DEMS BULLETIN
DUKE ELLINGTON MUSIC SOCIETY
05/1 April - July 2005
27th 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 05/1 April - July 2005 27th Year of Publication FOUNDER: BENNY AASLAND |
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(LP) Realm 2V 8109 (USA) A product of Vista
Marketing, Inc
The Royal Court of Swing
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DEMS 05/1-32
Can you shed any light on a LP that I recently obtained?
It is as follows: 2LP set on Realm Records called THE ROYAL COURT OF
SWING Duke Ellington/Count Basie. I am only interested in the
Ellington tracks which are:
Disc One: Solitude; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; C-Jam Blues;
Singin' in the Rain; Mood Indigo.
Disc Two: Prelude to a Kiss; On the Sunny Side of the Street;
Satin Doll; Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me; I'm Beginning To See
the Light.
Do you know this and if so can you "date and place" them?
Dennis Huggard
I can only find the LP in Jerry's directory. But he does not
mention the contents of the LPs. I have tried to find it elsewhere
but I cannot find a trace. It has not been mentioned in any of the
DEMS Bulletins. The only way I can help you is listening to the
music. If you send me an audio copy of the recordings, I will be able
to tell you the dates of recording.
Sjef Hoefsmit
There is very little info on the LP cover or the discs
themselves. I have included photocopies of the cover and the
record-labels and an audio copy of the Ellington tracks. Can you help
with the Band? Date recorded? Place recorded etc.?
Dennis Huggard
Thanks for your copies. Here are the results.
Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, NYC:
14Nov47
4. Singin' in the Rain.
By: Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Harold Baker, Wilbur Bascomb,
Ray Nance,
Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Tyree Glenn,
Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Al Sears, Harry Carney,
Duke Ellington, Fred Guy, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Greer.
18Nov47
9. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me.
Harold Baker was replaced by Herman Grimes and Oscar Pettiford by
Edgar Brown. Al Hibbler vocal.
20Nov47
2. Don't Get Around Much Anymore.
Same as 14Nov47 plus Al Hibbler vocal.
Recorded at unknown location in NYC:
22Dec49
7. On the Sunny Side of the Street.
By: Ray Nance, Tyree Glenn, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney,
Duke Ellington, Wendell Marshall, Sonny Greer, Lu Elliott vocal.
Recorded at 30th Street Columbia Studio, NYC:
9Sep57
5. Mood Indigo.
By: Harold Baker, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance,
Quentin Jackson, John Sanders,
Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Rick Henderson, Russell Procope, Paul
Gonsalves, Harry Carney,
Duke Ellington, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard.
1oct57
6. Prelude to a Kiss.
Britt Woodman added; Rick Henderson out.
Note: last 14 bars of 1° chorus plus first 12 bars of 2°
chorus are missing.
14oct57
1. Solitude.
Same as 1oct57.
Note: the first chorus (by Duke Ellington) is missing.
31May58
8. Satin Doll.
Same as 1oct57 plus Bill Graham (as)
Notes: the first 2 bars and the last 2 bars are missing, probably
because the dubbed applause had to be avoided. The hiccup in the bass
solo is probably due to a mishap during the making of the copy.
2Dec59
3. C-Jam Blues.
By: Ray Nance, Britt Woodman, Booty Wood, Matthew Gee,
Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry
Carney,
Duke Ellington, Jimmy Woode, Jimmy Johnson.
Note: 6 choruses are missing, from 4° until 9° i.e. the
solo's by Ray Nance, Matthew Gee and Paul Gonsalves are deleted.
Recorded at Radio Recorders Studio, Los Angeles:
31May60
10. I'm Beginning to See the Light.
By: Andres Marenguito, Willie Cook, Eddie Mullens, Ray Nance,
Britt Woodman, Booty Wood, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown,
Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry
Carney,
Duke Ellington, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard.
Note: first note is missing.
Sjef Hoefsmit
Re 31 May 1960 I'm Beginning To See The Light - I may
have dropped the first note during my transfer to CD but I think not.
I had started to think that it was a make-up band performing
Ellington but not so. Thank you
Dennis Huggard
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Lone Hill Jazz 10173 (double CD)
The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings
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DEMS 05/1-33
Have you listened to the double CD-release Lone Hill Jazz
with (I think) the traditional Bethlehem material from Feb56
(NewDesor5606). Are the ten bonus titles (from Flying Home to
Body and Soul) fresh, hitherto unknown, Ellington items?
Klaus Götting
I believe that following the 23 Bethlehem recordings the last
set of 10 (bonus) tracks are all Capitol recordings: the 8 selections
of the "Ellington'55" album (recorded 21, 28 & 29Dec53; 1, 2 and
17Jan54) plus It Don't Mean a Thing from 17Jun54 and Body
and Soul from 18May55.
Sjef Hoefsmit
BETHLEHEM for sure, ELLINGTON'55 very possibly, but in this
case the LP and/or Lone Hill CD have been heavily edited.
I haven't been able to listen to this double CD Lone Hill Jazz 10173,
but I have seen the back-cover showing the following running
times for the ten "bonus" items:
Selections on Lone Hill Jazz
a. Flying Home 4:31
b. Honeysuckle Rose 5:12
c. Stompin' at the Savoy 5:06
d. Black and Tan Fantasy 6:02
e. In the Mood 5:12
f. One O'Clock Jump 4:19
g. Rockin' in Rhythm 5:35
h. Happy Go Lucky Local 6:09
j. It Don't Mean a Thing 4:48
k. Body and Soul 10:22
Klaus Götting
I believe that the person who was responsible for the "liner-notes"
mixed up the time indications. I have put the time indications in
ascending order for each of three different releases: Lone Hill Jazz,
French Capitol LP and Mosaic 5 CD set.
LHJ LP Mosaic
f. 4:19 b. 4:13 g. 3:59
a. 4:31 g. 4:27 b. 4:16
j. 4:48 c. 5:00 k. 4:48
c. 5:06 d. 5…05 c. 5:04
b. 5:12 f. 5:08 d. 5:09
e. 5:12 h. 5:27 f. 5:12
g. 5:35 e. 5:54 h. 5:32
d. 6:02 a. 6:02 e. 5:59
h. 6:09 a. 6:08
k. 10.22 j. 10:18
The most important aberration between LHJ and LP is 5,5%
(between g. and e.). The most important aberration between LHJ and
Mosaic is 8% (between f. and g.), but there are 8 indications which
are almost identical. The greatest aberration between LP and Mosaic
however is also rather important: 6,4% (between e. and h.).
For the time being we have decided not to reward the LHJ company with
a purchase of this sloppy product.
Sjef Hoefsmit
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New Storyville Double CD
Label numbers are not yet available
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DEMS 05/1-34
Storyville is preparing the release of a double CD on
which (among other material) all the available Cotton Club broadcasts
from 1938 will be issued. More complete than ever! The liner notes
will be from the hand of Andrew Homzy. Carl Hällström has
supplied us with the details:
CD 1
From a CBS broadcast "Saturday Night Swing Club" 8May37
1. Swing Session
2. Medley: Solitude/In a Sentimental Mood
previously released on LP Fanfare Records 17-117
Broadcast from the Cotton Club 24Mar38
3. Harmony in Harlem
4. If You Were in My Place
5. Mood Indigo
6. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O
7. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O
8. Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
9. Dinah
10. If Dreams Come True
11. Scrontch
3/8 previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22)
9 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801122 or 3891122
10 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132
11 FIRST TIME RELEASE!
Broadcast from the Cotton Club 17Apr38
12. You Went to My Head
13. Three Blind Mice
14. Solitude
15. Downtown Uproar
12 & 15 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801122 or 3891122
13 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132
14 FIRST TIME RELEASE!
Broadcast from the Cotton Club 24Apr38
16. Dinah's in a Jam
17. On the Sunny Side of the Street
18. Demi-Tasse
19. Azure
20. Carnival in Caroline
16/17 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132
16 & 18/20 previously on Recording Arts 5-304-2 (CD 3)
Broadcast from the Cotton Club 1May38
21. Harmony in Harlem
22. At Your Beck and Call
23. Solitude
24. The Gal From Joe's
25. Riding on a Blue Note
26. If Dreams Come True
Previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22)
CD 2
Broadcast from the Cotton Club 8May38
1. Oh Babe, Maybe Someday
2. I
Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Previously on LP Max 1002
Broadcast from the Cotton Club 15May38
3. Birmingham Breakdown
4. Rose Room
5. If Dreams Come True
6. It's the Dreamer in Me
7. Lost in Meditation
8. Every Day
9. Echoes of Harlem
Previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22)
Broadcast from the Cotton Club 22May38
10. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O
11. Jig Walk
12. In a Sentimental Mood
13. I'm Slapping 7th. Avenue
14. Lost in Meditation
15. Alabamy Home
16. If You Were in My Place
Previously on LP Max 1002
Broadcast from the Cotton Club 29May38
17. Prelude in C Sharp Minor
18. Rockin' in Rhythm
Previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132
From concert at the Konserthuset in Stockholm 29Apr39
19. Serenade to Sweden
20. Rockin' in Rhythm
21. In a Red Little Cottage
Previously on LP Max 1002 and on Caprice Records CAP 21452
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Neon Tonic Records NTD-6502-2
Live at Caesar's Palace
© 2001 Haleyon Entertainment, Inc.
Distributed by Concord Records, Inc.
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DEMS 05/1-35
Just before this Bulletin went on line, I received from
Georges Debroe a copy of this CD. It contains twelve selections in
total. Ten are taken from performances by others: Frank Sinatra,
Sammy Davis Jr, Andy Williams, Lena Horne, Keely Smith and
Ann-Margaret. Two selections are from Ellington: Take the "A"
Train and Creole Love Call. According to the booklet, the
recordings were made in or around 1970. According to Duke Ellington's
Itinerary the band started at Caesar's Palace on19Dec69 for two weeks
at the Roman Theatre and on 25Dec70 for three weeks at the Circus
Maximus theatre-restaurant. The Duke Ellington Itinerary is however
not complete. It is not impossible that the recording was made during
another Caesar's Palace engagement in 1970 from which I have no
knowledge.
The recording of Creole Love Call is different from any of the
descriptions in the New DESOR. It contains exclusively three choruses
of the first theme between the piano intro and the coda. The second
theme was not performed. That makes it a rare performance and I
believe that this is a genuine recording from Caesar's Palace and not
arecording "borrowed" from somewhere else. The description of the
full version of Take the "A" Train is the same as for 6552a.
There are another 146 recordings in the New DESOR with the same
description. You will forgive me if I decline to compare them all
with this Caesar's Palace recording. I believe that it is genuine,
mainly based on the facts that the recording of Creole Love
Call is "fresh" and that the sound of both recordings is very
similar. The overall quality of the recordings is impeccable but the
sound of the rather poor piano indicates that both recordings were
made on the same occasion. If I would have to vote for one of the two
gigs at Las Vegas, I would go for the three-weeks engagement at the
end of 1970 and the beginning of 1971. I think that I hear Money
Johnson in Creole Love Call, the bass sounds much more like
Joe Benjamin than Victor Gaskin and there is no trace of Johnny
Hodges.
Georges' spokesman explained that this CD was a promotional release
for a series of recordings titled "Live at Caesar's Palace". This
series did not materialise. It was not interesting enough
commercially. Caesar's Palace and probably also Neon Tonic Records
have on tape the recordings of all the shows which took place there.
Let's hope that we will hear in the future many of these shows on CD
(or maybe see them on DVD?). Stanley Dance, who reviewed Duke's stay
at the end of 1969 and the beginning of 1970, mentioned Four
O'Clock Blues and Night Time Is the Right Time, introduced
by Ellington as The Wives (Ken Vail p370). Who knows how many
surprises are still hidden on these valuable tapes?
Sjef Hoefsmit
ELLINGTONIA
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DEMS 05/1-36
The symphonic arrangements by Ron Collier of Duke's The River,
and Harlem, as well as Solitude, with Neeme Järvi conducting the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra is on Chandos Chan 9909. Chandos lists The
River as recorded in Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall 29Sept &
3oct92. For Harlem (same venue) 25Apr92.
Also on the CD is William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony. The River was
previously released in 1993 on the Chandos CD Chan 9154 together with
William Grant Still's Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American). Harlem was
previously released on the Chandos CD Chan 9226 together with William
Grant Still's Symphony No. 2 (Song of a New Race) and with William
Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony.
Stanley Slome
A long and thorough essay about Harlem from the hand of
Stanley Slome appeared in 1995, 1996 and 1997 in seven consecutive
editions of "In a Mellotone", published by the Duke Ellington Society
Southern California Chapter. This study was reprinted in Blue Light's
first two editions of 1997 (vol.4 nos.1 and 2, published by the Duke
Ellington Society (UK). It was also published on Duke-LYM in a
message from Stanley Slome dated 7Jan04 with as subject: Harlem: Duke
and the Classical Connection.
Stanley Slome wrote an equally important review of The River, which
appeared in three consecutive editions of "In a Mellotone" in 1998
but was not as yet been reprinted elsewhere.
DEMS
These two fascinating articles by Stanley Slome about The
River and Harlem, are now on the web-site
<http://www.ellingtonweb.ca>. Look in the Sites focused on the
Music section.
DavidPalmquist
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Strayhorn
A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation
Kepler CD MR-2421
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DEMS 05/1-37
I found this CD mentioned in the Apr05 issue of "Ellingtonia", the
publication of The Duke Ellington Society in Washington. It is a
re-issue of the LP with the same title and if it has no bonus tracks
the selections are as follows: Take the "A" Train; Passion Flower;
Suite for the Duo; Chelsea Bridge; Upper-Manhattan Medical Group;
Raincheck; Lush Life.
This LP was brought to the attention of the Duke Ellington community
by Charles Waters on 12Aug93 at the Ellington Conference in New York
City. The LP was very hard to find. Charles was generous enough to
send me a copy. I can recommend this re-release full heartily. What
makes it so interesting is the fact that it contains the latest (at
the time) Strayhorn composition: Suite for the Duo, especially
written for Willie Ruff and Dwike Mitchell. The story of this
composition has been documented in David Hajdu's "Lush Life" starting
at page 250 and in Walter van de Leur "Something To Live For" pages
172/73.
The liner notes of this CD are written by Willie Ruff. The CD can be
ordered online at: www.willieruff.com/recordings.html
Sjef Hoefsmit