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and his Orchestra: All performances in Connecticut (1931 - 1971) Friday, 10/30/1931 - Thursday, 11/5/1931 - Paramount Theater, New Haven Sunday, 9/2/1934 - Saturday, 9/8/1934 - Majestic Theater, Bridgeport Friday, 9/21/1934 - Thursday, 9/27/1934 - Palace Theater, Hartford Friday, 9/28/1934 - Thursday, 10/4/1934 - College Theater, New Haven Sunday, 10/14/1934 - Danceland, Ocean Beach Park, New London Thursday, 7/2/1936 - Foot Guard Hall, Hartford Friday, 1/27/1939 - Thursday, 2/2/1939 - State Theater, Hartford Thursday, 8/15/1940 - Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport Friday, 3/17/1944 - Sunday, 3/19/1944 - State Theater, Hartford Sunday, 6/11/1944 - Danceland, Ocean Beach Park, New London Friday, 7/6/1945 - Sunday, 7/8/1945 - State Theater, Hartford Sunday, 7/22/1945 - Danceland, Ocean Beach Park, New London Friday, 7/27/1945 - Sunday, 7/29/1945 - State Theater, Hartford Sunday, 7/26/1945 - Danceland, Ocean Beach Park, New London Sunday, 4/28/1946 - Armory, New Haven Sunday, 6/1/1947 - Danceland, Ocean Beach Park, New London Thursday, 11/13/1947 - Stamford Saturday, 11/8/1952 - Sunday, 11/9/1952 - State Theater, Hartford Wednesday, 1/19/1955 - Thursday, 1/20/1955 - Wright's Steak House, Plainville Sunday, 7/8/1956 - Danceland, Ocean Beach Park, New London Tuesday, 7/10/1956 - with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Frank Brieff), Yale Bowl, New Haven Tuesday, 7/15/1958 - Boyle Stadium, Stamford Sunday, 7/5/1959 - Danceland, Ocean Beach Park, New London Wednesday, 12/9/1959 - Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford Saturday, 11/19/1960 - Shakespeare Festival Theater, Stratford Tuesday, 6/6/1961 - Lake Compounce Park, Bristol Wednesday, 6/7/1961 - Statler Hotel, Hartford Sunday, 7/9/1961 - Danceland, Ocean Beach Park, New London Saturday, 7/30/1961 - Yale Bowl, New Haven Saturday, 2/17/1962 - Choate School, Wallingford Tuesday, 6/12/1962 - House of Cards, West Haven Saturday, 6/23/1962 - Eckman Center, Old Greenwich Monday, 6/25/1962 - Country Club, Somers Sunday, 8/5/1962 - Lake Compounce Park, Bristol Tuesday, 3/26/1963 - Duke Ellington is piano soloist in New World A-Comin' with Waterbury Symphony at State Theater, Waterbury Friday, 5/1/1964 - Trinity College, Hartford Sunday, 7/17/1966 - Shakespeare Festival Theater, Stratford Tuesday, 3/28/1967 - Holiday Inn, Meriden Thursday, 3/30/1967 - Stratfield Motor Inn, Bridgeport Thursday, 9/14/1967 - Paganini's Crystal Lake Ballroom, Ellington Saturday, 1/20/1968 - and singers, Second Sacred Concert at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, New Canaan Sunday, 1/21/1968 - Weltd Auditorium, Central Connecticut State College, New Britain Tuesday, 1/23/1968 - and singers, Second Sacred Concert and regular concert, Choate School, Wallingford Wednesday, 1/24/1968 - Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford Friday, 1/26/1968 - Woolsey Hall, Yale, New Haven. (Concert recorded and released as Yale Concert on Fantasy F-9433.) Sunday, 5/26/1968 - Concert of Sacred Music, Klein Memorial Auditorium, Bridgeport Sunday, 6/30/1968 - Concert of Sacred Music, Boyle Stadium, Stamford Friday, 10/18/1968 - Concert of Sacred Music, Woolsey Hall, Yale, New Haven Thursday, 10/24/1968 - Platt High School, Meriden Saturday, 4/19/1969 - Jorgensen Auditorium, UCONN, Storrs Friday, 5/7/1971 - Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford Thursday, 5/13/1971 - Hartford Source: Vail, Ken. Duke's diary. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2002. 2 v. : ill. ; 29 cm. |