Louis Armstrong
Armstrong's health began to fail him and he was hospitalized several times over the remaining three years of his life, but he continued playing and recording. In 1922 Louis received a telegram from his mentor Joe Oliver, asking him to join his Creole Jazz Band at Lincoln Gardens (459 East 31st Street) in Chicago
That they will steal your heart like no other dog you have ever had, that you can never imagine your life without one in it and one is often never enough!!!! No matter how long they may live, it is always too short of a time. We have to close the bathroom door or put her in her kennel while we shower otherwise she tries to hop in with us and will lick us clean while were in the shower
The Dead Rock Stars Club - 2011 January to June
Mitch Dubey (Mitchell Dubey) - Died 3-24-2011 - Shot ( Punk ) He was 23 years old - Played bass, guitar, saxophone and trumpet - Worked with Swear Jar, Musth and The Flaming Tsunamis. Jan Somers - Died 1-28-2011 in Mierlo, Holland - Heart attack ( Metal ) Born 12-28-1964 - Guitarist - Was a member of Vengeance (They did, "You Took Me By Surprise" and "Planet Zilch")
The Dead Rock Stars Club 2003 July to December
- Pianist, conductor, director and arranger - He wrote songs for TV's "Barney and Friends" and the musical, "Starr Struck" - He conducted a national tour of The Lion King. - Cancer - Born 1930 in Tel Aviv - Played oud, guitar and mandolin - Was a member of The Feenjon Group - He owned The Comedy Cellar, a club which was a starting point for comedians Colin Quinn, Ray Romano, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Jon Stewart
But no number was more infectious than this jazz anthem, its title taken from a comment by Ellington trumpeter player Bubber Miley (who died, at 29, the year the song came out). Beginning with his 1927-32 tenure as band leader at the Cotton Club and continuing for a fertile half-century, Ellington operated from an intellectual aerie he hoped would filter down to the mass audience
Jazz: The First Thirty Years
Chicago became the focal point for jazz in the early 1920s when New Orleans musicians found their way north after clubs in the Storyville area of New Orleans were closed. From the beat of ragtime syncopation and driving brass bands to soaring gospel choirs mixed with field hollers and the deep down growl of the blues, jazz's many roots are celebrated almost everywhere in the United States
Louis Armstrong - Biography
More than 25,000 mourners visited the body of Louis Armstrong as it lay in state and his funeral was televised nationally.* Throughout his life, Louis Armstrong claimed that his birth date was July 4, 1900, but documents found after his death confirmed the actual date to be August 4, 1901. When several sailors stationed in New Orleans became victims of violent crime in the Storyville district, the secretary of the Navy shut the district down, including brothels and clubs
Author: Parnassus on Wheels, 1918, Shandygaff, 1918, The Haunted Bookshop, 1919, In the Sweet Dry and Dry, 1919, Travels in Philadelphia, 1920, Pipefuls, 1920, Tales From a Rolltop Desk, 1921, Where the Blue Begins, 1922, Pandora Lifts the Lid (with Don Marquis), 1924, Thunder on the Left, 1925, I Know a Secret, 1927, Seacoast of Bohemia, 1929, John Mistletoe, 1931, Swiss Family Manhattan, 1932, Human Being, 1932, Internal Revenue, 1933, other books; contrbr. Madden Chapter 1 takes place between February and September 1933, and introduces young Woody Hazelbaker as a junior member of a Wall Street law firm in trouble thanks to the Depression
These organizations benefited by the entire proceeds and this created a lot of good will."We became very proud of the State Department for the way they received us and the way they presented us. It happened that the date of such a studio job came to be mentioned on the tape box."1"Jerry Valburn told me in Toronto that he had been advised by Stanley Dance that the Ellington band had returned to our city from their on-going gig in McAfee NJ for just one day, which didn't make any sense to me
25, and that Duke Ellington will be here to play in the world premiere of his new "Concerto for Modern Dance and Symphony Orchestra" in the San Diego Philharmonic's fourth concert, April 12, in Russ Auditorium. The streets within two blocks of the armory were packed with traffic and the hall itself was filled to overflowing with dancers..." Report, Chester Times 1935-04-23, p.2...
The Cotton Club (1984) - IMDb
A movie that deserves it's place alongside other Coppola masterpieces such as, THE GODFATHER and APOCALYPSE NOW.But the legacy of this film is very strange: The behind the scenes shenanigans is legendary, it was unjustly panned when it was first released, and box-office was slight; however, watching this film you can't help but wonder why?Everything from the performances to the look of the film is first-rate; with James Remar particularly good as Dutch Schultz, and the ending of this film is nicely reminiscent of THE GODFATHER
Interesting Facts about Duke Ellington ***
Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Duke EllingtonFacts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Duke Ellington, trivia and information, including some useful details of facts about the life events of this famous composer will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults
Ellington in Private - 75.05
She joined us for late-night "breakfasts" in the Hickory House on Fifty-second Street, sitting quietly beside Ellington, seldom joining the conversation. He never missed a recording session and would sit with his attractive wife, Marion, on the sidelines until all hours of the night, somehow managing to appear in his clinic at eight every morning
Edward Kennedy Ellington Biography - Childhood, Life And Timeline
Since this piece of work was not well received by the public, as it did not fall into the category of jazz or classical, Ellington did not play this music anywhere else. After Mercer died, the Duke Ellington Orchestra was maintained and carried upon by Paul Ellington, which conducts music in various concert halls around the world
Ellington appeared on the cover of Time magazine, and he signed a new contract with Columbia Records, which released Ellington at Newport, the best-selling album of his career. (Some of those musicians returned later.) But the band made a major comeback at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 7, 1956, when they kicked into a version of "Dimuendo and Crescendo in Blue" that found saxophonist Paul Gonsalves taking a long, memorable solo
Amazon.com: Duke Ellington: The Best of Duke Ellington (1932-1939): Music
http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Duke-Ellington-1932-1939/dp/B0018BF1GITT on Toast See all 25 tracks on this disc Product Details Audio CD (July 22, 2008) Number of Discs: 4 Format: Box set, Import Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. And of course there is the music itself, which is formidable, both in musical content and in execution by that peerless group of proud individuals that constituted the Duke Ellington orchestra
Ellington appeared on the cover of Time magazine, and he signed a new contract with Columbia Records, which released Ellington at Newport, the best-selling album of his career. (Some of those musicians returned later.) But the band made a major comeback at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 7, 1956, when they kicked into a version of "Dimuendo and Crescendo in Blue" that found saxophonist Paul Gonsalves taking a long, memorable solo
Duke Ellington Discography at Discogs
From December 1926 to October 1930 the Ellington band spent at least 64 days in the studios of 14 recording companies, using 18 different pseudonyms for his band, they recorded about 170 titles. He wrote thousands of works, composing popular songs, art songs, a wide variety of instrumentals, suites, symphonic works, movie and TV scores, and music for ballet - all of a very high quality
No comments:
Post a Comment