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The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1
''The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1'' is an album of Duke Ellington standards performed by Sarah Vaughan. It was recorded in 1979 and released on the Pablo label. Track listing # " In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills — 4:22 # "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Ellington) — 4:29 # "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Ellington, Mills) — 4:25 # "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) — 3:34 # "I Didn't Know About You" (Ellington, Bob Russell — 4:10 # "All Too Soon" (Ellington, Carl Sigman) — 3:48 # " Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) — 4:30 # "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) — 3:20 # " Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish) — 4:05 # "Day Dream" (Ellington, John Latouche, Strayhorn) — 5:04 Personnel *Sarah Vaughan – vocals *Billy Byers – horn, vibraphone * Frank Foster – tenor saxophone *J. J. Johnson – trombone *Joe Pass – guitar *Bucky Pizzarelli – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Kurtz
Manny Curtis (born Emanuel Kurtz, Nov 15, 1911 – Dec 6, 1984) was an American songwriter. He wrote the lyrics for over 250 songs, including " In a Sentimental Mood" (1935) and " Let It Be Me" (1957). He was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States and died in San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ..., United States. He also used the pseudonyms Mann Curtis, Manny Curtis and Manny Kurtz. External linksManny Kurtzat JazzBiographies {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Manny 1911 births 1984 deaths Musicians from Brooklyn Jewish American musicians Songwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American musicians 20th-century American Jews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Mellow Tone
"In a Mellow Tone", also known as "In a Mellotone", is a 1939 jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Milt Gabler. The song was based on the 1917 standard " Rose Room" by Art Hickman and Harry Williams, which Ellington himself had recorded in 1932. Howard Stern used a recording of this song (from Ellington's ''Blues in Orbit'' album) as the opening theme to ''The Howard Stern Show'' from 1987 to 1994. Notable recordings *Red Norvo (1943) *Erroll Garner - '' Contrasts'' (1954) *Clark Terry - '' Duke with a Difference'' (1957) *Chico Hamilton with Eric Dolphy - ''The Original Ellington Suite'' (1958) *Ella Fitzgerald - '' Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook'' (1958) *Ben Webster (with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge) - ''Ben Webster and Associates'' (1959) *Count Basie - ''Breakfast Dance and Barbecue'' (1959) *Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross - ''The Hottest New Group in Jazz'' (1960) *Billy May - ''Cha Cha! Billy May'' (1960) *Coleman Hawkins with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Strayhorn
William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include " Take the 'A' Train", " Chelsea Bridge", "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing", and " Lush Life". Early life Strayhorn was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States. His family soon moved to the Homewood section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, his mother's family came from Hillsborough, North Carolina, and she sent him there to protect him from his father's drunken sprees. Strayhorn spent many months of his childhood at his grandparents' house in Hillsborough. In an interview, Strayhorn said that his grandmother was his primary influence during the first ten years of his life. He became interested in music while living with her, playing hymns on her piano, and playing records on her Victrola record player. Return to Pittsburgh and meeting Ellingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lush Life (jazz Song)
"Lush Life" is a jazz standard that was written by Billy Strayhorn from 1933 to 1936. It was performed publicly for the first time by Strayhorn and vocalist Kay Davis with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on November 13, 1948. Background The lyric describes the author's weariness of the night life after a failed romance, wasting time with "jazz and cocktails" at "come-what-may places" and in the company of girls with "sad and sullen gray faces/with ''distingué'' traces". Strayhorn was a teenager when he wrote most of the song, which was to become his signature composition (along with "Take the 'A' Train"). The song was written in the key of D-flat major. The melody is over relatively complex chord changes, compared with many jazz standards, with chromatic movement and modulations that evoke a dreamlike state and the dissolute spirit characteristic of the "lush life." During a 1949 interview, Strayhorn spoke of the song’s genesis: “’Lush Life’ wasn’t the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Sigman
Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice in the state of New York. Instead of law, encouraged by his friend Johnny Mercer, he embarked on a songwriting career, that saw him become one of the most prominent and successful songwriters in American music history. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his efforts in Africa, during World War II. Career Although Sigman wrote many song melodies, he was primarily a lyricist who collaborated with songwriters such as Bob Hilliard, Bob Russell, Jimmy van Heusen, and Duke Ellington. He also wrote English language lyrics to many songs which were originally composed in other languages, such as "Answer Me", "Till", " The Day the Rains Came", "You're My World", and " What Now My Love?". During the big band era, Sigman composed works used by top band le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Too Soon
"All Too Soon" is a 1940 song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics written by Carl Sigman. It is recorded in the key of C major. It was subsequently recorded by several contemporary and modern artists. Notable recordings *Duke Ellington **recorded in 1940, available in compilation albums such as '' Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band'' (2003) **recorded during 1953–1955 **'' Unknown Session'' (recorded in 1960, released in 1979) **''Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur'' (1966) **''1969: All-Star White House Tribute'' (recorded in 1969, released in 2002) * Mildred Bailey - recorded on June 13, 1941 for Decca Records (No. 3888B). * Sarah Vaughan - recorded during 1944–1946, '' The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1'' (1979) * Ella Fitzgerald - ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook'' (1958), '' Fitzgerald and Pass... Again'' (with Joe Pass, 1979) * Peggy Lee, George Shearing - '' Beauty and the Beat!'' (1959) *Chris Connor - ''A Portrait of Chris'' (1961) *Billy B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Russell (songwriter)
Bob Russell (April 25, 1914 – February 18, 1970) was an American songwriter (mainly lyricist) born Sidney Keith Rosenthal in Passaic, New Jersey. Career Russell attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He worked as an advertising copywriter in New York; for a time, his roommate there was Sidney Sheldon, later a novelist. He turned to writing material for vaudeville acts, and then for film studios, ultimately writing complete scores for two movies: ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' and '' Reach for Glory''. The latter film received the Locarno International Film Festival prize in 1962. A number of other movies featured compositions by Russell, including ''Affair in Trinidad'' (1952), '' Blue Gardenia'' (1953), '' The Girl Can't Help It'' (1956), ''The Girl Most Likely'' (1957), ''A Matter of WHO'' (1961), ''Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'' (1952), '' Sound Off'' (1952), '' That Midnight Kiss'' (1949), and ''A Ticket to Tomahawk'' (1950). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Didn't Know About You
"I Didn't Know About You" is a song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Bob Russell. Recorded in 1944 with vocal by Joya Sherrill, it was based on an instrumental first recorded by Ellington in 1942 under the title "Sentimental Lady". The recording by Count Basie & His Orchestra (vocal by Thelma Carpenter) briefly reached the No. 21 position on the ''Billboard'' charts in 1945 and other recordings available that year were by Duke Ellington, Mildred Bailey, Jo Stafford and Lena Horne. Reception Alec Wilder wrote that it "works well as a song in heseries of Ellington instrumentals with Russell lyrics. The main strain is the most melodic, vocally, of the three Russell wrote lyrics for."Wilder, Alec. ''American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 1972), 240. (The other two songs were “Do Nothing till You Hear from Me” and “ Don't Get Around Much Anymore”, based respectively on "Concerto for Cootie" and "Never No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Nemo
Henry Nemo (June 8, 1909 – November 26, 1999) was a musician, songwriter, and actor in Hollywood films who had a reputation as a hipster. Band leading In 1941, Nemo formed his own 19-piece band. The group featured four Chinese women as singers. Playing on his nickname, "The Neme," the band's slogan was "Hit the Beam with the Neme." Musical compositions Nemo's first hit composition was " I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart." He also composed the song standards "Don't Take Your Love From Me" and "'Tis Autumn", both published in 1941. He also composed the incidental music and lyrics for the 1959 Broadway production of Saul Levitt's play '' The Andersonville Trial'' directed by José Ferrer and starring George C. Scott. Nemo worked with Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Mildred Bailey, Tommy Dorsey. Artie Shaw recorded his song "Don't Take Your Love from Me" in 1941 with a band of mostly African-American musicians accompanying African-American vocalist Lena Horne. During his seven-dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie DeLange
Eddie DeLange (''né'' Edgar DeLange Moss; 15 January 1904 – 15 July 1949) was an American bandleader and lyricist. Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman. Biography DeLange was born in Long Island City, Queens, New York. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1926. He became a stunt man in twenty-four comedies produced by Universal Studios, often for Reginald Denny. DeLange went back to New York City in 1932, earning a contract with Irving Mills. He had several hits in his first year, including " Moonglow." He and composer Will Hudson ''(né'' Arthur Murray Hainer; 1908–1981) formed the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra in 1935. The Orchestra recorded many of their collaborative songs and did many road shows as well. Hudson and DeLange's partnership dissolved in 1938, but DeLange created a new band that played on several tours. He formed a new partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(In My) Solitude
"(In My) Solitude" is a 1934 composition by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills. It has been recorded numerous times and is considered a jazz standard. Ellington reported that he composed it in a recording studio in 20 minutes, as his orchestra had arrived with three pieces to record and required another. It is in D major and has an AABA form (although "the IV chord in measure 3 is replaced by a II7 the second time"). According to Ellington, the title was suggested by trumpeter Arthur Whetsel. An AllMusic writer describes the composition as "at once optimistic in its tone but somber in its pace, conflicted with the emotions of bitter loneliness and fond remembrance". The mood is set "in the very first phrase of the melody, with its ascent to the leading tone of the scale falling just short of the tonic, and in the seemingly unremarkable chord progressions that nevertheless manage to transform harmonic resolution into wistful resignation". The first recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
