Sunday 28 August 2016

Concertzender



The Concertzender internet radio site based in the Netherlands has an entire section devoted to the music of Duke Ellington which may be found here.

    The particular jewel in the crown of these broadcasts, which seem to be archived permanently on-line, is a series of broadcasts built around particular albums. Here is the complete collection. The later programmes have been - and continue to be - produced by Ellington authority, Louis Tavecchio. The broadcasts are a wonderful resource. Commentaries, of course, are in Dutch. The sound of the music is pristine. 

Programme  1: The Private Collection

Programme  2: The Private Collection Volume 2

Programme  3: The Private Collection Volume 3

Programme  4: The Private Collection Volume 4

Programme  5: The Private Collection Volume 5

Programme  6: The Private Collection Volume 6

Programme  7: The Private Collection Volume 7

Programme  8: The Private Collection Volume 8

Programme  9: The Private Collection Volume 9

Programme 10: The Private Collection Volume 10

Programme 11: The Best of Duke Ellington 1932-1939

Programme 12: The Best of Duke Ellington 1932-1939 Disc 2

Programme 13: The Best of Duke Ellington 1932-39 Disc 3

Programme 14: The Best of Duke Ellington 1932-39 Disc 4

Programme 15: Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Sessions Disc 1

Programme 16: Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Sessions Disc 2

Programme 17: Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Sessions Disc 3

Programme 18: Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Sessions Disc 4

Programme 19: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra Soundies

Programme 20: Liberian Suite and Ellington/ Strayhorn Piano Duets

Programme 21: The Queen's Suite; The Goutelas Suite; The Uwis Suite

Programme 22: The Latin American Suite

Programme 23: Togo Brava Suite

Programme 24: Such Sweet Thunder

Programme 25: ... And His Mother Called Him Bill

Programme 26: Afro Bossa

Programme 27: New Orleans Suite

Programme 28: Newport 1956

Programme 29: Newport 1956 Part Two

Programme 30: Paris Concert

Programme 31: Paris Concert/ Virgin Isles

Programme 32: Ellington 66/ The Intimate Ellington

Programme 33: Money Jungle

Programme 34: Afro Bossa/ Mary Poppins

Programme 35: Mary Poppins/ Far East Suite

Programme 36: The Afro Eurasian Eclipse/ This One's For Blanton

Programme 37: The Afro Eurasian eclipse/ This One's For Blanton

Programme 38: The Piano Player

Programme 39: ...Meets John Coltrane and Coleman Hawkins

Programme 40: The Complete Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Groups

Programme 41: The Complete Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Groups

Programme 42: Highlights of the Great 1940-42 Band

Programme 43: Highlights of the Great 1940-42 Band

Programme 44: Highlights of the Great 1940-42 Band

Programme 45: Braggin' In Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year

Programme 46: Such Sweet Thunder

Programme 47: Three Suites/ The Great Paris Concert

Programme 48: The Cosmic Scene/ Private Collection Volume 3

Programme 49: New Orleans Suite/ Three Suites

Programme 50: The Ellington Suites/ The Latin American Suite

Programme 51: The Private Collection Volume 5/ The Ellington Suites

Programme 52: Blues In Orbit

Programme 53: Ellington and Armstrong: The Great Summit

Programme 54: Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie: First Time

Programme 55: Unknown Sessions/ Meets Coleman Hawkins

Programme 56: Piano Reflections/ Piano in the Foreground

Programme 57: Piano in the Foreground/ Money Jungle

Programme 58: Money Jungle/ Great Times

Programme 59: Trains

Programme 60: ... and His Mother Called Him Bill

Programme 61: All American In Jazz/ Midnight In Paris

Programme 62: The Great Paris Concert

Programme 63: Côte d'Azur Concerts

Programme 64: Côte d'Azur Concerts

Programme 65: Côte d'Azur Concerts

Programme 66: Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo

Programme 67: Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo

Programme 68: Early Ellington

Programme 69: Jubilee Stomp

Programme 70: 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings 

Programme 71: Jubilee Stomp; Early Ellington 1927-34

Programme 72:  1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings

Programme 73: 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings

Programme 74: 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings

Programme 75: 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings

Programme 76: 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings

Programme 77: 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings

Programme 78: Live at The Blue Note

Programme 79: Live at The Blue Note

Programme 80: Ellington Live at Newport 1956

Programme 81: Ellington Live at Newport 1956

Programme 82: April 29th Birthday Sessions

Programme 83: April 29th Birthday Sessions

Programme 84: All Star Road Band Volume 2

Programme 85: Hot Summer Dance

Programme 86: Private Collection: Dance Dates, California 1958

Programme 87: Private Collection: Dance Dates, California 1958

Programme 88: Yale Concert; 1967 European Tour

Programme 89: Paris Jazz Concert 1965: Part 1

Programme 90: Paris Jazz Concert 1965: Part 2

Programme 91: Best of The California Concerts

Programme 92: Ella and Duke: Stockholm Concert; at the Côte d'Azur

Programme 93: In the Uncommon Market; Big Bands Live

Programme 94: Live in Zurich, Switzerland, 2 May, 1950

Programme 95: Tricky's Lick: Octet Live at The Rainbow Grill

Programme 96: 70th Birthday Concert

Programme 97: 1956-8 Small Group; Studio Sessions New York, 1963

Programme 98: Studio Sessions New York, 1957-62

Programme 99: Studio Sessions 1957-62; The Intimacy of The Blues

Programme 100: Studio: Chicago,San Francisco, New York, 1956-67

Programme 101: Togo Brava Suite

Programme 102: Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943-47

Programme 103: Orchestra, Composer and Pianist

Programme 104: Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Groups

Programme 105: Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Groups

Programme 106: Variety, Vocalion and Okeh/ Centennial Edition

Programme 107: Variety, Vocalion and Okeh/Centennial Edition

Programme 108: The Intimate Ellington/ Up In Duke's Workshop

Programme 109: Never Before Released Recordings

Programme 110: The Private Collection Volumes 3 & 8 Studio Sessions

Programme 111: The Private Collection Volumes 8 & 9 Studio Sessions

Programme 112: The Suites/ The Piano Player

Programme 113: Complete Columbia 1951-58/All Star Road Band Volume 2

Programme 114: Complete Columbia 1951-58/ Private Collection 2 & 6

Programme 115: Complete Columbia 1959-61/ live At Monterey 2

Programme 116: All American In Jazz/ Midnight In Paris

Programme 117: Anatomy of a Murder/ Paris Blues

Programme 118: A Drum Is A Woman/ Paris Blues

Programme 119: Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington Songbook

Programme 120: ... Sings Ellington Songbook/ Ella At Duke's Place

Programme 121: Ellington Songbook/ Ella and Duke at the Côte d'Azur

Programme 122: London & New York 1963-4/ Uncommon Market/Live & Rare

Programme 123: This One's For Blanton/ Live At The Whitney

Programme 124: Heading For Newport 1956

Programme 125: Ellington and Hodges: Back To Back/ Side By Side

Programme 126: Will Big Bands Ever Come Back/ Recollections

Programme 127: Recollections Big Band Era/ Ellington 65

Programme 128: Jazz Violin Session/ Ellington 66

Programme 129: Jazz Violin Session/ Symphonic Ellington

Programme 130: Black, Brown and Beige/ Orchestral Works

Programme 131: Serenade To Sweden/ Second Sacred Concert

Programme 132: Sweden/ Second/ Third Sacred Concert

Programme 133: All American In Jazz/ Midnight In Paris

Programme 134: Featuring Paul Gonsalves/ Côte d' Azur

Programme 135: Columbia Studio Albums 1959-61/Newport 1958

Programme 136: The Capitol Sessions 1953-55

Programme 137: The Capitol Sessions 1953-55

Programme 138: Best of the California Concerts

3 August 2019: My People

Programme 139: Rare Live Recordings1952-3

Programme 140: Orchestra, Composer and Pianist

Programme 141: World Broadcasting Series 1943

Programme 142: World Broadcasting Series 1943 and 1945

Programme 143: World Broadcasting Series 1945

Programme 144: Capitol Transcriptions

Programme 145: Capitol Transcriptions 1945-46

Programme 146: Capitol Transcriptions 1946-47

Programme 147: The Treasury Shows Volumes 14 and 23

Programme 148: Money Jungle/ Duke's Big 4

Programme 149: The Piano Player

Programme 150: Latin American Suite

Programme 151: April 29 Birthday sessions

Programme 152: 70th Birthday Concert

Programme 153: The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings

Programme 154: Rotterdam 1969

Programme 155: De Doelen, 29 October, 1971

Programme 156: At The Hurricane

Programme 157: The Treasury Shows




Programme 161: The Treasury Shows

Programme 162: The Treasury Shows

Programme 163: The Treasury Shows




Programme 167: Duke at Fargo 1940

Programme 168: Duke at Fargo




Programme 172: At The Cotton Club


Programme 174: Second Sacred Concert


Programme 176: In Gröna Lund, 1963

Programme 177: In Gröna Lund, 1963










Programme 187: Hollywood Empire, 1949







Programme 194: The Duke In Washington









                                    Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert

Programme 203: Pretty Woman




Programme 207: Duke's Joint

Programme 208: Daybreak Express







Programme 215: The MOMA Recital







Programme 222: SESAC Label




Programme 226: America Dances




Programme 230: Ellington The Pianist

Programme 231: At The Piano - Une Anthologie

Programme 232: At The Piano - Piano In The Foreground


Programme 234: My People



Programme 237: 1939

Programme 238:The Duke's Men






Programme 244: Ellington Stockpile

Programme 245: Unknown Session

Programme 246: The Cosmic Scene


Programme 248: ... Plays Mary Poppins


The search page for all the references to Duke Ellington on the Concertzender website may be found here.

Wednesday 24 August 2016

The Expert Answers...




Duke Ellington - The Experts Answer - Rare 16MM TV Show - Ellington's Own Print!
Closed circuit college 30 minute black & white interview show called "The Experts Answer" , with Mr. Ellington being interviewed by  students from Columbia University, the subject of course, is jazz music.
This print was requested & owned by Ellington himself, photos are of the actual letter sent with the print.
I won several prints from the Duke Ellington auction at the Museum of Jazz. Please see my other auctions for the other films.
This is episode #2 of  "Experts Answer".
Probably originally filmed on video tape, & this 16mm print was made at Mr. Ellington's request. This may be the only print of this in existence.
Print is in excellent condition, with a very light line. Letter has a few light stains and creases. 
B&W, 1200 feet, sound - In original can with letter & shipping receipt. 
Opportunity to own a one of a kind item, once owned by this Jazz legend.
All photos are from the actual print being offered.

















Rare Gonsalves


I have been trying recently to collect the earliest recordings of Paul Gonsalves. Whether they are records he made with Teddy Weatherford (or indeed if he recorded with him at all: see here) is a subject for another day.
    Paul certainly did record four sides with Boston society pianist  Sabby Lewis and his band in March, 1946. You can clearly see Paul sitting in the reed section in the photograph here...   


... which appears on the cover of the Sabby Lewis album it is easiest to obtain, Boston Bounce:




This LP from the 1970s anthologises the first two sides Paul recorded with the band, Edna and Boston Bounce.
    The LP is likely a dub and so in order to get closer to the music, and indeed the other two titles, one must dig a little deeper into the crates...
    These sides appeared first as 78s on the Continental label. The third title on the session, Alone In The City Blues, was only ever issued in that format, as far as I know. Here is the record:


... which was the B-side of the aforementioned Edna.




Trying to avoid the much later dubbed LP, here are some more alternatives for much earlier pressings, the first time in fact in which these recordings were anthologised on microgroove on the Remington label. Edna also appears on the B-side of this 10" Lp celebrating Ethel Waters...


The fourth and final title from this elusive session, Are You Coming Home, John? was anthologised on this Remington 45...




A much more modern and 'hi fi' title Hi Fi Jazz Session on the Mastersound label also includes the ubiquitous Edna.


... and two of there sides, Are You Coming Home, John? and Boston Bounce appear on this (likely) bootlegged title from Australia.



Here is the original of that 'Manhattan' bootleg Café Society Swing  again on the Remington label and what for my money is the definitive microgroove issue of those two titles.  




Those four obscure sides, then, have appeared in several different guises over the years. You pays your money and you takes your choice...

For much greater detail on the Remington and associated labels, visit the fascinating Sound Fountain pages...







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