New Storyville releases

[brownie]

Storyville Records announces new releases by Duke Ellington (The Duke in Munich),

Benny Carter (Radio Years), Jubilee Shows and more.

Could not open the news section at their web site: storyville-records

for details.

[Christiern]

Here's what's shipping now (05/27/05

Orson Welles

The Mercury Theater Presents: “The 39 Steps” & “Sherlock Holmes”

• Here are two radio plays – “The 39 Steps” and “Sherlock Holmes” - based on the writings of John Buchan and Arthur Conan Doyle, respectively, with the leading role in each play performed/spoken by Orson Welles in the CBS studios in New York in 1938.
  
  Orson Welles’ and the Mercury Theater’s production of “The 39 Steps” emphasize the closed-in, claustrophobic and almost Kafkaesque nature of the novel’s plot: a solitary individual caught up in a German spying ring that he must learn to deal with along the way in order to expose it.
  While the plot of the radio play version of “Sherlock Holmes” is original, it is loosely built on the plots of several of Doyle’s well-known short stories and is based on the actor William Gillette’s stage version of Doyle’s famous writings.
  
  Orson Welles obviously enjoyed being the voice of Richard Hannay in “The 39 Steps” - the invention of Scottish author John Buchan - a character with masculine ideals from a feudal, romantic world of bygone days where men were men, and also the prototype of another famous Scotsman – James Bond.
  
  As Orson Welles points out in his introduction of “Sherlock Holmes”, the radio performance relies more on atmosphere than excitement. We’re in foggy London Town with Big Ben’s tower thrusting towards the clouds while its famous bells toll the hour throughout the British Empire, all making for a very forceful, gripping tale.
  
  Orson Welles is one of the great masters of the spoken word – the proof is on this CD.
  

LABEL: Nostalgia Arts

CATALOG NUMBER: 303 3503

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Duke Ellington

The Piano Player

• Duke Ellington – piano, Wild Bill Davis – organ, Joe Benjamin – bass, Rufus Jones- drums
  
  Meditation / Single Petal Of A Rose / Blues – take 1 / Nagoya / Unknown - Little African Flower / Meditation / T.G.T.T. - Little Purple Flower / THE RIVER – A Ballet Suite: The Spring - The Run - The Meander – Grap - The Lake – Stud / Riddle / Blues – take 2 / Blues – take 3
  
  Anytime new material is released with Duke Ellington is a major musical event; the fact that this CD consists mostly of solo numbers makes this CD release extra special because there are practically no recordings of Ellington playing solo piano.
  
  None of the music on this CD (16 tunes - 67 minutes) has been previously released on LP or CD.
  The CD was recorded during eight different sessions in New York, Paris and Tokyo between 1961 and 1971, and includes 13 piano solo numbers by Duke Ellington plus three tunes with organ, bass & drums accompaniment.
  
  The tunes are all Duke Ellington originals, most of which had never previously been recorded.
  The absolute high point on the CD is Ellington’s “River Ballad Suite”, composed for a ballet production by Alvin Ailey.
  
  As one can hear on this CD, besides being the most important big band leader of all time, Ellington was also a true stylist and exciting originator on the piano.
  

Storyville Records

CATALOG NUMBER: 101 8399

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Sir Roland Hanna

Solo Piano

• Roland Hanna – solo piano
  
  Where Or When / I Got It Bad / Stompin' At The Savoy / Perugia / Prelude To A Kiss / Emaline / Don't Blame Me / Anoné / Indiana / Bye Bye Blackbird / Willow Weep For Me / Isn't It A Pity / All The Things You Are
  
  The 70 minutes (13 tunes) on this solo piano CD were recorded in 1974 at a private session in France. The repertoire consists of 8 standards – including “Where or When”, “Stompin’ at the Savoy” and “Indiana” - plus two original compositions – “Perugia” and “Anoné”.
  
  Originally released on LP on the small Hi-Fly label, the CD contains three extra numbers.
  This CD is a beautiful study of the essence of jazz: improvisation. Just listen how Roland Hanna builds on the themes of standards like “I Got it Bad and that Ain’t Good” and “Don’t Blame Me”
  Roland Hanna’s style combines bursting energy and contemplation, rhythmic precision and discretion.
  

LABEL: Storyville Records

CATALOG NUMBER: 101 8388

[jazzbo]

Wow, that Ellington looks great!

[Christiern]

The mail lady just brought me the new Storyville releases, but this is the first time I've seen that green tape. Has anyone else received customs-opened mail?

[Dan Gould]

The mail lady just brought me the new Storyville releases, but this is the first time I've seen that green tape. Has anyone else received customs-opened mail?

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Clearly, Chris, the government is aware of your political views and they've got their collective eye on you.

[Christiern]

So what you are saying, Dan is that Orson Welles, Roland Hanna and Duke are off the old HUAC subversive list? That's a relief. I hope the Narcissus Ballet Corps of Ames, Iowa has also been cleared!

[EKE BBB]

Just opened this thread and said: "another" Duke in Munich???

Then I realized brownie´s first post was from June 2003.

Here´s the long Storyville thread:

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=7820