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AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
[Black, Brown and Beige: A Duke Ellington Tone Parallel to the American Negro, as played by the Composer and his Famous Orchestra at his Carnegie Hall concerts; RCA Victor DC 39 (1944)] On Feb. 7, 2008, AfriClassical posted “Suites of Duke Ellington, James Price Johnson, Scott Joplin & William Grant Still”. It quoted the blog of WFIU, “Night Lights”: “It took Ellington 12 years to achieve his goal–the...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
This month brings to the city two performances by pianist and composer Anthony Davis, who has been living in Southern California for the last decade. Prior to his immigration to the West Coast, Davis was active in New York and his return brings an improvisational voice sorely missed in the city where he made his home for so many years...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Musician, teacher and Duke Ellington Society member Ira Schulman passed away in Los Angeles on July 20, 2008. Ira was born in Chicago on December 1, 1926. He received a clarinet for his Bar Mitzvah in 1939 and began his long career as a musician playing mostly jazz but also classical and any music which interested him. Ira's curiosity led him to learn to play the rest of the single reed family and,...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Denny Mintle was having a hard time figuring out why Duke Ellington had sent him a Christmas card. In the spring.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Tribute: The satirical Seattle cabaret revues that played at Crepe de Paris are ending as the longtime French creperie and cabaret goes out of business in Rainier Square.
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
In a show that ranged from the music of Duke Ellington to that of Sun Ra, Opie performed on his woodwinds, but also on a hand-held synthesizer and a toy that he spun over his head to create sounds from the air.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
By MATT COLEMAN AMERICAN BEACH - The walls of the Evans Rendezvous Club pulsed with live performances from Ray Charles, Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington in its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s.
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AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
[Songs of America: Oral Moses, bass baritone; Rosalyn Floyd, piano; Timothy Holley, cello; Albany ALB 1011 (2008)] Albany Records ALB 1011 (2008): "A kaleidoscope of American culture presented by the magnificent bass-baritone Oral Moses.This recording is, in many respects, a unique and creatively conceived kaleidoscope of American culture presented through the expressions and influences of African...
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DCist (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Can you guess where this is? No, it's not the German countryside - it's our very own District of Columbia. Flickr user philliefan99 caught this spectacular overhead of the Beach Drive tunnel through Rock Creek Park from the heights of the Duke Ellington Bridge. What, you mean you've never stopped to take a peek while rushing over to Adams Morgan for your Sunday morning hangover-cure of choice? (We...
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Ken Hawkins (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
As Mount Pleasant continues to boom, it is having to find a way to balance growth with history. And, in at least one case it seems like growth is winning: The 140-year-old African American community of Scanlonville.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Bobby Durham, a consummate drummer who kept the beat for many of the greatest names in jazz and popular music over almost half a century, has died in Genoa, Italy. He was 71.
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
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 amazingly prolific he and his band were, while the Claude Bolling tribute compilation proves how strong Ellington repertoire can be in the right...
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Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
An evening devoted to Duke Ellington, plays, concerts and opera will all feature as an East Devon resort stages its fourth Festival of Music and Arts.
