Closure of Ellington Colliery at Ellington, Northumberland, the last remaining operational deep coal mine in North East England, and the last in the UK to extract coal from under the sea.
In early 2005 residents of nearby villages were worried about the fate of the smelter when the only remaining local coal mine situated at Ellington, closed.
The school crest was designed by a pupil and features a drawing of the colliery, the beach, Alcan smelter and the school.
The village of Ellington in Northumberland may derives its name from the Saxon first name 'Ella'.
In 1981, he was transferred to Ellington Colliery and went to college, receiving a HNC in Mining.
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Donnie Allison fought for the lead as it changed 49 times on a brutally hot day; he fell ill after drinking a bottle of soda and needed a relief driver; Darrell Waltrip arrived in the Hoss Ellington pit and drove the final 40 laps, beating Cale Yarborough and Skip Manning for the win, the final time in NASCAR history a relief driver got the win.
Towards the end of the 1990s he initiated a more jazz-oriented musical project: The "Ellington, Krakow-style" concert, in which Duke Ellington's compositions were arranged by the foremost composers from Kraków's Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret - including Zygmunt Konieczny, Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz, Zbigniew Raj and Grzegorz Turnau – for a 25-piece orchestra which performed in Kiev, Stockholm, and several other cities.
This was followed by Reflections...the romantic guitar of Amancio D’Silva (1971), featuring orchestral arrangements by Stan Tracey of classic songs by Gershwin, Ellington and others.
In 2000, Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra received a Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance for their recording of Ellington-Strayhorn's Far East Suite.
Although Ellington never played the tune again after the recording session, many other artists have since recorded it, including Stan Getz, Jimmy Rowles, Joe Henderson and Bobby Watson.
Kerr also participated in several tributary projects devoted to Duke Ellington that featured former members of Ellington's crew, such as Ray Nance and Francis Williams.
In the winter of 1912-1913, he and Lieutenant E. L. Ellington were sent to Palm Beach, Florida, in charge of the Signal Corps Aviation Station.
Cass City is surrounded by several communities including Colwood, Deford, Elmwood and Ellington.
A year later, Orlando Gough and Richard Chew created an eighteen piece a' capella vocal group "The Shout", of which Daniela was an original member, alongside names such as Ian Shaw, Carol Grimes, Melanie Pappenheim, Wayne Ellington, and Manikam Yogeswara .
The Duke Ellington Fellowship Program is a community based organization which sponsors artists mentoring and performing with Yale University students and young musicians from the New Haven public school system.
The Third Sacred Concert was built around the skills of Alice Babs, Harry Carney, and Ellington himself on the piano.
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As early as October 1962, the Reverend John S. Yaryan approached Ellington about performing at the new Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
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It was premiered at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom on October 24, 1973 and released on LP in 1975 but has only been issued on CD as part of the 24 disc The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973) collection.
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#"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" - with Ella Fitzgerald (Ellington, Lee Gaines) – 3:47
Ellington 'Fugi' Jordan is an American soul and funk songwriter and record producer, mainly known as the co-writer (with Billy Foster) of the blues song, "I'd Rather Go Blind".
Alongside sponsored skateboarders, Geoff Rowley, Louis Lopez, Arto Saari, Curren Caples, and David González, Ellington is a client of management company, RPRT.
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Ellington cofounded the skateboard deck brand Deathwish with professional skateboarder Jim Greco in 2008 and, as of 2013, the two partners continue to co-own the company.
Shorty Rogers and Kenny Baker began playing it in the early fifties, and Clark Terry used it in Duke Ellington's orchestra in the mid-1950s.
In 1972, he hooked up with Hoss Ellington driving a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, to little success.
He did participate in the Aleksander Glondys's "Ellington po krakowsku" ("Ellington Kraków way"), a concert based upon idea of notable composers of Piwnica pod Baranami playing their interpretations of Duke`s music.
The screenplay by Earl Baldwin and John Tucker Battle is based on a story by E. A. Ellington.
live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and, when Burris learned Ellington would be in Fargo in 1940, he asked the William Morris Agency, Ellington's agent, for permission to record the session.
Ellington eventually attracted sponsorship from skincare company King of Shaves, who offered to sponsor him if the eBay deal fell through.
He appeared with musicians such as George Lewis, Butch Morris, Barry Guy, Kenny Wheeler, Han Bennink, the NOW Orchestra, the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation and the Duke Ellington Orchestra (under the direction of Paul Ellington).
A short while after this, Johnny Fourie auditioned for the Ray Ellington Quartet of The Goon Show fame.
Kiwi Andy Ewington (Andrew Ellington or Ewy) netted the silver goal dragflick to give the 'town a famous victory in UCD.
A broadsheet, established in 1854 as a monthly and becoming weekly in 1858, the newspaper serves Morpeth, Ponteland, Pegswood, Ellington, Lynemouth, Widdrington Station and the outlying districts.
In 2005, Ellington married a Bosnian woman, Alma from Tuzla, and adopted the religion of Islam, his wife's faith, before they married.
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Ellington was also still seen as an important part of the squad by manager Tony Mowbray.
In his biography of Ellington, author James Lincoln Collier says that “In a Sentimental Mood,” “Sophisticated Lady,” and “Prelude to a Kiss” are adaptations of Hardwick melodies.
"I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Music by Duke Ellington, Don George, Harry James, Johnny Hodges)
Four of these records, made with his ensemble the Get Happy Band, are of special interest to collectors of early jazz, as these albums featured performances by the soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, as well as by Duke Ellington sidemen Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton (trombone) and Elmer Snowden (banjo).
Ellington was born Henry Pitts Brown, at 155 Kennington Road, Kennington, London, the youngest of four children.
Sintetico does not only contain songs by well-known artists like Charles Mingus (Ellington's Sound of Love) or Frank Loesser (If I Should Lose You), but also tracks written by Muresu (Sintetico and Spite) and D’Aiello (Never Doubt and Be Nice).
He joined David Baker and Mercedes Ellington for Duke Ellington’s The Sacred Concerts and My People, and in 1997 toured Japan with the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra singing Leonard Bernstein’s Opening Prayer. A favorite at Dr. Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, Sims has appeared on several Hour of Power international telecasts.
Greer was a heavy drinker, as well as a pool-hall hustler (when he needed to retrieve his drums from the pawnbroker), and in 1950 Ellington responded to his drinking and occasional unreliability by taking a second drummer, Butch Ballard, with them on a tour of Scandinavia.
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Greer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and played with Elmer Snowden's band and the Howard Theatre's orchestra in Washington, D.C. before joining Duke Ellington, whom he met in 1919.
Atfield served on a judging panel for America's Hot Musician, a reality talent competition for instrumental musicians, alongside Duke Ellington Orchestra alumnus Gregory Charles Royal and National Symphony Orchestra violinist Marissa Regni.
Since the journal's establishment in 1923, there have been seven Editors-in-Chief: Sir James Gray (1926–1955), J. A. Ramsay (1952–1974), Sir Vincent Wigglesworth (1955–1974), John Treherne (1974–1989), Charlie Ellington (1989–1994), and Bob Boutilier (1994–2003).
G. Byron Peck's mural to Duke Ellington on the side of the building, overlooks the U Street Metro station.
Ellington has been on stage with Mos Def, De La Soul, Meshell Ndegocello and with his mentor UK Soul legend Omar.