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Tony Faulkner

Tony Faulkner is a fine musician who has built an impressive body of work over the last 35 years. He is a stylish, and much recorded, Composer and Arranger, a great drummer and one of the UK’s foremost experts on the life and work of Duke Ellington (or “Ellingtonia” as it is often termed). “Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect” is a seven part suite of pieces based on the chapters of a Masters dissertation completed some years ago by Tony in which he attempted to show how Thad Jones had been influenced by Duke Ellington both in his writing and arranging, and in the way in which he used the jazz Orchestra he co-led with drummer Mel Lewis from 1966 to 1979

Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect

By Tony Faulkner

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2007
Track listing: Abstract; Duke Ellington; Thad Jones and Mel Lewis; The Ellington Effect; Portraits; Master of Surprise; Aftermath.

The Tony Faulkner Jazz Orchestra: Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect

by Jack Bowers
July 28, 2007

What an intriguing idea. Thad Jones and the Ellington Effect is based on a Master's dissertation completed some years ago in which composer/arranger Tony Faulkner argued that Duke Ellington was a major influence on Thad Jones “in his development of Ellington's innovative procedures as well as in his reliance on the abilities of the musicians in ...