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Barney Bigard at the Solo Microphone with the Ellington Orchestra BULLETIN NR 3, SEPTEMBER 2013, ÅRGÅNG 21 Barney Bigard at the solo microphone with the Ellington Orchestra. To the right: Johnny Hodges and trombone players Tricky Sam Nanton and Juan Tizol. Barney Bigard From 1927 until 1942 Barney Bigard played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. His clarinet playing as a soloist reflected the tradition from his home town New Orleans. His playing was also an essential part of the sound quality of the band. In this issue of the DESS Bulletin we present a section on Bigard with outlooks also on clarinet playing in jazz and the different types of clarinets. – See pages 6 to 13. 3-2013 Ellington- Inför hösten - och nyheter 2014 konferens 2014 Under Ellington-konferensen i Wo- Jag hoppas att ni medlemmar haft en bra sommar och nu längtar king 2012 cirkulerade ryktet att en konferens skulle anordnas i Amster- att få ta del av våra aktiviteter under hösten. Den resterande delen dam 2014. Nu har vi glädjen kon- av året kommer programmässigt att förflyta som tidigare bestämt, statera att ryktet har bekräftats. Det är DESS-medlemmen Louis d v s vi kommer att ha två konserter och ett klubbmöte. Men inför Tavecchio som tagit på sig ansvaret nästa år kommer vi att göra vissa förändringar på grund av att och han låter oss veta att konferen- konserterna inte har gett det resultat vi förväntat oss och som vi sen kommer att äga rum 14-18 maj 2014. Vi har fått en preliminär rap- behöver. Med dålig publikanslutning uppnås inte den s.k. bar- port från Louis om vad som kommer garantin som restaurangägarna kräver. Den har i år har höjts från att bjudas delegaterna: 10.000 till 20.000 kr. Om restaurangens försäljning inte når upp The contours of the Ellington conference are becoming clea- till den summan, måste vi betala det belopp som återstår. Kostna- rer. The program is not yet defi- der för orkestergage, pianostämning och STIM-avgifter tillkommer. nitive, but it will probably com- All ekonomisk risk ligger på föreningen och den kan vid vissa till- prise the following elements: fällen bli alltför stor. Styrelsen har därför beslutat att inför 2014 - Presentations/lectures by the aut- hors of four recent books about El- enbart arrangera två konserter på Duke’s Place men samtidigt öka lington: Terry Teachout, Matt Cooper antalet enklare medlemsmöten till tre eventuellt fyra. (his book on Ellington the pianist will be published this fall), David Schiff Föreningens ekonomi är än så länge god. En situation som (The Ellington Century) and Harvey vi vill försöka behålla i det längsta. DESS syfte är ju att bevara Cohen (Duke Ellington’s America). minnet av Duke Ellington och hans musik och inom detta om- Following the individual presenta- tions, the authors will discuss Elling- råde inkluderar vi även alla de stora personligheter som kretsade ton the man and the musicians, and runt honom. Detta syfte når vi främst genom att tillhandahålla share their views with the audience. en bra Bulletin, en bra hemsida och meningsfulla medlemsmöten. - A performance by the Big Band of the Amsterdam Conservatory un- Konserterna kan vara trevliga och i lyckligaste fall ge ett mindre der the direction of David Berger! överskott, men strängt taget bidrar de inte särskilt mycket till att They will perform one or more lar- ger works by Duke, possibly ‘Black, bevara minnet av föremålet för vår verksamhet. I Stockholm finns Brown & Beige’. dessutom ett stort utbud av levande jazz och de som vill avnjuta - A new arrangement of Such Sweet jazz i den formen kan välja mellan många evenemang, också med Thunder, to be performed by Cale- en krympt konsertverksamhet i DESS egen regi. Våra medlemmar fax, the famous Dutch Reed Quintet. - Matt Cooper will give a piano reci- behöver således inte alls vara utan levande jazz och självklart kan tal of Ellington compositions. vi åta oss att informera om konserter som vi finner vara av intresse - A performance by Dutch violinist för Ellingtonentusiaster. and jazz award winner Oene van Geel and his group, inspired by ‘The Våra medlemmars genomsnittsålder tenderar inte att gå ner, violin in the music of Duke Elling- utan den stiger. Det gäller även styrelsen. Med en högre snittålder ton’, and the 1963 Paris violin ses- sion (with a .o. Ray Nance, Stephane tror vi att det blir allt svårare att locka medlemmarna att komma Grapelli and Svend Asmussen). på våra konserter. Kanske är det så att med högre ålder vill man - There will be, of course, an ‘open ta till sig sin information om Ellington på ett annat sätt genom call’ to Ellington scholars and ent- husiasts to give presentations or exempelvis Bulletinens innehåll och kåserier vid medlemsmötena. lectures. Ken Steiner will be among Vi är inte heller främmande för att senare producera ännu en CD the Ellington scholars making a con- med outgivet Ellingtonmaterial. tribution. The above program is provisional Idéer om hur vi skall förhålla oss inför framtiden tar vi gärna and new elements are likely to be ad- emot! Skicka mail eller skriv till oss och berätta vad ni tycker. ded in the next weeks and months. In the meantime, we will keep all of you posted. We hope to launch the web- site with more (definite) information in September/October. Vi är övertygade om att det lö- nar sig att investera i en resa till Amsterdam i maj nästa år. Leif Jönsson, ordförande i DESS 2 Våren och VM-hockeyn Duke´s Place: stal publik vid säsongens sista Ellington-möte tidigare som en klurig entertainer med Jag gillar Curt Anderssons basspel och intelligent framtoning i kommentarerna jag gillar fr o m nu också Oscar Johans- till ett hart när virtuost pianospel. Med son Werres trumspel, sparsamt och väl- stor energi växer instrumentet under format. (Ett beröm som inte alls påverkas hans händer till en FLYGEL som kräver av att jag tog studenten i hans skola Södra sitt utrymme i en raggig hyllning till de Latin för långt mer än ett halvsekel sen). stora förebilderna James P Johnson och Det var för att sammanfatta en trivsam Albert Ammons m fl i en bedövande afton med alla dessa trevliga musiker, syntes av Stealin´ Apples och Carolina som jag tror också hade det bra. Shout m m. Därefter mest Ellington. Men…. Det enda jag inte var nöjd Att både Johansson Werre och Claes med denna afton var herrarnas försök Brodda kan sin jazzhistoria påmindes att variera klassikern Black and Tan Fan- man också om när de nådde fram till Just tasy. Den sitter som rotad i ryggmärgen A-Sittin´and A-Rockin´, ett svängigt num- på en gammal Ellingtonfantast och jag mer från början av 40-talet, och spelat i har aldrig nånsin hört den framföras i Grand Piano-stil i ellingtonsk smak. snabb marschtakt förut, i en något upp- Claes Brodda breddar mer uppslup- sluppen stämning. Det tunga svårmod pet och uppknäppt än annars då han som präglar denna tidiga Ellingtonkom- gärna väljer en mer reserverad attityd. position (1927 med Bubber Miley) gick Han är också som bäst i balladerna där helt förlorat. Kvar satt en förkrossad han har glädje av sin ytterst vackra ton lyssnare. på framför allt tenoren i tex Self Portrait Fast jag har nu repat mig och återvänt (med Hawkins 1962 på ett Impulse-al- till originalet. bum) eller den skönt nostalgiska That´s All (som Ben Webster lanserade i ett LP- album med titeln ”Gone with the Wind”. Bo Holmqvist Det var som en oväntad stjärnsmäll Tv Claes Brodda och nedan Curt Andersson och Ulf Johansson Werre under konserten på med lövsprickning och körsbärsblom i Duke´s Place 6 maj. (Foto Bo Haufman) parkerna, feta hockeytacklingar i Globen 1965). och på TV och till yttermera visso Kristi Himmelfärdsdag som upplagd för en extra långhelg – DESS fick som många andra festarrangörer känna av effekten av denna maxikrock. Uppenbarligen fick cirka halva publiken annat att tänka på än konserten på Duke´s Place den 6 maj, vårens sista. Att det var glesare i salen betydde dock inte att humöret sjönk för det blev en trevlig afton i sällskap med Ulf Johansson Werres och Claes Broddas Uppsala-grupp, förstärkt med Curt An- derssons feberfingriga bas och Oscar Johansson Werres diskreta trumset (pa- rentetiskt anmärkt är denne förstås son till kapellmästaren, 17 år och pendlande elev vid Södra Latin i Stockholm). Möjligen greppar ovanstående trevliga herrar sin Ellington med en viss respekt och underfundighet som också utgör en viktig del av scenpersonligheten. Johans- son Werre känner många av oss sedan 3 Våra franska vänner: Kalender för 2013 La Maison du Duke Den resterande kalendern för året har ändrats på en punkt. Medlemsmötet som var tänkt att äga rum den 28 okto- ber har flyttats. Kalendern ser nu ut som följer: 30 september – Konsert på Duke’s Place 21 oktober – Medlemsmöte i Franska Skolan. (Flyttat från 28 oktober) 2 december – Konsert på Duke’s Place Kallelser kommer att distribueras i van- lig ordning. Alla hälsas välkomna. Styrelsen Detta är namnet på vår tämligen nybildade franska systerförening. Den startades i september 2009 och vi har ryktesvis hört om dess existens men Nya medlemmar inte uppfattat att den skulle vara särskilt välorganiserad. Det visar sig nu att denna uppfattning är helt grundlös. Föreningen som på engelska DESS hälsar följande nya kallar sig ”Duke’s Place in Paris” organiserar nu en festival kring El- medlemmar välkomna i vår illustra förening: lington i en förstad till Paris vid namn Provins. ”Provins Duke Festival” äger rum under tiden 26-29 september. Man har bl.a. inbjudit till en Nils Gunnar Anderby, Stockholm tävling i nykomponerad musik som skall vara skapad i Ellingtons eller James Gregory Sacra, Nacka Strayhorns anda.
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