Event overview
The Ellington Effect or, Billy Strayhorn and the Production of Ellingtonian Space. Versioning as Method (music and the musical de-estrangement of difference) part 2
Edward George and Louis Moreno
About his mentor, collaborator and estranged friend Duke Ellington the composer Billy Strayhorn said “Ellington plays the piano, but his real instrument is his band. Each member of his band is to him a distinctive tone colour and set of emotions which he mixes with others equally distinctive to produce a third thing, which I like to call the ‘Ellington Effect’.”
This session will consider the spatial and temporal dimensions of the 'Ellington Effect' , drawing on Edward George's concept of 'Ellingtonian Space' (dropped at his recent Strangeness of Jazz on Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington at Cafe Oto), this session will discuss how the effects of Ellingtonian space help us to understand what happens when the senses become theoreticians in their immediate practice.
Edward George is a writer and broadcaster. Founder of Black Audio Film Collective, George wrote and presented the ground-breaking science fiction documentary Last Angel of History (1996). George is part of the multimedia duo Flow Motion, and the electronic music group Hallucinator. He and hosts Sound of Music (Threads Radio), Kuduro – Electronic Music of Angola (Counterflows). George’s series The Strangeness of Dub (Morley Radio) dives into reggae, dub, versions and versioning, drawing on critical theory, social history, and a deep and a wide cross-genre musical selection. Edward George lives and works in London and is a Visual Cultures Research Fellow.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2024 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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