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...In 1960, Duke Ellington made a classic recording of his own version of the Suite....
...“We are in the very beginning of trying to weather the office market downturn,” said Richard Hill, the head of real estate strategy at Cohen & Steers....
...He fell in love with the drums after hearing Chico Hamilton and taught himself to play by listening to records by Johnny Dodds, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and other jazz giants....
...His Sound/Stage filmed concerts with the LA Phil are the main commitment, released weekly on the LA Phil website and with a characteristically diverse programme — Kamasi Washington, Thomas Adès, Duke Ellington...
...Looking to the future, there are more than 20 commissions of new music and some intriguing crossover programmes, including Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and a Duke Ellington tribute....
...That album was dominated by covers of Ellington, Satchmo and Fats Waller, but threw “In the Midnight Hour” and “Tennessee Waltz” in the mix....
...“Muses for Richard Davis”, heard in two versions, is a sombre rumination for Davis’s bowed bass and Dolphy’s bass clarinet that stands comparison to their elegiac reading of Duke Ellington’s “Come Sunday...
...Duke Ellington’s New World a-Coming is smoochy, bluesy, big band, and rather more fun. Performances are big and bold, 100% American....
...Mulatu Astatke was a fixture of Swinging Addis in the 1970s, and played with Duke Ellington....
...domestica, Duke Ellington’s A Tone Parallel to Harlem and Stravinsky’s Praeludium for jazz band — were written for American audiences....
...It is being sold by the descendants of Sir Richard Wallace, the 19th century art collector....
...Others looking at a listing include units of investment fund Ellington Management; Fundamental REO, whose fund received a large investment from Goldman Sachs; Waypoint Homes Realty Trust; American Homes...
...“The economy just isn’t big enough,” says Ken Ellington, the Copthorne’s general manager....
...But I will be fascinated, when it announces its programme for the latter half of the century, to learn how it deals with figures such as Duke Ellington, Frank Zappa and Radiohead....
...On the opening night, the 100 Club’s stage was filled with Pete Long’s 17-piece orchestra, Echoes of Ellington....
...The most popular orchestra leaders of the 1930s – Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller – made hundreds of records, which is why their names are still familiar today....
...Richard Harden, co-editor of Harden’s, said location accounted for part of the winning restaurant’s appeal....
...Gonzalo Rubacalba and French accordionist Richard Galliano’s Latin chamber jazz at QEH on Sunday, November 16, is recommended – they are part of a strong European contingent....
...With investment from new owner Pierre Vacances and chief executive Gérard Brémont, the club has been refurbished using the music of “The Duke” (Ellington) as the leitmotif....
...Mr Garment later became a lawyer and aide to Richard Nixon, in which role he recommended Mr Greenspan for his first government post....
...Werner Seifert, of Deutsche Börse, prefers Duke Ellington....
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