#Kate Ellington

[ginaraemitchell]

The Secret Cottage by Kate Ellington, a 368-page Historical Romance | Book Review ~ Gift Card (limited availability) | #HistFic #Romance

The Secret Cottage by Kate Ellington, a 368-page Historical Romance. In "The Secret Cottage" by Kate Ellington, readers are transported to a world where scandal and societal expectations shape the lives of the protagonists, Isabel Tate and Robert Claremont. "The Secret Cottage" offers readers a compelling historical romance that weaves a tale of love triumphing over inconceivable odds. @goddessfish #historicalfiction #giveaway

The Secret Cottage by Kate Ellington, a 368-page Historical Romance | Book Review ~ Gift Card (limited availability) | #HistFic #Romance A book blog tour from Goddess Fish Promotions. Thank you to the author, publisher, and Marianne & Judy at Goddess Fish for providing me with the information for this tour. Book Details ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excerpt from The Secret Cottage Isabel glanced around…

[jazzdailyblog]

"On Duke's Birthday:" A Jazz Tribute by the Mike Westbrook Orchestra

Introduction: The jazz world is filled with tributes, homages, and celebrations of past masters, but few manage to capture the essence of their inspiration while forging new paths quite like Mike Westbrook’s “On Duke’s Birthday.” Released in 1985, this live album by the Mike Westbrook Orchestra is a dedicated suite to the memory of Duke Ellington, recorded on May 12, 1984, at Le Grand Theatre in…

[dogearedfriends]

they're so fucking weird

one thing i really like is when they start out in completely different places but end up with the same conclusion or vice versa!! idk man they're so different and so alike at the same time, hence: spock likes art pop, kirk likes jazz. it makes sense to me

albums in order: when the pawn... (i'm not writing the whole title) by fiona apple, utopia by björk, aerial by kate bush, anatomy of a murder by duke ellington, monk's blues by thelonious monk, huvva! svensk folkmusik på beat by merit hemmingson

also look at all the cool stuff you can do in samsung notes. goes kinda crazy until you try to screenshot it loooool look at that quality

[justellie-b]

Happy birthday to one of New York's finest, Kate Beckett... the one who finds beauty in the everyday magic of life, including Coltrane.

Dedicating a song by Duke Ellington & Coltrane "In a Sentimental Mood" on her special day 🤍

Shoutout to @do-it-for-the-fandom who gave me the encouragement to finish this, almost gave up on it 😂🤍 (I hope you love it! haha)

[asteriskemily]

White Collar x DC this

DC x Danny Phantom that

Fuck It! Cut Out The Middle Man! White Collar x Danny Phantom!!!

You think Danny Fenton wouldn’t go on the run from [insert problem here] and accidentally find himself phasing through the Louvre? And well if he wants to grab a souvenir on his way out, who can blame him? St. George and The Dragon, don’t mind if I do. And if this just keeps happening, well he could make a career out of this. He can get into any vault and he’s gotten pretty darn good at lying over the past few years. Meet Danny….Brooks. Yeah Danny Brooks (or George Devoure, or Nick Halden, or Neal Caffrey)

You think Danielle “Elle” Phantom wouldn’t be going about her business traveling the world and decide to settle down in New York for a bit? Well oh no now there’s an FBI agent questioning her. And Oh Shit now he’s looking into her (entirely fabricated) background. And OH FUCK… he asked her out? Well, might as well and oops now they’re married, wonder how she’s gonna explain the whole half-dead clone thing.

Give Me ghosts fucking up fbi ops, Give Me June Ellington being an Old Friend of Ida Manson, Give Me Sam and Tucker trading who plays the roll of Kate, Give Me Neal!Danny and Peter!Val, Give Me Danny conning his way into a fancy party and Vlad is there! GIVE ME MOZZIES A LITERAL GHOST!!!

[elkdiaries]

welcome to my blog ☆。*。☆。

an introduction ₓ˚. ୭ ˚ i’m ellie! \\ butch \\ writer \\ scorpio sun & rising, cancer moon \\ any pronouns \\ lover of all things nature and art ♡

i post a lot about ₓ˚. ୭ ˚ boygenius \\ the mandalorian \\ art \\ marauders \\ stranger things \\ bugs \\ the bear \\ music \\ the last of us \\ a league of their own, emphasis on jesslupe \\ & other queer stuff

requests open ₓ˚. ୭ ˚ don’t be afraid to send me asks! i love making headcanons and moodboards and would love to work with prompts ♡

musicians i love ₓ˚. ୭ ˚ ratboys \\ lucy dacus \\ brent faiyaz \\ illuminati hotties \\ foo fighters \\ adrianne lenker \\ ethel cain \\ frank ocean \\ elliott smith \\ duke ellington \\ jeff buckley \\ soccer mommy \\ olivia rodrigo & so many more ♡

recent reads ₓ˚. ୭ ˚ one night on the island by josie silver \\ how to read literature like a professor by thomas c. foster \\ the old man and the sea by ernest hemingway \\ the awakening by kate chopin \\ all of you every single one by beatrice hitchman

header source ₓ˚. ୭ ˚ the book of miracles by augsburger wunderzeichenbuch, c. 1550

[symptomofloves]

tagged by @murderballadeer a while ago to post one song for each letter of my url! thanks beloved lucie <3

sonnet by dakhabrakha

yaral sa doom by wau wau collectif

mood indigo by duke ellington

precious jewel by pat metheny & charlie haden

time as a symptom by joanna newsom

one big love by patty griffin

misty by ella fitzgerald

on & on by gladys knight & the pips

freddie's dead by curtis mayfield

love & anger by kate bush

off minor by thelonious monk with john coltrane

vine solita by natalia lafourcade

everytime we say goodbye (live at the symphony) by laufey

sibongile by mafikizolo

i'll tag @ashstfu, @funkyladydaydream, @gentlewarrior, @nurseadriansbrother, @obsessioncollector, & anyone else who feels like it ^-^

[jpbjazz]

LÉGENDES DU JAZZ

GEORGE DUVIVIER, L’INCONTOURNABLE DE LA CONTREBASSE

Né le 17 août 1920 à New York, George Duvivier était le fils de Leon V. Duvivier et Ismay Blakely.  À l’âge de huit ans, Duvivier avait commencé par étudié le violon, mais il était passé à la contrebasse durant ses études au high school. Comme il l’avait expliqué plus tard, ''It seemed to be the foundation of everything.''

Duvivier avait travaillé comme maître de concert pour le Central Manhattan Symphony Orchestra.

Duvivier avait commencé à se concentrer sur la composition durant ses études à l’Université de New York. Duvivier avait été particulièrement influencé par le contrebassiste de Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, qui était devenu un de ses amis proches et qui l’avait encouragé à développer la tonalité qui avait été sa marque de commerce durant sa carrière.

DÉBUTS DE CARRIÈRE

Après avoir fait ses premières armes en se produisant dans les clubs locaux, Duvivier avait amorcé sa carrière professionnelle à l’âge de dix-neuf ans avec le groupe de Coleman Hawkins. Il avait joué par la suite avec Lucky Millinder et Eddie Barefield. 

Après avoir continué à jouer de la contrebasse durant son service militaire, Duvivier avait travaillé comme arrangeur avec l’orchestre de Jimmie Lunceford, puis comme contrebassiste et arrangeur avec le trompettiste  Sy Oliver.

Dans les années 1950, Duvivier avait accompagné la chanteuse Lena Horne dans une tournée en Europe. Il avait aussi enregistré des commerciaux et de la musique de film, et participé à des émissions de télévision. Même s’il avait passé presque toute sa carrière comme accompagnateur, Duvivier avait enregistré un premier album comme leader avec le pianiste français Martial Solal en 1956. Durant quatre ans à partir de 1953, il avait travaillé avec le pianiste Bud Powell. Au cours de sa carrière, Duvivier avait collaboré avec des grands noms du jazz comme Count Basie, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman (notamment dans le film de 1956 ‘’The Benny Goodman Story’’), Chico Hamilton, Hank Jones, Lionel Hampton, Kenny Dorham, Shelly Manne, Oliver Nelson, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmie Lunceford, Clark Terry, Lucky Millinder, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, Terry Gibbs, Gerry Mulligan, Bud Powell et Bob Wilber. Il avait aussi accompagné de nombreux vocalistes, dont Kate Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra (avec qui il avait enregistré des albums comme “September of My Years” et and “A Man and His Music”), Billy Eckstine, Pearl Bailey et Lena Horne. Il s’était également produit avec des orchestres symphoniques comme le New York Philharmonic, le Philadelphia Orchestra et le Boston Pop. Duvivier avait aussi fait partie des orchestres de nombreuses émissions de télévision, dont le  ''Today Show’’, le ''Tonight Show’’le the Dick Cavett show et le Ed Sullivan Show. Très prolifique, Duvivier avait collaboré à plus de 2500 albums au cours de sa carrière, ce qui en avait fait un des musiciens les plus enregistrés de l’histoire.

George Duvivier est mort d’un cancer à sa résidence de Manhattan, à New York, le 11 juillet 1985. Il était âgé de soixante-quatre ans. La mère de Duvivier, Ismay Duvivier, avait légué les archives de son fils à l’Institute of Jazz Studies de l’Université Rutgers au New Jersey.

Duvivier était particulièrement reconnu pour son sens du rythme, ce qui lui avait permis d’obtenir de nombreux contrats comme musicien de studio. Duvivier avait également été un pionnier de la basse électrique, qu’il avait contribué à introduire dans le monde du jazz. Doté d’une technique irréprochable, Duvivier était également caractérisé par un style unique qui lui avait permis un développer une grande complexité avec les autres musiciens.

©-2024, tous droits réservés, Les Productions de l’Imaginaire historique

SOURCES:

‘’George Duvivier.’’ Wikipedia, 2024.

‘’George Duvivier Dies; Bassist for Top Bands.’’ New York Times, 13 juillet 1985.

‘’George Duvivier, Jazz Bassist, Dies.’’ Los Angeles Times, 18 juillet 1985.

‘’The Jazz Legend: George Duvivier’’. Crippd, 2024.

[flanneryculp]

hello, CEO of the basic eight!!!! those characters are my little skrunklings and i’m so glad to see your ever constant posts about them, when the book is so underrated! give me some HCs about them please!! middle names, birthdays, childhood experiences, anything! but of course, only if you’d like to or have the time. love your blog!

— pinterest anon

oh man this might be my favorite ask i've ever received, thank you so much! it makes me a little sad to think about how little recognition tb8 got, but at the same time, it's nice to be in a fandom of five people who all know each other. like a book club! :) these are silly and not based in canon, and i change my mind on them all the time.

@ellington-f3int and i were talking about this--i headcanon that flora and rachel state become friends post-canon.

in my mind rachel was always the black sheep of her family, and her dressing up goth and writing terrible edgy poetry was her way of rebelling against her parents' strict conservative upbringing.

flora eventually grows a little resentful of tert/the talkshows both because of how strict they are, and because there’s a part of her that’s still loyal to her friends and isn’t fond of the satanism accusations.

while tert and mr. and mrs. state are on tv to spread an agenda and become famous, flora and rachel feel more distanced from the situation than ever. they feel weird about having this tragedy turned into a Media Sensation, and that they're participating in it. though they're initially wary of each other, they end up getting close since they’re the only ones who can understand each other.

their kinship develops into a real friendship, where flora is the #1 fan of rachel’s emo poetry and rachel will happily sit through as many guiness world record facts as flora has to offer

rachel still hates the rest of the eight, though

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so you know how tert talks about a possibility of natasha being based on a counselor in training flan knew? i have so many thoughts about that. i think she was maybe a year or two older than flan, and they met on the summer between middle and high school. anyway, flan and natasha v. snuck out in the middle of the night to a corner store, and flan helped natasha v. dye her hair in the camp bathroom. it was stained with black hair dye forever (kind of paralleling natasha helping flan wash off adam’s blood) and it was such a keystone experience for flan that she always thought of natasha with black hair.

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i think most of them met at different points in their lives, but were all close friends by sophomore year. before their group formed, they were all pretentious but in different ways.

a specific example i have in mind is of v____, lily, and douglas all being friends since fifth grade. they met in the orchestra classroom and bonded over a love of classical music. v____ dropped viola in middle school because of having too little time to practice, but still is a classical music buff (though not to the extent of lily and douglas). those three were the most pretentious of anyone in late elementary/early middle lmao.

kate was a big part of bringing them together, because of her knack for knowing Literally Everyone. flan and kate went to the same elementary school for years but didn’t get to know each other well until middle school, when they were in the same play together. they gossiped backstage and realized they had a lot in common.

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flan is absolutely a child of the dare program. of course she thought it was pointless, but from the way she’s horrified at her friends smoking in the end (while not caring about absinthe) shows that something must have stuck lol.

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jennifer rose milton always has the best stationery. a whole box of glitter pens in every color, and those fancy mechanical pencils. she’s also really good at drawing and quite passionate about it. she likes doing landscapes and drawing what she sees in front of her when she has a moment to just sit. her school papers are covered in little doodles.

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height headcanons:

1. flora (5'0)

2. kate (5'1)

3. v____ (5'3)

4. lily (5'4)

5. (flan 5'5)

6 (natasha 5'5 but she has better posture than flan + usually wears platforms/heels)

7. gabriel 5'7

8. jennifer rose milton (5'8) (shes tall! you can’t convince me otherwise! ^^)

9. douglas 5'10

10. adam (6'0)

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some short ones!

natasha and v____ both have huge sweet tooths and love going out for desserts together. :)

lily has insomnia and usually takes chamomile tea before bed. she’s actually become really good at making tea and has a bunch of different varieties

natasha is a big fan of hole (the band). she plays the live through this album in the car with flan often

flan and natasha have slightly different handwriting and if you look closely you can tell which one of them wrote something. but the differences are subtle--both write in messy, jagged print

flan and natasha sometimes go to the library and specifically look at the terrible ya/poetry section and spend hours reading each other the worst lines they can find and laughing til they can't breathe

gabriel is really good at first aid and healing most injuries. also if one of his friends gets sick, he’s always the first to visit them and makes sure they have what they need (homework, medicine, FOOD <3 <3 <3)

douglas gets along really well with his sister and they managed to stay in touch despite her being in college (until senior year, where he talked to her less and less. rip)

kate was always a leader, even when she was little. she was always the person who volunteered to pass out the papers in elementary school. once when she was in second grade she got into a pretty nasty fight over who would be the line leader

before she got into the guinness world records, flora used to be really into mythology

in elementary, flan used to get in trouble during group reading time because she would always read way faster than her classmates and be done while everyone else was still on page 4. this is when she started to hate school

adam is ambidextrous

in elementary school, jennifer rose milton was the girl who’d braid your hair during storytime. :)

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there are almost certainly more i'm forgetting, but those are the ones i can think of right now! thanks again for the ask <3

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Remember Me

Rating: PG-13

Director: Allen Coulter

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin, Chris Cooper, Ruby Jerins, Martha Plimpton, Gregory Jbara, Tate Ellington, Kate Burton, Chris McKinney, Meghan Markle, Christopher Clawson, Emily Wickersham, Kelli Barrett, Moisés Acevedo

Release year: 2010

Genres: drama, romance

Blurb: Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death...but as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardises their love.

[musicandotherdelights]

Daily Listening, Day #1,177 - March 22nd, 2023

Album: Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia, 1957)

Artist: Duke Ellington [As Duke Ellington & His Orchestra]

Genre: Big Band

Track Listing:

"Such Sweet Thunder"

"Sonnet For Caesar"

"Sonnet To Hank Cinq"

"Lady Mac"

"Sonnet In Search Of A Moor"

"The Telecasters"

"Up And Down, Up And Down (I Will Lead Them Up And Down)"

"Sonnet For Sister Kate"

"The Star-Crossed Lovers"

"Madness In Great Ones"

"Half The Fun"

"Circle Of Fourths"

Favorite Song: "Sonnet For Sister Kate"

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 4.29

Beer Birthdays

Matthew Vassar (1792)

Robert Cain (1826)

Phillip Jacob Ebling Jr. (1861)

Pat McIllhenney (1954)

Tom Riley (1963)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Duke Ellington; jazz composer (1899)

Tommy James; pop singer (1947)

Rafael Sabatini; writer (1875)

Jerry Seinfeld; comedian (1955)

John Waters; film director (1946)

Famous Birthdays

Andre Agassi; tennis player (1970)

Luis Aparicio; Chicago White Sox SS (1934)

John Arbuthnot; Scottish scientist, mathematician (1667)

Thomas Beechum; orchestra conductor (1897)

Philippe Brun; jazz trumpeter (1908)

Daniel Day-Lewis; actor (1958)

Lonnie Donegan; folk singer (1931)

Nora Dunn; actor, comedian (1952)

Dale Earnhardt; automobile racer (1951)

Oliver Ellsworth; Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1745)

William Randolph Hearst; newspaper magnate (1951)

Celeste Holm; actor (1917)

David Icke; writer, conspiracy theorist (1952)

Irvin Kershner; film director (1923)

Rod McKuen; folk singer (1933)

Zubin Mehta; orchestra conductor (1936)

Donald Mills; singer, "Mills Brothers" (1915)

Kate Mulgrew; actor (1955)

Tommy Noonan; actor (1922)

Michelle Pfeiffer; actor (1958)

Eve Plumb; actor (1958)

Henri Poincare; French mathematician (1854)

Malcolm Sargent; orchestra conductor (1879)

Toots Thielmans; jazz musician (1922)

Uma Thurman; actor (1970)

Klaus Voorman; rock bassist (1942)

Rachel Williams; model (1967)

Carnie Wilson; pop singer (1968)

Fred Zinnemann; film director (1907)

[thepenmuse]

Blurb Blitz: THE SECRET COTTAGE

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Kate Ellington will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. Isabel Tate yearns for the simple pleasures she took for granted before scandal rocked her family two years ago. On May Day, she’s determined to forget her troubles and…

[symptomofloves]

tagged by @murderballadeer to spell my url with song titles. thanks lucie <3!

south london forever by florence + the machine

you don't know my name by alicia keys

misty by ella fitzgerald

precious things by tori amos

time as a symptom by joanna newsom

old friends by simon & garfunkel

mood indigo by duke ellington

only in the past by the be good tanyas

fragile by laufey

love and anger by kate bush

odoruyo by hanako

venus as a boy by bjork

emperor with an egg by spellling

suzanne by roberta flack

i will tag @imkindatheman, @littlejumpydogheart, @msvhs, @mumintroll, @nevergoesout, @seventeengoingunder, @weyesbloodgf & anyone else who feels like it :)

[whatilistenedtoatwork]

From November 27th to November 30th, 2023

27-11-23

MEGAN HENWOOD “Making Waves”; OLIVIA RODRIGO “Guts”; THE TOADIES “Rubberneck”; THE SURFRAGETTES “Roller Fink”; ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG “Ella & Louis”; LEONARD NIMOY “Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space”; NEIL YOUNG “Tonight’s The Night”; TELEVISION “Marquee Moon”; LE TIGRE “Feminist Sweepstakes”; SPINAL TAP “Back From The Dead”; KIRSTY MacCOLL “Tropical Brainstorm”; THE GOODIE MOB “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show”; ALY BAIN “Aly Bain & Friends”

28-11-23

THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”; KISS “Alive!”; TOM WAITS “Blue Valentine”; JANELLE MONAE “The ArchAndroid”; LOS LOBOS “La Pistola Y El Corazon”; SLEATER-KINNEY “The Woods”; SLEEPER “The It Girl”; KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE “Pronto Monto”; ELVIS PRESLEY “From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis”; SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET “Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham”

29-11-23

MILES DAVIS “At Plugged Nickel Chicago, Volume 2”; TOM LEHRER “That Was The Year That Was”; WORLD PARTY “Goodbye Jumbo”; WAS (NOT WAS) “What Up Dog”; EURYTHMICS “Be Yourself Tonight”; SUZANNE VEGA “Days Of Open Hand”; SUPERGRASS “Life On Other Planets”; HERBIE HANCOCK “Empyrean Isles”

30-11-23

THE PAJAMA GAME “Original Cast Recording”; DUKE ELLINGTON “The Blanton-Webster Band”; HERBIE HANCOCK “Mwandishi”; ERIC BOGLE & JOHN MUNRO “When The Wind Blows”; JOAN JETT “Bad Reputation”; BRITNEY SPEARS “Circus”; SPICE GIRLS “Spice”; HOT TUNA “Burgers”; DONNA SUMMER “Four Seasons Of Love”; NED’S ATOMIC DUSTBIN “Bloodbrainvolume”; THE SLITS “Return Of The Giant Slits”; SCOTT BRADLEE’S POSTMODERN JUKEBOX “PMJ & Chill”; VASSAR CLEMENTS “Once In A While”; CEE LO GREEN “The Lady Killer”; ERIC B & RAKIM “Follow The Leader”

[ginaraemitchell]

Sea Glass and Fireflies by Kate Ellington | Book Review ~ Excerpt ~ $20 Gift Card | #Romance @GoddessFish @kateellingtonauthor @WildRosePress

"Sea Glass and Fireflies" by Kate Ellington delivers a compelling, tender narrative combining emotion, tension, and love. It explores the complexities of rekindling old connections and the profound impact of secrets and loss. This is a must-read for fans of sweet romance and those seeking a tale of love's endurance and the possibility of healing wounded hearts. Kate Ellington's storytelling will leave readers eagerly anticipating her future works. #Romance #Grief #FriendsToLovers @GoddessFish @WildRosePress @kateellingtonauthor

Sea Glass and Fireflies by Kate Ellington | Book Review ~ Excerpt ~ $20 Gift Card | #Romance @GoddessFish @kateellingtonauthor @WildRosePress A book blog tour from Goddess Fish Promotions. Thank you to the author, publisher, and Marianne & Judy at Goddess Fish for providing me with the information for this tour. Book Details   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excerpt from Sea Glass and Fireflies As they…