Musings on the byways of popular culture
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I wasn’t sure where to put this, hence starting a new thread. I came across this by accident, while looking for something else – it occurred to me that it might interest some of you. Read in the comments that this was a rehearsal – and that they were sight-reading! Makes it all the more remarkable!
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I’m just watching a recording I made from BBC4 the other night – Ella Fitzgerald on the Beeb from 1965, in glorious mono and black & white. First few numbers were backed by the Johnnie Spence Orchestra – and who should pop up as a featured, name-checked soloist but Tubby Hayes! How’s about them apples, Nadine?
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I decided to have a listen (on the Beeb’s new “Sounds” page) to BBC Radio 3’s “Jazz Now” programme from December 17th. As they played a few excerpts from this and spoke to TV historian Helen Wheatley at Warwick University, I realised I’d missed an important 2018 archival album and film. The album has been released on CD and as a set of FLAC files by the Storyville label. “Duke Ellington In Coventry 1966” is over an hour of delightful live Ellington music. The concert was originally broadcast on ITV’s midlands franchise of the day, ABC, in black and white. It was thought lost for the past 52 years but was unearthed in time to become part of the buildup for Coventry’s “City Of Culture” celebrations in 2021. The film is being screened today in the cathedral and will doubtless be released generally soon.
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/jazz-duke-ellington-coventry-cathedral-15478366
