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The Genius of The Jazz Giants - Vol.4
The Genius of The Jazz Giants - Vol.4
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BOOK 4
DUKE ELLINGTON
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COOTIE
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MORNINC CLORY
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A PORTRAIT OF BERT WILLIAMS
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DUKE ELLINGTON
Duke Ellington came from a prosperous Washington, D.C. family. He first
played piano in public while a high school student. After graduation he performed
locally, and formed his own Duke's Serenaders. Ellington moved to New York
and, in 1924 took over the reins of the Washingtonians group, touring and playing
residencies (including a long stay at the Kentucky Club), before beginning his significant position at the Cotton Club in Harlem. He remained there Aom t927 until
1931, except for national tours and recording sessions.'It was during this period
that Ellington recorded such important songs as Eost St Louis Toodle-oo (his first
theme), Black Beauty, Birmingham Breakdown, The Mooche, Md lndigo,
Rockin' In Rhythm, and Creole Rhapsody.
The Duke Ellington Band appeared in the movie Check andDouble Checkin
1930, and made its first trip abroad - to London and Paris - in 1939. The first of
his famous Carnegie Hall conceits was held in 1943, featuring the premier of
Black, Brown and Beige. This extended piece was the first in a string of longer
works which have become an integralpart of jazz 6qrnposing history, notably Such
Sweet Thunder, Liberian Suite/A Tone Parallel To Harlem: The Harlem Suite, A
Drum Is A Woman, The Far East Suite, The Latin-Amencan Suite, New World
A0oming: Harlem: The Golden Brwm and The Green Apple, Suite Thursday,
and Deep Soufh Suite. The Carnegie Hall concerts were annual events through
1950.
His shorter songs, however, are the ones best remembered. His lyric-writing
collaborators included John La Touche, Johnny Mercer, Ted Koehler, Don
George, Peggy Lee, Johnny Burke, and Mitchell Parish. Among Ellington's most
famous song compositions are Sophishcated Lady, Do Nothing Titl You Hear
Frcm Me, Solitude, Satin Doll, Mood Indigo, ln A Sentimental Mood, Drop Me
Off At Harlem, Ko-Ko, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, and with Billy Strayhom, Take The 'A' Train. During the 1960's Ellington and his band visited India,
the Middle and Far East, and Australia. Constant touring - at home and overseas became the band's customary practice until Duke Ellington's death in May, 1974.
His son Mercer continues to lead the band.
Duke Ellington recorded with many of the most famous vocalists of a
half-century. Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Kay Davis, and
Adelaide Hall all were featured with Ellington or his band. Many instrumentalists
were also fortunate to record with Ellington, including Max Roach, Charlie Mingus,
Johnny Hodges, John Coltrane, and Coleman Hawkins, all of whom shared topbilling with Ellington.
CONCERTO FOR COOTIE 8
IN A MELLOW TONE 12
KO-KO 20
MORNING GLORY 14
A PORTRAIT OF BERT WILLI,AMS 16
SERENADE TO SWEDEN 18
GEORGE SHEARING
Blind since birth, George Shearing's handicap has never interfered with his brilliant piano playing or his imaginative composing and arranging. After playing in a
L7-piece blind band led by Claude Bampton, Shearing commenced a solo piano
c:lreen Winner of the Meldy Molcer poll for seven years as top Brifish pianisl
Shearing moved to the United States where his first big hit was Septemfur ln The
Roin, performed by his quintet Shearing is best known intemationally as the
composer of Lullaby Of Bidland. Wtitten in 1952 as the theme for the famous
night spot, it became the most popular jazz standard of the postwar years. Today,
after two White House performances and an honorary doctorate, Shearing's
career continues to flourish, with engagemenb as a soloist with the major American symphony orchestas, in educational institutions, and in nightclubs, hotels and
jazz festivals both here and abroad.
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OVER THE RAINBOW 30
TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE 32
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Thomas "Fats" Waller, bom in New York City in 1904 was one oI Jaz's
most colorful individuals. fu a pianisf organist and songwriter of great ability, and
a singer of average talent, he was one of the most popular and irrepressible
performers in America. As a songwriter, his tunes have been well-established in
the pop repertory; among his best-known being Honeysuckle Ro*, Ain't
Misbehauin', Black And Blue, Keepin' Out Of Mischiet' Nour, BIue Tuming Gtay
Ouer You, and The Jitterbug Walb.
Waller's father was a church minister. His mother was proficient at boththe
piano and organ, which perhaps explains his preference for the latter instument in
his early recordings. He began piano study at age six, when he received lessons
from James P. Johnson, King of the Stide Piano. He also studied with Cal Bohm
and Leopold Godowsky. His style had already been developed when he
commenced recording in 1922. The early Mrscle Shool Blues and Birmingham
Blues both demonstate the flexible stide version that became Waller's tademark.
Waller's early work was predominantly as a soloist, but later he worked in
several bands, including those of Jack Teagarden, Ted Lewis, Bud Freeman, and
Louis Armstong. Waller's real claim to commercial success and fame came in
L934, with the first of the Fats Waller & His Rhythm bands, which provided a
perlect setting for his infectious singing style. Later attempts at leading his own big
band proved unsuccessful.
Fats Waller appeared in Hollywood movies such as Siormy Weather and
Hooray For Loue, as well as many ftlm shorts. In 1978, Ain't Misbehauin', a
Broadway musical featuring his.music, opened to critical acclaim, and revived
interest in his career.
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BOB ZURKE
Bob Zurke rose to prominerrce as a pianist when he replaced Joe Sullivan with the
Bob Crosby band in late 1936. Considered one of the prernier boogie-woogie
performers of his day, he achleved great populadty. After leaving Crosby in 1939,
he led his own band but reallzed no commercial succes. His last years were spent
as a soloist in Los Angeles.
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One of the glirrg era's top pianists, Jess Stacy performed with some of the best of
the Big Bands, Cttfufly selGtarght, and with a background of riverboat performing,
Stacy rose to fame foi fffu ErTry G -oodman band. In addifion to srrral sfids *rith
Goodman, Stacy performed r+i$r tre ban& of F{orace Heidt; Tommy Dorsey, and
Jack Teagarden, as well as fcming hb o*rn goup. He has recorded with Gne
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