DEMS BULLETIN
DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC SOCIETY
09/1 April - July 2009
Our 31st Year of Publication
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 09/1 April - July 2009 Our 31st Year of Publication FOUNDER: BENNY AASLAND |
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NEW
RELEASES AND RE-RELEASES
Essential Jazz Classics 55430
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington featuring Mahalia Jackson
DEMS 09/1-35
1. Worksong 5Feb58 5805a
2. Come Sunday 5Feb58 5805b
3. Light 12Feb58 5808b
4. Come Sunday 11Feb58 5807a
5. Come Sunday 12Feb58 5808a
6. 23rd Psalm 11Feb58 5807b
7. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald
Royal Ancestry 2Sep57 5733a
All Heart 2Sep57 5733f
Beyond Category 2Sep57 5733g
Total Jazz 2Sep57 5733h
8. Mood Indigo 18Dec50 5017b
9. Sophisticated Lady 18Dec50 5017c
The tracks 1/6 are identical to the original release on the LP CL-1162.
Judging by the time (16:16) of “Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald”, we expect that
the four movements will be preceded by the narrations by Duke or Billy
Strayhorn, each accompanied by the other on the piano.
Tracks 8 and 9 are identical with the two vocal selections by Yvonne Lanauze on
the Masterpieces LP from 1950.
DEMS
Lonehill Jazz DIS-120674
Duke Ellington The 1956-1958 Small Band Recordings
DEMS 09/1-36
Chicago, 24Jun58
1. In a Mellow Tone 5822a
2. In a Mellow Tone 5822b
3. Happy Reunion 5822c
4. Happy Reunion 5822d
5. Wailing Interval 5822e
Chicago, 17Jan57
6. Wailing Interval 5704d
7. I Cover the Waterfront 5704c
11. The Riff 5704b
12. Bluer 5704a
Chicago, 29Jan57
8. Deep Blues 5705f
9. Circle of Fourths 5705c
10. Perdido 5705d
13. Slow Blues Ensemble 5705b
14. Blues à la Willie Cook 5705a
15. Spacemen 5705e
Chicago, 19Mar56
16. Way Back Blues 5608f
17. Where’s the Music? 5608g
18. Rubber Bottom 5608h
19. Play the Blues and Go 5608i
20. Prelude to a Kiss -5 5608d
21. Miss Lucy -12 5608b
22. E and D Blues -1 5608e
All selections have been previously
released on CD: Sony Music Special Products Signature AK 40030 (not reviewed in
DEMS Bulletin) and others, mentioned in DEMS. SAJA 91231 in 89/3-1;89/4-6;90/1-7;90/2-7; Dr Jazz FDC
5007 in DEMS 87/4-3;88/2-4 and LMR 83000 in DEMS 88/2-1;88/4-4.
It still amazes us that the tracks have not been placed in the correct
chronological order.
DEMS
Columbia Jazz Profiles Duke Ellington
Sony/BMG Jazz 88697298542
DEMS 09/1-37
For the Duke Ellington CD in the series Columbia Jazz Profiles, Brian Priestley
selected the following recordings. He also wrote the liner-notes. This
introduction to Ellington, cannot be expected to contain rare collector items.
Total time 61:49.
1. Take the “A” Train 28Jun60 6017d
2. Rockin’ in Rhythm 8Jan31 3018c
3. Creole Love Call 26oct27 2709c
4. The Mooche 1Jul52 5211a
5. Sophisticated Lady 16May33 3307c
6. It Don’t Mean a Thing 2Feb32 3201b
7. In a Sentimental Mood 30Apr35 3503a
8. Caravan 14May37 3709a
9. I Let a Song Go Out of My
Heart -1 3Mar38 3805a
10. Crescendo in Blue -1 20Sep37 3716e
11. Diminuendo in Blue -1 20Sep37 3716c
12. Jeep’s Blues 7Jul56 5613n
13. I’m Beginning To See the Light 31May60 6008b
14. Mood Indigo 14Jul60 6022e
15. Come Sunday -10 11Feb58 5807a
16. Satin Doll 31Mar58 5815d
ELLINGTONIA
Woodville Records WVCD122 (2008)
Alan Barnes Octet
Harlem Airshaft
DEMS 09/1-38
Alan Barnes started Woodville Records in 2003. Some of us may remember him. He
took part in the orchestra that played so brilliantly at Ellington 88 under the
direction of Bob Wilber and he played for us in Leeds in 1997 together with his
companion David Newton with whom he made a great CD “Like Minds” with 4
Ellington tracks (see DEMS 98/3-7/3). This time the whole CD has been dedicated
to Ellington music, arranged by Tony Faulkner, to whom we also had the pleasure
to be introduced in Leeds. This CD was favourably reviewed by Ted Hudson in
Ellingtonia of March 2009 and can be ordered from Woodville Records: www.woodvillerecords.com/Harlem%20Airshaft.htm
The musicians: Bruce Adams, trumpet and flugelhorn; Andy Wood, trombone and
valve trombone; Alan Barnes, alto sax, clarinet and bass clarinet; Tony Coe,
tenor sax, soprano sax and clarinet; Andy Panayi, baritone sax, clarinet and
flute; John Horler, piano; Alec Dankworth, double bass; Mike Smith, drums.
The selections:
1. Take the Duke Train
2. Snibor
3. Second Line
4. Black Butterfly
5. Fantazm
6. Harlem Airshaft
7. Sunswept Sunday
8. Battle Royal
9. Tonight I Shall Sleep
10. Fife
11. Brown Penny
12. La Plus Belle Africaine
In the list of titles, Brown Penny is credited to Ellington, but Tony
Faulkner in his liner-notes has corrected this mistake. Total time 72 minutes.
Sjef Hoefsmit