SCD + Duke Ellington in collaboration with Shane Chalke B.E. Jazz

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SCD’S IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE SERIES Sarasota Contemporary Dance’s In-Studio Performance Series takes place at SCD’s home studio in the Rosemary District, and acts as an incubation platform for artists at varying stages in their careers. Whether they’re showing a work-in-progress or adding the final touches to a developed work, each artist’s residency culminates in a live performance followed by a Q&A with the featured artist. Get your tickets today! FALL 2021 Ariel Blue: Sept 24-25 Natalie Helm: Oct 22-23, and Nov 12-13 Bonnie Silvestri: Nov 5-6 Shane Chalke’s B.E. Jazz: Nov 29 (One night only!) Stephanie Bastos: Dec 10-11 SCDE Winter Showcase: Dec 17-18 SPRING 2022 Raychel Ceciro & Eugenia Titterington: Feb 11-12 Karim Manning & Monessa Salley: Feb 25-26 Heidi Brewer: March 11-12 Monessa Salley: April 1-2 Natalie Helm: April 15-16 SCDE Spring Showcase: May 13-14 Learn more & purchase tickets on our website! SarasotaContemporaryDance.org/In-Studio 14
ABOUT DUKE ELLINGTON (1899 – 1974) Duke Ellington (born April 29, 1899, Washington D.C. – died May 24, 1974, New York City), is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s best known African American personalities through his career as a jazz composer and band leader. Ellington’s guidance lasted more than half a century, setting the bar for generations of jazz, pop, theatre, and soundtrack composers. His distinctive ensemble sounds within Western music were achieved through new harmonies to blend individual musician sounds and emphasize congruent sections with a variety of instrument combinations. Ellington began his professional career at the age of 17, moving to New York as a pianist while gathering the members of his band (1923). Starting with six members, the ensemble grew to 11 as regulars performing at the Cotton Club (1926). The group performed music for burlesque, comedy, and vaudeville acts which would be broadcasted weekly, creating a national audience. Ellington’s orchestra continued to grow in members and popularity which led to their first European tour in the early 1930s. After a fifty-year career, the band completed over 20,000 performances throughout North America, Europe, West Africa, South America, Asia, and Australia. Their popularity wavered slightly after the end of World War II with the fall of the big-band era, but Ellington’s attendance at the Newport Jazz Festival revived the group (1956). Ensemble members such as trumpeter Cootie Williams, cornetist Rex Stewart, trombonist Lawrence Brown, and many more who have come and gone from the ensemble have made their own impact as influential jazz artists. Ellington himself composed over 2,000 songs such as “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing”, “Sophisticated Lady”, “Mood Indigo”, and “Solitude.” Ellington’s impact in the industry brought a great variety of awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, Medal of Freedom in 1969 by President Richard M Nixon, the French Legion of Honor in 1973, and over 10 Grammy Awards. His contributions towards American music during the big-band era still remains influential to this day. 15
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