The 20th Duke Ellington International Conference

London, England, May 2008

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Day Three - May 25, 2008

Daytime

FRANK GRIFFITH : The Popular Side of Duke Ellington

Frank Griffith

BRIAN PRIESTLEY : The Inspiration of Place (Or Not)

Brian Priestley & Antony Pepper

Brian Priestley

BILL SAXONIS : Ellington's Sophisticated Folk Music

Bill Saxonis

JOHN FASS MORTON : The Backstory to Newport '56
(John was unable to attend in person; his presentation was made by Ted Hudson.)

Ted Hudson

Ben Pubols & ---

Ted Hudson

The Wailing Interval
When Ted played Gonsalves' famous solo, I retreated into the music with my eyes closed, but I looked up to see the rest of the audience dancing. A magic moment.

The Wailing Interval

The Wailing Interval
(right hand Jan Falk, Anders Asplund, Bo Haufman)

The Wailing Interval

Ted Hudson

Ben Pubols

Jan-Olov Isaksson

Anders Asplund

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Peter Lee

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CHRIS HOWES : My People - Just Who Were Duke's People?

Chris Howes

References for My People

Chris Howes

Jan Falk & Roger Limb

__ & Claire Gordon

Lawrence Mirando & Antony Pepper

IAN WELLENS : 14 Into Eight Does Go (introduction to Evening Concert by ELLINGTONIA)

Ian Wellens

Ben Pubols

Frits Schjøtt & Sjef Hoefsmit

Derek Else

ANTONY PEPPER closes the conference

Antony Pepper

Evening banquet and concerts

Ellingtonia, led by Ian Wellens

The band sets up, the audience gets fortified, following Duke's 1957 Carrolltown advice to do that

... and things get going.

Ellingtonia

Ellingtonia, bassist David George, reedman Ian Wellens, singer Annika Skoogh, drummer Pete Cox

Ellingtonia, bassist David George, reedmen Dave McKeown and Ian Wellens, singer Annika Skoogh, drummer Pete Cox, trumpet Mike Brewer, trombone Sam Smith

Alana Kirkpatrick and Michael, Larry Mirando in background

Alana Kirkpatrick and Michael, Larry Mirando and David Deacon

Alana and Michael Kilpatrick, with Per Thomsen in the background

I caught Michael at the perfect moment here.

Ian Wellens solos

Bo Haufman and Bertil Swartling

Ted Gascoigne and Bo Haufman

Singne Palmquist, my sister and my guest at the banquet. We met up in London and later went to Orkney and Dumfries to trace our ancestors.
The way my sister spells her name almost always troubles Swedes. Please understand that her name is spelled with the extra "n" on purpose. This is not a spelling mistake. It was a deliberate decision made by our mother when she was just a baby, because most Canadians would not pronounce Signe correctly.

Derek Else, working hard as he did throughout the conference. Antony Pepper and Victor Lawrance standing.

John Lucas

Larry Mirando, David Deacon, John Lamb, Mary Little, Buster Cooper. Mrs. Cooper is obscured by her husband.

Mrs.Kilpatrick, unidentified man behind her, Mr. Kilpatrick facing away, Mr. Mirando, Mr. Deacon, Mr. Lamb (hidden), Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Cooper, Ms Little.

Siobhan Bryar, the lovely lady in red, dancing with Roger Boyes.

Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick

Quentin Bryar

Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick

Annika Skoogh

Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick

Art Baron sits in

Buster Cooper joins in

Bertil Swartling (now lives in France)

Ms Little, Mrs. Cooper

Buster's trombone

Mr. Lamb, Mrs. Cooper

Siobhan Bryar is dancing with Bo Haufman in this next short series of photos. If you load the photos into Powerpoint or a graphics program with a slide show feature, you can get a nice sense of motion since the camera takes several shots a second.