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Vol. 59 No. 1 September 2017

The Newsletter of the Duke Ellington Society, Chapter 40, Toronto, Canada is mailed prepaid to members in good standing.

Further information pertaining to the Society’s activities may be obtained from the Editor.

1791 Pattinson Crescent, Mississauga, ON. Canada, L5J 1H6; Phone 416-453-5342; e-mail:[email protected]

Web site: www.torontodukeellingtonsociety.com

September 12 General Meeting Notes

Bruce Barton opened our first meeting of the 2017-2018 season, welcoming returning and new members as well

as guests to our opening concert. There were a few

announcements and formalities before we started. Ray

& Rochelle Koskie briefly described JPEC, the jazz Performance and Education Centre, and encouraged us

to attend their concert on October 21, Harry Allen’s All

Star New York Band. We announced the Kensington Market Jazz Festival September 15-17 of which a notice

has been previously issued to all members.

Distinguished pianist, bassist and vibraphone player, Don Thompson OC, who played in a trio with Neil

Swainson and Reg Schwager, at our September 2016

meeting remarked that the Montgomery Inn’s piano

was a fine instrument but needed a little maintenance. TDES offered to pay for a technician, Keith Clark,

recommended by Don Thompson, to tune and repair it.

In addition, we have purchased, with Keith’s help, a new piano bench for the Inn for use with the piano. The

bench will have a plaque attached, paid for by the Inn,

which acknowledges The Toronto Duke Ellington Society’s support.

Keith Clark unveiled the bench and plaque which was

immediately put to use by John Sherwood. John was

joined by Mike Murley on tenor and Pat Collins playing bass who provided the music for the evening. They

played two sets of great Ellington and Strayhorn

numbers. What am I here for? Do Nothing ‘til you

hear from me, Sophisticated Lady, I let a Song go

out of My Heart, Day Dream, In a Mellotone, The

Feeling of Jazz, Chelsea Bridge, U.M.M.G.,

Raincheck and closing with Perdido. A great

evening’s entertainment for which we thanked the

players with a well-deserved standing ovation.

TDES 40 Meetings and upcoming events:

October 10 2017 – AGM. Rob Fogle will discuss Ellington music played by obscure big bands.

November 9 2017 – Jim Galloway’s Wee Big Band led

by Martin Loomer at The Garage, 720 Bathurst Street,

just south of Bloor. Bathurst is the closest subway stop.

November 14 2017 – Regular TDES general meeting -

Jim Northover: Ellington Oddities and Rarities 2

December 5 2017. Holiday Party. The Arts & Letters Club has been booked for the event once again. We will

have a quartet led by Drew Jurecka with Adrean

Farrugia on piano and Clark Johnston on bass and Glenn Anderson drums. Drew will play violin, sax and

clarinet. The ticket price is $85.00 per person. Tickets

went on sale at the September 12 general meeting to

members only who are permitted to invite one guest. After the October 10 General Meeting nonmembers

may purchase tickets on a first come first served basis.

Judy Shiels will compile a list of those who wish to attend. Only 98 attendees can be accommodated at this

event.

December 9 2017 – At The Living Arts Centre in Mississauga Oscar Peterson & Oliver Jones – A

Celebration. Featuring Oliver Jones, Robi Botos and

Monty Alexander among others. “The program will feature a mix of primordial music written by Peterson

and Jones such as The Canadiana Suite”. Ticket prices

$75 to $150.

January 9 2018 – Regular TDES general meeting -

Allan Jones will present "Liederhalle, Stuttgart, March

1967 - The Forgotten Concert".

February 13 2018– Regular TDES general meeting -

Jack Chambers

Thank You to

The Duke Ellington Society for this bench

and their ongoing support of the Inn!

Thank you for filling this room with music!

2017.

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March 13 2018 - Regular TDES general meeting -

TBA

April 28 2018 – TDES Fundraising Concert Walter

Hall 7:30 p.m. featuring Jim Galloway’s Wee Big Band led by Martin Loomer. For tickets please contact Alan

Shiels.

May 8 2018 - Regular TDES general meeting - TBA

June 12 2018 - Members’ Choice

Welcome Mew Members: A warm Ducal welcome to new member Anne

Hendricks

Name Tags – We encourage members to purchase

name badges to make mutual recognition easier, especially for new members. They may be obtained

from Jim Northover. Badges cost members $10 each.

The balance of the cost is absorbed by our Society.

The Ellington Community – We were sent a question

from David Basskin, JAZZ – FM presenter who a few years ago gave a talk to TDES on Duke Ellington's and

other jazz artists' overseas concerts on behalf of the US

State Department in the early 1960's. He is the host of

"Stolen Moments", heard every Friday, 10 PM-1 AM on JAZZ.FM91. His question was:

“In the early '70's (I think), the Toronto Symphony Orchestra ran a concert series, likely on Saturdays,

under the title "Jazz at the Symphony". The orchestra

would open the concert with a classical piece, typically an overture. The jazz artist would then come on and

perform something with the orchestra. After

intermission, the jazz artist played the second half

without the orchestra.

I'm sure that Duke and the band were the featured

artists at one of these concerts. Would you, or any of your members, have any memory of this occasion or a

program from that night? I'd be very happy just to learn

the date on which it occurred.

I realize that this is a seriously obscure inquiry – a real

"stump the band" kind of question. Nevertheless, if you

or your members have any ideas, I'd be delighted to hear from you. When I've got all the detective work

done, I should really pay a visit to another TDES

meeting and tell the story of how Duke Ellington came to introduce the Canadian rock-jazz ensemble

Lighthouse at its very first gig. If I can prove it

happened, that is. That's what all this research is

about!”

I forwarded this question to all of our members and a

number of other parties whom I thought could help. We

had a great response from John Hornsby and Gerry Lazare from TDES 40 and David Palmquist and

Marilyn Lester from the DUKE LYM list. David and

others made use of his http//:tdwaw.ca web site to

identify the date on which Ellington played in Toronto, Saturday May 10 1969. He also provided some

information on the Lighthouse Band that David Basskin

was asking about which should help in filling out the answer. Many Thanks to all and we look forward to an

acknowledgement from David Basskin.

The Last Post:

Our good friend and longtime member of TDES, Bill

Wilson, passed away on June 30, 2017. He was

cremated after a service at Royal York Road United

Church on July 6. Bill was an avid jazz fan and record

collector. He knew many jazz musicians and leavened

his many well received presentations to TDES on

Ellington by Others with personal anecdotes. He

produced Jazz at R.Y. for many years. Bill provided

paying gigs to jazz musicians in his Jazz at R.Y. series

in the service of raising funds for his church’s local

charitable activities. He will be missed.

Daisy Sweeney, nee Peterson, who taught many

Montrealers to play the piano including being the first

teacher of Canadian musical talents like her brother

Oscar Peterson and Oliver Jones has died at the age of

97. Daisy Sweeney, who died in Montreal on Friday,

August 11 2017 was born Daisy Elitha Peterson in 1920

in Montreal’s Saint-Henri district. She obtained a

music degree from McGill University.

Reverend Gerald POCOCK, Died Sept. 4, 2017, at

The Veterans' Health Centre, Ottawa. Born October 28,

1924 in Toronto. Gerry joined the Royal Canadian

Navy (1943-45), helping with anti-submarine convoys

in the North Atlantic. Upon his return to Canada, Gerry

studied for his B.A. at University of Toronto. Taking

religious vows in 1950, he was ordained to the

priesthood in Ottawa on Feb. 3, 1957, he studied Canon

Law at Saint Paul University, Ottawa, then ministered

as Chaplain, St. Mary's Hospital, Montreal. In 1987, he

began his pastoral work in the Ottawa area, becoming

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known for his meaningful sermons.

In addition to his spiritual vocation, he had a great

passion for music, particularly jazz. His record

collection was legendary. A friend and admirer of many

musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie and Duke

Ellington, Father Gerry was an officiant and speaker at

the Duke's funeral. Their personal letters to each other

have been preserved in the National Museum of

American History Archives in Washington, D. C. He

was a great fried to TDES and presented to the society

A Funeral Mass was held at Rideau Veterans' Health

Centre, 1750 Russell Road, Ottawa, on Wednesday,

September 13th Interment followed at Mount Hope

Catholic Cemetery, 305 Erskine Ave., Toronto, on

Friday, Sept. 15. He was 92. A full obituary appears in

the September9 2017 Globe & Mail.

Vince Giordano:

Many of us have enjoyed a few sets of Vince

Giordano’s Nighthawks at The Iguana or their previous location, Sofia’s Restaurant. The much anticipated

DVD Vince Giordano – There’s a Future in the Past, is

now available for sale. Directed and produced by Dave

Davidson and Amber Edwards of Hudson West Productions, the ninety-minute documentary explores

how Vince Giordano, with his 11-member band The

Nighthawks, has become the leading authority, practitioner, and purveyor of big band music of the

1920s and ’30s and chronicles—with humor and

pathos—just what it takes to keep a Jazz Age enterprise going in the 21st century.

http://vincegiordano.com/music

There are lots of videos of the Nighthawks uploaded

onto YouTube for our listening pleasure.

Jeff Healey Memorial – Judy Shiels has completed

what turned out to be a more challenging task than

anticipated, in creating a memorial to Jeff Healey. The Etobicoke School of the Arts will establish an

annual award to a graduating, promising and deserving

music student who will go onto post-secondary schooling. The award will be $250.00 annually to a

student musician showing promise in jazz when

suitable students are identified.

The award will be named The Toronto Duke Ellington Society Award in Memory of Jeff Healey.

Just in case you didn’t know: Peter Goddard, in a recent piece in The Toronto Star,

pointed out that “These days, jazz as a commercial

force means diddly-squat, representing less than 2% of

all record sales and downloading, according to a recent Nielsen report”. Not many of us left.

Archive Status – Jim Northover has been digitizing many of our archived materials in order to create a

permanent and accessible archive of our past. In the

archive, so far, contain all of Jack Chambers’ handouts from his TDES presentations, all of our concert

programs and all of our newsletters from current to

1996 – 1997 Season. There have been twenty one

concerts in which twelve different bands have played a total of 180 compositions, several repeated, of course.

The most often played were Take the “A” Train and

Mood Indigo ten times each. Caravan made the repeat list thrice only.

We have not finally decided how to make the archives accessible but ultimately we hope to put them on our

web site. The documents are searchable as .pdf files on

my computer but when uploaded onto the web site they

lose this feature. Yet another technical issue to resolve! Many thanks to Judy and Alan Shiels, Anne Page, Jack

Chambers, John Hornsby and Bruce Barton for

supplying the material and to David Palmquist for his technical assistance. Please look at our web site under

the Archives tab to view what I have put on so far. Let

me have your comments – Thanks.

We have managed to learn how to upload image files

to the web site also so please go to the Gallery tab to

view, most of which were captured by Bruce Barton. Much more to come!!

http://vincegiordano.com/music

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TDES Scholarships: We are very pleased to announce

the recipients of the TDES Humber College

Scholarships - Robert Lee and Mason Victoria. Well Done!

What can you do to help TDES?

Our Chapter, we feel, is in pretty good shape. We have

good attendance at our monthly meetings 25 – 30

people on average, wait lists for the Holiday Party and opening meeting of the year in September with a live

jazz event as well as being able to sell 500 tickets for

the Fundraising Concert. We’d like to keep it going. Can you do your bit to help? Here are some

suggestions:

1. Refreshments - if you can provide refreshments for a meeting please contact Mel Manley

2. Suggest a speaker or a topic for a meeting or make a

presentation yourself- Please speak to Irene Barton. 3. Write up a piece for the newsletter, point out

recordings, events and books etc. to be reported - please

speak to Jim Northover. 4. We need volunteers to sell concert tickets. Please

speak to Alan Shiels.

5. Do you have ideas for outreach and publicity? We

need to make our society better known. Please speak to Judy Shiels.

6. We need members to take over the Secretary’s and

Treasurer's tasks to spell off the current holders. 7. Can you volunteer at meetings as a greeter for new

members and guests to make them feel welcome?

8. Bring a visitor to a meeting.

Meetings of the Toronto Chapter

of the Duke Ellington Society

are held on the 2nd

Tuesday of each month.

7:30 pm – 10:00pm

Montgomery’s Inn

4709 Dundas St. W

Visitors always welcome

Plenty of free parking

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

In accordance with its By –laws, the Annual General Meeting

of the Duke Ellington Society, Toronto Chapter 40 will be

held at 7:30 PM, Tuesday October 10th 2017, in the meeting

room at Montgomery’s Inn 4709 Dundas Street West,

Ontario, Canada.

There will not be an election of new officers since they are

elected to serve for two years and the current officers were

elected at last year’s AGM.

The purposes of the meeting are:

(1) To receive reports of the President and Treasurer in

respect of the Chapter’s 2016 – 2017 fiscal year and

(2) To deal with any business carried over from prior

meetings, or properly introduced at this time.

Any paid up member may bring before the meeting any

matter of business properly pertaining to the manner on

which the affairs of the Society are conducted or suggest

ways of improving the Society.

Reminder - Annual Dues The TDES 40 financial year runs from September 1st through

August 31st of the following year. In order to meet the Society’s

obligations for Montgomery’s Inn, rentals, postage, printing

and expenses in a timely fashion, it is imperative that annual

dues be paid as early in the year as possible. Those who joined

the Society subsequent to the annual concert in April 2017 are

exempt from dues payment for the current year.

Dues are $35 for a single membership and $50 for a family

membership for payments made on or before October 12th

2017. Payments made after that date are subject to a $5.00

surcharge to offset bank penalties for late deposits. A family is defined for our purposes as two people or more living together

at the same address. Please mail your cheques to:

Chris McEvilly, Treasurer,

The Toronto Duke Ellington Society,

10 Edgemore Drive, Toronto, ON.,

M8Y 2M8

Be sure to include your name, address, home phone number

and email address.

Vol. 59 No. 2 October 2017





October 11 Annual General Meeting:

President Bruce Barton opened the AGM promptly

at 7:30 p.m. to a meeting of 29 attendees. He

announced that there was no election this year as

we were in the second year of the two year term for

elected officers. He did announce that there were

some changes to our Constitution that had to be

made to reflect our current practices. Bruce

outlined the changes that were necessary which are

shown below, bolded.

Election of Officers:

The Executive Officers shall be elected for a term

of two years taking office as of the Election Day.

No member shall be elected to the same position

for more than two consecutive terms unless

approved on a temporary basis by resolution of

the Executive and by the membership at the

Annual General Meeting immediately prior to

the Election of Officers for a particular term.

Signing Officers for cheques:

All cheques must be signed by the Treasurer and

either the President or Vice President of the

Corporation is to be replaced by:

All cheques must be signed by any two of the

Treasurer, President, Vice President or

Secretary of the Corporation.

Director of Outreach be added to the list of

Officers of the Corporation to be elected

biannually.

We will add the position of Musical Resource to

the list of officers of the Corporation:

The executive may appoint members in good

standing to fulfill organizational functions.

Standing appointments include Social Convener,

Chair of the Telephone Committee, Archivist,

Musical Resource, and Ticket Convener. The

appointees may attend Executive meetings as

requested by the President and Secretary but are

not Executive members for the sake of the Quorum

nor can they vote on Corporation business at

Executive meetings.

There were several other minor changes that will

be made to the Constitution but these are

grammatical and mechanical changes only. All of

the changes were provided to the membership prior

to the meeting. Bruce Barton asked that the

changes be approved by the membership which

they were, unanimously.

Bruce then made his president’s report for the

previous 2016 – 2017 season. He noted that the

year had seen several of our members pass away:

Bill Wilson, Gene Miller and retired member Sam

Levene. The Rev. Gerry Pocock also left us and

though not a member was a good friend to the

Society and had made presentations to us on more

than one occasion.

Bruce reckoned we had put on an interesting

variety of meetings and topics over the past year.

A live group performing at Montgomery’s Inn has

now become a regular feature of the first meeting

of the year. In September 2016 we had a group

consisting of a trio led by bassist Neil Swainson

with Reg Schwager on guitar and Don Thompson

on piano. In October, Jim Northover made a

presentation of Duke Ellington’s use of Tiger Rag

in several of his compositions. In November Bruce

Barton’s video for the evening was The Intimate

Duke Ellington, a video of an Ellington led Octet

with some solo piano and a trio pieces. Our

December Holiday party was again a great success

with a full house at The Arts & Letters Club where

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we engaged Richard Whiteman’s Quartet with Reg

Schwager guitar, Neil Swainson bass and Morgan

Childs, drums. January saw Allan Jones’s

presentation on Thoughts about the Spirituality of

The Duke. Jack Chambers took his usual February

spot and talked to us about Celebration, Ellington’s

Lost Symphony. In March recently graduated

Humber College Jazz Student Brenden Varty gave

his Young Person’s Perspective on Duke Ellington.

Colin Bray spoke in April, British and Continental

bands playing Ellington. The Humber Faculty Big

Band led by Denny Christianson played to a full

house in Walter Hall on April 29th at our annual

fundraising concert held in celebration of Duke

Ellington’s 118th birthday. Included in the concert

was a quartet of young recently graduated students

called The Humber Next Generation. In May.

Bruce presented a video evening which he titled

Live Performance Videos of Ellington, Strayhorn

and Associated Tunes, played by musicians not of

the Ellington orchestra. For the final meeting of the

season we had our usual Members’ Choice evening

preceded by another sale of members’ unwanted

recordings and books etc. Bruce Barton thought it

had been a good and stimulating year.

Outreach activities for the year included

discussions with The Regent Park School of Music

where we continue to decide upon the best ways

that TDES and RPSM can cooperate to the benefit

of the music students. We gave them a donation of

$1000 in 2017. We finally concluded our Jeff

Healey memorial with an award in Memory of Jeff

Healey of $250. The award will be presented to a

student of The Etobicoke School of the Arts going

on to further studies in jazz. We made a donation

to the Etobicoke Jazz Festival and continued with

our scholarships at York University, The

University of Toronto and Humber College. We

also paid for a piano tuner for the instrument at

Montgomery’s Inn. We also purchased a piano

bench, which now bears a plaque thanking TDES

from the Inn.

Bruce asked Chris McEvilly to present his

financial report which is attached/enclosed.

Bruce brought the AGM to a conclusion by

thanking the members of the Executive committee

for their work in making the past year’s activities a

success.

To start the general meeting for October, Irene

Barton introduced our guest, Rob Fogle. She said

that Rob was a long time member of the jazz

community in Toronto, hosting his own radio

show, “Some Experiences in Jazz” on CHRY, the

radio station of York University, for many years.

He has interviewed countless jazz musicians and

hosted many concerts as MC. Rob has spoken to us

on three previous occasions and has proven to be a

knowledgeable and experienced presenter. For this

evening Rob was going to play recordings of

Ellington music made by obscure big bands. The

music was presented in chronological order.

Black and Tan Fantasy (1927) played by The

Bob Florence Big Band from the album of 1997

Limited Edition-Earth, with George Graham

soloing on trumpet.

Mood Indigo (1931) by Woody Herman’s

Orchestra featuring Nat Piece, piano in the Plays

for Dancing: Live from the Holiday Inn Chicago

recording of March 1964.

It Don’t Mean a Thing… (1932) played by

Maynard Ferguson and the Big Bop Nouveau on

the One More trip to Birdland album recorded

1996 featured Maynard Ferguson, with Chris Farr,

tenor and Dan Zank, keyboards.

Sophisticated Lady (1933) recorded by Stan

Kenton’s band from the Sketches on Standards

album recorded January 1953 featuring Maynard

Ferguson trumpet, Lee Konitz tenor and Sal

Salvador guitar.

Drop me off in Harlem (1933) Les Brown and His

Band of Renown from the Session #55 1936 – 2000

album released in 2000 featuring Don Clark

trumpet and Mike Melvoin, piano.

Caravan (1936) played by a Daniel Barenboim led

group on his album Tribute to Duke Ellington

released in 1999 with Barenboim playing piano

and Don Byron clarinet.

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Prelude to a Kiss (1938) recorded in 1946 and

played by a band led by The King, Benny Carter

who is featured on alto and Idris Sulieman on tenor.

Ko Ko (1939) from the Scottish National Jazz

Orchestra who appeared at the Toronto Jazz

Festival in 2013. This track taken from their 2012

album In The Spirit of Duke, led by Tommy Smith.

In A Mellotone (1940) – played by Buddy Rich

from the Swingin’ New Big Band album of 1995

featuring Bobby Shew on trumpet.

Sepia Panorama (1940) – from the John Lewis led

American Jazz Orchestra on their album recorded

in 1988, Ellington Masterpieces. This track

featured John Goldsby on bass and Loren

Schoenberg on tenor.

Cottontail (1940) arranged by Al Kohn and played

by the Terry Gibbs Dream Band in 1982 from the

album Dream Band vol 1 with Terry Gibbs

featured on vibes.

Bojangles (1940) by The Danish Radio Jazz Band

from their Good Time was had by All album

featuring Ben Webster on tenor. Recorded in 2015.

Just A Sittin’ and A Rockin’ (1941) from the

album of the same name was played by Loren

Schoenberg and His Jazz Orchestra featuring

Schoenberg on tenor. Released in 1990.

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (1942)

Michel Legrand recorded 1958 with Herbie Mann

featured on flute on the Legrand Jazz recording

I’m Beginning to See the Light (1944) Sammy

Nestico recorded 1981 or 1985 for Nestico’s Big

Band album Night Flight with the band composed

of many Boss Brass members.

Come Sunday (1945) performed by the Dizzy

Gillespie Big Band with a Clare Fisher

arrangement. Recorded in 1960 for the Gillespie’s

Portrait of Duke Ellington album.

Just Squeeze Me (1946) Recorded by John

Fedchock’s New York Big Band in 2104 with

Scott Hamilton on tenor sax and Fedchock

trombone.

Such Sweet Thunder (1957) recorded by the

Kawartha Jazz Band with the leader, Royce

Williamson trumpet with the arrangement by Ron

Collier on the Dukin’ it Out album recorded in

1996 in Peterborough ON.

Satin Doll (1958) Rolf Kühn’s 1993 album Big

Band Connection with Kühn on clarinet and Joe

Gallardo t’bone.

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) by The Dutch Jazz

Orchestra which has recorded several albums of

Billy Strayhorn’s music one of which is So This Is

Love: More Newly Discovered Works Of Billy

Strayhorn of 2001.

I’m Going to go Fishin’ (1959) One of several

recordings of this number by The Gerry Mulligan

Concert Jazz Band originally recorded 1960 for

the Concert Jazz Band album with solos by Don

Ferrara trumpet, Jim Reider tenor, Bob

Brookmeyer valve Trombone and Gerry Mulligan

baritone.

Paris Blues (1961) Recorded by the Count Basie

Orchestra led by Grover Mitchell in 1998 for the

Count Plays Duke album with a solo by Jackie

Kelso as.

Single Petal of a Rose from the Queen’s Suite

(1962) from arranger and trombonist Kenichi

Tsunoda's big band for the J.G. album recorded in

2005. This band has been one of the top jazz

orchestras in Japan since its formation in 1990.

Portrait of Louis Armstrong (1971) Lincoln

Center Jazz Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis and

recorded in 1998 for the Live in Swing City-

Swingin’ with the Duke album.

A nice long Ellington Medley closed the packed

evening containing excerpts from Don’t get

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Around Much Anymore, In A Sentimental Mood,

Mood Indigo I’m Beginning to See the Light,

Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, Solitude, Do

Nothing ‘til you hear from me, I let a Song go out

of my Heart, It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t got

that Swing. Taken from the Tommy & Jimmy

Dorsey Live in New York 1955/6 album containing

solos from Charlie Shavers trumpet, Buddy Rich

and the Dorseys.

Bruce Barton thanked Rob Fogle on behalf of us

all for a full and exciting evening. The Editor also

needs to thank Rob for his input and correction of

these notes.

TDES 40 Meetings and upcoming events:

November 9 2017 – Jim Galloway’s Wee Big

Band led by Martin Loomer at The Garage, 720

Bathurst Street, just south of Bloor

November 14 2017 – Regular TDES general

meeting - Jim Northover: Ellington Oddities and

Rarities 2

December 5 2017 - Holiday Party. The Arts &

Letters Club has been booked for the event once

again. We will have a quartet led by Drew Jurecka

with Adrean Farrugia on piano, Clark Johnston on

bass and Glenn Anderson drums. Drew will play

violin, sax and clarinet.

December 9 2017 – At The Living Arts Centre in

Mississauga Oscar Peterson & Oliver Jones – A

Celebration. Featuring Oliver Jones, Robi Botos

and Monty Alexander among others. The brochure

announcing the concert claims: “The program will

feature a mix of primordial music written by

Peterson and Jones such as The Canadiana Suite”.

Really? Ticket prices $75 to $150.

January 9 2018 – Regular TDES general meeting

- Allan Jones will present "Liederhalle, Stuttgart,

March 1967 - The Forgotten Concert".

February 13 2018– Regular TDES general

meeting - Jack Chambers

March 13 2018 - Regular TDES general meeting

- TBA

April 28 2018 – TDES Fundraising Concert

Walter Hall 7:30 p.m. featuring Jim Galloway’s

Wee Big Band led by Martin Loomer. For tickets

please contact Alan Shiels.

May 8 2018 - Regular TDES general meeting -

TBA


Welcome New Members:

A warm Ducal welcome to new members Barbara

Howells, Susan Van and Ronald Lindsay and new

family members John & Diana Pegram.

Meetings of the Toronto Chapter

of the Duke Ellington Society

are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

7:30 pm – 10:00pm

Montgomery’s Inn

4709 Dundas St. W



Reminder - Annual Dues

As a reminder, please send to Chris McEvilly as

soon as you can your dues for the 2017 2018

season. Dues are $35 for a single membership

and $50 for a family membership for payments

made on or before October 12th 2017. If you

have not already made your payment, please

mail your cheques to:

Chris McEvilly, Treasurer,

The Toronto Duke Ellington Society,

10 Edgemore Drive,

Toronto, ON.,

M8Y 2M8

Be sure to include your name, address, home

phone number and email address.

Vol. 59 No. 3 November & December 2017



1791 Pattinson Crescent, Mississauga, ON., Canada, L5J 1H6; Phone 905-823-1086; e-mail:[email protected]


Report of the November 14 2017 Meeting:

n the absence of President Bruce Barton, Alan

Shiels opened the meeting of 26 members and

one guest. After several announcements Alan

asked for contributions from the floor. George

Davis recommended a restaurant, Tartistry, 1252

The Queensway at Kipling in Etobicoke which

served not only good food, generally in the form of

butter tarts, but also offered good jazz on

Saturdays. Mel Manley asked for contributors to

the refreshment rota. Please speak to him if you can

provide refreshments for our meetings. We

thanked Baird Knecthel and Mary Wilson for

providing the refreshments for this evening. Alan

then introduced our speaker for the evening, Jim

Northover, whose topic was Ellington Oddities and

Rarities II. Jim indicated that the source for the

material to be presented were two obscure albums,

one a Johnny Hodges recording made with John

Coltrane and the other an Ellington compendium

issued by Up to Date records. The first album we

listened was issued severally as Enigma 1052 At a

Dance, In A Studio, on Radio, or Rare Live

Recordings (Eu) RLR 88619 or John Coltrane -

First Giant Steps which contains only the tacks that

we have here. The recording was made live but

whether recorded in a club or off the radio waves

was unknown. Part of this album is available on

YouTube. The recording was made in 1954 in Los

Angeles at the same time that essentially the same

band recorded the Used to be Duke album. The

exact recording date is unknown but it was on or

around August 5. The significant difference

between Used to be Duke and the one presented

this evening was that Coltrane solos on tonight’s

recording. The personnel of the band was : Emmett

Berry or more likely Shorty Baker (trumpet)

Lawrence Brown (trombone) Johnny Hodges (alto

saxophone) John Coltrane (tenor saxophone),

Richie Powell or Carl (Call) Cobbs (piano) John

Williams (bass) Jimmy Johnson or Louis Bellson

or Joe Marshall (drums) and an unknown vocalist.

Johnny Hodges originally joined the Ellington

band in May 1928 and left for the first time

February 1951 taking with him Lawrence Brown.

Hodges returned to Ellington in August 1955. Al

Sears who had played with Ellington 1944 – 1949

was Hodges’ original tenor player in this band

(February 1951 – 1952). Sears was followed

briefly by Flip Phillips, Ben Webster, and Arthur

Clark before Coltrane joined in April 1954 and

stayed until August 1955. He was succeeded by

Jimmy Hamilton and Ben Webster and Arthur

Clarke again until the band folded in August 1955.

We heard:

Through for the Night. Written by Trummy

Young. Coltrane solos last. He was 28 yrs. old at

the time (1926 – 1967). Giant Steps was recorded

in 1959.

Castle Rock Coltrane the only soloist. Almost

Rock and Roll. Written by Al Sears who left the

Ellington organization in order to play rhythm and

blues music and make some money. Recorded

earlier by the Hodges band when it included Al

Sears and was a hit record and superior to this

version which though is looser.

Burgundy Walk Written by Johnny Hodges.

In A Mellotone in which Coltrane solos. Written

by Duke Ellington in 1940. What relevance do

these recordings have to with Ellington? Jim

explained that he found it interesting to listen to

Ellington’s musicians when they are not playing

with Ellington’s orchestra and listen to the

different styles they may adopt. Particularly

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intriguing was Hodges who leaves Lily Pons

behind in these tracks and goes for the R & B style.

There were several other numbers available on the

album: I’ve Got a Mind to Ramble, Don’t Cry

Baby Blues and Don’t Blame Me. In addition there

are more tracks on the original L.P - Back Where?

In The Stands, Brass Top, Go Blues and Go, Satin

Doll, Passion Flower, “A” Train and Sophisticated

Lady. If anyone has these in electronic form Jim

Northover would love to have access to these

tracks.

The next album we listened to was Duke Ellington

Studio Recordings Vol 5 1929- 1956 issued by Up

To Date, UTD 2006 a limited edition available

only to members of the Merritt Record Society.

This album consists largely of alternate takes.

Flaming Youth played by Duke Ellington & His

Cotton Club Orchestra, from Bubber Miley’s last

recording session with Duke Ellington 16th January

1929. Hodges solos too. Alternate take issued only

on the Up to Date label.

Untitled Blues Played by Oscar Pettiford, His

Cello and Quartet. Duke Ellington Piano, Lloyd

Trottman Bass, Jo Jones Drums recorded

13th September 1950

Mean Old Choo Choo Chubby Kemp and Her All

Stars. Chubby Kemp does the vocal. Red Rodney

Trumpet, Johnny Hodges alto, Harry Carney

baritone, Duke Ellington Piano, Oscar Pettiford

Cello, Wendell Marshall bass. 21st Sept 1950.

There are no other recordings of this number

written by Duke Ellington in 1950.

Blues Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Jimmy

Grissom vocal, Britt Woodman solos. Recorded

1st July 1952 and not issued previously. Jimmy

Hamilton with a robust tenor solo.

Body & Soul An up tempo version. Duke

Ellington and His Orchestra, Betty Roche vocal

recorded 1st July 1952. Not issued previously but

recorded at the same session as the untitled Blues

above. Written in 1930 by Johnny Green for

Gertrude Lawrence. Banned for broadcast in the

U.S.A due to its “racy” lyrics for a year in 1930:

“You know I'm yours for just the taking, I'd gladly

surrender myself to you, body and soul.” Pretty

racy stuff, eh?

Passion Flower Jim slowed things down a bit with

Passion Flower. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra,

Hodges featured. Billy Strayhorn composition

from 1941. From the Blue Rose recording session

with Rosemary Clooney 27th January 1956.

Previously unissued.

Hey (Hey) Baby Duke Ellington and His

Orchestra. Generally performed with a vocal with

Ray Nance but not in this case. 27th January 1956.

Previously unissued.

A-flat Minor Duke Ellington and His Orchestra,

– Hodges and Gonsalves featured. Rehearsal. 7th

August 1956. Not issued previously. Eddie

Lambert describes the piece as “a delightful up-

tempo piece.”

The next two pieces were recorded at the same

session 7th August 1956 but these takes were not

released right away.

Half the Fun Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, –

Cleopatra on a barge on the Nile for the Such Sweet

Thunder album.

Suburban Beauty Duke Ellington and His

Orchestra. Eddie Lambert’s description is that it is

an attractive swinging medium tempo piece which

just might have become a hit had it been issued as

a single at the right time.

Café au Lait Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, a

rehearsal featuring Ray Nance and recorded 6th

December 1956, not issued previously.

We finished the evening with It Don’t Mean a

Thing … a long and unedited version lasting 10

minutes or so. This track had been previously

issued but heavily edited down to about 5 minutes.

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Ray Nance

vocal and violin, featuring chase sequences with

Ray Nance and Willie Cook on trumpets and an

extended chase with Paul Gonsalves and Jimmy

Hamilton on tenor saxes. Touch of the Stan

Kentons at the end of the track 17th June 1954.

Patricia Poole thanked Jim for putting on an

excellent presentation.

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TDES Holiday Party, December 5 2017.

Once again, on December 5th, we held our annual

Holiday party at The Arts & Letters Club in

Toronto. The event was arranged and hosted by

Judy Shiels to whom we owe a vote of thanks for

all of the hard work involved in arranging this

event. Thanks Judy.

After the social time we sat down to a dinner of

Bocconcini salad, roast breast of chicken and

dessert. After dinner we were offered the formal

welcome by President Bruce Barton who

introduced the band for the evening, Drew Jurecka

violin and clarinet, leading a quartet with Adrean

Farrugia on piano, Clark Johnston on bass and

Glenn Anderson drums. For the first set, Drew

played violin only, holding his clarinet in reserve.

The set started with It Don’t Mean a Thing…

This was followed by Say Nothing ‘til you hear

from Me, Angelika (Purple Gazelle), Mood

Indigo in which Drew played his violin with the

bow over the violin strings as Stuff Smith used to

play, Star Crossed Lovers, I let a Song go Out

of My Heart and finishing with C Jam Blues.

The Second set was led off with Caravan, into

which the band managed to squeeze in a little

Sleigh Bells, Drew then played clarinet on

Solitude, and went back to his violin for Things

Ain’t What They Used to Be and Chelsea

Bridge. Unexpectedly Drew Jurecka then sang

I’m Just a Lucky So and So, We then heard a nice

up tempo version of Cottontail, followed by I got

it bad and that Ain’t good and Ring dem Bells.

For an encore the band played A Train. The band

played two creative and interesting sets, playing

off one another with verve and providing a very

nice change of pace for the evening’s

entertainment. A real jazz performance.

Upcoming Events and TDES 40 Meetings:

February 13 2018– Regular TDES general

meeting - Jack Chambers “Duke Ellington – Piano

Player.”

February 15 2018 – Jim Galloway’s Wee Big

Band under the direction of Martin Loomer

playing at the Garage, 720 Bathurst Street.

March 13 2018 - Regular TDES general meeting

– TBA

April 10 2018 - Regular TDES general meeting -

TBA



Wee Big Band led by Martin Loomer. For tickets


May 8 2018 - Regular TDES general meeting -

TBA


Passages:

We are very sad indeed to pass on the news that

Bob Hitchcock, faithful TDES member for many

years, passed away on Friday October 27th. Bob’s

last TDES meeting was on Sept. 12 for our live

music program which he really enjoyed.

Jon Hendricks, the pioneering jazz singer and

lyricist who with the trio Lambert, Hendricks &

Ross popularized the "vocalese" singing style in

which words were added to instrumental songs

died. Wednesday November 22 2017 at a New

York City hospital. He was 96.

George Avakian, the Russian-born jazz scholar

who produced essential recordings by Louis

Armstrong and Miles Davis and other stars died

Wednesday November 22 2017 aged 98.

Avakian, who started out as an Ivy League prodigy

in the late 1930s rediscovering old jazz recordings

became a monumental industry figure and founder

of the National Academy of Recording Arts and

Sciences, presenters of the Grammys Avakian, an

executive at Columbia Records and Warner Bros.

among other labels, helped popularize such

consumer standards as liner notes, the long-playing

album and the live album.

He produced the classic “Louis Armstrong Plays

W.C. Handy” and one of Dave Brubeck’s most

popular albums, “Dave Digs Disney.” He also

signed Miles Davis for Columbia and co-produced

“Miles Ahead,” the 1957 album that began Davis’

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collaborations with arranger Gil Evans and

established him as among the first jazz superstars

of the post-World War II era.

In the 1950s, Avakian supervised two historic live

recordings: “Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie

Hall 1938” and “Ellington at Newport.” The

Goodman concert, released in 1950, was among

jazz’s first double albums, first live albums and

first to sell a million copies. “Ellington at

Newport,” featuring a sensational 27-chorus solo

by tenor saxophone player Paul Gonsalves on

“Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue,” captured

the 1956 performances that revived the middle-

aged Ellington’s career.

Della Reese, the husky-voiced singer and actress

who became an ordained minister, died on Sunday

November 19 2017 at her home in Encino, Calif.

She was 86. Ms. Reese married Vermont

Taliaferro, a Michigan factory worker, in 1951.

They were divorced in 1958. Her second husband,

from 1959 until their divorce in 1961, was Leroy

Gray, an accountant. A brief 1961 marriage to

Mercer Ellington, Duke Ellington’s son, was

annulled. In 1983 she married Franklin Lett, a

concert producer, who survives her.

New Mosaic Release: Mosaic Records are

scheduled to realease in January 2018 a limited

edition collection of Teddy Wilson Classic

Brunswick and Columbia 1934–1942 recordings.

In a review of these recordings issued in The

Chronological Classics series Richard Cook &

Brian Morton who co-wrote the Penguin Guide to

Jazz on CD called these recordings “…jazz of such

a consistently high level…”

Ellington Conference 2018: Advance notice that

it is hoped the 25th International Duke Ellington

Study Group Conference will be held next year,

25-27 May, 2018 in Birmingham, UK. It is being

organised and hosted by Royal Birmingham

Conservatoire and Birmingham City University.

The organisers are keen to honour the tradition of

the Study Group Conferences and the international

community of Ellington experts, collectors and

aficionadi. There will be the usual call for papers

and live music will be provided by the

Conservatoire's dedicated Ellington Orchestra in

their new dedicated performance space at the site,

the East Side Jazz Club.

The conference is in the early 'save the date' stages

at the moment but the organisers would be grateful

for any comments or ideas you might wish to make

in regard to how the conference can be developed.

The Editor and the entire editorial staff of this

newsletter extend to all who may read this

newsletter the very best wishes for the Holiday

Season, a Merry Christmas and a Happy and

Healthy New Year of 2018.

Meetings of the Toronto Chapter of the Duke

Ellington Society are held on the 2nd Tuesday

of each month.

7:30 pm – 10:00pm

Montgomery’s Inn

4709 Dundas St. W


Plenty of Free Parking

Vol. 59 No. 4 January & February 2018





General Meeting January 9 2018.

President Bruce Barton opened the meeting of 28

members and using our new microphone to

enhance our speakers’ voices. Alan Shiels

announced that ticket sales for the Spring Concert

were moving ahead though we have long way to go

to sell the full complement of 500 tickets.

Irene Barton introduced this evening’s speaker,

Allan Jones, who has presented to us several times

previously. Allan’s talk was entitled "Liederhalle,

Stuttgart, March 1967 - The Forgotten Concert".

Allan told us that he had heard a selection from this

album on the radio and it had impressed him

sufficiently that he had to search out the CD and

purchased it. Allan played most of the selections

from the album, including The “A” Train, a short

introduction, Johnny Come Lately, a Strayhorn

composition, Swamp Goo, a piece composed by

Ellington from 1967 though played infrequently

since its composition. We then heard Knob Hill,

Up Jump, Rue Bleu and Girdle Hurdle. Though

Up Jump was performed at the

Liederhalle, the track was not included in the

album of the concert. We heard this track from the

album The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World, a

Pablo issue.

We then took a short break with refreshments

provided by Mel Manley and Harold Swartz. Allan

started the second half of the evening with A

Chromatic Love Affair followed by Salome,

Wild Onions and La Plus Belle Africaine. We

then heard another of Ellington’s pieces that was

performed rarely, Eggo then The Shepherd from

the Second Sacred Concert with Cootie Williams

playing his role as Preacher in the band. Finally we

heard some of Kixx with a long drum solo and

finishing off with Freakish Lights, a Strayhorn

composition written during his last days in hospital

and later retitled Blood Count.

Paulette Kelly offered the thanks of us all to Allan

Jones for his excellent presentation.

General Meeting February 13 2018.

Bruce Barton opened the meeting to 27 attendees

including potential new member Cliff Flaherty.

Bruce thanked in advance Brad Perkins and

George Davis for providing the refreshments for

the meeting. There were several announcements

from the floor one of which was Alan Shiels’

update on the April 28 concert. Essentially the

concert is now sold out with only a few single

tickets remaining. Please contact Alan if you wish

to be put on the wait list.

Irene Barton introduced our speaker for the

evening, Jack Chambers, whose topic was Duke

Ellington at the Piano. Jack explained that he had

originally written a piece for the now sadly

discontinued Canadian jazz magazine, Coda on

this topic and had updated it for publication in the

U.K’s DES publication, Blue Light.

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Mary Lou Williams is often held up to be the

exemplar of a jazz musician who kept current with

developments in jazz from Swing through bebop to

post bebop. Duke Ellington should also be

regarded as one who was able to keep up to date

but with a greater range, from Ragtime to stride

through swing to post bebop. As Jack provided in

his hand out, “without consciously trying,

Ellington recapitulates the entire history of jazz

piano styles in his 50 years of piano playing.”

As examples of his Harlem Stride work Jack

played Soda Fountain Rag (Live at the Whitney),

Black Beauty (Okeh Ellington) and Lots of

Fingers (Solos Duets & Trios). Jack thought that

Ellington could have made a fine career by merely

playing the piano as a soloist instead of fronting an

orchestra. Ellington owed a great deal to Willie

“the Lion” Smith in his development as a pianist.

We heard Carolina Shout as played by “The Lion”

followed by Ellington’s Second Portrait of the

Lion also from the Solos Duets & Trios album. To

round out the Ragtime period of Ellington’s

development we heard Just Good Fun, an

Ellington piano solo from March 8 1939.

Jack Chambers then moved onto Ellington’s

activity in the Swing Era with J.B. Blues and

Pitter Panther Patter played with Jimmy Blanton

as examples of his playing from this period.

Jack then moved onto to what he classified as

Ellington Minimalist and Maximalist. He used

Ellington’s Piano Reflections album which Jack

felt was the most striking of all Ellington’s piano

records – dismal Capitol years1952-55-shrinking

big band circuit, bereft of Hodges et al “This is a

reformed Ellington at the keyboard, contemplative,

moody almost introverted”. We heard December

Blue and Melancholia from this album and moved

onto New World A-Coming from an Ellington

album with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a

significantly more positive outlook with very

disciplined piano playing by Duke Ellington.

The Post-Bop Jungle was the next Ellington phase

tackled by Jack Chambers with Fleurette

Africaine from the Money Jungle album as an

example of this period.

Jack concluded his review of Ellington the piano

player with examples of his Piano Recitals which

he has listed. We heard Nobody was Looking

from the private collection of John Hornsby and

Bird of Paradise from the New York Concert of

1964.

Jack Chambers’ hand out for the evening is now

available on the Toronto Duke Ellington Society’s

web site as are all of Jack’s handouts from his

previous presentations to TDES.

Anne Page thanked Jack on behalf of us all for an

entertaining and enlightening evening.

New Releases:

The latest issue in the Duke Ellington Treasury

Series, Volume 24, is now available from

Storyville records. It is not yet posted on

Amazon.com. There are twenty five volumes

ultimately anticipated.

The fourth volume of the Savory Collection has

been released and is available on iTunes or Apple

music. The four volumes, released to date are:

The Savory Collection, Volume 1- Body and Soul:

Coleman Hawkins and Friends.

The Savory Collection Volume 2: Jumpin’ at the

Woodside-The Count Basie Orchestra featuring

Lester Young.

The Savory Collection, Vol. 3 – Fats Waller &

Friends.

The Savory Collection, Vol. 4: Embraceable You:

Bobby Hackett and Friends.

Created by recording engineer William Savory, the

Savory Collection includes more than 100 hours of

recordings made from live New York City radio

broadcasts between 1935 and 1941 and never heard

since their initial airing. Count Basie, Louis

Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Duke

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Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Fats Waller, Artie

Shaw, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Django

Reinhardt, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan,

Lennie Tristano and Bunny Berigan are all

showcased in The Savory Collection.

Bill Savory, who recorded commercials off the air

for a transcription service by day, compiled his

own musical treasure chest at night, recording

directly from the radio networks on professional

equipment. The extended nightclub and ballroom

performances captured were longer, free-flowing,

and creatively daring as the artists were freed from

the constraints of a conventional studio.

The Savory Collection was acquired by the

national Jazz Museum in Harlem in 2010.

There is now a notice from Mosaic Records which

indicates that they are releasing a six CD set of

these recordings 1939 – 1940 in February 2018. I

do not know if this will be all of the Savory

collection or a partial release. They did not include

1941 in the title so perhaps another set is in the

offing. If you are not of the Mosaic records

newsletter subscription list go to the link below and

sign up.

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There seems to be reluctance on the part of the

Ellington estate to give permission to The Jazz

Museum in Harlem to release the Ellington

material.

Passages.

It is with great regret that we must inform members

that Jack Livesley has died. Jack was member of

The Writer’s Union of Canada and, as you may

recall, composed a poem, The Slice, after attending

our fundraising concert in 2011. We have

reproduced it below as a tribute to Jack.

The Slice

A Poem by Jack Livesley

“It’s a Slice man”, says my teenage nephew,

I think he means a piece of life that is good

A Slice for me is my favourite seat in a coffee shop

With my cappuccino and notebook. Morning

delight.

Oh oh, here come the first couple of young mothers

With their Caddy sized carriages and strollers.

Every day the mothers come and go

Talking of Michelangelo?

I don’t think so!

When the morning cacophony of moms and babes

and

The babel of bawling becomes music from beyond

the moon,

I gather up my pen and book and squeeze through

The perambulated traffic jam, and seek another

seat.

Another slice.

And, One Fine Night, I found it.

A comfortable, middle –row seat at a live big band

jazz concert.

Duke Ellington’s music, and we took my favourite

ride on

The “A” Train!

The story of a ride told in the sweet harmony lines

of the full Orchestra,

Punctuated by solos.

The first is the trombone, as it slides into other keys

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And swerves the train around the corners of our

dreams.

The long glides and staccato bumps bridge the gap

between

The Duke’s world of music and ours of loving it.

Just after we slip with this wonderful horn into a

sweet sexy, low c…

A trumpet steps up from the back row and pieces

the night ride

With sharp whines and long stunning wails for

more.

A sudden saxophone shudder and we’re back with

the melody,

And on track with the man and his music again,

Joining his world to ours.

Thanks for the Slice Duke. Thanks.

Jack Livesley.


March 13 2018 – Bruce Barton will present a

video evening - A Duke Named Ellington.

April 10 2018 – This meeting has been cancelled

and replaced by a special meeting on April 19

April 19 2018 -TDES will meet at The Market

Gallery which occupies the second floor of the

South St. Lawrence Market, at the St. Lawrence

Market building, 95 Front Street E. Notes in the

Night – Jazz Clubs in Toronto 1946 – 2010, TDES

members will be given a guided tour of the

exhibition. We will meet at 11:00 a.m. at The

Gallery. Please advise Judy Shiels at 416-239-

2683 of your intention to attend.



Wee Big Band led by Martin Loomer. The concert

is now essentially sold out. A very few single seats

remain. If you wish to be placed on the waiting list


May 8 2018 – Scholarship winner Richard Lee


International Duke Ellington Study Group

Conference

The 25th International Duke Ellington Study

Group Conference will be organized and hosted by

The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and

Birmingham City University from Friday, 25th

May- Sunday 27th May, 2018.

The Head of Jazz, Jeremy Price, is director of The

Conservatoire Ellington Orchestra which gives a

performance of Ellington and Strayhorn's work

every two weeks at the Eastside Jazz Club, a

dedicated jazz performance space at the

Conservatoire. The Orchestra comprises some of

the finest young musicians currently studying in

the UK. They will be giving two performances

during the course of the conference. It is hoped that

the screening of a recently restored telecast of

Ellington's 1966 performance of sacred music at

Coventry Cathedral will also be a highlight of the

conference.

In addition, there will, of course, be the usual

presentation of papers and address by a keynote

speaker. Whilst the conference is being organized

by these academic institutions, it is hoped that

plenty of space will be given to 'non-academic'

Ellington experts, discographers and collectors

from our own international community. The

organizers were very keen to ensure this event was

part of the tradition of the Study Group conferences

and to honour Ellington experts past and present.

There will be a 'call for papers' in the near future as

well as details of conference fees, accommodation

booking, etc.



of each month.

7:30 pm – 10:00pm

Montgomery’s Inn 4709 Dundas St. W



Vol. 59 No. 5 March & April 2018





Report on the March 13 General Meeting:

ruce Barton opened the meeting at 7:30

p.m. Alan Shiels announced that he had

only 5 tickets left for the April 28th Spring

Fundraising concert. Bruce again presented one of

his video evenings, this time with a venerable VHS

tape of A Duke Named Ellington which was

originally commissioned by PBS American

Masters Series in 1988. A 2007 DVD of this

program is now available

I have shamelessly extracted this material from the

liner notes of the DVD which does a much better

job than I could of describing the content of the

film. This two hour video may also be accessed

through YouTube - Ed.

PART ONE

Includes the Duke Ellington early years, from the

20's through the Great Depression of the 30's, when

his emergence as a dynamic musical force inspired

and uplifted an entire generation.

Performances ranging from the rare to the classic,

from "Timon of Athens" and "Ad Lib on Nippon"

to "Rockin' in Rhythm" and "The Opener", are

interlaced with the anecdotes and early

recollections of vocalists Adelaide Hall and Herb

Jeffries, clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton, bassist-

composer Charlie Mingus and tenor saxophonist

Ben Webster, providing the audience with

intimate, first-hand insights into the Duke

Ellington experience.

Outstanding artists who knew him as a peer, from

pianist Willie “The Lion” Smith to pianist Teddy

Wilson, recall Duke Ellington's unique approach to

his creative artistry, his tireless search for new

musical sounds and forms, his foibles, his passions,

and his spirituality.

PART TWO

he Duke Ellington renaissance of the

1950's, ignited by the spectacular Duke

Ellington triumph at the Newport Jazz

Festival, his irrepressible experimentation, his

development of extended works, including suites,

religious music and ballet scores, his strong

influence on yet another generation, are all

recounted by music critic Leonard Feather and

artists such as pianist-composer Herbie Hancock,

vocalist Alice Babs, and choreographer Alvin

Ailey.

Also captured for this production are the

remembrances of outstanding musical artists and

others who reflect on how their lives and their

professional experiences have been deeply

influenced by the Duke Ellington phenomenon,

including drummer Louis Bellson, trumpeter Clark

Terry, and more. Musical excerpts include Duke

Ellington Orchestral performances from "Black,

Brown and Beige", "The Sacred Concerts", "The

Far East Suite" and climactic dance sequences,

choreographed by Alvin Ailey, from "Night

Creature" and "The River".

This video was one of the best that we have seen

providing personal anecdotes and recollections

from many jazz musicians Ellingtonians and not.

Thanks Bruce.

Many thanks to Mel Manley, Jeannette Chafe and

Judy Shiels for providing the refreshments for the

evening.

B T

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General Meeting, April 19 2018

e changed our regular meeting

scheduled for April 10 at

Montgomery’s Inn to April 19 when we

arranged a tour of The Market Gallery at the Saint

Lawrence Market. The venue showcased the

evolution of Toronto's jazz scene in the exhibit

Notes in the Night: The History of Toronto Jazz

Clubs Since 1946.

The 26 members and guests attending were given

a guided tour of the exhibit by the Guest Curator

of the exhibit, Ralph Coram, who led us through

the highlights of the exhibition

The exhibit profiled Toronto's jazz venues using

photographs, menus, advertising, record sleeves,

posters, correspondence and interviews. It also

featured materials from the collections of music-

scene personalities such as Dave Caplan, Jim

Galloway, Archie Alleyne and the Coda Magazine

papers. Recordings of interviews with jazz

greats Archie Alleyne, Molly Johnson and Don

Vickery focused on the experiences of performers

and the social and political dynamics

of Toronto's scene.

Popular memory of Toronto jazz often focuses on

what has been called “the greatest jazz concert

ever” at Massey Hall on May 15 1953 with the

performance by legends Charlie Parker, Dizzy

Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell and Max

Roach. However, after the heyday of the

dancehalls of the Swing era, the primary venue for

jazz performance in Toronto was the night club.

With that in mind, the exhibit centres on jazz

venues other than concert halls or outdoor

festivals, and discusses significant musicians,

promoters, fans and supporters of jazz.

The liberalization of Ontario Liquor License

Board regulations after 1946 permitting Dining

Lounge licenses allowed for cocktail bars in

nightclubs and a new business model

incorporating live music. After the Second World

War, Toronto developed a large fan base for jazz,

and Toronto clubs became a regular stop for jazz

performers on the tour circuit through New York,

Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo and

Montreal.

Local Toronto musicians and promoters were also

a mainstay in the development of the jazz scene in

downtown Toronto. Jazz clubs evolved and many

came and went with changes in the live

performance scene, mass entertainment trends,

urban development and technological innovations

in the music industry. The archival record of the

period reinforces the notion that in Toronto the

experience of live music with an audience in an

intimate setting has been and continues to be a

source of cultural inspiration and musical

progress.

During our period, Torontonians were very aware

of the jazz scene in the U.S.A. through mass

media. The American music publications

Downbeat, Billboard and Variety circulated in

Canada and reported on the Toronto scene. All

three Toronto dailies had jazz columnists: Helen

McNamara wrote “McNamara’s Bandwagon “ for

the Telegram and the Star and the Globe & Mail

had the controversial Patrick Scott, Alastair

Lawrie, Blair Kirby, Jack Batten, Mark Miller,

Stuart Broomer and J.D. Considine. The

columnists for the Toronto Star were Dave Caplan,

Jack Batten, Peter Goddard, Val Cleary, Geoff

Chapman and Ashante Infantry. Two jazz

magazines published in Toronto were international

in coverage: CODA the journal of Jazz and

Improvised Music (1958 – 2009) and The Jazz

Report (1987- 2006). All types of jazz were

covered and had a following in Toronto, from

traditional jazz to bebop and straight ahead jazz, to

more improvised or experimental jazz.

Initially there were few interactions among

Canadian jazz musicians; travel tended to be north

–south. Toronto artists communicated with

Buffalo, Cincinnati, Rochester, New York,

Chicago and Detroit where there were vibrant jazz

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scenes. Local demand for American performers

meant that Toronto became part of the circuit.

However, the low value of the Canadian dollar at

various times made American jazz stars expensive

to bring in. Club owners encouraged them not to

bring all their side men and to use local talent

instead.

There was little recording of Canadian jazz artists

in Canada up to the 1960s. Artists such as Peter

Appleyard, Phil Nimmons and Moe Koffman

recorded in the United States until John Norris and

Bill Smith’s Sackville Records emerged.

Canadian content rules and corporate and

government sponsorship for various Toronto jazz

festivals has invigorated jazz performance and

audiences. The annual festivals such as the one put

on by the Toronto Downtown Jazz Society, The

Beaches Jazz Festival and many others in the GTA

offer valuable revenues for the local scene. The

Kensington Market Jazz Festival, recently initiated

by Molly Johnson, has provided a bit of a

departure, happening in the fall and in small indoor

venues echoing the old nightclub scene and the

new “house concept’” movement.

Ralph Coram giving us his tour – Thanks to Bruce

Barton for the image.

Local musicians and promoters were also a

mainstay in the development of the Toronto jazz

scene. The legacy of the jazz musicians who

performed in long-running venues such as the

Colonial Tavern, the Town Tavern, Bourbon

Street and George's Spaghetti House helped

establish and define Toronto's identity as a music

city.

Ralph Coram suggested that he would like to

create a book from the material presented at this

exhibition. Can’t wait. The National Film Board

short film by Don Owen that was on display is

available for viewing at

https://www.nfb.ca/film/toronto_jazz/

Many Thanks to Ralph Coram for conducting the

tour and for allowing TDES to use photographs

and images from his exhibition. We also need to

thank Ralph for allowing the editor of this

newsletter to freely quote from the exhibition

displays.

Department of Useless Information:

According to the Tom Lord on line discography

the Ellington/Tizol composition Caravan has been

recorded 1801 times by many different bands and

orchestras including Ellington’s. Mood Indigo

1312 times.

There are 3,427 (or so) jazz compositions based on

the form and harmonies (Contrefacts) of George

Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm.” What would jazz

musicians have done for material if Gershwin

hadn’t written “I Got Rhythm” and “Lady, Be

Good?” (Source: Rifftides blog by Doug Ramsey

March 13 2018)


May 8 2018 – Scholarship winner Richard Lee

will discuss bass player Jimmy Blanton.

June 12 2018 – The final meeting of the 2017/18

season. Members’ Choice and Bring & Buy sale.

September 11 2018 Our first meeting of the new

season will kick off with a live concert at

Montgomery’s Inn with a Quartet composed of

Drew Jurecka violin and reeds, Adrean Ferrugea

piano, Clark Jonhson bass. Please come prepared

to renew your membership. Holiday party tickets

will be available for sale also at $85/person.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/toronto_jazz/

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September 14, 15, 16 2018

Kensington Market Jazz Festival (KMJF) details

to be announced.

November 2 2018

The Inn will host and TDES will sponsor a live

jazz event at Montgomery’s Inn. Details to be

confirmed.

December 4th 2018 – Annual Holiday Party at The

Arts & Letters Club. The Music will be provided

by the John MacMurchy Quartet with Dave

Restivo piano, Ross MacIntyre bass and Daniel

Barnes drums,with Jessica Lalonde, vocals.

Passages:

It is with great sadness that we let you know the

sad news that our longtime member ELIZABETH

STRATHDEE passed away on Thursday 12 April

2018. She had been unwell for some time.

International Duke Ellington Study Group

Conference

The 25th International Duke Ellington Study

Group Conference will be organized and hosted by

The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and

Birmingham City University from Friday, 25th

May to Sunday 27th May, 2018.

The Head of Jazz, Jeremy Price, is director of The

Conservatoire Ellington Orchestra which gives a

performance of Ellington and Strayhorn's work

every two weeks at the Eastside Jazz Club, a

dedicated jazz performance space at the

Conservatoire. The Orchestra comprises some of

the finest young musicians currently studying in

the UK. They will be giving two performances

during the course of the conference. It is hoped that

the screening of a recently restored telecast of

Ellington's 1966 performance of Sacred music at

Coventry Cathedral will also be a highlight of the

conference.

In addition, there will, of course, be the usual

presentation of papers and address by a keynote

speaker. Whilst the conference is being organized

by these academic institutions, it is hoped that

plenty of space will be given to 'non-academic'

Ellington experts, discographers and collectors

from our own international community. The

organizers were very keen to ensure this event was

part of the tradition of the Study Group conferences

and to honour Ellington experts past and present.

Jack Chambers will be making a presentation on

“Celebration — Duke Ellington’s Lost Symphony”

TDES Web site update:

I have uploaded all of the material that I thought

was called for in the Archives section of our

website. All of our newsletters from the first one

dated April 9 1996 and all of Jack Chambers’

handouts are included. There are some

adjustments to be made but nothing of any

consequence. If anyone can identify any further

material that needs to be uploaded onto the web

site, please let me know.

New Ivie Anderson Web Site: Many Thanks to

David Palmquist, and TDES members Ken Steiner

and Ellington scholar Steve Lasker for putting this

material together. It forms part of the The Duke

Where and When (TDWAW) web site maintained

by David Palmquist.

http://tdwaw.ellingtonweb.ca/IvieAnderson.html

Scholarship Winner: Congratulations to TDES

scholarship winner for 2018, Russell Matthews of

The University of Toronto.


A warm Ducal welcome to new members Patrick

Longhurst and Klaus Hartwig.



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April 28th Fundraising Concert.

he Jim Galloway Wee Big Band led by

Martin Loomer played to a full house in

Walter Hall on April 28th at our concert

held in celebration of Duke Ellington’s 119th

birthday. The concert, our 20th, raises funds for

scholarships and Duke Ellington Society outreach

events designed to maintain and improve the

health of the organization and to fulfil its mandate

of promoting Duke Ellington and Billy

Strayhorn’s music and live jazz events. Bruce

Barton opened the proceedings by announcing

that this year’s concert was once again fully sold

out mainly thanks to the efforts of Alan and Judy

Shiels. He offered particular thanks to Anne Page

who was responsible for keeping the Jim

Galloway’s Wee Big Band active. Bruce wanted

to dedicate this year’s concert to the memory of

Elizabeth Strathdee, a longtime member of The

Toronto Duke Ellington Society. Bruce then

handed the concert over to Martin Loomer.

The band members were:

Reeds:

Kurt Lund - alto sax, Tara Davidson - alto sax,

John MacMurchy - tenor sax, Alison Young -

Tenor Sax, Tom Skublics - baritone sax

Special Guest – Mike Murley Soprano sax.

Brass:

Trumpets: Alex Kundacioglu Lead, Dave

Johnston, Steve Crowe, John MacLeod.

Trombones: Rob Sommerville, Karl Silviera,

Kelsley Grant

Rhythm: Brigham Phillips – Piano Rosemary

Galloway – Bass Bruce Philp – Drums

Leader, Arranger and rhythm guitar – Martin

Loomer

First Set: The Wee Big Band

The band played through the first set E & D Blues

(Ella & Duke Blues), Rent Party Blues, Lost In

Meditation, Lady in Red, Boo-Dah, My Funny

Valentine, Pussy Willow, Portrait of Sidney

Bechet, a feature for Mike Murley, Portrait of

Louis Armstrong a feature for John MacLeod,

Sophisticated Lady, Something to Live For,

Tootin’ Through The Roof which was the full

length version rather than the short three minute

recorded version.

Second Set: The James Addis Quartet

The James Addis Quartet opened the second set.

The Quartet’s members were James Addis piano,

Chris Anderson-Lundy sax, Will Dietrich bass,

Jon Catanus drums. James Addis arranged each of

the four pieces:

The Mooche, Fleurette Africaine, Single Petal

of a Rose, I’m Beginning to see the Light.

The Quartet, composed of students currently

studying at York University was energetic and

their musical offering gave a more modern

interpretation of the selections

The Wee Big Band

The band opened their portion of the second set

with Manhattan Murals, an extended version of

“A” Train, Call Me Irresponsible a feature for

Rob Sommerville, Bakiff, Beale St. Blues, St.

Louis Blues, Daydream, another feature for Mike

Murley, In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree,

Jeep’s Blues. Of course the audience gave The

Wee Big band a standing ovation at the conclusion

of the concert and we were rewarded by an encore

of Such Sweet Thunder.

Martin Loomer did a fine job of selecting a wide

variety of numbers and leading the band. The

audience appreciated Martin’s introductory

comments offering insights into each piece.

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Martin used exclusively original Ellington

arrangements. Martin pointed out that he, bassist

Rosemary Galloway and trumpeter Dave Johnson

were original members of the band that was

founded in 1976.

The audience covered a wide range of ages, from

nonagenarians to Lily Branton, Judy Shiels’s

grandniece who was attending her first jazz concert

aged 9 years.

Thanks need to be extended, once again, to Alan

and Judy Shiels for organizing this concert.

Report on the May 8 2018 General Meeting:

Bruce Barton opened the meeting of 25members

and Irene Barton introduced our speaker for the

evening, recent Humber College graduate and two

time winner of the Toronto Duke Ellington

Scholarship. Robert is a bass player who is just

starting out on his musical career. His topic for the

evening was Jimmy Blanton. Robert led off with a

solo bass presentation of Body and Soul before he

introduced his topic. He explained that Jimmy

Blanton was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in

October 1918 and was originally a pianist who took

up the bass while attending Tennessee State

University. He left in 1938 to play bass full time

in St. Louis. He joined Duke Ellington in October

1938. .

Robert played for us Jeep’s Blues from the

Newport album to demonstrate how a horn was

featured in Ellington’s band with Johnny Hodges

on alto. We then heard Jack the Bear, a tune

previously unrecorded and rewritten by Billy

Strayhorn to feature Jimmy Blanton to demonstrate

how Blanton was able to showcase the bass in the

way that Hodges did the alto sax. Ellington put

Blanton front and centre in the bandstand which

was unheard of at the time. In November 1938

Ellington and Blanton made the first two bass and

piano duets recordings with Blues and Plucked

Again which Robert played for us demonstrating

Blanton’s technique and virtuosity. Further we

heard Mr. J.B. Blues demonstrating Blanton’s

arco technique. To conclude the first half of his

talk, Robert Lee played Ellington‘s Sophisticated

Lady.

The refreshments for the evening were kindly

provided by Sheila Northover and Patricia Poole.

The image of Robert Lee, courtesy of Bruce

Barton.

After the break Robert explained that Blanton left

Ellington’s Band in October 1941 because of poor

health and died of T.B in July 1941 aged 23. Due

to the economics of running big bands and the new

styles of jazz bebop with more complex harmonies

and speed of playing musicians faced many

challenges. Blanton did jam with other bebop

artists at Minton’s Playhouse and must have

influenced across such bassists as Oscar Pettiford

whose Tricotism we heard Robert play solo bass.

Paul Chambers was another bassist whom Blanton

influenced and we heard Yesterdays from the

1957 album, Bass on Top with Chambers featured

throughout on bass. The bass playing band leader

and composer Charles Mingus was next featured

playing Better Get it in Your Soul from the 1959

Mingus Ah Um album.

Robert Lee then moved on to modern bass players,

firstly Larry Grenadier, born in 1966, who pushed

the limits of improvisation in All the Things You

Are from the 1999 recording made with Brad

Mehldau, Duo in Cologne. The last example of

Blanton influenced bassists that Robert selected

was Christian McBride, born in 1972 who taught

at Humber College on a couple of recent

residencies. We heard Shake and Bake from The

Good Feeling album of 2011.

A great evening’s entertainment and illumination

for a very young and talented musician. Mel

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Manley formally thanked Robert on behalf of us

all.

General Meeting, June 12 2018

For our final meeting of the year, the evening was

given over to a Bring and Buy sale which continue

s to be popular. The members’ Choice portion of

the meeting was opened by Bruce Barton, 20

members in attendance. He opened the

proceedings with his two selections with tenuous

connections only to Ellington other than they made

considerable hits for him. His first was Three

Little Words originally from the movie Check

and Double Check on which Ellington’s band

played the sound track. This version was played

by a band led by Bud Freeman with Jess Stacey

and George Wettling. Bruce followed this with

Flamingo played by a band led by Cannonball

Adderley with Hank Jones, Paul Chambers and

Kenny Clark from the album, Presenting

“Cannonball”. Chris McEvilly then offered

Starcrossed Lovers from the Gene DiNovi Plays

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with Dave

Young album. Chris then played Black And Tan

Fantasy/Things Ain’t What They Used to Be track from Ian McDougal Quintet album In A

Sentimental Mood (The Ian McDougall Quintet

Plays Ellington And Strayhorn).

Jim Northover played a private recording made by

John Hornsby at the Ellington ’96 Conference held

at The Park Plaza. Time Warp played selection of

Ellington music including Rockin’ in Rhythm

and Pitter Panther Patter which we heard.

Interesting live recordings though the sound

quality was poor. Irene Mottadelli selected

Accentuate the Positive sung by Johnny Mercer

and Laura and In The Cool, Cool, Cool of the

Evening sung by Sam Broverman. At this point

we took a break for which Roslyn Harris had

provided a feast of strawberries, shortcake and

cream for our delectation. Thanks Roslyn!

After the break Allan Jones played Poem #1 read

by Jackie Richardson and Duke’s in Town from

Joe Sealy’s Africville Suite album. Barry Tisdall

gave us Flamingo played by the Eddie Heywood

Jr. trio with Johnny Hodges and recorded in 1944

and Penthouse Serenade played by Eddie

Heywood’s orchestra with Ray Nance, Don Byas,

John Simmons, Aaron Sachs and Shelley Manne

recorded in 1944.


June 22 to July 1 2018

Toronto Jazz Festival. John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel

Jazz Orchestra appears in a 75-minute live

performance at the Isabel Bader Theatre at 7:00

p.m. on Monday, June 25, 2018 as a feature of the

2018 TD Toronto Jazz Festival. The performance

will be free to the public. Seating in the 500-seat

theatre will be allocated on a first come, first

choice basis, the evening of the show.

At Christchurch Deer Park on Sunday, June 24 at

4:30 pm Brian Barlow Big Band plays Jazz

Vespers - “The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington.”

At The Church of the Redeemer 162 Bloor St. W.

on June 28 at 7:00 p.m. there will be a screening of

Jim Galloway: A Journey In Jazz documentary.

http://torontojazz.com/

Don’t forget Martin Loomer’s Orange Devils

appearing on the second Monday of each month at

the Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton Street, Toronto.

June 28 to July 7 2018

Montreal Jazz Festival

http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/default-en.aspx

July 6 to 29 2018

Toronto Beaches Jazz Festival

http://beachesjazz.com/

July 20 to August 11 2018

Festival of the Sound - Parry Sound

http://www.festivalofthesound.ca/

July 20 to 22 2018

Trenton Big Band Festival

http://www.trentonbigbandfestival.com/

August 14 to 19 2018

Prince Edward County

http://www.pecjazz.org/

August 17 to 19 2018

Markham Jazz Festival

http://www.markhamjazzfestival.com/

September 11 2018 Our first meeting of the new

season will kick off with a live concert at

Montgomery’s Inn with a Quartet composed of

Drew Jurecka violin and reeds with Adrean







http://beachesjazz.com/

http://www.festivalofthesound.ca/





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Farrugia, piano and Clark Johnston bass. Vocals

will be supplied by Jocelyn Barth. As of this

writing, 10 spots only remain. Please come

prepared to renew your membership, $35 for an

individual or $50 for a family membership..

Holiday party tickets will be available for sale also

at $85/person.

September 14, 15, 16 2018

The Kensington Market Jazz Festival

October 9 2018

TDES Annual General Meeting. If you would like

to be considered for a position please contact Jim

Northover, Alan Shiels, Bruce Barton or Chris

McEvily. Our current officers have served for

many years and we’d like to see some fresh faces

and get some new ideas. Please consider serving.

November 2 2018:

Special event sponsored by TDES and hosted by

Montgomery’s Inn. There will be a concert in the

Community room to hold 70 people. After the

concert, upstairs in the historic Inn there will be a

cold bite and a cash bar. Ticket fee for the event is

$25 Tickets will be sold through the City of

Toronto's web site via Streaming Tickets. TDES

could be assigned a number of tickets if we feel the

need for those who are unwilling to book via the

internet.

Don Thompson, piano Neil Swainson bass, Reg

Schwager guitar, will play for us.

November 8th 2018:

Ken Page Memorial Trust 20th Annual Jazz

Fundraiser at the Old Mill Inn. Please call Anne

Page at 416-515-0200 for tickets.

December 4th 2018 – Annual Holiday Party at The

Arts & Letters Club. The Music will be provided

by the John MacMurchy Quartet with Dave

Restivo piano, Ross MacIntyre bass and Daniel

Barnes drums. Vocals supplied by Jessica

Lalonde. Doors 6:00, Dinner 7:00, Music 8:00

p.m. Tickets will be made available to non-

members after the October 9 General TDES

meeting. As of June 11, 74 tickets have been

spoken for. With a maximum of 98 spots available

very few remain so get your orders in promptly.

January 8 2019

TDES General Meeting: TBA

February 12 2019

TDES General Meeting. Jack Chambers will talk

on Ellington Exotica – Flutes, Glockenspiel etc.

March 12 2019

TDES General Meeting. Jim Northover will make

a presentation titled “Essentially Ellington.”

April 27 2019

TDES Annual Fundraising Concert. Walter Hall.

The Brian Barlow Big Band with Heather Bam

brick – “Ella Sings Duke”.

May 14 2019

TDES General Meeting: TBA

June 11 2019

Members’ Choice and Bring and Buy Sale


A warm Ducal welcome to new members Gloria

and Gordon Zive and Lynne Biscott and Peter

Eberhart.

Passages:

It is with great sadness that we inform you that

longtime TDES member and friend to the society

Al Basian passed away on April 25 2018. Jim

Brackley, also a long time member of TDES,

though not a current one, passed away on May 15.

Scholarship Winners: U of T: Russell Matthews.

Humber College: Robert Lee who presented to us

at our May meeting and from York University: Jon

Catanus who concertgoers will remember as the

drummer in the James Addis Quartet who played

for us at the April 2018 fundraising concert.

Please see notes above for both appearances.

The Editor of this Newsletter and the whole

editorial staff hope that members and friends of

TDES have a safe and enjoyable summer.



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