Uptown. . .

[jazzbo]

I've always felt that to be the case that Duke used vocalists as instrumental colors as much as obligatory additions to a working band.

I dig Hibbler, probably easily acquired the taste. . . . I don't know, he's just rich and deep and bold sounding. Like Harry Carney crossed with Hodges' tricks more than anything. Bird dug him as a person!

Joya Sherrill was the one I thought that was most a real vocalist (after Ivie and Jeffries), and still served as the instrument for Duke. (And what a BABE!)

And Alice too; I really want to get stuff by Alice outside of Duke and there are a few Ducal things with Alice I want still.

Edited September 12, 2003 by jazzbo

[JSngry]

Yeah, Ivie was one of the greatest, period.

Is it just me, or does it seem that she's a bit overlooked these days?

[jazzbo]

If only she got more MTV and VH1 play. . . .

Edited September 12, 2003 by jazzbo

[BruceH]

I'm a big Ellington fan, but Ivie is the only one of his vocalists that I like. Go figure. Looking very forward to this new release of Uptown though. Get the lead out, Columbia!!!

[David Williams]

Yeah, but he does like the sunrise.

That made me laugh out loud after a bad day!

[David Williams]

At the least, we can be grateful that on this occasion Hibbler didn't  do his mock-Cockney thing.

Actually, I think he does go a little Cockney at one point - perhaps you have to be British to hear it. Not exactly Dick Van Dyke though, thenk Gawd.

Edited September 12, 2003 by David Williams

[Big Wheel]

Bottom line - you can't beat Betty Roche on the "A-Train" heard here!

Besides Roche's great contribution, that solo of Gonsalves's once they go into the slow section is NASTY. Not to mention the ending!

[Larry Kart]

"Actually, I think he does go a little Cockney at one point - perhaps you have to be British to hear it." Maybe it's at the very beginning -- "Oiy like the sunrise" instead of "I like the sunrise."

[A Lark Ascending]

And Alice too; I really want to get stuff by Alice outside of Duke and there are a few Ducal things with Alice I want still.

Still going strong, I believe.

Her recordings have a high profile in the jazz and 'easy listening' sections of Swedish record stores.

I saw adverts for a jazz club in Stockholm which she either partly runs or is a regular at.

Take a look here:

http://abekat.mobilixnet.dk/babs.html

[Bright Moments]

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[jazzbo]

What are you Questioning Evan?

[ghost of miles]

Here's another Ducal question--whatever happened to the DRUM IS A WOMAN reissue?

[Bright Moments]

What are you Questioning Evan?

did the uptown ellington come out?

[ghost of miles]

Yes--the Sony/Columbia Ellington album UPTOWN did get reissued. There was not an Ellington release on the Uptown label in the works... not that I know of, anyway.

[Bright Moments]

Yes--the Sony/Columbia Ellington album UPTOWN did get reissued. There was not an Ellington release on the Uptown label in the works... not that I know of, anyway.

thanks

[jazzbo]

Here's another Ducal question--whatever happened to the DRUM IS A WOMAN reissue?

Someone said here on this board, I remember vaguely and painfully, that. . . it isn't going to happen~!

[ghost of miles]

Here's another Ducal question--whatever happened to the DRUM IS A WOMAN reissue?

Someone said here on this board, I remember vaguely and painfully, that. . . it isn't going to happen~!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[medjuck]

A Drum Is A Wombat reissue happened, past tense-- I & other WKCR listeners heard it some afternoon years ago when Phil Schaap played it. Unfortunately, this seems to have been lost & forsaken following Schaap's firing, exile, etc. I don't believe there was anything 'controversial' about his work there so I dunno what the fuh the trouble is... bad aftertaste maybe?

xxooc

Probably the line thatt suggests that what a drum and a woman have in common is that you beat them.

[jazzbo]

So did you hear any extra material? Or just the lp material?

I've got the lp. LOVE it. I may seek out the French cd (though I know it won't sound llke the Schaap produced one did).

[jazzbo]

PS: There's a Claude Boliing version of this one. I'm really not a fan of Boling versions. . . but this one is a good one!

[brownie]

The ducal 'A Drum Is a Woman' was recorded 50 years ago!

Bet we will see a reissue from Andorra soon!

In the meantime, I'll keep spinning the French CBS vinyl reissue!

[jazzbo]

Yes, an Andorran will doubtless surface. I've already a US lp, and have it transferred to cdr.

I'm interested in an official expanded version from Sony though. . . . Maybe one day.

Edited December 4, 2006 by jazzbo

[Harold_Z]

I think Sony may be sitting on a remaster.

Phil Schaap played a remastered version on FM maybe 5 years ago. At various times before that he had played the remastered ANATOMY OF A MURDER and Benny CARNEGIE HALL some time before official releases.

Like Lon I have the lp transferred to cdr. Here's hoping Sony gets off it's keister.

[Jay]

I don't believe there was anything 'controversial' about his work there so I dunno what the fuh the trouble is... bad aftertaste maybe?

xxooc

Three Words:

Such Sweet Thunder

[Pete B]

I think Sony may be sitting on a remaster.

Phil Schaap played a remastered version on FM maybe 5 years ago. At various times before that he had played the remastered ANATOMY OF A MURDER and Benny CARNEGIE HALL some time before official releases.

Like Lon I have the lp transferred to cdr. Here's hoping Sony gets off it's keister.

This from the latest DEMS Bulletin:

There has been a French CD with the original "A Drum Is a Woman" album: Columbia CD COL 471320-2. But as is the case with so many of these nice re-releases, it is difficult to find. We are all waiting for a more important re-release with a lot of "fresh" music. Phil Schaap finished his work for Sony for a double CD, but the market seems to have been judged too small for a release. What a pity!