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Koko- Duke Ellington
- (Chicago, 1940, RCA Victor)
- Recording
Technology
- 78 rpm- 3 minute
recording time
- RCA Ribbon
Microphones- quality
steadly improved to
capture a more subtle
sound
- Multiple Microphones
were used as
technology advanced
and could capture and
balance a big band
arrangement
- Was just a
recording of four
parts but then
increased to thirty
+, each instrument
could be recorded
and edited
individually
- 78 rpm- 3 minute
recording time
- Recording
Technology
- His Famous
Orchestra
Soloists
- Trumpets:
Wallace Jones,
Cootie Williams,
Rex Stewart
- Trombones:
Juan Tizol,
Joe Nanton
- Piano:
Duke
Ellington
- Double Bass:
Jimmy Blanton
- Trumpets:
Wallace Jones,
Cootie Williams,
Rex Stewart
- Duke Ellington Effect
- Improvised solos but
use od collective improv
was impractical- notated
parts
- Large number of players meant
range of sounds and textures- solo
improve accompanies by contrasting
sections and rythm section
- Antiphonal effects
- His
compositions
were influenced
by the quality of
band members
- The band gave suggestions
themselves so they band
developed a style that was
personal to them
- Improvised solos but
use od collective improv
was impractical- notated
parts
- Structure
- Rough twelve Bar Blues
- Intro - Seven Chorus'-
Coda
- 'X' motif heard
throughout- three
quavers and crotchet
- Rough twelve Bar Blues
- Harmony and Tonality
- Eb Minor- Unusual
for a Blues piece
- Aeolian mode
through Dbs and
Cbs
- Avoidance of
modualtion
throughout
- Long Eb Pedal
notes- first in the
baritone sax
- Bluesy feel with
clashing chords
- Eb Minor- Unusual
for a Blues piece
- Instrumental techniques
- Growling 'ya-ya'- Plunger
mute
- Pixie Mute- fixed
inside creates a
buzz sound
- Special blowing
techniques made the
impression of words being
pronounced
- Jungle style: Dark
Baritone Sax against
brighter trumpets and
reeds, HOllow Tom
Tom sound and bass
drum adding to
African colour
- Growling 'ya-ya'- Plunger
mute
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