DEMS BULLETIN
DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC SOCIETY
07/2 August - November 2007
FOUNDER: BENNY AASLAND
HONORARY MEMBER: FATHER JOHN GARCIA GENSEL
EDITOR: SJEF HOEFSMIT
ASSISTED BY: ROGER BOYES
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THE INTERNATIONAL DEMS BULLETIN DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC SOCIETY 07/2 August - November 2007 FOUNDER: BENNY AASLAND |
Voort 18b, 2328 Meerle, Belgium
Telephone: +32 3 315 75 83
Email: dems@skynet.be
NEW RELEASES AND RE-RELEASES
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CD Sounds of Yesterday # 733
Duke Ellington Live in Paris
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DEMS 07/2-28
Deep Purple; All of Me; What Else Can You Do with a Drum?; Harlem Air Shaft; Such Sweet Thunder;
Stompy Jones; Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Hi Fi Fo Fum; El Gato.
This CD is a dub from the LP Magic AWE 19 and contains selections from the second concert at the
Alhambra in Paris on 29oct58 (See DEMS 86/2-1; 90/1-5 and 90/2-6). The complete concert has been
released on the double CD Europe 1 # 710707 (96/1-8) and later on the 2 CD pack Laserlight 36152
containing the two CDs Laserlight 17429 and 17430. I wonder if this dub will have the last 2 bars of the
coda by Sam Woodyard plus BAND, just after the heavy applause. The LP is complete at this point, but
the Laserlight 2CD set is not. This end of the coda is obviously edited out, as one can hear from the
sound of the applause changing suddenly. Another point to look at is the liner-note, to see who is
credited with the vocal on What Else Can You Do with a Drum?. On the LP jacket it is Ray Nance. I
would not be surprised if this error has been copied onto the notes for the Sounds of Yesterday CD.
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CD Collectables COL 7843
Blue Light / Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown
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DEMS 07/2-29
This CD is a re-issue of the 12" LP Columbia CL 663 and the 12" LP Columbia ML 4639.
Taken from "Blue Light" are the following recordings:
1. Blue Light 3Mar38
2. Pyramid -2 7Jun38
3. Gypsy without a Song 19Jan38
4. No Greater Love 27Feb36
5. Finesse 21Mar39
6. Prelude to a Kiss -2 9Aug38
7. Moonglow 12Sep34
8. Tough Truckin' -2 5Mar35
9. Reminiscing in Tempo (4 parts) 12Sep35
Taken from "Ellington Uptown" are the following recordings
10. Skin Deep 29Feb52
11. The Mooch 1Jul52
12. Take the "A" Train 30Jun52
13. Harlem 7Dec51
14. Perdido 1Jul52
We have not bought ourselves a copy of this CD. That's why we are not sure about the numbering of the
tracks (because of the 4 parts of Reminiscing in Tempo).
We have taken the information from the New DESOR pages 1334 and 1337 (items 0238 and 0254).
Note that the original LP was not titled "Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown".
Milo van den Assem and DEMS
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CD Collectables COL 7856
Duke's Mixture / At the Bal Masqué
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DEMS 07/2-30
This CD is a re-issue of the 10" LP Columbia CL 2522 and the 12" LP Columbia CS 8098.
Taken from "Duke's Mixture" are the following recordings:
1. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart -2 3Mar38
2. The Hawk Talks 10May51
3. How High the Moon 14Nov47
4. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 18Nov47
5. V.I.P. Boogie 10May51
6. The Mooch 1Jul52
Taken from "At the Bal Masqué" are the following recordings
7. Alice Blue Gown 31Mar58
8. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf 1Apr58
9. Got a Date with an Angel 20Mar58
10. Poor Butterfly -16 24Mar58
11. Satan Takes a Holiday -4 20Mar58
12. The Peanut Vendor -7 24Mar58
13. Satin Doll 31Mar58
14. Lady in Red 31Mar58
15. Indian Love Call 26Mar58
16. The
Donkey Serenade 31Mar58
17. Gypsy Love Song 1Apr58
18. Laugh, Clown, Laugh 20Mar58
In DEMS 82/3-11, I reported that I had found a recording of Satin Doll
on my Philips LP B-07508-L,
which is identical to all the other releases of the 31Mar58 recording,
with the sole difference of having
three bars in the coda instead of four. And it was not the last bar in
the coda that was missing, but one of
the three preceding bars. In the meantime I found out that the same
defect occurred on the LP Co CL-1282 which by the way is completely
identical to my Philips LP.
As you can see in the New DESOR in the sessions of 26 and 31Mar58 there are two other alternate takes
on Co CL-1282 and Co CS-8098. In Indian Love Call, the whole take seems to be different. In Alice
Blue Gown only the first chorus is different and could have been taken from another take.
We had hoped to find alternate recordings of Poor Butterfly, Satan Takes a Holiday and The Peanut
Vendor. But we don't. The whole album is dubbed from the French LP CBS 63 513 which is apparently
identical to the LP Co CS-8098 and the French CD COL 469136 2. The stupid dubbed 'applause'
connects all the numbers except The Peanut Vendor (last track on side 1) with Satin Doll (first track on
side 2). Because the record had to be turned over the 'applause' is interrupted. On the French CD
however the 'applause' is connected again, which indicates that the Collectables CD is not a straight
forward dub from the French CD, which one could have expected.
I make exception to my usual rule about not giving my opinion as far as matters of personal taste are
concerned. This has obviously no discographical bearing. I prefer Stan Kenton's arrangement of The
Peanut Vendor to that of whoever arranged this composition for Duke.
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CD ASV AJS 2021
Jeep Is Jumpin'
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DEMS 07/2-31
Here are the titles from the new ASV Johnny Hodges centenary double album. I now have it and the
sound is excellent. I don't think I've ever heard the Blanton RCA's sound so good. As you can see, most
of the material is from the early Granz period. The album complements ASV AJA 5180 (Jeep's Blues)
which has 24 tracks featuring Hodges with a variety of groups including the Ellington Orchestra.
Steve Voce
Disc: 1
1. Squatty Roo
2. Passion Flower
3. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
4. Goin' Out the Back Way
5. You're Driving Me Crazy
6. Who Struck John
7. Violet Blue
8. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
9. Frisky
10. Lotus Blossom
11. Time on My Hands
12. Wishing and Waiting
13. Rendez Vous at the Hot Club
14. Sweet Lorraine
15. You Blew Out the Flame in My Heart
16. Something To Pat Your Foot To
17. My Reward
18. Good Queen Bess
19. Jeep's Blues
20. Jeep Is Jumpin'
21. Solitude
22. Castle Rock
23. Sophisticated Lady
24. Globetrotter
25. Gentle Breeze
Disc: 2
1. Pound of Blues
2. Wham
3. Who's Excited
4. Day Dream
5. Standing Room Only
6. Tenderly
7. Tea for Two
8. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
9. Hodge Podge
10. Through for the Night
11. Come Sunday
12. Sheik of Araby
13. In a Mellow Tone
14. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
15. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
16. On the Sunny Side of the Street
17. Sweet as Bear Meat
18. Warm Valley
19. All of Me
20. Mood Indigo
21. Perdido
ELLINGTONIA
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Blue Note Records 0946 3 41090 2 4
"African Tarantella"
Dances with Duke, Stefon Harris
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From the New Orleans Suite:
1. Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta
2. Portrait of Wellman Braud
3. Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies
From The Queen's Suite:
4. Sunset and the Mocking Bird
5. Single Petal of a Rose (only Harris, Hodge and Dubin)
From The Gardner Meditations by Stefon Harris
6. Memoirs of a Frozen Summer
7. African Tarantella
8. Dancing Enigma
Stefon Harris, vibes and marimba; Steve Turre, trombone; Anne Drummond, flute; Greg Tardy, clarinet;
Junah Chung, viola; Louise Dubin, cello; Xavier Davis, piano; Derrick Hodge, bass; Terreon Gully, drums.
Stanley Crouch wrote the liner-notes.
The first mention of this CD came through the Duke-LYM list from Bruce Kennan. He wrote:
"I might have missed this had my son not sent me the review Will [Friedwald] did last month: "it's more
than the most exciting reinterpretation of Ellington to emerge in a while." I've always trusted Friedwald's
every word related to Duke, and I'm glad he pointed me here. It is special. So far, I find the best example
of what Will says is two pieces of The Queen's Suite. Joe Temperley has kept their beauty active in
several recordings featuring his baritone sax. Now Stefon Harris takes it new places on vibes."
From Will Friedwald's article this quote: "Ellington would doubtless be
pleased to know that the present-day master of one of the only
instruments he overlooked is making up for lost time. Stefon Harris's
"African Tarantella," subtitled "Dances With Duke," is more than the
most exciting reinterpretation of
Ellington to emerge in a while. It's also a rare example of a
contemporary musician addressing
Ellington's more ambitious works in something like their original suite
format, rather than simply
playing his individual songs. For me, it's the jazz album of the year."
The recordings were made on 29, 30 and 31Aug05, when Hurricane Katrina flexed its disruptive and
deadly liquid muscles.
I was surprised by the fact that the music of Ellington was arranged and performed in a way which
showed great respect for the spirit of the composer. It didn't lose anything of its flavour. It tasted just
fine. I can strongly recommend this CD.
Stefon Harris' manager, Karen Kennedy can be reached at karen@karenkennedy.net
Sjef Hoefsmit
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EMI 7243 5 55346 2 0
Barbara Hendricks & Monty Alexander Trio
Tribute to Duke Ellington
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DEMS 07/2-33
When I stored my Stefon Harris CD, I noticed the Barbara Hendricks CD, which has not yet been
mentioned in DEMS Bulletin.
The recordings were made at the 1994 Montreux Jazz Festival in the Montreux Jazz Café on 17 and 18Jul.
On bass was Ira Coleman and on drums Ed Thigpen.
Here are the titles of the selections:
1. Duke's Place
2. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
4. Prelude to a Kiss
5. Love You Madly
6. I Got It Bad
7. Brown Skin Gal
8. Mood Indigo
9. What Am I Here For?
10. In a Sentimental Mood
11. Squeeze Me [sic], should read Just Squeeze Me
12. Sophisticated Lady
13. Take the "A" Train
14. Solitude
15. Come Sunday
16. Caravan
17. Creole Love Call
18. It Don't Mean a Thing
Total time 76:11.
Especially the more difficult numbers like Sophisticated Lady and Solitude gained a lot from the
beautiful classically trained voice of Barbara Hendricks.
I remembered that I once made a video recording from this session, which was telecast by the very high
quality European station ARTE in the series "Maestro". I couldn't resist comparing it with the CD.
Tracks 4, 6, 7, 8 and 17 were missing. Track 7 was not shown, but the music was heard during the
introduction of the programme by the speaker of ARTE before the actual performance on stage started.
Track 17 was also not shown on screen but a part of the music was heard during the credits at the end of
the video. Track 10 was slightly different. Apparently the music was recorded on the other evening of
the two recording days. Before track 1 came C-Jam Blues before Barbara was introduced. This
supplementary selection was titled Rockin' in Rhythm at the end of the video. On the video between
tracks 14 and 15 was what was called David's Song. It was a drum-solo by Ed Thigpen better known as
David Danced Before the Lord. After track 14 came a rendition of Things Ain't What They Used To Be,
followed by a short encore of the coda, inspired by the famous endings by Count Basie on One O'Clock
Jump and Splanky.
The video was shorter (only one hour) than the CD, but this was more than compensated by the
charming presence of Barbara on screen.
Before I decided to mention this old CD in DEMS Bulletin, I consulted Google and I found at this
address: http://www.google.nl/search?q=DVD%2BBarbara-Hendricks%2BMontreux%2BEllington&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N
that a DVD is now available, produced in 2005, which is almost identical with the video I just
mentioned. In the list of titles the last one is not Things Ain't What They Used To Be, but it is claimed to
be Creole Love Call. I guess that this is a wrong title and that the DVD is a carbon copy of the video.
There are many suppliers of this DVD, in different prices and different zones and as well in NTSC as in
PAL. So it is appropriate to mention this programme now, and not too late after all.
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CD Swaggie 408
Earl Hines plays Duke Ellington Favorites
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Creole Love Call; C-Jam Blues; Sophisticated Lady; I'm Beginning To See the Light; Mood Indigo; In a
Mellow Tone; Solitude; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; It Don't Mean a Thing; Satin Doll; In a
Sentimental Mood; Black and Tan Fantasy; Caravan.
Solo piano recorded from 1971 until 1975. 8 of the 13 selections were among the 20 selections on the
double CD New World Records NW 361/362-2 from 1988.
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CD Blue Note Records 7243 73550 2 6
Billy Strayhorn - Lush Life
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This CD is supposed to contain the soundtrack of the documentary (see DEMS 07/1-42):
1. Fantastic Rhythm
2. Rain Check
3. Lush Life
4. Satin Doll
5. Something To Live For
6. Johnny Come Lately
7. Day Dream
8. Tonk
9. Chelsea Bridge
10. My Little Brown Book
11. Valse
12. Blood Count (My Flame Burns Blue)
13. The Flowers Die of Love
14. Lotus Blossom
15. So This Is Love.
Tracks 1 and 11 are played by Bill Charlap (p.)
Tracks 2, 6, 9 and 14 are played by Joe Lovano (t.s.), Hank Jones, George Maaz (b.) and Paul Motian (d.)
Track 3 is played by Dianne Reeves and Russell Malone (g.)
Track 4 is played by Hank Jones
Tracks 5, 7, 10, 13 and 15 are played by Dianne Reeves, Peter Martin (p.), Reuben Rogers (b.) and Greg
Hutchinson (d.)
Track 8 is played by Hank Jones and Bill Charlap
Track 12 is played by Elvis Costello (vc.), Joe Lovano and Bill Charlap
No details about date or location of these recordings were given in the liner-notes
Track 1 does not appear in the documentary
Tracks 2, 9 and 14 do also not appear in the documentary. In the documentary the recordings were taken
from other sources
Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 15 seem to be identical to the recordings in the documentary
Tracks 6 and 12 seem to be slightly different. Identification cannot be made with certainty because of the
disturbing comments and the fact that none of the tracks were complete in the documentary.
Not on the CD, but included in the documentary were a part of Star-Crossed Lovers by Joe Lovano,
Hank Jones, George Maaz and Paul Motian, and a few bars of Sprite Music by Bill Charlap
The sequence of the tracks on the CD do not make sense. It is different from what we have in the documentary.
64 minutes of great music!
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CD Mighty Quinn MQP 1108 (2006)
Ray Nance - Body and Soul
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On 18May69, Ray Nance played a special concert for the Duke Ellington Society in the New School. In
the same month he recorded with his colleagues this album, originally released by Solid State Records as
SS-18062. If you attended this concert you may recognise some of the selections. Ray mostly played his
violin. There were two guitarists, Tiny Grimes and Tommy Lucas. The liner-notes give detailed
descriptions of their solo roles. The same is true for both piano players, Jaki Byard and Roland Hanna
who also played organ. On bass is Carl Pruitt and on drums is Steve Little. On two of the selections
Brew Moore played tenor saxophone.
It was not only at Billy Strayhorn's funeral that Ray play the violin (in Take the "A" Train) as we can
witness on the Ellington documentary "On the Road with Duke Ellington"; Ray also played violin at the
funeral of Coleman Hawkins: Body and Soul. Both interpretations are included in this CD. There are two
Ray Nance originals: Jolie Janice (Ray's niece) and Tranquility [sic], which concludes the more than 43
minutes of fine music. Other selections are: Get Happy; Sunny; Mimi; A Hard Day's Night; Oh Happy
Day; Stardust; She's Funny That Way and Guitar Amour.
I have enjoyed this album.
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Living Era CD AJA 5634
The Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Harlem Heat
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Edgar Hayes & The Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931
1. Blue Rhythm E 36666
2. Moanin' E 35987-A
3. Blue Flame E 36667
4. Red Devil E 36668-A
5. Sugar Blues 10625-3
6. Futuristic Jungleism 10628-2
7. Heebie Jeebies 69978-1
Jimmy Ferguson (a.k.a. Baron Lee) & The Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1932/33
8. Heat Waves 11363-1
9. The Growl 11767-1
10. Rhythm Spasm 11823-1
11. Wild Waves 11826-1
12. White Lightning 11825-1
13. Ol' Yazoo 12203-1
14. Weary Traveller 265075-2
15. Jazz Martini 13930-1
16. Love's Serenade 78095-1
17. Harlem after Midnight 78096-1
Lucky Millinder & The Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1933/36
18. Drop Me Off in Harlem 78827-1
19. Dancing Dogs 16273-1
20. African Lullaby 16271-1
21. Harlem Heat 17760-1
22. There's Rhythm in Harlem 17797-1
23. Barrelhouse 20074-1
24. Algiers Stomp 20297-1
25. Ride, Red, Ride 17759-1
If you like Duke's music from the 30ties (and who doesn't?) you will certainly enjoy this CD. This was
Irving Mills replacement band, if neither Ellington nor Calloway could make the gig. This Blue Rhythm
Band often performed in the Cotton Club and its music has a lot of resemblance to that of Duke and Cab.
The audio restoration is again of the highest level. Drop Me Off in Harlem was sung by Adelaide Hall
and deserves special mention.
The CD was compiled by Ray Crick and Vic Bellerby, ex-chairman of DESUK, the Duke Ellington
Society (UK).
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Percussion Power, Inc. (Dec05)
The Sacred Music of Louie Bellson
and The Jazz Ballet
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A good film has to be watched at least twice. Good music has to be listened to several times. After I
received my copy of this CD early in 2006, I have listened to it many times. It didn't contain a single
familiar (to me) melody. It took some time to get acquainted with the music and to be rewarded with the
satisfaction of enjoying it fully as is the case with all good music after repeated listening. On the cover is
mentioned: "Ellington-inspired drummer-composer Louie Bellson in concert with Symphony, Big Band
and Choir." The inspiration came from Duke's words (quoted from the liner-notes): "You know, Louie,
you should write a concert of sacred music." The inspiration did however not come from Duke's Sacred
Concerts. Louie's work is quite different. This is his own music and I am happy that I now fully
appreciate it. It is great! Everything on this production is of the highest quality. The recording is
marvellous. Louie's drums never sounded better. The choir is excellent. The trumpet solo in "The Jazz
Ballet" by Bobby Shew is extraordinary. The liner-notes by Patricia Willard are (as ever) brilliant. The
album was designed and produced by Francine Bellson. I am a printer and box maker. I know what I am
talking about when I say that this is a perfect job. This is the first time that a cardboard album cover does
not fall apart when (the 16 pages thick) booklet is put in its place.
I do not propose to say much here about the individual selections, or about the musicians. If you follow
my advice and buy yourself a copy of this album, you will have every detail mentioned in the liner-notes
(as it should be). The CD can be ordered online at www.musicianswarehouse.com. I ordered mine at
www.worldsrecords.com. It is not Ellington music for which I know that DEMS Bulletin readers do not
need any recommendation. I hope that you will like and admire it as I did after some time. Give it a
chance and let me know what you think of it. Oscar Peterson expressed his admiration for Louie as
follows: "Louie Bellson represents the epitome of musical talent. His ability to cover the whole musical
spectrum from an elite percussionist to a very gifted composer and arranger never ceases to amaze me. I
consider him one of the musical giants of our age." I agree.
Most of us know Louie's compositions The Hawk Talks, Skin Deep and Ting-a-Ling. His compositions
Eyes, Shadows and Claxton Hall Swing on the CD Ocium OCM 0036 (see DEMS 03/3-23/4) are less
well known. His longer works like "East Side Suite" (on CD MusicMasters CIJD 60161T) and
"Ellington-Strayhorn Suite" (on CD MusicMasters 01612-65096-2) have not been reviewed in DEMS
Bulletin but are certainly proof of Louie's great skills as a composer.
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HEP CD 2082 (2001)
Jessica Williams
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
The Music of Duke Ellington
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1. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
2. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
3. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
4. Interlude #1
5. Prelude to a Kiss
6. Satin Doll
7. In a Sentimental Mood
8. It Don't Mean a Thing
9. Interlude #2
10. Angelica
11. Caravan
12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
13. Interlude #3
14. C-Jam Blues
15. Duke's Place
Jessica recorded by herself this album at her home with a result that cannot be topped by the best studio.
She concluded her liner-notes with these words:
"There are dozens, probably hundreds of tributes to Duke Ellington. They proliferate like lice on a pup.
To make a special and lasting tribute album in jazz demands (or should demand) that the statement is in
some way unique or original, or, at the very least, deeply respectful of the subject of that tribute. I hope
I've succeeded on at least a few of those levels … to my ears, I have, and hope you agree and enjoy my
humble tribute to one of the great inventors and innovators of jazz, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington. I
love him madly!"
Jessica certainly succeeded. I have enjoyed her album very much. It is in every respect a treasure. Her
treatment of In a Sentimental Mood is exquisite. Her approach of the piano is very Dukish. Like Duke
she employs both ends of the keyboard to the full. Her recording technique is splendid. Most solo piano
recordings in stereo are not very impressive, but her album sounds as if she is playing for 65 minutes in
your own living room. Duke has written enough good music for her to make a second album and if she
already did so, I hope someone will tell me.
Sjef Hoefsmit**