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Willie Cook One of Duke Ellington´S Foremost Trumpeters with a Career Also in Sweden BULLETIN NR 3, SEPTEMBER 2016, ÅRGÅNG 24 Willie Cook One of Duke Ellington´s foremost trumpeters with a career also in Sweden. Foto: Olle Lindholm 3-2016 DESS-konsert med Kustbandet m.m. Mycket har hänt sedan min ledare CD-utgåva med samma material. i föregående Bulletin. En konferens Självklart är det något oekonomiskt i New York har avverkats varom att de båda föreningarna ger ut var mer kan läsas på annan plats i för sig samma typ av CD. Kontakt detta nummer. I den cybervärld vi togs därför med DESUK med förslag nu lever i kan man vara aktiv om ett samarbete och vårt initiativ i olika sammanhang utan att mottogs med stor entusiasm. En nödvändigtvis vara boende i visst större mängd CD kan därmed land eller på viss ort. Tack vare produceras vilket leder till lägre denna moderna teknik som går kostnad per enhet. Vi tror och hoppas under olika namn som Internet, att detta samarbete kan fördjupas i Facebook, Twitter, Instagram m.m. framtiden även på andra plan. kan man delta i aktiviteter även på Avslutningsvis vill jag ge ut- avstånd. Vi som är medlemmar i tryck för min kritik över flera diskussionssiten DukeLYM får ta del av våra medlemmars bristande av synnerligen intressanta detaljer betalningsrutiner. Vid årets början och uppfattningar om allt som hade endast hälften av våra kretsar kring Duke Ellington. DESS- medlemmar betalat medlemsavgiften medlemmen Ulf Lundin är boende i för innevarande år. När detta Som framgått av tidigare uppgifter södra Frankrike, men detta till trots skrives i augusti månad saknar vi i Bulletinen har redaktionen de- har han varit föreningen behjälplig ännu flera medlemsavgifter och cimerats sedan någon tid tillbaka. med att modernisera vår hemsida vi tvingas därför stryka namn ur En förstärkning kan nu behövas. och att skapa en närvaro för DESS vår medlemsmatrikel. För att vår Därför efterlyser vi nu en eller flera på Facebook. Alla våra medlemmar förening skall kunna fortleva och medlemmar att ingå i redaktionen. med internetuppkoppling, och det ge ut en läsvärd Bulletin och CD- Vederbörande bör ha idéer om gäller väl de flesta av oss, bör skivor är det nödvändigt att vi vad som skall införas i Bulletinen regelbundet gå in på www.ellington. får in medlemsavgifterna när de framöver och gärna själv bidra med se eller på Facebooksida Duke förfaller till betalning. 250 riksdaler inlägg. En tidigare erfarenhet av Ellington Society of Sweden och ta i årsavgift kan rimligen inte anses redaktionellt arbete är naturligtvis del av vad som erbjuds i nyhetsväg vara särskilt betungande, så jag en fördel men ingen nödvändighet. och vi välkomnar gärna inlägg med vill gärna se inbetalningarna i tid Uppfatta detta gärna som ett synpunkter på vad som skrivits. så jag slipper gå ut med upprepade upprop till alla våra medlemmar. I oktober kommer Stockholms påminnelser. Tänk på det när det blir Vi i styrelsen och i redaktionen Jazzdagar att arrangeras med massor dags att betala medlemsavgiften för kvarvarande medlemmar hoppas på av evenemang under en vecka. Även nästa år. nytt blod och nya idéer i en framtida DESS kommer att medverka genom slagkraftig redaktion. Vi syns vid nästa medlemsmöte ett samarbete med Scalateatern och den 3 oktober. Kustbandet. Biljetter till konserten Jag har tidigare antytt att vi kom- Känn er mer än välkomna! den 9 oktober säljs till DESS- mer att som en julklapp presentera medlemmarna med reducerat pris våra medlemmar med en CD med enligt separat mejl som gått ut till intressant Duke Ellington-material. alla medlemmar. Se även annons i Vi hade kommit långt i förberedelserna denna Bulletin. Vi hoppas verkligen när vi i vår engelska systerförenings att våra medlemmar utnyttjar det medlemstidning kunde läsa att de Leif Jönsson, generösa erbjudandet. hade precis identiska tankar om en ordförande i DESS 2 1939. När han litet senare spelade upp Duke´s Place en inspelning av In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree kunde man inte låta bli att undra om det inte i realiteten var fråga om samma melodi. Gå in på hemsidan, Få besökare lyssna och döm själv. trots attraktivt Det musikaliska konsertinslaget bestod av en trio under ledning av program klarinettisten Bosse Tigrén assisterad av två välutbildade ungdomar; Joel Vårterminens sista medlemsmöte Svensson på gitarr och Eirik Lund på ägde rum den 9 maj i Franska Skolans bas. Det märktes att det var fråga om en aula. Trots det i vårt tycke attraktiva åldersskillnad. Ungdomarna var klart programmet var tillströmningen av modernare i sitt spelsätt än den lite äldre medlemmar icke det vi önskade. Vi Bosse Tigrén, som man kanske kan säga hade tydligen konkurrens. Den tidiga är Sveriges svar på Pee Wee Russell. sommaren hade kommit och kvällen var Melodivalet var blandat, men vi fick i alla sommarljuv, vilket kanske fick någon fall avnjuta en Ellingtonkomposition, att hellre tillbringa kvällen i en trädgård Prelude To A Kiss. Bosse har senare eller på en veranda. Somliga kanske förklarat att han inte var nöjd med sin hellre ville tillbringa kvällen framför Foto: Sonja Svensson prestation denna kväll, vilket berodde på TVn för just den kvällen spelade Tre att klarinetten före konserten legat i bilen Kronor i VM mot Tjeckien. betonade, Ellington trogen under hela i drygt 40-gradig värme och därför inte De som inte kom gick miste om ett sin karriär och utgjorde en av Ellingtons fungerade till Bosses tillfredsställelse. superbt kåseri av Thomas Erikson om mest utmärkande färgklickar på hans När detta skrives, strax efter Ellingtons mest säregna trombonist Joe musikaliska palett. Musikexemplen var ovannämnda medlemsmöte, kan vi bara ”Tricky Sam” Nanton. Thomas kan sin väl valda och de kan alla nu avlyssnas hoppas att höstens första medlemsmöte Ellington och det var ett sant nöje att få på vår nya hemsida. En intressant detalj skall genera fler besökare. ta del av hans detaljerade kunskaper om i musikvalet var Thomas val av I En Röd Nantons karriär. Han var, som Thomas Liten Stuga från Stockholms Konserthus Bo Haufman BUSTER COOPER IN MEMORIAM Buster Cooper gick ur tiden den 13 maj utan ingick i det som Ellington kallade 2016 i en ålder av 87 år. Han föddes i St. sin ”stockpile” och gavs så småningom Peterburg, Florida, 1929 och det var till ut i hans Private Collection. Sin vana den staden han drog sig tillbaka de sista trogen komponerade Ellington ett åren av sitt liv och det var där han dog. featurenummer för Buster Cooper. Det Buster hade en genuin musikutbildning. rör sig om Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo eller Han började redan som sextonåring att som den oftast kom att kallas Trombone spela i en lokal orkester. 1950 studerade Buster eller ibland El Busto. han vid en musikskola i New York och blev därmed en bra notläsare. Han Buster Cooper deltog i många skaffade sig musikalisk erfarenhet genom Ellingtonkonferenser runt om i världen. engagemang i Lionel Hamptons orkester Ofta tillsammans med sin gode vän John som under 1950-talet var mycket av en Lamb, som likaledes härstammade från plantskola för nya talanger. Han hade Lawrence Brown och Chuck Connors. St. Peterburg. Buster visade sig vid dessa senare kortare engagemang hos Benny Hans stil skilde sig väsentligt från alla tillfällen alltid vara glad och hade alltid Goodman och Lucky Millinder, innan andra trombonister i Ellingtons orkester. nära till skrattet. Han ställde gärna upp han 1959 reste till Europa där han bl.a. Han hade en tydlig blueskaraktär i sitt på samtal med konferensdeltagare som spelade i en mindre grupp som kompade spel och hans solon var som regel snabba. alltid hade mängder av frågor att ställa. Caterina Valente. Efter återkomsten till Han använde sig aldrig av sordin och Buster Coopers roll som trombonist USA blev han vid flera tillfällen erbjuden vägrade att ta på sig Nantonrollen. Den i Duke Ellingtons orkester är värd ett att ingå i Duke Ellingtons orkester. rollen fick i stället Lawrence Brown mera ingående studium och vi hoppas Något motvilligt gick han med på ett något motvilligt ta på sig. att i ett framtida nummer av Bulletinen engagemang över en vecka. Det kom att Som solist kan Buster tillsammans med kunna fördjupa oss mer detaljerat i hans vara i sju år. andra solister avlyssnas i September 12th musikaliska liv. Han kom att ingå i den trombontrio Blues, som spelades in just detta datum som förutom honom själv bestod av 1962. Den inspelades inte kommersiellt Bo Haufman 3 A conversation with John “Willie” Cook An interview made by Göran Wallén in 1999. Göran Wallén: Hello Willie, how are in Milwaukee and Fats Navarro and you? You seem to have been a romantic I were sitting and listening to Roy and pesonality according to Duke Ellington. Jabbo Smith playing together. That was What do you say about his statement a great evening. At this time in spite of in his autobiography ”Music Is My how young Fats was he had already Mistress”. Duke said: ”Willie Cook has developed into a great trumpeter. Fats always been potentially the best first had earlier been working with Snookum trumpet player in the business, but from Russell’s band. time to time romance has had a stronger Childhood appeal than running all over the world doing one-nighters and all that jazz. He GW: Where did you grow up? has been in and out of the band many WC: My life story starts in Louisiana. times since 1951, but whenever he returns I had a family with three kids and I he gives a brilliant performance. His taste divorced my wife Alma in 1968 and as a soloist is quickly proved to annyone since 1982 I live in Stockholm. I live with who listens to his records. At one time a Swedish girl Christl.
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