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JjB • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat., Jan. 19^1963
Virgil Fox, Organist
phony Orchestras. As Mr. Fox
put it, “It can now be played
on the instrument for which it
was conceived."
Tone Color
The artist gave an infinity of
tone color to Franck's “Grande
Piece Symphonique,” a deeply
religious quality to Messiaen's
"La Nativite du Seigneur - Dieu
Parmi Nous,” and delicate, fa
cile touches to Bossi's "Giga.”
His playing of Reger’s “Fan
tasia and Fugue on the Chor-
aie’ How Brightly Shines the
Morning Star” is best described
by a quotation from the program
notes, "Listen, and for organ
music thou wilt ever, as of old,
hear the Morning Stars sing to
gether.” Carlyle, Sartor Resar-
tus.
£ By PERDITA DUNCAN
L Philharmonic Hall last Moo-
S Virgil Fox appeared in concert
|fcr evening in the first solo or-
gab recital since the Inaugural
Organ concert given last month.
* JL musical summit was reach
■04, for the artist with all his
YDkuosity. made that noble in
strument whisper soft pianissi
mos with such delicacy, that the
-Swted notes wafted through the
Sttr, The great swells and surges
•f exquisitely beautiful and well
Itegulated passages had a sublime
majesty.
So deftly did he play Louis
Vierne’s “Clair de Lune,” that
one could actually visualize
moonbeams gracefully dancing
over a lake at midnight, while
mysterious oreads flitted in and
out of the shadows. Mr. Fox
sensed that he had woven such
a musical spell, that he raised
his hand to prevent its being
broken by applause.
Mr. Fox played out of sheer
love for what he knew the instru
ment could produce. He has a
prodigious memory, for he used
no music. Having, played an ex
hausting program, he was mast
generous with encores, for the
audience shook the acoustical
panels with applause, when the
program ended. One encore
played on the pedals alone was
positively astounding for sheer
artistry. His dancing feet actual
ly played chords, and that In it
self Is no mean feat.
Philharmonic Hall is a vast struc
ture and Mr. Fox filled It with
The piece = de resistance was
his playing of Bach’s “Prelude
and Tugue in D Major." His in
terpretation was so majestic in
concept, so noble in thought as
M be almost cyclonic, This same
brilliance of performance was
also given to Bach's ‘Trio So
nata VI in G Major” and "Pas-
eacaglia and Fugue in C Mi
nor.” The lgfter work, originally
years been played only by Sym- tremendously sublime music.
written for the organ, has for
NDR Symphony Orchestra
The concert given by the NDR
Symphony Orchestra of Ham
burg at Carnegie Hall, last Mon
day evening, was the first time a
German radio orchestra had ever
appeared in New York.
The program opened with the
playing of that musical giant,
Bach’s Second Brandenburg Con
certo, with four soloists: Adolf
Otto, flute: Heinz Nordburch,
Oboe: and Erich Roehn, violin.
Mr. Scherbaum played the now
obsolete Bach trumpet, ao, that
the original music was heard,
for in modern performances,
these passages are played an oc
tane lower.
She artist proved capable to
challenging task, for be had
to climb to dizzy altitudes, sound
ing the highest notes attainable
oq the instrument. In the ab
sence of valves or slides, the
trumpeter faced a most chal
lenging task. Yet, Mr. Scher
baum proved capable of pro
ducing the difficult trills and
other passages with S remark
able brilliance.
storm of moderne, heavily stac
cato passages.
Guest Artist
Jorge Bolet, the guest artist
played Liszt’s “Concerto No. 1
in E flat major for Piano and
Orchestra.” He displayed a flaw
less technique, tremendous
power and a remarkable dex
terity, especially in the ‘Al
legretto Vivace’ movement.
The program closed with
Brahms* “Symphony No. 1 in C
minor.” Music by a German
composer may best be interpret
ed by a German orchestra, for
the playing of this work was
broadly beautiful and most sat
isfying.
The conductor. Has Schmidt
Isserstedt, did not use a score
throughout the concert. When
the program was ended, iome of
the audience began to file out,
having become accustomed to the
fact the Symphony Orchestras
seldom play encores. But the
prolonged applause of the aud
ience made the conductor re
‘Grand
Blacher's “Variations on a-ward them with the
of Paganini” was a wind-| March” from ‘Aida.’
thyme
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Concerts This Week
JaUiari Tribute
Three Pianists
Performers closely associated
with the Juilliard School of Mu
sic and • work by the President
of the school will be heard at
the New York Philharmonic con
certs thia week under the direc
tion of Leonard Bernstein.
Three pianists, Harry Fuchs,
concert: Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz;
and Ernest Jones, student of
the touch system, will be beard
in an Evening With Yamaha,
at Town Hall, Sunday, Jan. 20,
at 8:30 p.m.
At the Thursday, Friday and
Saturday concerts pianist and
teacher, Roslna Lhevinne and
the Juilliard String Quartet will
be the soloists.
On the Sunday program, the
Leventritt Award Winner, Mich
ael Block, will be the piano so-
loSt and the Quartet will again
perform.
French Opera
The Friends of French Opera
Will present the second concert
<Jf their first season at Carnegie
Ball on Jan. 18 at 8 p.m., with
(obert Lawrence conducting the
Symphony of the Air.
Amati Quartet
.The Amati String Quartet will
spake Us New York debut In Car-
ttegie Recital Hall, Friday, Jan.
18 at 8:30 p.m. Assisting artist
fill be Helen Thigpen, soprano.
Concert Artists
-The Coocert Artists Guild will
present Daniel Domb, cellist and
Bdward Zolas, pianist, kt Town
ljall, Saturday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m.
Shaw Chorus
3 In their first New York ap
pearance since their successful
tour of Russia, tbs Robert Shaw
Chorale and Orchestra will be
£esented at Hunter College.
turday, Jan. 19 at 8:20 p.m.
•
Many I^nds
• Esther Comas, light soprano,
^ith the assistance of Carmelo
Barada, tenor and Donato Ro-
qiAn Heitman, pianist-composer,
will be heard in Vendor's Songs
Of Many Lands, Sunday, Jan.
Jb at 5:30 p.m. at Town Hall.
Kostelanetz Conducts
Birgit Nilsson, soprano, will
be the soloist and Andre Kostel
anetz will be the conductor at
the first of two gala concerts
by the New York Philharmonic
this season benefiting the Or
chestra's Pension Fund. The con
cert will be held Tuesday, Jan.
22, at 8:30 p.m. at Philharmonic
Hall.
Second Concert
The National Orchestral As
sociation will present its sec
ond concert of the season at
Carnegie Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 22,
at 8 p.m. John Barnett, musical
director will conduct Soloist will
be James Mathis, pianist.
Canadian Pianist
Margaret Ann Ireland, Can
adian pianist win be heard at
Town Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 22,
at 8:30 p.m.
String Quartet
The Budapest String Quartet
will be heard In another pro
gram at the YM-YWHA Concert
Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 23 at
8:30 p.m.
Negro Dancing
"Negro rhythms in American
Dance.” a dance-illustrated lec
ture sketching the evolution of
American Negro dancing will be
presented by Katherine Flowers
on Sunday, January 20 at 3 p.m.
at the Flowers Studio. 203 W
23rd St. Members of her dance
company will assist Miss Flow-
Cast In New
TV Series
HOLLYWOOD - Breland Rice,
who played a pivotal role in the
Warner Br8s. production “Free
dom and You,” has been cast in
the "Tiger in the Nigflt” segment
of the studio’s new “Ready For
the People” TV series for ABC-
TV,
Series stars Simon Oakland,
Everette Sloane and Karl Held.
Anthony Spinner is producer. Jul
es Schermer is supervising pro
ducer-
Concert
To Aid
Students
“A Salu».e to Southern
Stu-
dents,” celebrating the 3rd an
niversary of the historic sit-ins
by courageous Negro students in
the South, will be given in a con-
cert at Carnegie Hall on Friday,
Feb. 1, at 8:30 p.m.
Among the top-drawer stars
who will appear on the Carnegie
stage in person will be Tony
Benett, Thelonious Monk, Charlie
Mingus, Herbie Mann, Ossie
Davis and Ruby Dee, and the
Students' own Freedom Singers,
most ot whom are heard on the
committee’s powerful documen
tary recording of the Albany
Movement, “Freedom in the
Air.”
JAZZ FAMILY — Billy Taylor
is shown at home in the River
ton Apartments with his fam
ily, wife, Theodora, son,
Duane, and daughter, Kim.
Billy’s show on WNEW is go
ing great guns and his family
are not only listeners, they
contribute ideas. (West
photo).
Fats Domino Says He
Didn’t Make Statements
Bandleader Fats Domino has
issued a statement denying that
he has specially ordered his book
ing agent to book him into places
that brj Negroes in spite of
NAACP protests and of being
critical of the NAACP and other
organizations for forcing him to
lose money.
“Regarding recently published
statements and allegations in the
Negro press and radio, I deny all
such statements and allegations
attributed to me,” Domino said
this week.
“I did not at any time make
any such statements or allega
tions concerning the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People nor concerning
anyone connected with the
NAACP. I did not make any
statement nor allegation regard
ing any other organization or in
stitution, further I did not make
any such statement or allegation
regarding any member of the
clergy.
“I have not made any state
ment period,” said Domino.
"I know from my heart that
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
is the greatest friend of the
minorities, has done and is still
doing a great job.”
“Naturally ’63” Hits
The Road In February
‘‘Naturally ‘63’’, the African
coiffure and fashion extravagan
za, will be augmented for its
all-new 1963 version, by the Ni
gerian company of Solomon H-
ori, his African musicians and
daocers, and will be presented
at the Audubon Ballroom on
February 17.
The New York showing, pro
duced by the African Jazz-Art
Society & Studios, Inc., will be
enlarged version of the 21-cast
show that will go on the road
the following week, to play De
troit’s, Mr. Kelly’s and Chicago’s
Roberts Show Lounge. The only
mid-western performances, this
road trip, will be at these two
swank Negro-owned clubs.
Nigerian Drummer
Featured with the company
will be the "machine-gun drum
ming of Nigeria’s Moses Mianns,
long acclaimed as one of the
greatest in the world, as is fea
tured drummer, the exciting,
popular, and fabulous. Chief Bey.
Performing with the company
also will be one of the best
dancers from Nigeria currently
in the country, Adetunji Joda.
The company will join Abbey
Lincoln and her trio, the fab
ulous Grandassa Models, Jimmy
Abu, Gus Williams, Frank Adu,
and David Ward.
Veteran male model, Jimmy
Abu, will choreograph the*
Grandassa Models, as well as
lead the male modeling with
the assistance of his protege.
Frank Adu. Dramatic portions
of the production will. feature
actors, Gus Williams and Dave
Ward, performing all-new mater-|
ial of well known writers as well
as, special material written for
‘Naturally ’63".
Music will be provided by Pu-
cho and his Afro-Cubans.
Puerto Rican Singer
Back Home For Concert
Abraham Lind, the first Puerto
Rican to have received a Ful
bright grant, returned home to
give a concert at the Church of
the Good Neighbor last Sunday.
Mr. Lind was recipient of the
Francis Rogers Scholarship and
he won the Marie Bauer Scholar
ship in the 1961 Liederkranz Foun
dation competition.
HIS tettrra was an exciting oc
casion for him as well as for those
who attended in the place where
he started his career.
Mr Lind, 26, is presently study
ing in Rome with Fernando Cav-
aniglia and Ricardo Piccotzi at
the Rome Opera House, in his sec
ond year. He has had the rare
privilege of receiving his Ful
bright grant for the second year
extension of his studies.
Lind received his Bachelor of
Music Degree from the Manhat
tan School of Music, New York
City, which he attended on a four
year scholarehlp from the New
York City Mission Society.
He went on to receive a Master
of Music Degree from the Man
hattan School in May, 1961.
He appeared in the New York
City Light Opera Company pro
duction of “Carmen Jones" in
New Y6rk and Washington.
Eartha Kitt
Plays Charades
Singer Eartha Kitt and French
musical comedy star Robert trumpet
Clary will be special guests on
"Stump the Stars” Monday, Jan,
21 (10:30-1*4 pm. EST) on the
CBS Television Network. Reg
ular charadera are Sebaatian
Cabot, Hans Conrled, Diana
Dors, Beverly Garland, Richard
Long and Tommy Noonan. Pro
gram host is Mike Stokey.
Reunion
In 1960 Mr. Lind made his con
cert debut in Puerto Rico, birth
place of his parents, as soloist in
two of the Casals Festival con
certs. In 1961 he made his opera
tic debut with the Cincinnati
Summer Opera Company as Figa
ro in the English production of
“The Barber of Seville.”
Mr. Lind's homecoming was
like a reunion. He delighted hi*
audience with his program which
includes several selections by
Gershwin, as well as familiar op
eratic arias.
He will return to Rome this
week to complete his studies-
Shepp-Dixon
Quartet Plays
The Archie Shepp - BUI Dixon
Quartet, recently returned from
a trip to the Scandanavian coun-
tries will be heard in concert
Saturday, Jan. 19, at 8:30 p.m.
at Judson Hall. 1«5 W. 57th St.
Featured are Archie Shepp.
tenor saxophone; Bill Dixon,
and flugelhorn; Len
Humphries, drums and Don
Moore, bass.
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i By DAVE HEPBURN
What Gives, Mr. Zanuck?
Several weeks ago some gentlemen of CORE, the
Hollywood Race Relations Bureau, the CENP ami
others were supposed to meet with Darryl F. Zanuck
to iron out some of the difficulties of hiring Negroes
in the movies. Up to now they have heard nothing
from 20th Century Fox, and this week are prepared
to take some steps if Mr. Zanuck does
not do right.
The background of the whole thing
is one to irritate most of us. First of
all Zanuck’s executives made a pact
with the Hollywood Race Relations
Bureau to give jobs to Negroes when
their studios opened. Since nobody
knew when the studios would open,
they felt safe in making the promise.
The heat was on at the time and
pickets were holding forth around the theater which
was showing ‘‘The Longest Day.”
HEPBURN
Hollywood Race Relations
The Hollywood Race Relations man got hood
winked into that one, and unilaterally decided to
pull off the pickets, Zanuck flew to London and
20th Cei^ury proceeded to give everybody the run
around. \
COREL took over Nov. 20, gave Zanuck a four
point letteX which was in effect an ‘‘Article of Agree
ment for Ewir Employment Practices”. It required
Zanuck to make a decision on maintaining a pattern
of regular employment for Negroes in his studios, a
fair representation of Negroes in production cast-
script girls to directors, a continuing committee to
review what was being done in the movies on those
levels, and a change in the Motion Picture Code, so
that stereotypes would not be condoned in moving
pictures that like to show Negroes in menial situa
tions and so on.
On Nov. 29 Mr. Zanuck replied in a letter which
skirted the heart of the matter but indicated he was
strongly for Americanism in the broad general sense.
Mr. Zanuck, by the way, had come up against this
discrimination in movies policy since 1942, when he
promised Walter White and Wendell Wilke that he
was eminently for fairplay and against no races. As
a result we got ‘‘Pinkie” starring Jeanne Crain, in
a role that was supposed to be Negro.
Unsatisfactory
Despite a letter on Dec. 10 in which CORE told
Mr. Zanuck tliat his reply was unsatisfactory, that
they felt no proper consideration had been given to
their proposals, CORE has heard nothing.
The feeling is, on our part, that Zanuck feels
as long as he lets sleeping dogs lie there’s nothing
to worry about. While all he has said has been
beautifully loaded with platitudes, there’s nothing
concrete to work on. We advise CORE to see Mr.
Zanuck again as soon as possible and inform him
that they mean business. Twentieth Century-Fox
has a lot more pictures coming out.
CARNEGIE
RECITAL HALL
Ray Crabtree will present a series
concerta and racttala
On Sun. Eve., Feb. 10 at 8:30
David Johnson, violinist
and Allison Susan Deane
10-year-old pianist
Alan Booth, accompanist
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Taylor’s DJ Work
After three months on WNEW,
Billy Taylor is emerging as one
of the best decisions. John Van
Buren Sullivan, general manager
of the station, ever made.
“The mail we have received
on this show is just terrific. All
of it applauds the show and our
spot sales are just as good as
on any other show. We think
Billy is a great asset to us.
College Degree
Billy, a versatile musician and
fine pianist, was hired from WLIB
in September, the first Negro dee
Billy Taylor Is an erudite jazz
jay to break into big time radio
musician. A Greenville, N. C. boy
in this city. At a reputed $25,000
who earned a B.S. at Virginia
a year, Billy was received with
State, he broke in in New York
open arms by the station, although
with the Ben Webster Quartet
some people had their qualms.
However, Billy had already es-1 on 52nd Street which, in those
tablished a following and a repu- days was called “Sweet Swing.
tation in the jazz field. The cal
culated risk was simply marginal.
On reflection the WNEW man
agement realizes that it was a
good move in more’ ways than
one: the public relations value
was incalculable. In addition they
appointed Bob Hodges, one of the
oldest Negro staffers of the sta
tion (about 25 years), to produce
the show.
In the years that followed he
worked with Dizzie Gillespie, Cole
man Hawkins, Big Cid Catlett,
Eddie South and several other
jazz greats, later touring Europe
as a featured soloist with Don
Redman’s orchestra. Following his
return he formed the Billy Taylor
Trio in 1951 which had a pro
pensity for extending two week
jobs into several weeks. He did
it at Le Downbeat Club and at
7 Days a Week
Taylor is on the air seven days the Copa
a week, every day except Satur
day from 11 p.m. until midnight
and on Saturday from 8 p.m.
until midnight.
, ,,
Billy has always had the theory writCT of
An articulate spokesman for
jazz, he has lectured at Colum
bia, at the New Lincoln School,
.. and many other colleges. The
he has had
published on ja„ and
that Negroes don t know enough n
about jazz. As a matter of fac
he once wrote this controversial J p vie
theme for a magazine and the Currently he is a member of
brickbats fell all over his bead, the three-man committee on Jazz
His point of view is that Negroes for Lincoln Center. He is also
have paid little attention to a Treasurer of the ?,ew York Chap-
cultural musical evolution which’ ter of the National Academy
of Recorded Arts and Sciences
their parents developed.
,
Therefore Billy plays nothing Taylor has been married 16
but solid jazz, old, contemporary years. He and his wife Theodora,
and progressive. Apparently the and their two children, Duane,
people love it because this is 11 and Kim, seven, live in the
what Hodges says:
|Riverton Apartments.
Scholarships In Jazz
For Talented Teeners
Teenagers of promising musi
cal talent, but with limited means
are invited to apply for a com
plete scholarship in jazz instruc
tion being offered by the New
York School Of Jazz, operated by
the Jazz Arts Society, Inc.
Auditions, this year, for schol
arships will be held the week of
February 11. To be eligible, the
applicant must be between the
ages of 13 and 18, live in the
city, attend a city school, and
be recommended by his music
instructor. Written permission
of a parent ot guardian must ac
company the applications, which
are available through the music
department of participating
schools and at the Office of Ad
missions, New York School of
Jazz. 100 W. 77th St.
Began In November
Classes of the New York School
of Jazz began last November.
They are regularly scheduled at
JHS 44 weekdays Monday thru
Friday during the hours of 7 to
10 p.m. and at PS 191 on Satur
days from 1 to 5 p.m. Over 75
Students are now receiving In
struction in the following musi
cal subjects: Elementary Theory,
Harmony, Sight Singing, Instru
ment and Ensemble Playing,
Voice Instruction and Music Ap
preciation. The School hopes to
have an enrollment of 200 by
September, 1963-
The Jazz Arts Society is a
nonprofit educational organiza
tion dedicated to promoting the
understanding, creation and study
of jazz as an indigenous Amer
ican art.
3 Pianists
At Town Hall
On Sunday evening of January
20, at 8:30 pm., Ernest Jones,
young piano prodigy, will make
his first how' te a Town Hall
audience. The occasion will be
an event called “An Evening
With Yamaha” - a piano recital
of three artists, each of a dif
ferent school of training, to dem-
onstrate the extraordinary
beauty of the Yamaha Piano.
Harry Fuchs, Viennese-Amer
ican artist will play classic rep
ertoire, Toshiko Akiyoshi,
charming Japanese girl will play
her famous Jazz and Ernest
Jones will demonstrate the
_ "touch system” of playing the
Regional
St will piano w,lic^ be has been study
ing with Ida Elkan, its origin-
Library Concerts
...The Countee Cullen
Library, 104 W. 136th
present the second in a series
of musical concerts on the even-'atoir:
ing of January 30, at 8 p.m.
The program will feature Rob
erta Starr, soprano and Robert
Aiken, baritone.
Art Exhibit
A total of 30 paintings, includ
ing some four-by-five-foot can
vases, are now on exhibit in
the gallery of Haitian and. Mod
ern Paintings on 166 Fifth Ave.,
near 22nd St.
The paintings are the work of
artists Norgelia Bazille, Frantz
Beauvoir and Ginette Grander.
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