[Dixielandjazz] Ellington - was scheduling.

[Steve Barbone]

Stan:

Yes, I said in my post it was the last set that evening. I can't speak for
many other jazz festivals because I'm not at them except for a few locals.
Those I have played include Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Wilmington DE,
Berks in Reading PA, and Rehoboth DE, Autumn Jazz Festival all ended on time
when we played there. We were the last set at Clifford Brown along with
Preservation Hall, ditto with Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and then Preservation
Hall, different years at Berks, and alone on the stand at Rehoboth.

The bands got standing O's, but still ended on time, give or take 5 minutes.

The crowd at Newport in 1956 would not let Ellington leave the stage and so
he played 3 or 4 encores. From an audience reaction viewpoint, it was very
different than most jazz festivals which is the point I was making.

I have heard tell that many last sets at OKOM Festivals end on time because
the old folks don't stay up late. <grin>

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

on 9/15/07 6:19 PM, Stan Brager at sbrager at socal.rr.com wrote:

> Steve;
> 
> At many jazz festivals, the last band for the night often extends their set.
> At Newport, in 1956, Duke Ellington was the last band for that night.