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Film: Duke Ellington Day

Sat 04 Sept

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Southend-on-Sea

Films are back at The Jazz Centre UK! We will be screening 'The Royal Ellington Concert' and 'Duke: The Last Jam Session' on our digital display within our Media Room. Entrance Free, Donations Welcome.

Registration is Closed
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Film: Duke Ellington Day
Film: Duke Ellington Day

Time & Location

04 Sept 2021, 12:00 – 14:00

Southend-on-Sea, The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6EX, UK

About the Event

Films are back on display at The Jazz Centre UK! We will be screening 'The Royal Ellington Concert' and 'Duke: The Last Jam Session' on our digital display within our Media Room. Entrance Free, Donations Welcome. 

On-the-door entry is available however we recommend registering a free ticket at the bottom of this page. If our capacity fills we may refuse entry to the Media Room and by getting a ticket you can reserve your entry to the room on the day.

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn wrote The Queen᾽s Suite for Queen Elizabeth who was presented with a single pressing of the recording, which was not commercially issued during Ellington’s lifetime. Its six episodes were inspired

by natural phenomena encountered in his travels. In 1989 at the Royal Festival Hall, Ellington specialist Bob Wilber and a 16-piece orchestra recreated and filmed the Suite.

In the summer of 1966, Duke Ellington…

Tickets

  • Duke Ellington Day

    Free entrance ticket to The Jazz Centre UK Media Room.

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