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Show by LYN CONNELLY DIANIST George Shearing will host an educational TV series, "Jazz Meets the Classics," to be telecast over the nation's 50 educational educa-tional TV stations this season . . . The shows are produced by the Educational TV-Radio Center at Ann Arbor, Mich. . . . Another series, "From Haydn to Hi-Fi," is also being produced .. .These films will later be used by schools and organizations after the initial TV release . . . This man Shearing is fantastic . . . Blind, he is a great talent with the wonderful knack of being able to kid himself ... All his shirts, for instance, are mono-grammed mono-grammed in Braille! PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL: Bouncing ?eggry Lee gets in the groove with a really cool hi-fi album called "Things Are Swingin'" and a more appropriate title we couldn't dream up . . . Peg proves good established singers never die, they just get better as they go on . . . Songs include "It's A Wonderful World," "Well All Right," "RidhV High," "It's Been a Long. Long Time," "Life Is for Livin," "You're Getting to Be a Habit," and others . The Jonah Jones Quartet, one of the best In the country, comes up with a fine Capitol hi-fi "Swiiigiii' at the Cinema," which, as the name Implies, are songs from movies mov-ies .. . Included are "True Love." "Tammy." "A Gal In Calico," ' "Around the World," "Love is a Many-Splendorcd Thing," "Colonel "Colo-nel Bogel March" (or "River KwaD." "Secret Love," "Fascination," "Fascina-tion," "All the Way," "Lullaby of Broadway," "An Aftair to Remem-her" Remem-her" and "Three Coins in the Fountain," Foun-tain," all big ones. WARNER BROS. This company has cut some excellent piano al- j bums . . . One Is Henri Rose's j "Fastest Piano Alive'.' that will j leave you spellbound . . . Selection of material, speed and sheer artist- I ry will make Uiis a good seller Songs include "Laura," "Gypsy In j My Soul," "My Romance," "Just One of Those Things," "All the i Things You Are," and others. I I . . . ' I |