ghost of miles Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 (edited) A couple of years ago I did five big-band programs based on Duke Ellington's 1945 Treasury shows. These were weekly broadcasts that Ellington did for the U.S. government to help sell war bonds; they were called "Your Saturday Date With the Duke," and they were often done while Duke was on the road somewhere. The music is a mix of contemporary pop hits, staples from the Ellington songbook, and Ellington/Strayhorn compositions that sometimes were never (or rarely) performed or recorded again. (Previous Organissimo discussion of the Treasury shows here. Generally the band did two, three, or four numbers, and then the MC and/or Duke made a pitch to buy war bonds. The programs I did were distillations from 4 CDs' worth of broadcasts, presented with some background about the times and the music, each one representing a month's worth of shows (these were done as 60th-anniversary commemorations for the end of World War II). Yesterday I posted April 1945 and today I posted Duke Ellington Treasury Shows May 1945. Over the next three days I'll post June, July, and August 1945. Still hoping that Storyville will resume/finish the D.E.T.S. series (they're halfway through but have slowed significantly--owing, I'd imagine, to Karl Emil Knudsen's passing away). Edited November 11, 2017 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 (edited) "Duke Ellington: the Treasury Shows, June 1945" is now archived. Edited November 11, 2017 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 A couple of years ago I did five big-band programs based on Duke Ellington's 1945 Treasury shows. These were weekly broadcasts that Ellington did for the U.S. government to help sell war bonds; they were called "Your Saturday Date With the Duke," and they were often done while Duke was on the road somewhere. The music is a mix of contemporary pop hits, staples from the Ellington songbook, and Ellington/Strayhorn compositions that sometimes were never (or rarely) performed or recorded again. (Previous Organissimo discussion of the Treasury shows here. Generally the band did two, three, or four numbers, and then the MC and/or Duke made a pitch to buy war bonds. The programs I did were distillations from 4 CDs' worth of broadcasts, presented with some background about the times and the music, each one representing a month's worth of shows (these were done as 60th-anniversary commemorations for the end of World War II). Yesterday I posted April 1945 and today I posted Duke Ellington Treasury Shows: May 1945. Over the next three days I'll post June, July, and August 1945. Still hoping that Storyville will resume/finish the D.E.T.S. series (they're halfway through but have slowed significantly--owing, I'd imagine, to Karl Emil Knudsen's passing away). I hope so too; I really love this series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 I hope so three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bichos Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Do I hear five? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Are these shows still from the Mel Torme tapes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 (edited) Thought they were drawn from acetates or transcriptions that Jerry Valburn had gathered... was Mel collecting them at some point? Supposedly it took Valburn quite a long time to piece the broadcasts back together into anything resembling complete form. The July 1945 program is now posted; the last one (Aug. '45) will go up tomorrow morning. Edited November 11, 2017 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I should have said Mel Torme acetates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 FWIW, the series started as 5 (or more) lps on the Fairmont label. The source material was a series of acetates comissioned by Mel Torme. The notes to the Fairmonts thanked Mel for the material. Jerry Valburn is a whole 'nuther story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I have Vol.1 Mel had them professionally recorded, according to the liners he wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 (edited) All five of the 2005 WFIU Big Bands Duke Ellington Treasury programs are now posted. Edited November 11, 2017 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Just to be clear: Do the the Fairmont LPs that came from Torme’s Collection contain the same performances released on the LPs on DETS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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