Ttrlo Stqrs AndA Skip: Ellements qf Organiz.ation In Duke E;llington's Extended @mposition ldiom'59 Presented at EllIrgton '88 - Btrch Hall, Oldham, England by Andrew Homzy - Montr€al
Dlscography:
Recorded tn New York on Setember 8, 1959
Issues used: Columbla CS 82OO (stereo) Festhral Sesslon
Columbia Spectal Products P 1350O (stereo) Festtval Sesslon
Columbla C2L 31 (mono) Outstandfng Jaz.z Composltlons Of The 20th Century Accordtng to the notes by Iffing Townsend on Festlval Sesslon, Ellington first introduced Idiom'59 durlng late June 126/27 /28?1, 1959 at a Poconos mountalns resort ln Pennsylvanta called Tamlment. Ttrere, a two day Jaz.z festival was held during whlch Elltngton and hls muslcians parttctpated in two concerts and a series of lectures. Ellington then went on to perform the plece again at ttre Newport Jaz-z Festival Uuly 4th ?1. So far, nobody else is known by me to have documented these perfomances. Furthermore, lt seems that the New York studio version is all tlat remains in terms of recordings. On the disc, the work is divided into three sectlons as follows:
CO635OS Part I - Vapor Tlme 2:OO Equals measures I - 44 CO635OG Part II Tlme 4:35 Equals measures 45 - 184 CO635O7 Part III Time 7:L3 Equals measures 185 - 37O Tempo Music has issued sheet muslc for copyrfght and professional purposes. The three portions are prlnted as follows:
Idiom'59 (Paft 1) A 3 and 4 line score showlng instrumental parts including a bass part. No instruments are identified. Several measures played on the recording are not on the score. Equals measures I -44
Idiom No 2 A single line melody which is not exactly as played on the recording. Equals measures 45 - IO2
IdiamNo 3 A single line melody which is written in the form AAEIC and not as ABAC as recorded. Equals measures 127 - f 85 Since there seems to be no unlforrn dtvtsion of sectlons tn thls work, I have not hesttated to create my own based on my transcriptton and study of Idtom'59. Overall, I make the following observations:
1. The work ts organized tn tempo according to ttre plan of slow-fast-slow-fast
2. The tonaltties folow the form Bb MaJor, C MaJor, C mtnor, Eb MaJor, F minor (vergIrg on the atonal), F MaJor, Db MaJor.
3. Small formal structures include AARA = 32 bars, Blues = 12 bars, 8 bar phrases, and some transttional phrases of 2 bars or less. 4. Accordlrg to my analysls, Id[om 59 conslsts of 6 dtsttnct muslcd sections. å: Båäfr:H:3:ä[: Iå!to, (Brues transrtion) l: BåIfr: H:å:ffi: igl^: 133 5. Equals measures 188 - 2I8 6. Equals measures 2Lg - 37O
5. Featured soloists are: Russell Procope - clarinet theme statement Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet tmprovlsatlons Duke EllIrgton - piano theme stements Clark Terry - tmmpet lmprovlsations
6. The full ensemble very rarely plays "tutti" tn this work.
7. The musicians performing are
Saxophones and clarinets - Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Harry Carney Trumpets - Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Shorty Baker, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry
Trombones - Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders
Bass - Joe Benjamin (Part I onlY), Jimmy Woode (all except part I)
Drums - Sam WoodYard, JimmY Johnson
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