Ellington 2012

[miles65]

Hello,

Registration for the International Duke Ellington Confrence 2012 in Woking (UK)is open.

Reception Wednesday 23 May

Conference Thursday 24 - Sunday 27 May 2012

Four days of lectures about Duke Ellington, his music and his musicians. In the evenings concerts of music by Duke Ellington and associates by various bands.

Further info at: http://www.ellington2012.org/

I'll be going.

[Ted O'Reilly]

I think I'll wait to see what The Word is from Ellington-mavens on this. I was at the last one in London, and was quite disappointed.

[miles65]

I think I'll wait to see what The Word is from Ellington-mavens on this. I was at the last one in London, and was quite disappointed.

There were mixed reactions last time I know. It was my first Ellington conference and I had no reference point from previous conferences. Most lectures/talks (Bjarne Busk, Steven Lasker, Earl Okin to name a few that spring to mind)were interesting I thought. And I was happy to meet a number of people I only knew from the Internet. I'll be glad to meet them again.

And I loved the bands playing Ellington's music live. Off course some were better than others but I liked them being live. Harmony in Harlem was my favorite. I didn't care much for Michael Garrick's own stuff.

[Ted O'Reilly]

Most lectures/talks (Bjarne Busk, Steven Lasker, Earl Okin to name a few that spring to mind)were interesting I thought.

Per your examples: Busk, excellent. Lasker, pretty good. I'm still trying to erase Okin (who is he anyway???) from my memory bank.

The living ex-Ellingtonians (Buster Cooper and Art Baron were both past their best-before date, the music was average at best, the lecture hall poor with bad acoustics and audio...

And how often can you recycle Ellington-trips-to-UK as a topic?