European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Let if a i it " " i to Fol Fly a a Row of Gong they All mean something so Don t try. To fake in a " i gentlemen prefer gongs f a a visitor from More casual London a bewildering Elress up town. For gentlemen. And most perplexing of All Are those rows of medals dangling from coloured ribbons on the starched fronts of englishmen at formal parties. V v � the. Medals called gleam As sent Fumea White ties swirl full. Dress tails and talk about regiments with i. Emphasis on India and Tob nov �-7 no More than a touch of color to the uninitiated observer gongs Are a biography of the Man who wears then to any crusty j colonel turned to leather in the colonial service Trie can cast his Eye along the gongs i and determine at one glance Juliat the to wearer Haa Ever done to Nib Abrl tons who move in the appropriate dip. To Matloc and i social circles know the rules and have the clothes and gongs for pleas ant Buffy so medals of foreign governments adj Wel come at the parties. They give Luster Toi a occasion. For i but the visitor unless he travels around the world with a heavy trunk May have to rent everything from socks up. It s qui Teall right no social stigma attaches to a hired shirt medals also May be hired. And Only Dis Crete questions asked. But Don t ask offhand for Britain s High est award for bravery the Victoria Cross. Such requests Are scrutinized said . W. Mussels an official of the historic firm of Moss Brothers which outfits ladies and gentlemen for most any occasion. Behave to verify the Cross. Some holders of the Victoria Crosh have lost their medals and we can Supply duplicates but we have to see papers said Cassels. Other medals May he rented More casually. However if you re a youngster Don t rent the British army s Long service medal or the Coronation medal of 1937. A crusty. Colonel is sometimes slightly perplexed by medals of a foreign government. But pin a phony British Vonjj on a jacket and hell not Only spot it he just might stomp an make a Scanu. To f pro T z Goren on Bridge vulnerable. South North v k 8 3 West East 4 10 5,4 2 a k q j 9,3 South " v t 4 a 98 /. V a q j 5 4 2, f Vij a 80, ,. a web North " East la if bass1 it2 it "3j" pass \. Pass v4 a t 47v pass. Pass a a Penis Lead Deuce full 1 on the Jasis of gleaned from he shop dig a Claerr cautiously mapped fit Vlf la sequence of play s re a rec pre mature to to an Early Diamond finesse for West would no doubt be in position to Ruff in on the second round. On this line of play South would lose two Spades and iwo diamonds. Declarer decided to draw Trumps first and make a delayed Diamond play from h i 5 hand hoping to find West with a High spot in diamonds. After four rounds of hearts. South led the four of diamonds. West played the nine Dummy the Jack and East the King. Declarer ruffed the club return led Over to the Queen of diamonds and returned the five Kasi played the seven and South s eight won the trial a the Ace of diamonds and the Ace of san pcs brought Declarer s trick Lota to 10. Had Enst ducked the Jack of diamonds he would have Boon no Tattler off South merely re turns us five of diamonds from the Dummy and Enst to obliged to play the ten to Force out theace Declarer s eight of diamonds will now stand up on the fourth round for that n m e fulfilling Rick Vimr tent inns if German festival report Erman jazzmen As opposed to their american count up tic Are almost without exception professionals of another sort 4 and jazz performers second. Jazz playing in Germany is not Lucent the enough to permit Hirse musicians to devote All their time to Roll Call of Germany s lop musicians would include Engineer men technicians artists salesmen office workers. Stud i although these other professions provide their butter an jazz is their first love. German jazz has nil too Offin been accused of of Tajc 10 american due largely to the heavy no rent by the germans traditional or Dixieland Brand of Jan. But the eighth German jaw festival held in Frankfurt at the beginning shattered this myth for the germans showed they indeed thing to nay in the modern voicing of Jan music. Festival promoters began the four Day affair with a jazz .-., featuring artists from various Countree including two am Feur who have been longtime residents of Europe ten Orist Lucky to and son and trombonist Nat Peck. Others included dutchmen jew Tii Roosjen trumpet Rudd Jacobs Bass. Cees see Drums and m Mana piano germans Klaus Doldinger Tenor ingfried Hoff am Organ and Rolf Kuhn clarinet austrian now a German does Hans roller Tenor hungarian Attila Zoller guitar briton Rona Cross baritone and indonesian Rob Pronk workshop my Ribera performed As a Large ensemble and Etta a various Small group areas. They pts Yed some Jan Ste thud a mostly did originals penned by the players themselves. Notile among these were works by Van Roosjen holler holding Thompson. Despite some Lino soloing by Doldinger Thompson Soprano sex Kuhn Zoller and Mana the venture somehow striking a note of Success. By contrast the following two nightly concerts were successes. In addition to presenting the Cream of Germany s whim and individual artists the promoters also introduced France s Tener Fot Barney Wilen Libut Michel Hausser violinist Stephane Gra Pete and their groups american Singer Bill Ramsey who showed Secis sing jazz As Well As the Rock n Roll that has made him one of go Many s top recording artists and the George Maycock combo. Aloof the Juss. Of a. The highlights and stars of the festival were Many but the most not Fibre in our Book were the Soprano mid Tenor playing of Wilen. Thompson and or and of inter a no on Bass Hauser. Wolf Kunoff Seth Tfir and frit Hart Shah on Tbs roller and Pierre Cut ally on Gulf tit a thar Behr on Trio Horn Ami the singing of Inge Brunde Burf the outstand Tik groups ones that could hold their own in to Best of company were the Michael Nura quintet headed 6r Schluter. Reint and pianist Noura the Wolfgang Lauth Trio. A mfr Louth. Kirstatter and Bartz the Exeter von Goetze Trio compre ing Luttgens. Drummer Rolf Quenzel and bassist von Goetze Bammer when s quartet composed of Wilen Geyer. Baumester and Piant Joel the Michael Hausser quartet led by Hausa to and Renaud the Horst Jankowsky quintet featuring the pianist Leader with a 22-voice jazz choir the Joki Freund sextet wet Freund Emil manuf Ensdorff and two bassists Geyer and Lenz tie Stephane Gap Polly Pierre Cavallo quartet with the Veteran violinist a longtime of the late Django rely Hirdt introducing a now guitar Fml in the italian six iss Covalli. And the Trio Spotnik Hlib Rudolf Foscat on trombone and Pinno brother Manfred on Drums und Anton bar Thaler on Bass. Other festival notes the jazz ensemble of the displayed a great front Tine of horns in the Mangel Dorff Brothers Albert trombone and Emit Alto and Flut Freund Soprano and Tenor. Kronberg baritone and Alto and Heinz satyr Tenor they gave Forth on a number of outstanding Modem arrangements by Freund whose aunt Garde playing and writing Points to the influence of John Coltrane. The festival failed to reveal any top trumpeters with Pronk and Van Roosjen the Post bar exceptions ,. By the same Token the longtime void in top rhythm men was filled by the bassists and drummers cited earlier although the germans still have a Long Way to go to catch up to the american Sand most other europeans in these categories. Albert pus cd up an invitation to the Washington d.c., Juz feh Olvitt in or Jer to take part in the German presence of Hill Ramsey a Surprise to most since the Pink Jar Iii listed him Only As big Bill. Hausser expressed tap Lesui with French jaz critics who he says refuse to Reeo Juniie the Talent of French jazz Mush inn choosing instead to compare them unfavourably with Amer Teim artists and. This comment comes from on who is hailed us Europe s outstanding Vobr harpist another Vlf tit Schluter Vul the a Urix quintet was termed by Jon feed Rock As being on car Wilh any american i blast. Except the master himself. Milt Tallaj k Dir soit Inge Brandie thurr turned in Jine accreditation to her claim won in Competition list Yenart us Europe s Foremost female Nyz and the Jorl Trio were virtually the Only ones the festival officials permuted to do encores in response to the audience de mands mar question give the professional names of the following jazz musicians a Arthur Arshawsky b Paul Breitenfeld c Conrad Henry Kirn on to Annabelle Short e Joseph Goreed f Julius go " Benko s Steven Luckritz. Can Vou get five of seven Hou i 3 Putin q left Row Al oof of mints of & f Page 14 the stars and stripes tuesday june t2, 1962
