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Memories of
Ellington '99 The Ellington Centennial Celebration |
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Memories of
Ellington '99 The Ellington Centennial Celebration |
 Elaine Norsworthy holding Eddie
Lambert's book "Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide." Eddie Lambert completed
his book, but sadly, died before it was published. Elaine saw the book through
publication. It was my pleasure to introduce the book at the conference.
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Mac Grimmer, Richard Ehrenzeller,and Peter MacHare discuss the intricacies
of the Ellington discography (or are they just looking for another beer?).
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Jack Towers just like you always imagined him: monitoring the recording at
the conference.
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Jack Towers and Jerry Valburn, well known to Ellingtonians everywhere.
Their latest project is putting the Treasury Series on CD.
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Here I am, trying to look stuffy and serious, while giving a presentation
at Ellington '99. I was able to give two presentations at my first Ellington
conference, which, to my surprise, were well received. I even got good press
as far away as Belgium.
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Dennis Dimmer stayed in
Washington after the conference and gave a presentation to the Duke Ellington
Society of Washington,
D.C. about Ellington's influence in England. This allowed us
to extend our Ellington celebration beyond the end of the conference. Dennis
even bought me a beer to thank me for my presentation at the conference. Thank
you, Dennis!