Jazz Articles about Duke Ellington

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Duke Ellington meets Bordeaux

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
May 1, 2021

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Structure: Bordeaux Meets Duke Ellington

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
April 15, 2021

I'll begin with a maxim --Knowledge is Pleasure. The reward of learning (especially about music and wine) is the ability to enjoy what is studied all the more. To me, the mark of a connoisseur is not the expert ability to analyze, but being able to revel in both the nuance and totality of what makes something great. The pursuit of knowledge has hedonistic rewards. Which is to say, welcome to Jazz & Juice. The articles, videos and ...

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Ghosts In The Machine, Part 1: Jazz Musicians And Popular Music

by Kurt Ellenberger
February 14, 2021

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Part I: The MachinesJazz and classical musicians have long had a troubled relationship with pop music. (By “pop music," I mean all styles outside of classical and jazz--country, rock, hip-hop, rap, etc.--any style that enjoys a double-digit market share is properly called “popular," as opposed to the dismal 4-6% (combined) that is shared by jazz and classical music.) Admittedly, most of pop ...

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Massimo Mantovani, Giorgio Rimondi: Storie di Standard

by Angelo Leonardi
October 30, 2019

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 ...

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Duke Ellington: Uppsala 1971

by Chris Mosey
August 18, 2019

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 ...

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April Birthday Salutes

by Marc Cohn
April 26, 2019

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.

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Beyond Category - Duke Ellington in the 1930s (1931 - 1940)

by Russell Perry
February 12, 2019

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 ...