Jazz Articles about Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington: New York New York, The Treasury Shows, Vol. 13 & A Tone Parallel to Harlem

by George Kanzler
July 20, 2008

Duke Ellington New York New York Storyville 2008 Duke Ellington The Treasury Shows Vol. 13 Storyville 2008 Claude Bolling A Tone Parallel to Harlem Fremeaux and Assoc. 2008

New CDs of Duke Ellington music from vaults and archives provide more evidence of how ...

The Music of Duke Ellington: Live in Zurich 1950 + Thank You, Uncle Edward

by Ken Dryden
May 10, 2008

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Live in Zurich, Switzerland 2.5.1950 TCB 2007 Duke Ellington Legacy Thank You, Uncle Edward Renma 2008

Duke Ellington's half-century of commercial recordings provides a ready comparison for any jazz group that chooses to explore his music. A newly discovered Ellington concert and a band led by tenor saxophonist Virginia Mayhew with Ellington's grandson, guitarist Edward Ellington II, both provide ...

Duke Ellington: Live in Zurich, Switzerland 2.5.1950

by David Rickert
April 20, 2008

The end of the Swing Era and the advent of small group jazz signaled the death for many of the big bands, but some, like Duke Ellington's, were able to soldier on and continue to produce some compelling work. In 1950 Ellington toured Europe to enthusiastic crowds; Zurich, where this concert was recorded was no exception. Caught between the innovations of the Blanton/Webster band and the resurgence marked by the Newport Jazz Festival later, we find Ellington taking advantage of ...

Duke Ellington: Live in '58

by Jim Santella
November 18, 2007

Duke Ellington Live in '58 Jazz Icons 2007

Duke Ellington's 80-minute concert at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw was filmed in black & white for television and recorded for radio. At this point in his career, Ellington had quite a following, aided by his best-selling record of the band's sensational appearance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival. The Swing Era had come and gone, but his band continued to explode. His soloists were the best ...

Norwegian Plans to Post All Ellingtonia on the Net

by Fradley Garner
November 17, 2007

OSLO: Do you have any information about Duke Ellington? Any concert programs, posters, clippings, memorabilia, photos, private recordings? An ambitious Norwegian jazz researcher is burning to get hold of such items--as scanned images or sound files. No need to part with the originals.Arne Neegaard has set himself a formidable goal: posting the details of every recording Ellington ever made, every gig and tour and jam session he ever took part in--there were many thousands of these--on the Net ...

Who Was Duke's Sophisticated Lady?

by AAJ Staff
May 31, 2006

Dear Big Jazz Nerd, Whom was Duke Ellington referring to when he wrote “Sophisticated Lady"? Amy Alexander Houston, Texas

Amy,

A good guess would be his mom, Daisy Kennedy Ellington. History tells us that she was a beautiful, intelligent, educated woman who doted on her son, Edward Kennedy Ellington (1899-1974). Duke worshiped Daisy, but his 1932 masterpiece was not written about her or any one woman in particular. Rather, the tune was ...

Duke Ellington: The Piano Player, The Treasury Shows, The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings

by George Kanzler
May 28, 2006

Duke Ellington The Piano Player Storyville 2005 Duke Ellington The Treasury Shows Storyville 2005 Duke Ellington The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings Lone Hill Jazz 2006 April 29th marks the 107th anniversary of Edward Kennedy Ellington's birth and in May he will have been gone for 32 ...