The Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington The most exciting floor show in Brooklyn is playing on Fulton Street. • PLAYI • MS Brooklyn has eight floors that offer continuous entertainment seven days a week. Our headliners range from show-stopping dresses to sit down dining that will make you stand up and cheer. The list of attractions also includes Ken's Food Basket on Five for gourmet delicacies, Glemby Beauty Salon on Six, the Entertainment Center on the mezzanine and countless other services to serve you. And the neighbor­ hood MS lives in lets a store that has it all give you even more. Within walking distance of our Fulton Street home, BAM has emerged as a prestigious entertainment complex and nearby Atlantic Avenue has blossomed into a dynamic area for shops and restaurants for every taste. And when you want to catch your breath, take in the breathtaking view from the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights. When you shop at MS, there's more in store for you than just our store. Because when you catch our show, there are some great supporting acts waiting in the wings. d s • BAm BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Opera House • Thursday, January 25,1979 THEBROOnYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC presents The Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of • Mercer Ellington This program is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. • • It 's an exciting revival , and It' 5 growtnB Brownstone In response to the growing back-to-.the-city movement that neighborhoods are taking on a bright. upbeat look as restoration began several years ago, community leaders requested Brooklyn efforts by enthusiastIC new homeowners bring to life the long­ Union to prOVide a facility where people could obtain information lost beauty of their brownstone houses They know you won' t about owning and renovating a brownstone house . 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It was a hard decision to make, and ton ensures authenticity of interpretation. drink in a delightful hard to fulfill, but in doing so Mercer Conducted by Mercer, the band's per­ atmosphere faithfully maintained a tradition estab­ formances have resulted in tremendous lished by Duke Ellington during his five enthusiasm at such diverse venues as the triumphant decades as a band leader. Wolf Trap in Washington, the Ravinia Brunch. Sun 11 :30-3 Since that time, Mercer has been at Festival in Illinois, Robin Hood Dell in Dinner, Mon-Sat pains to maintain that tradition music­ Pennsylvania, Duke University in North 5 to midnight. Sun 4-11 ally aswell as professionally and ethically_ Carolina, and the Steer Pier in Atlantic ,. The band's library contains all the famous City. Besides such engagements, Mercer compositions and arrangements. and he has appeared as guest conductor at the has steadily reactivated items in it that American Song Festival in Saratoga and Reservations Suggested had become less familiar through neglect at the All-City High School Band Contest in recent years. His father was so prolific in Los Angeles. He is also writing the bio­ that there was inevitably a tendency to graphy of his famous father for public­ 847 Union Street emphasize the "new one" at the expense ation by Houghton Mifflin of Boston. Off 7th Avenue in of the past. It is now possible to see his With the Ellington Orchestra under Park Slope majestic output in some kind of perspec­ Mercer's leadership, Duke Ellington's tive and to restore classics to the promi­ music will continue to be a healthy and nence they deserve. This Mercer is system- joyous element in twentieth~entury life. (212) 638-0860 Continued on next page ... 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(, THE ARTISTS Mercer Kennedy Ellington, composer, others, it effectively served as a training arranger and trumpet player. is the son of ground. musicians in it such as Harold Duke Ellington. He was born in Washing­ Ashby, Money Johnson, and Geezil Min­ • ton, D.C., on November 3,1919. An as­ erve later graduating to the senior Elling­ sociation with his father's orchestra be· ton orchestra. After a productive phase gan when he was eight years old. It re­ as musical director and arranger for sing­ presented the first phase of a musical ed­ er Della Reese, he tried his hand with ucation that was continued more formally marked success as a disc-jockey on WliB in New York, where he studied both alto in New York, but for the last decade he saxophone and trumpet. After tuition at occupied a much more appropriate pos­ Columbia University and Juilliard, he ition as a playing member of Duke Elling­ thoroughly investigated the Schi llinge r ton's brass section. Moreover, as road system at New York University. manager of the band, he was able to a When he formed his first band in assume a considerab le part of the respon­ 1939, it included Clark Terry, Dizzy Gill­ sibility that previously burdened his FREE DELIVERY espie and Calvin Jackson . some of its arr· father. In this role, indeed, his tact, diplo­ • angements being by the soon-to-be-famous macy, good sense, firmness and charm to­ 788-1912 Billy Strayhorn. After service in the army gether paid untold dividends. during 194345,when he played in a band Growing up as'the loyal son of an directed by Sy Oliver, he formed another internationally famous father entailed Eukanuba, Science Diet, Purina, group of his own in which Joe Benjamin both rewards and frustrations. Mercer's played bass and Carmen McRae was the own individual talents, particularly as an Wayne, Kal-Kan, Frisk les, 9-Lives, vocalist. (Carmen, indeed, made her de­ arranger and a composer, were inevitably Alpo, Triumph, Tamiam i, & Goff . , . but on records with Mercer.)These were overshadowed by those of his father. plus a full line of V itamins. difficult times for big bands, however, Nevertheless, such creations as Supplements, & Acce ssories and during 1950 he worked for some Things Ain't What They Used To Be, months with his father, playing E flat Jumpin' Punkins, John Hardy's Wife, 503% 2nd St" off 7th Ave, horn.