Harmony In Harlem

Cambridge-based 15-piece jazz orchestra playing authentic Duke Ellington, conducted by Michael Kilpatrick

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

Oh fuck off. Can I have some subsidies for my jazz orchestra concerts, please? Those big boys can take a hike.

BBC News - Call for tax breaks to support festivals - BBC News
https://t.co/kcvQO1Qi4i

[Michael Kilpatrick @MT_Kilpatrick]

I'm getting a bit tired of running my jazz orchestra and, every fortnight, having the disappointment of someone giving short notice that they can't make the rehearsal. Particularly trumpeters.

It's a bit soul-destroying and unrewarding.

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

This sort of drivel really cheeses me off. This advert makes no sense whatsoever. They want people to dress "1920s" and call it "Great Gatsby Ball" but have a modern big band playing modern pseudo-jazz and pop? What's the point?

Want some REAL period music? Give me a call.

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

If you're in #Cambridge on Saturday and want to listen to some vibrant, authentic #DukeEllington - a unique repertoire you won't hear elsewhere - come to our concert.

Visit https://t.co/hOjecOodxL

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

I /seriously/ want to find a singer with a big baritone voice to do some of Ellington songs done by Al Hibbler, Jimmy Grissom, etc, with my orchestra in SCambs. #DukeEllington #AlHibbler #jazzsinger
Anybody? I want someone who can sings things like this:
https://t.co/e4WVhihJSd

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

Any male jazz singers in/near the East of England? Do you follow in the footsteps of Herb Jeffries, Al Hibbler, Jimmy Grissom? I'm looking for a rich baritone singer for my orchestra to do the songs by #dukeellington with #herbjeffries #alhibbler #jimmygrissom. Drop me a line!

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

I'm looking to form a new #jazzorchestra that rehearses regularly. I'm not interested in having a pick-up band - I want a tight ensemble who absorb and understand the music properly.

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

I'm looking for a strong jazz clarinet soloist who also plays tenor sax, and a strong alto & soprano saxophonist, preferably playing clarinet. In the East of England.

I'm thinking of a new 13-piece orchestra to play 1930-1932 Ellington. Spread the word please.

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

If you're a fan of Barney Bigard #jazz #clarinet or Johnny Hodges #saxophone and you're a soloist of quality and a solid reader, this will be a good challenge and an utterly unique and authentic #DukeEllington repertoire.

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

Are you a #jazz tenor #saxophone player anywhere near #Cambridge and looking for a regular band to play with? Do you like Ben Webster or Paul Gonsalves? Do you want to play a unique repertoire of #DukeEllington and #BilyStrayhorn. Drop me a line if you are. I have an empty chair.

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

Harmony In Harlem's next concert is on Sat 9th September, St Andrew's St Baptist Church in Cambridge. We're performing something special: The Queen's Suite, written by Duke Ellington for HM Queen Elizabeth II.

[Michael Kilpatrick @MT_Kilpatrick]

1/ Tickets are on sale for our 9th Sept concert. Visit https://t.co/jmcolVM4yN. Featuring The Queen's Suite - Duke Ellington's tribute to HM QE II after meeting her in 1958 at the Leeds Festival of Music. In a most remarkable gesture, Duke composed the suite afterwards and...

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

Still on a high after Saturday's concert at Le #BalBlomet in #Paris with Laurent Mignard's Duke Orchestra.
A world premier of #Boola by #dukeellington with the scores discovered by me, coordinated with readings from Duke's original script. An important moment in #jazz history.

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

In the #Cambridge area? Looking for #jazz #bigband concerts? Come and see Harmony In Harlem and our repertoire of authentic #DukeEllington and #BillyStrayhorn on Sat 25th March - Diminuendo & Crescendo in Blue.

Tickets £15 https://t.co/uR4HI0NpHM

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

Harmony In Harlem, 16-piece jazz orchestra, are retuning to St John's Arts & Recreation Centre, Harlow playing more authentic #dukeellington #jazz #essex

7pm Sunday 11th December 2022. Tickets £15 online or on the door.
https://t.co/bFLMU8Avo8

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

What has happened to the Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin Uni, Cambridge? @MumfordTheatre

Never reopened after lock-down? No listings? Available for hire September 2023?

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

Duke Ellington met Queen Elizabeth in 1958 at Leeds Music Festival. So bowled over he was, he wrote The Queen's Suite with only a single pressing delivered to Buck Pal in 1959. Only after Duke's death did it become publicly available. #QueenElizabethII

https://t.co/ciepgfARKg

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

Can anyone name any songs floating around between 1933 and 1939 with the word Moment in the title? I'm trying to identify a #dukeellington manuscript with the shorthand title Moment. Might be an arrangement of a popular song of the day.

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

My thread on looking for venues to put on concerts and how awful and depressing it is.

[Michael Kilpatrick @MT_Kilpatrick]

1/ It's really (not) funny looking for venues to hold concerts for @HarmonyInHarlem. Previously used St Andrew's St Church in Cambridge - very cheap but no grand piano. Couple of hundred £. Fine. For an audience of 110, that works. But...

[Harmony In Harlem @HarmonyInHarlem]

It's Duke Ellington's birthday today. I'm online at the Duke Ellington Society of Sweden's international conference. At 7pm BST I'm giving a 1hr talk on "Boola", the predecessor to Black, Brown & Beige, including all of the music I have discovered that never saw the light of day

[Shakespeare's Guildhall Trust @shakespearesGH]

and to celebrate, join us for a unique event with @HarmonyInHarlem in the Duke Meets the Bard.