Jazz Buffs Packed In Like Sardines to Hear Satin Doll

--Singing jazz is child’s play--at least 5-year-old Emily Haddad makes it seem that way. The youngster took the microphone at the tiny Gold Star Sardine Bar in Chicago to give the standing-room crowd of about 200 her treatment of such jazz standards as “Night in Tunisia” and “Satin Doll.” “It’s obviously a child’s voice, but what she can do with it,” said Susan Anderson, a co-owner of the nightspot that has featured the likes of Tony Bennett and Buddy Rich. “Her technique is great. People went crazy.” As Emily sang along with the quartet led by her guitarist father, Habib Haddad, the bar served only soft drinks and “Shirley Temples.” Emily was finished by her bedtime. Before she was 2, Emily would sing along during practice sessions, said Haddad, who lives with his family on Chicago’s North Side. “We never thought it was going to go this far,” he said. Emily already has a couple of career possibilities in mind. “A singer, and if I don’t get to be that, I’ll be a policewoman,” she said. The reason? “Because.”

--Another person happily vocalizing these days is a Ukrainian who had not spoken for 43 years after he was wounded in World War II, the Soviet newspaper Izvestia said. The newspaper said farmer Akhip Maximenko, now 75, was shot through the head in December, 1944, during a battle with German troops in Poland. He survived but was left unable to speak. Izvestia said Maximenko regained his speech after a nightmare about the battle. “I was dreaming about the battle that night. I charged forward with my rifle and shouted loudly in my sleep. I awakened to hear the clock ticking off peacefully and my heart pounding like in a battle,” Maximenko told the paper. Izvestia said Maximenko suddenly started speaking the next morning. “He now speaks a Ukrainian so perfect and melodious that his fellow villagers say it is a pleasure to listen to,” Izvestia said.

--Britain’s Prince Edward, who has been wrestling with career plans lately, stalked into a ring during an amateur performance of the play “Trafford Tanzi” and expertly hurled a wrestling opponent over his shoulder. Billed as the Sandringham Slammer, the 22-year-old youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II drew wild applause from the audience at the Cambridge Youth Theater for his surprise appearance in the play about a woman wrestler. Edward, who is the theater’s patron, said later he had practiced under the guidance of wrestler Neil Sands and thoroughly enjoyed himself. Edward suggested the name Sandringham Slammer, after his mother’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk. But the prince, who resigned from the Royal Marines last month, said he didn’t think a career in wrestling was for him.