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SUMMARY:Novel Jazz Septet Celebrates Duke Ellington’s 125th Birthday
DESCRIPTION:The musicians of "Novel Jazz" have been performing straight-
 ahead jazz around Maine and New England for over three decades. They dra
 w from the Great American Songbook and specialize in the works of Edward
  Kennedy ("Duke") Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The band members hail f
 rom all over Maine…Belfast\, Buxton\, Chebeague Island\, Gardiner\, Ne
 wcastle\, Vassleboro as well as Westbrook. They perform regularly in mid
 -coast Maine (the town of Damariscotta\, at the Skidompha Public Library
 \; approximately four times per year) as an effort to keep jazz alive in
  the state. Fifteen years ago\, they embarked on a project to go through
  the massive archive of compositions by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayho
 rn-- who wrote about 2\,500 pieces between them-- transcribe some lesser
  known gems for the band and reinterpret them with a 21st century sound.
  Their first CD was released in 2008\, their second was released in 2011
 . The band released their third CD\, "Novel and Novelle... More unearthe
 d treasures by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington" in June 2015. Their f
 ourth CD was released in the summer of 2019. Public radio did a special 
 radio news interview on the Ellington/Strayhorn project of Novel Jazz. M
 iscellaneous press clippings can be found here. Several two-hour program
 s dedicated to Novel Jazz have been broadcast on Maine Public Radio's ja
 zz show\, "Jazz Tonight" over the years.\n\nThese are all seasoned jazz 
 guys\, and the result is a sound that made me sway\, smile\, groove\, sl
 ow-dance with myself around the living room and play the air snare drums
 . Note to self: Bring this disc to work and impress jazz-appreciating bo
 ss. — Aimsel Ponti\, Music Writer\, Portland Press Herald
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LOCATION:76 Congress Street\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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