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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist and bandleader of a jazz orchestra. He led his orchestra from 1923 until his death, his career spanning over 50 years.
Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward, and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s, his orchestra toured in Europe. Though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a liberating principle, and referred to his music as part of the more general category of American Music, rather than to a musical genre such as jazz.
Some of the musicians who were members of Ellington's orchestra, such as saxophonist Johnny Hodges, are considered to be among the best players in jazz. Ellington melded them into the best-known orchestral unit in the history of jazz. Some members stayed with the orchestra for several decades. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington often composed specifically to feature the style and skills of his individual musicians.
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Air-Conditioned Jungle (Hamilton-Ellington) Duke Ellington Orchestra Soloist Jimmy Hamilton clarinet The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946 Only for documentation purposes. Lutz Büchner in memoriam.
A super hot classic by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Air-Conditioned Jungle (1946)
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The best jazz forever
Fantastic performance footage of one of Jazz's greatest stars - Duke Ellington. With performances of song of his most famous songs including "Mood Indigo", "Caravan" & "Sophisticated Lady" Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big-band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally con...
0:00 Boo-Dah 4:18 Take The "A" Train 5:56 Afro-Bossa 10:37 Perdido 14:29 Never On Sunday 18:36 Happy Reunion 22:07 Wailing Interval 26:14 Caravan 32:02 Banquet 34:22 Things Ain't What They Used To Be 39:11 Skillipoop 43:19 The Prowling Cat Medley: [46:32 Intro fanfare] 1. 47:04 Satin Doll 2. 48:27 Solitude 3. 49:45 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 4. 50:26 Mood Indigo 5. 52:41 I'm Beginning To See The Light 6. 53:16 Sophisticated Lady 7. 56:17 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 8. 57:40 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 9. 59:23 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore 1:02:15 Take The "A" Train
Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as "the greatest performance of [Ellington's] career... It stood for everything that jazz had been and could be."
For many more Duke Ellington releases go to: http://bit.ly/1bcDSuY In the early 1960's the Goodyear Tire Company commisioned 5 short jazz films. The programs were originally filmed in 35 mm negative. The sound was recorded in professional stereo. Presenting the band in full vigor. Over the years, the prints faded to pink, because of an unstable color print stock. What was once an extremely professional, good looking endavour, now looked like the most out of date historic relic. In the late 80s Storyville Films polished and remastered the original source material and sync'ed music to the images. Finally these films were back to their intended quality and now stand as some of the most technically advanced of jazz films of the early 60s. This clip was recorded in NYC, January 9, 1962 ...
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: Duke Ellington (piano, conductor), Russell Procope (clarinet), Harry Carney (bass clarinet), Money Johnson (vocals, trumpet), Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby, Norris Turney (tenor saxophones), Cootie Williams (trumpet) Things Are Not What They Used To Be -- Mood Indigo -- Mack The Knife -- Don’t Get Around Much Any More -- Triplicate – Happy Reunion -- Take The A Train Sarah Vaughan And Her Trio Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Johnny Veith (piano), Gus Mancuso (bass), Eddy Pucci (drums) Clear Day -- ‘Scat’ Blues -- Misty -- I Cried For You -- My Funny Valentine -- All Of Me recorded at the Berliner Jazztage 1969 JazzAndBluesExperience ♫ SUBSCRIBE HERE : http://bit.ly/10VoH4l (Re)Discover the Jazz and Blues greatest hits ! ♫ JazznBluesExperience is your channel f...
This was recorded off ABC-TV in Australia in the eighties - they had a "jazz weekend" with various ABC celebrities of the time introducing different shows. This concert is curious - no audience, although Duke presents the pieces as if there is. Beautiful playing though.
Yes, 2 November 1958 Personnel: Cat Anderson, Harold Baker(t); Clark Terry(t,fl); Ray Nance(t,vl,v); Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders(tb); Jimmy Hamilton(cl,ts);Russell Procope(cl,as); Johnny Hodges(as); Paul Gonsalves(ts); Harry Carney(cl,as,bar); Duke Ellington(p); Jimmy Woode(sb); Sam Woodyard(d); Ozzie Bailey(v) 0:23 Medley (Black And Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche) 7:03 Harlem Air-Shaft 10:17 Sophisticated Lady 14:10 My Funny Valentine 20:38 Kinda Dukish/Rockin' In Rhythm 26:21 Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool 33:21 Jack The Bear 36:39 You Better Know It 39:41 All Of Me 42:09 Things Ain't What They Used To Be 46:36 Hi Fi Fo Fum 53:58 Medley (Don't Get Around Much Anymore/Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me/Don't You Know I Care/In A Sentimental Mood/Mood Indigo/I'm Beginning ...
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Duke Ellington - The Best of Duke Ellington 1 Satin Doll 2 Warm Valley 3 Flamingo 4 Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' 5 Black And Tan Fantasy 6 Things Ain't What They Used To Be 7 Happy-Go-Lucky Local 8 Rockin' IN Rhythm 9 C-Jam Blues 10 Bakiff 11 Caravan 12 Harlem Air Shaft 13 Serious Serenade 14 It Don't Mean A Thing
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Subscribe for more jazz and classical music: http://bit.ly/YouTubeHalidonMusic Love Jazz? Then look no further! With new videos constantly added, Halidon Music is home to the best Jazz on YouTube. Relive the magic of Jazz legends Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, Lionel Hampton, Eddie Condon, Count Basie and many more. Travel back in time to the Golden Age of Jazz with us! ▶ BUY the full album from our store: http://bit.ly/1U9dkAi SPECIAL OFFER € 1.99! OUR PLAYLISTS Jazz Essential - The Very Best of Jazz: https://bit.ly/YTJazzEssential Jazz from Italy – Jazz Italiano: http://bit.ly/ItalianJazz Follow us here: https://www.facebook.com/halidonmusic/ https://tw...
Classic Mood Experience The best masterpieces ever recorded in the music history. Join our YT: http://www.youtube.com/user/classicmoodexp Join our Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113483374521317576387/113483374521317576387/posts Join our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/classicmoodexp Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/user/1184062239 Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/profile/305140685 Tracklist: 00:00 Duke Ellington - Take the A Train (1941) (Billy Strayhorn, Joya Sherrill) 02:50 Duke Ellington - In a Sentimental Mood (1935) (Duke Ellington) 06:05 Duke Ellington - Diga Diga Doo (1928) (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) 08:55 Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (1932) (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) 12:02 Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo (1931) (Duke ...
This documentary, originally recorded in 1967, shows how Duke Ellington lived as a professional band leader, pianist and composer. Video is no longer available from the publisher, and existing copy of this documentary on YouTube has subtitles.
Riverside Records RLP 201 A1. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 00:00 A2. Sophisticated Lady 04:41 A3. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 09:12 A4. Black And Tan Fantasy 15:08 B1. Mood Indigo 18:30 B2. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 21:45 B3. Solitude 27:29 B4. Caravan 31:15 Bass – Oscar Pettiford Drums – Kenny Clarke Piano – Thelonious Monk Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey, July 21 and 27, 1955.
Interview by Sven Lindahl for Swedish tv channel SVT.
Ellington talking about how his inspiration works, from the documentary On The Road With Duke Ellington directed by Robert Drew.
Duke was interviewed by the Finnish National Broadcasting Company while arriving to Helsinki for a concert in 1973.
On September 19, 1963, legendary composer and pianist Duke Ellington played in an extraordinary concert in Kabul, Afghanistan. For thousand people gathered to hear what to them was the new and strange sound of jazz. On February 24, 1973 Ellington told the BBC's Michael Parkinson that it was one of the most memorable performances of his long career. He also played Satin Doll with the Harry Stoneham Five.
Oscar Peterson interviews Count Basie in 1980. Original video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HAZP7nWo6A Piano - Oscar Peterson & Count Basie Bass - Niels Pedersen Drums - Martin Drew
Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington got together on July 2, 1966 for an interview at the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in River Hills, Wisconsin. Bernstein and the Duke discussed a variety of music-related topics including cultural centers, classical/jazz audiences, and composing music. "Well maybe that's really the difference between us, that you wrote symphonic jazz, and I wrote jazz symphonies." Leonard Bernstein to Duke Ellington (1966) Used by Permission/Copyright WTMJ-TV, a Journal Broadcast Group Station. All Rights Reserved.
From an interview in 2007, Sonny Rollins talks about hearing Duke Ellington at the Apollo Theatre.
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Air-Conditioned Jungle (1946)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Air-Conditioned Jungle (1946)
A super hot classic by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
Air-Conditioned Jungle (Hamilton-Ellington) Duke Ellington Orchestra Soloist Jimmy Hamilton clarinet The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946 Only for documentation purposes. Lutz Büchner in memoriam.
Duke Ellington Greatest Hits - The Best Of Duke Ellington
In my solitude you haunt me
with reveries of days gone by
in my solitude you taunt me
with memories that never die
i sit in my chair
filled with despair
nobody could be so sad
with gloom ev'rywhere
i sit and i stare
i know that i'll soon go mad
in my solitude
i'm praying
dear lord above
send back my love
alternative lyric:
in my solitude you haunt me
with reveries of days gone by
in my solitude you taunt me
with memories that never die
i sit in my chair
i'm filled with despair
there's no one could be so sad
with gloom ev'rywhere
i sit and i stare
i know that i'll soon go mad
in my solitude
i'm praying
dear lord above
send back my love