[Dixielandjazz] Just a question... Duke Ellington

[Bert Brandsma]

It all depends on what you would like to know.
Personally I am in contact with Bob Hunt, trombone player in the big Chris Barber band.Bob studied Ellingtonia and is professor on that subject in the UK.
He played in the Ellington band when it was led by Mercer Ellington. He spoke with many veterans like Cootie Williams.Besides he made dozens of transcriptions of the 1920's - 1940's arrangements and they are the best I ever heard in person.
So if it was to be about the music itself, actually I would prefer Bob.
Another person who comes to mind is Gunther Shuller, his books : Early Jazz and the Swing Era , are excellent.They also deal with the music.
I also love the Tucker works though.
Kind regards,
Bert Brandsma

> From: ricksax at comcast.net
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:51:59 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Just a question... Duke Ellington
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: mister_bertje at hotmail.com
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> I believe the best single resource on Duke Ellington is The Duke  
> Ellington Reader, ed. Mark Tucker, Oxford University Press, 1993 ppb,  
> 536 pp.
> Includes contemporary writings and interviews, and it is all in one  
> volume, convenient for the researcher.
> 
> Rick Campbell
> Milneburg Jazz Band
> Portland, Oregon USA
> (503) 234-9440
> ricksax at comcast.net
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