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Russell Procope Duke Ellington´S Loyal Alto Saxophonist BULLETIN NR 3, SEPTEMBER 2017, ÅRGÅNG 25 Russell Procope Duke Ellington´s loyal alto saxophonist I detta nummer / In this issue: 2 Ledare m.m. 3 Skivrecensioner 4 Russell Procope 8 Amerikanskt gästspel 9 Is MIMM correct? 10 Belle of the Nineties 12 Frankie and Johnny 14 Tenoristerna mellan Webster och Gonsalves 17 Sonny Greer´s drumkit 18 John Williams about Duke´s musicians 20 Kallelse Foto: William Gottlieb 3-2017 Inför hösten 2017. Så har ännu en Any More. Det visade sig att det var Sven sommar passe- Olof Sandberg till Sam Samsons orkester rat utan någon från 1944, och det hade man inte kunnat längre period ana, inte jag i alla fall. Alla melodier var med ihållande hämtade från Gerts fina 78-varvssamling varmt badväder. med oklanderligt ljud. Han vägrar att Känns det igen? kalla dem för ”stenkakor”. Men skall man Efter pausen framträdde Ulf Johans- stanna i Sverige son Werre på den fina flygeln som finns i är man beredd aulan. Ulf är en enastående pianist, som på dessa åter- ensam har förmågan att hålla stor show. kommande låg- Han berättade om och spelade melodier tryck med var- av James P. Johnson och Fats Waller samt annan dag av regnskurar. Men det finns andra kända jazzpianister och beskrev ju annat att syssla med än att bada, som hur de skilde sig från varandras stilarter. t.ex. att åter lyssna på musik av Duke El- Den 2 oktober är det dags för höstens lington och hans magnifika orkester från första medlemsmöte. Då kommer den i de åren då jag för min del började köpa musikerkretsar kände Ivan Sundberg, LP-skivor för 60 år sedan. Då var det in- belnsgatan 3 i Stockholm blev en lyckad ägare till Adlib, som bjuder på ”Pytt i spelningar från amerikanska Columbia tillställning. Två enastående estradörer Panna à la Duke efter behag”. som gällde, men som i Sverige gavs ut förgyllde aftonen för oss alla som var Efter pausen kommer de internationellt på Philips. Jag började skivinköpen med där, nämligen Gert Palmcrantz och Ulf välkända musikerna Klas Lindquist, alt- Ellington at Newport. Men den var dyr Johansson Werre. Gert, som jag betraktar sax/klarinett och Erik Söderlind på gi- och kostade 27 kronor. Tänk vad det som en ljudtekniker av högsta interna- tarr att framträda. Det bådar gott för en skulle motsvara omräknat i dagens pen- tionella klass och som ni väl alla känner spännande afton med välkänd musik. ningvärde. Dessa LP:s kan man numera till, inledde med att spela melodier av El- Vi ses den 2 oktober. finna på secondhand försäljningar för 10 lington, men framförda av svenska mu- eller 15 kronor styck. siker. Publiken fick exempelvis försöka Vårsäsongens sista medlemsmöte den gissa vem som sjöng ”Så många om och 27 april i Franska Skolans aula på Dö- men” baserad på Don’t Get Around Much Leif Jönsson, ordförande i DESS lar av honom själv och andra förfat- velopment of key themes, with chapters tare. Medförfattare är Phil Ford, Carl surveying his work and his reception Woideck, Catherine Tackley, Bill Dob- in America and abroad. By both expan- bins, Walter van de Leur, David Schiff, ding and reconsidering the contexts in Gabriel Solis och John Wriggle. Boken which Ellington, his orchestra, and his ”Duke Ellington Studies” är utgiven music are discussed, Duke Ellington av Cambridge University Press i deras Studies reflects a wealth of new direc- serie Cambridge Composer Studies. tions that have emerged in jazz studies, Boken presenteras av Cambridge på including focuses on music in media, följande sätt: class hierarchy discourse, globalization, ”Duke Ellington is widely conside- cross-cultural reception, and the role of red the jazz tradition’s most celebrated marketing, as well as manuscript score composer. This engaging yet scholarly studies and performance studies.” volume explores his long career and Boken är på 308 sidor och säljs I hard- his rich cultural legacy from a broad back version till ett pris av 97:50 Euro, Ny bok range of in-depth perspectives, from som undertecknad finner alltför högt Man kan inte undgå att förvånas över the musical and historical to the poli- för att göra en investering i objektet. att det ständigt produceras nya böcker tical and international. World-renow- Troligen kommer den senare ut i paper- om Duke Ellington. 2009 publicerade ned scholars and musicians examine back version till ett förmånligare pris. John Howland boken ”Ellington Up- Ellington’s influence on jazz music, its town”, som recenserades i Bulletin criticism, and its historiography. The 3/2009. Nu år 2017 har han kommit chronological structure of the volume med en ny bok med en samling artik- allows a clear understanding of the de- Bo Haufman 2 Nya skivor I enlighet med vad som aviserades i vår här lite sämre, men naturligtvis ändå tressant melodi, inte alltför ofta spelad. förra Bulletin, så har nu Storyvilles acceptabel för samlare av Ellingtons Flera av Ellingtons (och Strayhorns) nya CD med titeln ”Duke Ellington – musik. Några nummer sticker ut, som bästa pianokompositioner finns med, An Intimate Piano Session” blivit till- t. ex. C-Jam Blues med solon av Taft andra exempel är New World A-Comin’ gänglig på skivmarknaden. Dessutom Jordan, Al Sears och Wilbur De Paris, och Melancholia, och från Rotterdam finns nu volym 23 i DETS-serien att Rugged Romeo med Taft Jordan, Jack The finns The Lake med, vilken senare kom köpa i butiker och på nätet. Bear med Oscar Pettiford, en intressant att ingå i balettsviten The River. version av Swamp Fire med Al Sears, samt W.C. Handy Medley bestående av Det fullständiga innehållet D.E.T.S.Vol. 23 Memphis Blues, Beale Street Blues och St på denna skiva är: (Storyville 903 9022) Louis Blues med sång av Marion Cox. The Anticipation, Le Sucrier Velours, Lotus Blossom, A Blue Mural From Two Perspectives, I’m Afraid, I Didn’t Know Duke Ellington About You, Loco Madi, Lotus Blossom, New World A-Comin’, Le Sucrier Velours, – An Intimate Melancholia, Single Petal Of A Rose, The Blues Ain’t, Come Sunday, My Mother Piano Session My Father And Love, A Blue Mural From (Storyville 101844) Two Perspectives (alt.), Black Swan, Satin Doll, The Lake, Just Squeeze Me. Anders Asplund Det finns nu inte så mycket material kvar av den ursprungliga DETS-serien Whetsel att ge ut på CD. Återstående mate- rial räcker kanske till ytterligare tre or Whetsol If there ever remain any doubts about dubbel-CD om inga överraskningar the spelling of the name, here are pictu- sker. Volym 23 tar oss med till Mea- res showing Whetsel’s own signature. dowbrook, Culver City i Kalifornien Thanks to Steven Lasker for supplying den 24 augusti 1946, Lincoln Theatre i the pictures. Los Angeles den 31 augusti 1946 samt Musiken från denna skiva är hämtad Radio City i NYC den 5 oktober 1946. från Ellingtons s.k. ”stockpile”, som Dessutom ingår tidigare outgivet bo- numera förvaltas av Danmarks Radio. nusmaterial från Hurricane Restaurant Inget av materialet på denna skiva har i New York den 26 augusti 1943. getts ut kommersiellt tidigare, men Frånsett bonusmaterialet är ljudkva- vissa av numren finns på Danmarks litén på skivorna mycket god, vilket Radios eller på DEMS’ Azure-kassetter. gör det möjligt att avnjuta orkestern Merparten av de tjugo numren på ski- och dess solister under bra förhållan- van är inspelad den 25 augusti 1972 i den. Andra halvan av 1946 räknas väl Mediasounds studio i New York. Den kanske inte som Ellingtons främsta består av pianomusik av Duke själv, i period, men solister som Al Sears, Taft några fall som ackompanjemang till Jordan, Cat Anderson och Oscar Petti- Anita Moore och Tony Watkins. De fyra ford, för att nu nämna några, kommer sista numren på skivan kommer från väl till sin rätt på dessa inspelningar en konsert i Rotterdam den 7 novem- och visar oss att denna upplaga av El- ber 1969 där även Wild Bill Davis, Vic- lingtonbandet är väl så bra som från tor Gaskin och Rufus Jones deltar. Från perioderna närmast före och efter. det första inspelningstillfället finns Från Hurricane Restaurant hör vi två versioner av Le Sucrier Velours, Lo- What Am I Here For?, Baby, Please Stop tus Blossom och A Blue Mural From Two And Think About Me, Rocks In My Bed Perspectives i var sin lång resp. kort och Clementine. Tyvärr är ljudkvalietén version. Den senare är en ganska in- 3 Russell Procope DukeEllington’s loyal alto saxophonist. Russell Procope had a long career in jazz and most of it he spent with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. He was one of Ellington’s most reliable sidemen. He was a member of the band whom Ellington could always rely on. In that sense he was in the same category as Harry Carney. The discipline in the Ellington band was not always the best, but Procope, like Carney, was always on time for concerts and rehearsals. There were never any scandals around Russell Procope. Misuse of drugs and alcohol was never in his mind. He was a professional in the true meaning of the word. Raised in Harlem influenced him quite a lot. He also spent a was the fact that he got an offer from short time in Chicago for an engagement Fletcher Henderson to join his well- Russell Procope was born in New York with McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, at that reputed orchestra. It has been said that on August 11, 1908. He grew up in a time headed by his good friend Don it was a business arrangement between part of Harlem called San Juan Hill, Redman. In August 1928 Procope joined the two orchestra leaders.
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