Orcheatra,
conducted by Walter Kappeaeer,
presented Reflce’a "IBfatm Qu
els” and Mahler’s “Dao Lied
Von Der Erde” Lucia Aftemrse.
Edith Evans and The Schute
Cantorum sang in tbs former,
which was narratru by Coe
Gle.de. and bene Dalis and Kurt
Baum performed in the latter. . .
Dann-Alexandre Feder, pianists, ,
appeared at Town Hall on Mon-,^ ‘
day evening in a concert of
works by Brahms, Beethoven.
Chopin and uMoussorgsky. He
played with remarkable bril
liance and clarity.
Betty Allen
Betty Alien, mezzo-soprano
was one of the guest soloists
in the presentation of Honegger's
“King David," which was given
at Philharmonic Hall last Sun
day afternoon. The warmth and
beauty of her voice greatly en
hanced the performance.
The Cantata Singers, The Fes
rival Orchestra, Patricia Brooks,
soprano and Hugues Cuenod, ten
or were under the direction of
Thomas Dunn, conductor. Emlyn
Williams was the Narrator.
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A Festival of Music, presented
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day evening. Proceeds tram this
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Dauntless LP, "You Ain’t
Heard Nothin’ Yet!” You can
catch a good example of Sheryl’s
feeling on “Love You Are Here”,
which Sal wrote for her. And
there’s "/toother Page” in which
she scat sings along with a
mellophone.
To Tour
The LP is getting a good play
around New York City right now
by the disc Jockeys. And Sheryl
and Sal are racing frantically
all over town, making personal
appearances before, they leave
for a tour of Southern college
da tee.
"It was murder when we learn
ed that we were going to re
cord,” Sheryl now reveals. "We
didn’t have enough material and
It didn’t eeetn aa If I could learn
the new songs fast enough to
make the recording date.”
She did. though. And this young
woman, whose dad, Robert Eas
ly. is eecretary to the New York
State Conference of Musicians,
and who hails from Glean, N.Y.
and a family of musicians, has
seemingly found that one need
ed break.
And while she exults over her
good luck, Sal Salvador, the
nv' responsible, sits by . and
sm4es benignly, hoping for as
much success for Sheryl as for
his big new band.
"We’re betting on both, f
H^mp Leaves
Bandleader Lionel Hampton
leaves thia Thursday, April 4, for
a tour of Japan and other parts
of the Far East, where his re
cordings have been top sellers
for many years.
GOLD PIN — Don Ramsey
looks very happy about receiv
ing a 14-karat gold tie pin from
Jean Lampel. Mis* Lampe! of
Integrated Communication Sys
tems, made the presentation on
behalf at Artra Cosmetics, spon
sors ot “TV Gospel Time.” Mr.
Ramsey, who Is representative
Brook points out that a lot of things
which he was not aware of was happen
ing. He wants now to be in a position to dictate some of
the terms of his career. A rugged and handsome man,
with some very potent and rational aphorisms about
life, (although he did not go past high school), Brook
wants to retain some of his one-nighter jobs, but the
arrow points to the big, plush night clubs, with the big,
plush money.
Towards that end, Herb and Brook are working
daily at the Studio Center, building a new act, with the
help of Carl Eusteg, who used to write for Frankie Lane
and some of the other top artists. He is learning new
choreography, as well as mimicking some of the sing
ing methods of other stars, at which Brook is unusually
good.
5 or 6 Years
Brook Benton came up fasl five or six years ago. He
had a run of hits so fast and so furious, that he seemed
to be the ostensible successor to Nat Cole’s hit streak.
Not only that, Brook wrote some 400 songs. Many of the
hits, like “Boll Weevil,” were his own, so that he cashed
in not only on the artist’s end but also on the composer’s
end. Brook has a nice bundle salted away now, but he
is putting a lot of this into his new image, his new act,
and his new concept, hoping it will all pay off.
Recently Brook has not had a big hit. His current
release, for Mercury, “I Got What I Wanted And Lost
What I Had,” (written by him), is not raising the dust,
but it is holding its own. Brook and Herb are looking for
a big one this summer.
There’s another aspect to the new Brook Benton
image. Like many other stars today, Brook has become
socially conscious and wants to aid in the fight for free
dom. He played Clemson College last month after Har
vey Gantt was enrolled, and on Gantt’s request he is
going back to do a benefit for the Student’s Association
there, purely because they were so nice to him and be
cause he likes their point of view. He is also planning
to do some work for Martin Luther King too. As a matter
of fact, according to Brook, he will work free for any
worthwhile benefit, as long as it is a bonafide outfit,-)
with no red tinge, and as long as it will be of value to
the cause of Negro freedom.
Miss Addison
Back From
Soviet Tour
Adele Addison, the American
soprano, returned home Saturday
from a triumphant tour of the
Soviet Union, during which, ac
cording to reports from Moscow,
she received among the greatest
ovations ever accorded a visiting j
artist.
So great was the impact of
Miss Addison's Moscow debut
that radio and television sched
ules were changed in order that
her second recital might be heard
nation-wide, and a film record
was made by the Ministry of
Culture.
The soprano also sang in Lenin
grad, Kishiyev, Odessa and Kiev.
She resumes her American tour
in Winston Salem this Thursday,
April 4. and is scheduled this
spring for two series of appear
ances with the Cleveland Symph
ony.
MiM Addison's tour of the So
viet Union was arranged through
the Soviet Mlnlatry of Culture
and the U. S. State Department
as part of the Cultural Exchange
Program.
Writers Workshop
of the new Image of the Negro
male model. Is a featured mod
el on the Artra commercials
and one of the popular men in
his profesaloo. The occasion
was the annual graduation af-
fairs given by the George Seeking Writers
Brandford Enquire Studio at J
the Riviera Terrace
Interested in writing’ The West
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and is interested in anyone who
has a real interest in writing.
For further information, call
College, teaches at the Pan Am
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also works as an artist-reporter
on the publication Manhattan
East.
Form the right habit. Read the
Amrierdam News every week.
Out every Tharaday.
2 Paintings Of Artist
Alvin Hollingsworth, 2051 8th
Avenue, New York City, who ie
described in Cedric Dover’s book
"American Negro Art”, aa an
"internationally significant artist”
has submitted two original paint
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The New York artist, a Phi
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Sel For April
Several United Negri
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on ABC Radio’s "Negro College
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Guest choirs scheduled for Ap
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April 14, Lane College, Jackson
Tenn.
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April 2B, Virginia Union Univer
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Cesare Siepi makes his Vienna
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vanni” and ’’Aida’’ In his three
weeks engagement.
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