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Massimo Mantovani, Giorgio Rimondi: Storie di Standard
by Angelo Leonardi
Storie di Standard Massimo Mantovani—Giorgio Rimondi 88 Pages ISBN: #978-88-944057-0-5 Edizioni Scuola di Musica Moderna 2019 Ai testi di Luca Bragalini e di Ted Gioia sulla storia e l'analisi degli standard, (rispettivamente Storie Poco Standard e Gli Standard del Jazz) si aggiunge questo spigliato—ma affatto superficiale—volume di Giorgio Rimondi, studioso di cultura e letteratura afro-americana, e del violinista, pianista e arrangiatore Massimo Mantovani. Il libro è il risultato di ...
Continue ReadingDuke Ellington: Uppsala 1971
by Chris Mosey
From his first visit in 1939 to a concert a few months before his death in 1973, Duke Ellington took special pleasure in visiting Sweden. He composed a “Serenade to Sweden" and wrote a new arrangement for a very Swedish pop song, “I en rod liten stuga (In a Red Little Cottage)." He also entered into a fruitful collaboration with Swedish vocalist Alice Babs. This album, recorded at a concert in the great hall of Uppsala University on ...
Continue ReadingApril Birthday Salutes
by Marc Cohn
This week we salute Alfred Lion (co-founder of Blue Note) with three tracks (Hubbard, Green, Turrentine with James Oscar). Then we add two blues with lyrics by Alberta Hunter, including Bessie Smith's very first recording; the April 'first ladies of song' do Ellington; Ellington does Ellington in three different settings; and Mingus celebrates in Paris (impress your friends by identifying the many Bird tunes quoted!). There's more, so don't be shy. Hit the button, relax and enjoy yourself.
Continue ReadingBeyond Category - Duke Ellington in the 1930s (1931 - 1940)
by Russell Perry
In the last hour, we heard Count Basie emerge as an exciting new voice from Kansas City. In this hour, we return to New York to follow Duke Ellington's innovative path through the 1930s as he experiments with longer musical forms while building one of his greatest bands featuring tenor player Ben Webster and bassist Jimmy Blanton. We are joined in this hour by Peter Spaar -bassist, composer, educator and member of the performance faculty of the McIntyre ...
Continue ReadingUp In Harlem - Duke Ellington (1927 - 1930)
by Russell Perry
In previous programs in this series, we have listened to Stride pianists and jazz orchestras from New York. In this hour, we'll return to Harlem to listen to maybe the most important band leader in jazz history and one of the most significant composers of the music—Duke Ellington. A contemporary of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington moved (from Washington, DC) to New York at roughly the same time and established himself as a recording artist. By 1927, he was ...
Continue ReadingChristmas Gifts and Messages, Some From the Grinch
by Marc Cohn
If you haven't had your fill of Christmas, click the play button for last Saturday's holiday show. One of our rotating traditions is to program the Duke Ellington version of “The Nutcracker Suite." Our first segment tracks mostly old favorites that we play almost every year. The rest are offered for the first time on the show, including a 'Bah Humbug' segment.
Continue ReadingLuca Bragalini: Dalla Scala a Harlem. I sogni sinfonici di Duke Ellington.
by Maurizio Zerbo
Dalla Scala a Harlem. I sogni sinfonici di Duke Ellington. Luca Bragalini 296 pagine ISBN: # 978-88-5920-367-4 EDT 2018 Luca Bragalini è uno degli esponenti di punta della nuova storiografia jazzistica, che mira a rivalutare un filone ellingtoniano fin qui poco e male analizzato. In questo volume la sua attenzione si concentra sulla sontuosa vena sinfonica del Duca, con l'obiettivo di riconsiderarla in un'ottica pluridisciplinare grazie a ricerche musicologiche, letterarie, fotografiche e ...
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