Friday, 6 June 20:00 (EST)
The Duke Orchestra directed by Laurent Mignard
Black Is Beautiful
Le Bal Blomet, 33 Rue Blomet, 75015 Paris, France
L’œuvre de Duke Ellington représente l’un des plus grands héritages du 20ème siècle. Mêlant l’esprit du blues à l’invention orchestrale la plus raffinée, du Cotton Club à Dakar, le Duke a célébré le peuple noir en d’innombrables occasions.
The Mooche, Black and Tan Fantasy, Black Beauty, Creole Love Call, Harlem Airshaft, Cotton Tail, Jump for Joy, Boola, Black Brown and Beige, A Drum is a Woman, Fleurette Africaine … représentent autant de portes d’entrées pour (re)découvrir un monde d’élégance et de contrastes.
Line up : Didier Desbois (sax alto), Jean Dousteyssier (sax alto, clarinette), Olivier Defays (sax tenor), Matthieu Vernhes (sax tenor, clarinette), Philippe Chagne (sax baryton), Claude Egea, Fabien Mary, Gilles Relisieux, Yves le Carboulec (trompettes), Nicolas Grymonprez, Michaël Ballue, Jerry Edwards (trombones), Philippe Milanta (piano), Bruno Rousselet (contrebasse), Germain Cornet (batterie), Laurent Mignard (direction)
Invitée : Sylvia Howard (chant)
The Annual General Meeting of the Duke Ellington Society UK will be held via Zoom on Saturday 7 June 2025, 17:00 for 18:00 (BST).
All members are welcome to attend. If you would like to do so, please email desuk@dukeellington.org.uk for the access code.
Harmony In Harlem Directed by Michael Kilpatrick
THE MUSIC OF DUKE ELLINGTON
8 June 2025, 3:00pm
The Maltings
Ely
Cambs
CB7 4BB
Tel: 01353 662633
Harmony In Harlem come to the Maltings in Ely for a Sunday matinee performance. We will play a vibrant mix of authentic Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn from the Cotton Club days of the 1930s through to the 1960s, including two movements from Duke's acclaimed Far East Suite. Doors open at 2:30pm.
