Tag Archives: Duke Ellington

Jazz, I’ll just put this here.

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Gandalfe

Overheard: Wonderful piece played wonderfully. It is a little funny though that the title of the video mentions a Duke Ellington cover. There are no covers in jazz, but great pieces known as standards, which all artists interpret their own … Continue reading →

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“In the Mood” theater run, take two

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Gandalfe

This year wife Suzy (tenor, clarinet), friend Bob (bass bone), friend Bill (lead trumpet), and I (alto & bari sax, sop & bass clarinet) will be a part of the “In the Mood” big band. It is a theater show … Continue reading →

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In the Mood this weekend

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Gandalfe

I’m Jones’ing for some Big Band and the In the Mood theater production is doing their last weekend of the show in Monroe, WA. I invited late to the gig after I already had two other gigs, so I will … Continue reading →

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Johnny Hodges does “The Last Time I saw Paris”

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Gandalfe

Music, as they say, is a great mood maker. I’m sitting here on an extended holiday weekend pokin’ around the internet; you know that “series of tubes” thingee. This video, one of my many favorites, is NSFW because some of … Continue reading →

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