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The musical performance is built around Franz List’s Hungarien Rhapsody and main theme is called Ebony Rhapsody. Quite recently we published some excerpts from the making of this film donated to us by Steven Lasker, as a Christmas gift.
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We start the motage in the Goodies Room with a sequence from the 1934 movie Murder At The Vanities, where almost all members of the band can be seen individually. The broadcast can be found in the podcast section of Radio Jazz but it is also available at the DESS website here. It has a long interview with Sven-Erik Baun Christensen, who wrote the article about Greenwood, and music featuring her. DESS members Bjarne Busk and Brian Koller wrote about it on the Duke-LYM site and their comments are reprinted in the new Bulletin.ījarne Busk has also broadcasted an hour-long program about Lil Greenwood on the Radio Jazz (.
There is also a follow up of the cover story in the previous Bulletin about Lil Greenwood. It has also a reprint of an article about Mercer Ellington in the program for his European Tour in 1977, an excerpt from exam paper by a Swedish music student about Jimmy Blanton way of playing the bass and some thoughts by DESS member Jan-Olov Isaksson on LP and CD tributes to Duke Ellington. The article is prefaced by short introduction of Lawrence by Bo Haufman.Īmong Bo Haufman’s contributions to the new Bulletin is also an interesting article about Marie Ellington. It is a good introduction to Miley’s life and career and is recommended as such. There is much more to read in his well researched article.Īnother long article in the new issue is a transcript of a presentation at the Ellington ’94 in Stockholm by Austin H. What has been written above is only some snapshots of what Thomas has to say about Booty Wood. It would have been interesting to get Thomas’ view on this. But the impression from article is that he was only brought back to fill a chair and handle the trombone part in traditional concert numbers. He was back in late 1969 to replace Lawrence Brown and stayed to late 1972. Was it family?Īnyhow, his first period was really only a year – from September 1959 to end of 1960 – but he left many good marks from it in Columbia recordings like Blues In The Orbit, Piano In The Background and the Nutcracker Suites, in small groups recordings under Hodges and Harry Carney’s namn and his own album Hang In and in recordings from concerts and dances.Īfter this period, Wood was away from the Ellington Orchestra for more than 10 years except for a short return in 1963 to play in the orchestra formed for My People. Wood was really in and out of the Ellington orchestra over the years and one wonders why. Lionel Hampton’s 1940’s big band, the military during the Second World War years and Erskine Hawkins’ late 1940’s band was Wood’s musical upbringing grounds according to the article and apparently he liked in particular his period with Hawkins.ĭuring that, Wood participated in Hawkins’ recordings for Victor and one of them resulted in the album Erskine Hawkins Plays W.C.
He gives the readers of the Bulletin a comprehensive story of Wood’s musical career. The four-page article about him is written by DESS member Thomas Erikson – a specialist and great fan of Ellington’s trombonists. The cover story is about Booty Wood – “Duke’s pungent trombonist”. The printed version was posted the same day and at least the DESS members in Sweden should have started to get it today.
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Those, who don’t have the book, can follow the link below to download and read Ellington’s appreciation.ĭESS members, who has opted for the pdf version of the Bulletin, got the new issue on Monday. It is the third goodie this month and is available in the Goodies Room. Steven Lasker has very kindly given the website a copy of the recording to share with the DESS members. It exists in two version, one printed in the book and one in a tape recording, which was transcribed for the book. Ellington’s is the most interesting since it is more than just an appreciation. The book starts with “appreciations” by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and John Hammond. Fortunately, the publisher Da Capo published a reprint of it in 1984 and it is more widely available.
The first edition of The Encyclopedia of Jazz was published by Horizon Pressīut it is not easy to find one in good shape. It was followed by The Encyclopedia Yearbook Of Jazz the year after and The Encyclopedia Yearbook of Jazz in The Sixties in 1966. It started in 1955 when Feather published his ambitious The Encyclopedia of Jazz.
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He was a frequent contributor to jazz magazines in many countries but he also wrote books and particularly a long series of jazz encyclopedia. Among other things, Leonard Feather was a productive writer and jazz critic.
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