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Book Review

Storia del jazz Ted Gioia 592 Pagine ISBN: # : 978-88-6639-995-7 EDT/Siena Jazz 2013 A Ted Gioia si devono alcuni dei saggi più stimolanti della storiografia jazzistica, ed in primis la “Storia del jazz." Ben curata da Francesco Martinelli, l'edizione italiana aggiunge alcune chicche di rilievo rispetto a quella statunitense. Intellettuale di vaglia, lo storico statunitense ha operato una nuovo aggiornamento nella convinzione che i giudizi più codificati possano essere soggetti ad ...

Book Review

Juan Tizol: His Caravan Through Life and American Culture

by Tomas Pena
January 15, 2014

Juan Tizol--His Caravan Through Life and American Culture Basilio Serrano Pages ISBN: #978-14691-8166 Xlibris 2012 Basilio Serrano is a seasoned educator, historian and a person who is all too familiar with the plight of Puerto Ricans whose contributions to jazz have been ignored or forgotten. In 2000 he wrote a series of articles on Juan Tizol's cross-cultural collaborations with Duke Ellington, Harry James and other nationally known orchestras. In addition he has ...

Album Review

Duke Ellington: The Ellington Suites

Read "The Ellington Suites" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
November 11, 2013

It should not be so hard to identify the most important jazz musician in the history of the genre. It is one of five artists: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. Much can be made for Ellington being the logical choice. Edward Kennedy Ellington (1899-1974) lived the entire history of jazz. He led arguably the most important big band of the swing era while also recording widely in smaller formats. But Ellington considered his music ...

Album Review

Duke Ellington: The Duke At Fargo 1940 Special 60th Anniversary Edition

Read "The Duke At Fargo 1940 Special 60th Anniversary Edition" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
April 21, 2013

An historic double album, the only one to feature the Duke Ellington band in the greatest of its many incarnations, playing a dance date. It captures the immediacy and chaotic magic of the 1940 orchestra in a way the carefully manicured studio recordings and even radio broadcasts of the time just can't do. It happened like this: on November 7 1940, after receiving permission from Ellington and the William Morris Agency in New York, Jack Towers and ...

Opinion

Jazz, Politics, Edward Kennedy and the Ghosts of Richard Nixon: Our American Dialogue and the Hatfields and McCoys

by Carl L. Hager
December 20, 2012

To get into heaven, don't snap for a seven Live clean, don't have no fault Oh, I take the gospel, whenever it's possible But with a grain of salt --"It Ain't Necessarily So," from Porgy & Bess by George and Ira Gershwin Edward Kennedy Ellington celebrated his 70th birthday at the White House, where he received the first Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by the newly inaugurated chief ...

Album Review

Duke Ellington: Carnegie Hall Concerts

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 22, 2010

Non è certo facile condensare in una recensione la mole di musica contenuta in questo cofanetto: otto CD che riuniscono i quattro concerti presentati da Duke Ellington nella leggendaria Carnegie Hall di New York. Si tratta di una delle fasi più creative del Maestro, qui in grado di mantenere quanto aveva sviluppato per accompagnare gli show del Cotton Club o il ballo dei jitterbug, ma libero di andare oltre le imposizioni di tali contesti. La sua arte pescava senza pudori ...

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Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Duke Ellington Tames The Savage Beasts: Lions and Tigers and Bears (and Gazelles!)

by Dan Bilawsky
July 14, 2010

I begin this edition of Old, New, Borrowed and Blue with a confession. I have an unabashed love for the music of Duke Ellington. From his brilliantly scored compositions, to the singular instrumental personalities in his band(s)--with Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton and Johnny Hodges ranking at the top of my list--Ellington seems to transcend the “big band" tag and his music really deserves the designation of “fine art." Writers have been treating this music as such for over seventy five years, ...