Duke Ellington Day in NYC!
NEW YORK, April 29 2009 -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has declared Wednesday Duke Ellington Day in New York in honor of the 110th anniversary of the late jazz great's birth. Ellington died in New York in 1974 at the age of 75.
To commemorate the musician's life, The Islands of the Bahamas said they are sponsoring a special run of New York's last surviving 1939 A Train, made famous in Ellington's signature tune "Take the A Train."
Paul Mercer Ellington, his grandson, and members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as musicians from Music Under New York were scheduled to perform the song on the mezzanine at 125th Street and St. Nicholas stop in Manhattan. The musicians will then board and perform on the historic train as it travels out to JFK Airport.
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posted by Quoting Napoleon at
12:09 PM
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I heard the train had the Ellington band on one car and the Music Under New York band on another car. I bet it was amazing.
On another note, since we are talking about NYC music events - did you hear of the NYC Musical Saw Festival? www.musicalsawfestival.org
They are going for the Guinness World Record of the largest number of musical saw players playing together.
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