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sion of Duke's Place is aurally different from the one on Pablo 2308-242 ( Ireb. B). For Azure, there are no other versions from Feb. 7 or 8 1966 available for comparisons. Rolf Dahlgren rcported in C)rkesterJournalen 3/1966 that this title was performed during the concert he re"'iewed, but it is not clear whether it was the 1't or -l'he 2"d concert. above version is rather tentative and sounds like an unprepared encore.

2"d concert February 7, at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 1't set and 2"d set. Duke lillington and his Orchestra: , , , Mercer Eliington (tp), Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, (tb), Jim- my Hamilton (cl,ts), (as,cl), (as), Paul Gonsalvcs (ts), (bars,cl,bcl), l)uke E,llington (p), John Lamb (b), Sam Wooyard (dr). Imagine My Frustration

2"d concert, 1't set (Norman Granz introduces Duke Ellington) Take The "A" Train (theme) Medley: The Moochc West Indian Pancake El viti ( Norman Granz introduces Ella Fitzgerald ) Ella Fitzgerald (vc1), acc. by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Same except Jimmy Jones (p), Joe Comfort (b), Gus Johnson (dr) replaces Dukc, John and Sam. Wives and Lovers Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra visited Stock- Something to Live For holm February 7- 8, 1966. The program included two concerts Let's Do It Feb. 7, at Konserthuset. The 1" concert at 19.00 and the 2"d con- Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) acc. by Cat Anderson (tp), Jimmy Jones (p), cert at 21.30. The next day, Feb. 8, started in the daytime with a Joe Comfort (b), rehearsal at Cirkus. Some of the recordings from the rehearsal Gus Johnson (dr). have been used in radio programs. In the evening, the band with Lover Man Ella played a concert in two sets at Cirkus. This concert was partly Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) acc. by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra : As telecast by Sveriges Radio och Television (Swedish Broadcastin5J before with Jones, Comfort and Johnson in the rhythm section. and Television Corporation). Everything listed here has been au- Sweet Georgia Brown rally checked by us, and we have seen a video tape of the Z'rd set of the Cirkus concert. We have also compared the audio and video Nofe: According to O1e J. Nielsen, the above version of El Viti was tapes of the concerts with the issues on LP, CD and cassette. issued on the CD lazz Hour JHR73504 (as The Matador), but that version is aurally diffcrent. l't concert, February 7, Konserthuset, Stockholm, 1't set and 2"d set. 2"d concert, 2"d set Information about this concert is unavailable to us. However, a Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: As for the 2"d concert 1't Set. tape from the collection of Benny Åslund contains the following The Opener three titles from Konserthuset, Feb. 7, which were not used in the La Plus Belle Africaine Swedish Radio broadcast and which could very well be from the Veldt Amor Azure (Sd) CA-8 (cassette) 1't concert, 2"d set. Magenta Haze Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) acc. by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra : Cat Things Ain't What Thel' Used To Be Anderson, Cootie Williams, Herbie Jones, (tp), EIla Fitzgerald (vcl), acc. by Cat Anderson (tp), Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper (tb), Jimmy Ha- (cl ) -1, Jimmy Jones (p), Joe Comfort (b), Gus Johnson (dr). milton (cl,ts), Russell Procope (as,cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Paul 56 Danco Samba ( Samba ) Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (bars, cl, bcl), Duke Ellington (p), I'mJust a Lucky So and So, -1 Joe Comfort (b), Gus Johnson (dr). Someone To Watch Over Me Imagine My Frustration Cootie Williams, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington ( tp ) added. JimmyJones (p) added Mack the Knife Duke's Place Jimmy Jones omitted Ella Fitzgerald (vcl ), acc. b1' Duke Ellington and His Orchestra : as Azure before, except that the rhythm section now consists of Duke El- lington and Jimmy Jones (p), Joe Comfort (b) and Gus Johnson Nofe: The above version of Imagine My Frustration is aurally dif- (dr). JimmyJones omitted -2 ferent from the one in the broadcast of the 2nd concert (Feb. 7 ) Azure (Sd) CA-8 (cassette) and also from the one on Pablo 23O8-Z4Z (Feb. 8). The above ver- Imagine My Frustration -2 llchearsal at Cirkus, Stockholm, February 8, 1966 Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) acc. by Cat Anderson (tp), Jimmy Jones (p), Duke Ellington (p), John Lamb (b), Joe Comfort (b) l.ooking Glass, take 1 Gus Johnson (dr). Looking Glass, take 2 So Danco Samba ( Jazz Samba ) Pablo 2308-242 , take 1 How High the Moon Queen's Guard, take 1 Azure (Sd) CA-5 lcassette) Serenade To Sweden, take 2 Ella Fitzgcrald (vcl) acc. by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Queen's Guard, take 2 As before, except Duke Ellirrgton and his Orchestra: Regular personnel as above, Duke Ellington (p) replaces JimmyJones. with Lllington, Lamb and Woodyard in the rhvthm section. Imagrne My Frustration Pablo 2308-212 Take Thc "4" Train (theme) jimm;rJones(p)added DE gives instructions to the ltlevision staff. Duke's Place Pablo 2.108-242 West Indian Pancake Kinda Dukish & Rockin' In Rhythm Nofe: The last title from this telecast, Serenade to Sweden, is from I-a Plus Belle Africaine (a few bars onll') the rehearsals at the Cirkus earlier the same dav.

ÄIote: Incider-rtal passages b1' Jimmy Hamilton (cl) and Johnnv 2"d set Hodges in one of the takes of Serenade To Sweden. A Swedish Duke Ellington and His Orchestra the same as above. Radio program, broadcast the day before the Cirkus concert was Take The "A" Train ( theme ) telecast, includes one take of each title from the rehearsal. Accor- Black and Tan Fantasv ding to the producer, Lars Egler, the rehcarsal continued an hour Soul Call Azurc CA-15 (cassette ) latcr with Ella Fitzgerald, but we haven' t heard anlr recordrng of it Wings and Things and have no details. Jam With Sam

Swedish Radio and Television telecast, Cirkus, Stockholm, Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), acc. b1' Duke Ellirrgton and His Orchestra: Sweden, Fcbruary 8, 196b. Samc except for Jimmv Jones (p) and Gus Johnson (dr) rcplaces Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: lluke and Sam. Joe Cornfort (b) is added (he rcplaces Lamb in the Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Herbie Jones, Mercer lillington, middle of the number) (tp), Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper (tb), Jim- Satin Doll PabIo 2308-242 my Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (as, cl), Jol-rnny Hodges (as), John Lamb omitted. (ts), Harrl' Carney (bars,cl,bcl), Duke Ellington Something to Live For Pabl.o 2308-242 (p), John Lamb(b), (dr). Let's Do It Pablo 23O8-242

1" set Ella Fitzgerald (r,cl) acc. by Cat Anderson (tp), Jimmy Joncs (p), Take The "A" Train Joe Comfort (b) West Indian Pancake Gus Johnson (dr). Kinda Dukish & Rockin' In Rhythm Lover Man Pablo 2308-242 La Plus Belle Africaine Azure CA 2 (cassette) Cootie Williams, Herbie Jones, Mcrce r Ellington (tp) added The Opener Azure CA-2 (cassette) Mack the Knife

Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), acc. by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) acc. by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Same except Jimmy Jones (p), Joe Comfort (b), GuS Johnson (dr) As before, except that the rhythm scction consists of Duke Elling- replace Duke, John and Sam. ton (p), JimmyJones (p), Joe Comfort (b), Gus Johnson (dr). Wives and Lovers Pablo 23OB-242 Cotton Tail Pablo 2308-242 Sweet Gcorgia Brown All titles on Pablo 2308-242 also on Pablo PACD230B-242-2. (Au)D- 4027 2, (J)J333 -20006-CD,VDJ -28028, Pablo/Carrere (F) 98. 819 (all CD's ).

Note l; Benny Åslund lists a med- ley of V.l.P.'s Boogie/Jam With Sam for the ahove concert, but onlyJam With Sam is announced by Duke Ellington and performed. ÄIote 2: In Jazz Records Vol. 6 OIe J. Nielsen lists a telecast of 11 tit les from unidentified concerts, Stockholm, Feb. 7-8 1966 (most certainly from the Cirkus concert Feb. B). The program was telecast by French Television in 1984 un- der the title "Ella and Duke In Spain".

Ella Fitzgerald v,ith Ray Brown, bass artd Oscar Petersotl pilt1o. sic. The chapters follow in a chronological sequence covering identi- DESS comments.' The question about the versions of "Serenade To fiable stages in output and considering Duke's works in their musi- Sweden", "The Queen's Guard", "Looking Glass" is unclear to us. cal context. We have heard excerpts from the rehearsal of February 8, 1966 only on a tape from a radio broadcast, which includes only one take of Duke Ellington Story On Records (DESOR), written by Luciano each title. Our listing of alternative versions for three titles was taken Massagli and Gior.anni M. Volont€ from Oie Niels€n's discography, which should be amended accor- This two-volume edition of DESOR reportedly will be more comple- ding to your notes above. te than any published discography. DESOR will be introduced in April Slef There is no Kinda Dukish before "Rockin'In Rhythm". at Ellington '99 in Washington. DESS commentsj You are dght, we didn't made a wrong remark. We don't believe that the telecast from Sweden only includes recor- Ken VeiI from England will present two new books about Duke dings from Stockholm. Ellington. The two volumes will come out on the market during 1999. It deals About the photographs in our Bulletin with Duke's life in a diary day-by-day form, a technique like the one Most of the pictures printed the Bulletin have either been taken used by Klaus Stratemann had in his famous book from 1992. Rolf in by Olle Lindholm or emanates from the personal archives Roif Dahlgren has been supporting Ken with his collection of photographs. of DahJgren. Olle Lindholm started to document events with his camera New scores offered iazz already in the The Manuscript Editions project is an initiative of Billy Strayhorn 60's. of the first great occasions came the visit Duke Ei- Songs, Inc. and Walter van de Leur. New scores are added to the One with of Orchestra Borlänge, Sweden 1963. an catalogue of Billy's compositions and arrangements. For more infor- lington and his to in He is energetic chronicler of the life of the Ellington Society. mation on these handsomely prepared scores, write to PO Box 10285, Rolf Dahlgren has spent the larger part of his life working in jazz Pittsburgh, PA 75232 or visit the Strayhorn circles. He started out as a journalist in a socialistic newspaper "Fol- website: http: //www.billystrayhorn.com kets Dagblad" led by Nils Flyg already in 1939 and that same year he reported from the visit of the Duke and his Orchestra in Stockholm Johnny Hodges's websites (Aprll 29, 1939). The year thereafter he took up writing and working Michael Palmer. Australia. has created two web addresses for Rabbit Estrad, Lovers. for the initiator and owner of the lazz magazine Nils Hell- Hellström was also promoting jazz concerts and tours and http://\4'\.!'w.thrill.to/hodges and http://wv!nv.alphalink.com.au/ ström. 'michaelp these activities brought all kinds of PR- and related material that was saved and catalogued by Rolf. Thanks we have had the use great Corrections of Bulletin No 4, 1998 to him opportunity to this wealth of pictures and texts in the Bulletin and will so do in the The article about Bubber Miley was published in Orkester Journalen future. He has travelled with Duke and Billy (Strayhorn) and he was inMay, 1994. We will be back with a new article about Bubber Miley what in the next Bulletin. a close friend of Ella Fitzgerald. Perhaps one day he wiil tell us really happened when was left standing in the street as The pianist at our meeting on September 7, 1998 got the wrong name Ava Gardner disappeared in a taxi cab it took place in 1953 in Swe- his real name is Jan Sjöblom. - Rolf was as witness to a very marri- Duke Ellington in Drisseldorf: Vocalist is probably Lil Greenwood den and there the end of stormy age r and not Devonne Gardner as said on the CD.

Ella and Duke at Cöte d'Azur Concerts, 8-CD Box Verve 314 539 033-2 The 13 first recordings from the box can be find at CD, Sarpe Top Jazz sJ-1018. The CD Laserlight I7O97 "Th^ings Ain't What They Used To Be" in- cludes from the same date "La Plus Belle Africaine", "Smada", "Satin Doll" and " Azure" . Additional comments to our article about Ella and Duke, February 7 and9, L966. Sjef Hoefsmit replies about Imagine My Frrctration, Duk's Place and Azure: "The first group of three titles (that are the three you have found on Benny's tape) cannot be confirmed. It is suggested that they are from a studio session in Stockholm. The only time that these titles are played together in the same session is in the Norman Grantz recor- ding session in October 1965." DESS comments: The versions of Imagine My Frustration, Duke 's P1a- ce and Azure, listed by us with reservations under the first concert, Rolf and Duk in Stockholm 1958. The photographer is Billy Strayhorn. 2"d set of February 7,1966 are genuine live recordings with a large audiencc, and musically they are aurally different from the October, 1965 studio versions. As we mentioned in the DESS Bulletin No. 4 PS LatestNews !! 1998, p.4, these live versions of Imagine My Frustration and Duke's A biographical work by Austin Lawrence is scheduled for release Place are also aurally different from the other versions from Februa- during the centennial year. ry 7 and8, 1966.l'he first two titles are performed in one sequence Pressrelease: "The Duke Ellington Masters" has signed the exclusi without interruption, but there is a brief pause between Duke's Place ve rights to all Duke Ellington & His Orchestras performance sold/ and Azure, which could mean either that some applause or talking licensed through a contract with the estate of Mercer Ellington. This between these numbers was unrecorded or edited out, or that other announcement will be made April 29 in Washington by Karl Emil titles were performed between them. Knudsen, Denmark. email: [email protected] Slef The telecast ca11ed "Ella and Duke in Spain" is from onJanuary Ken Vail has named his book "Duke's Diary". It will be out in March 26, 1966 and under the name "Noches Del Sabado". Gordon Ewing / April 7999 . Part One of two will cover 1927 1950 and has 368 pages, noted "Duke played in llarcelona on the 26'r' and the next day in paperback. Berlin". The address for ordering the book is: Vail Publishing, 36 Histon DESS comments: If the telecast from Spain was broadcasted January Road, Cottenham, Cambridge CB4 8UD England. The price is f, 33 26 it couldn't include selections from Stockholm. plus porto. Slef About the versions of "Serenade lio Sweden", "The Queen's Guard", "Looking Glass" I think the sequence was "Looking Peter MacHare with "A Duke Ellington Panorama" has changed his Glass"(take 1), "Looking Glass"(take 2), "The Queen Guard" follo- Internet address to: wed by "Serenade To Sweden". geocities. com/Bourbon Street/Squ are/2660lell/index.htm