EKE BBB

Announced on their website now

Reportedly, there's a scheduled release date for early 2008.

Just put this set on my wish list.

Courtesy of a member of the duke-lym list, here is the track listing for this set:

He's supposed to have acted as a sideman for Bird in a few gigs, while still on his teens. No recorded evidence, to my knowledge.

From Birdland's website:

This comes from somebody who got a review copy of this upcoming 8 CD set: -Some 1940 broadcasts -Fargo concert (2 CDs worth) -1943 Carnegie Hall concert (2 CDs worth) -and other tracks up to and including 1948. So 4 out of 8 discs are the Fargo and the 1943 Carnegie Hall concerts. Though reportedly they have done a very good remastering job, it's bit deceiving, isn't it?

Some updates: -The Box will be available from Storyville's website on February 15th. -Prices: €66,98, £49,98, $79,98, DKK 499,00. + postage. -All the material has been issued before

The February 2007 installment of our Ellington special is now on line at: Index of the Ellington special New items on this issue include: -A new section called "Selected Discography", where a wide selection of Duke Ellington CDs will be commented, chronologically. For now, we've included a brief Introduction to this section and the selections for the 1924-1931 period: http://www.tomajazz.com/perfiles/ellington..._sele_intro.htm http://www.tomajazz.com/perfiles/ellington..._sele_24-31.htm -The first part of my article "Evolución musical en el período 1924-1931", which includes a new illustration of the Ellington orchestra by our resident artist, Diego Ortega Alonso: http://www.tomajazz.com/perfiles/ellington...n_1924-1931.htm -The translation of Michael Roeder's article "Ellington Exposed", by Fernando Ortiz de Urbina, with yet another nice illustration by Diego: http://www.tomajazz.com/perfiles/ellington...erto_roeder.htm Many more items to come within the next months! Best wishes, Agustín Pérez

A new installment of the Ellington special on Tomajazz has been uploaded. Tomajazz - Index of the Ellington Special New features include Spanish translations for: -the second part of the Ellington biography by Donald Clarke. -composer/arranger/bandleader David Berger's article "Notes On Playing Ellington". -the Ellington chapter in Baron Timme Ronsenkrantz' s autobiography, as recently translated into English by Fradley Garner -in fact he is still looking for a publisher- from the original Danish edition published on 1964. Please take a look at the Ellington illustrations by our resident artist, Diego Ortega Alonso. Best wishes, Agustín [EDIT: I'VE DELETED THIS THREAD FROM THE "ARTISTS" FORUMS AND PUT IT HERE, WHERE IT BELONGS. THIS MESSAGE WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 20, 2006]

The first installment of the Duke Ellington special on the Spanish website Tomajazz is now online. This special will comprise original chronological and/or thematic articles on Ellington´s music, a selected and comented CD discography, translations into Spanish of previously published articles and interviews, an Ellington Gallery and a few more miscellaneous items. The november issue includes an introduction to this project and the translations of: -the first part of the EKE entry in Donald Clarke´s "Encyclopaedia of Popular Music" -an interview with Duke Ellington from 1958 -an article by the late Eddie Lambert on Duke´s "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue", including a discographical addendum we´ve compiled with all the recorded versions of DaCiB released on CD Many more items will come in December 2006 and through 2007. Tomajazz main page / November issue cover Index of the Ellington Special on Tomajazz (click on the links to get to the articles) Best wishes, Agustín [EDIT: I'VE DELETED THIS THREAD FROM THE "ARTISTS" FORUMS AND PUT IT HERE, WHERE IT BELONGS. THIS MESSAGE WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 14, 2006]

Just received an email with this batch of upcoming FSR CDs: FRESH SOUND RECORDS FSRCD 428 CHET BAKER - ART PEPPER / Complete PLAYBOYS Sessions 1956 (DeLuxe Digipack) FSRCD 429 JOHNNY MATHIS / A New Sound in Popular Music (DeLuxe Digipack) FSRCD 430 BOB BROOKMEYER Septet - Octet / Kansas City Sounds FSRCD 431 EAST-WEST JAZZ SEPTET / The Birdland Stars On Tour 1956 FSRCD 432 AL HAIG TRIO / 03/13/54 One-Day Session (Vogue - Esoteric Recordings) FSRCD 433 RANDY WESTON Trio - Sextet / From 52nd Street to Africa FSRCD 434 ZOOT SIMS Quartet / Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone (DeLuxe Digipack) FSRCD 435 JOE PUMA / The Jazz Guitar of Joe Puma - Featuring Bill Evans FSRCD 436 URBIE GREEN Quintet - Big Band / All About Urbie Green FSRCD 437 JAMES CLAY / Tenorman James Clay - The Kid From Dallas (DeLuxe Digipack) FSRCD 438 GEORGE HANDY & His Orchestra / Pensive FSRCD 439 JOE HOLIDAY & His Band / Holiday For Jazz FSRCD 440 PAT MORAN / This is Pat Moran - Complete Trio Sessions Featuring Scott LaFaro FRESH SOUND JAZZ CITY FSRCD 2240 TEDDY CHARLES Tentet / Vibrations (DeLuxe Digipack) FSRCD 2241 PETE JOLLY / Quartet, Quintet - Sextet- BMCD 6053 MONTE EASTER / The Complete Recordings, Volume 1 (1945-1951) BLUE MOON BMCD 6054 MONTE EASTER / The Complete Recordings, Volume 2 (1952-1960) BMCD 6055 MYRA TAYLOR, EARL JACKSON, ELLA MAE MORSE / Kansas City Jumps. Swingin’ Small Combos Kansas City Style, Volume 3 (1940-1949)

... have ya the recent release - Mary Lou Williams Circle recordings (Progressive 7142)? Nope! It was in my first pre-selection, but I wanted to reduce my order to about 100 USD.... See the Harlem Stride Piano thread for some information on the Donald Lambert CD. As for the Hines discs, lately I am becoming a 'Fatha' sucker. His magnificent control over the whole keyboard, his unexpected runs... my God, what a player! Though not a stride piano player (in fact his typical approach is just the opposite -trumpet-like pianism vs orchestral pianism-), I've put him very near my pantheon of stride masters.

Looks like Chris Albertson is not round here anymore, but he has brought very interesting memories re Donald Lambert at AAJ:

Solo Art has just released a CD with the 1961 Circle recordings of stride pianist Donald Lambert. DONALD LAMBERT AND HIS HARLEM PIANO: GIANT STRIDE SoloArt (SACD 44) It's a straight reissue of the original LP, so no additional material (just 40 minutes of music, not 50 as it's claimed in the Jazzology website). There's more material from those 1961 sessions and from a previous one in 1950, which they have left out. Hopefully there will be a volume 2. Anyway, it's always a pleasure to see a CD release of the sadly underrecorded Donald Lambert.

Just ordered from Jazzology: -Billy Butterfield With Dick Wellstood [JCD-174] | Qty: 1 -Earl Hines With Alex Welsh [JCD-348] | Qty: 1 -Donald Lambert And His Harlem Piano: Giant Stride. [sACD-44] | Qty: 1 -David Thomas Roberts: Complete Piano Works Of Scott Joplin,volume 1 [sACD-131] | Qty: 1 -Earl Hines - Four Jazz Giants [sACD-111/112 (D)] | Qty: 1 -Don Ewell - Live At The 100 Club Don Ewell - Solo Piano [sACD-89] | Qty: 1 -Ralph Sutton - Alligator Crawl [sACD-92] | Qty: 1 The Lambert is a new release with recordings whch had never been issued on CD.

A bunch of discs from JazzLoft, $9.99 each, except the SteepleChase disc: Ran Blake Something to Live For (hatology) Jimmy Giuffre Emphasis & Flight 1961 (hatology) Lee Konitz/Martial Solal Star Eyes, Hamburg 1983 (hatology) Lee Konitz/Martial Solal Jazz... Juan (SteepleChase) Marc Copland Haunted Heart & Other Ballads (hatology) Steve Lacy We See (hatology)

The answer was given in post # 136 above: Sorry, Mike, somehow I missed that post.

Someone on another list has just mentioned he/she has heard the rumour that the Classics label has been sold. Could this be true? Any further information?

The Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue from Fairfield (1956) was issued on The Happening / Paul Gonsalves (Musica Jazz MJCD 1153). See my compilation of all the recorded versions of DiBaCiB issued on CD in our Ellington special at Tomajazz: http://www.tomajazz.com/perfiles/ellington..._diminuendo.htm

----------------------------------------------------------- 27 Jun 1959 Playhouse Taminent-In-The-Poconos, Pa. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Clark Terry, Harold Baker, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance; Booty Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders; Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney; Duke Ellington; Joe Benjamin, James Johnson; Lil Greenwood, Ozzy Bailey. (...) Haupê Flirtibird (...)

----------------------------------------------------------- 28 Jul 1956 University Stadium Fairfield, Conn. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance; Booty Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders; Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney; Duke Ellington; Jimmy Woode Benjamin, Sam Woodyard; Jimmy Grissom. (...) Diminuendo In Blue and Crescendo In Blue (...)

At the 4&5 March, 1958 Mather AFB, Sacramento (Cal) date, none of the titles I listed in my previous post with bold letters were played, neither were Polly or Flirty Bird. At the 22 July, 1960 Mather AFB, Sacramento (Cal) date, none of the titles I listed in my previous post with bold letters were played, but there's another version of Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue. Oops, now I see Pete B's post. So, no need to keep on perusing Timner and Lambert.

Look what Timner, 4th edition, lists: ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 Jun 1957 Sunset Ballroom Carrolltown, Pa. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Harold Baker, Ray Nance; Booty Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders; Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney; Duke Ellington; Joe Benjamin, Sam Woodyard; Jimmy Grissom. 14 previous tunes not in your disc but then: Cop Out Frustration Take The A Train The Hawk Talks Three Little Words As Time Goes By The Happy One Caravan Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue Things Ain't What They Used To Be I Got It Bad On The Sunny Side Of The Street I Let A Song... / Don't Get Around... ----------------------------------------------------------- So we're still missing Polly's Tune/Flirty Bird.

To my knowledge, Koala was an Australian/American label which issued some live Ellington dates, partially. At least I can remember the dance date at Carrolltown, Pennsylvania in June 1957; the March 4&5 1958 dance dates at the Travis Air Force Base; and the Mather Air Force Base date on July 22, 1960. Probably your disc contains selections from one or two of them. I will try to add some discographical information later.