Duke Ellington is universally recognized as one of the towering figures of 20th-century music, both a brilliant composer and one of the preeminent musicians ...

Duke Ellington's son Mercer has said that his father was frustrated in only one area of musical ambition: his desire to do his own Broadway show.

amaterishly over-applied digital NR that renders the music pretty much worthless. Mike. "Daniel Nagel" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:c73r6n$1ur$07$1 ...

There are simply two kinds of music: good music and the other kind ... The only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of how it ...

Nov 9, 2022 ... The Duke ​will be celebrated in the next concert of the Reflections in Music series, at The Church in Sag Harbor on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 ...

Duke Ellington's Sacred Music. Post date: Nov 18, 2009 8:49:21 AM. Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra with Dee Daniels, James Caddell, the Phoenix Choir, and Troy ...

Composer: Duke Ellington. Composition: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing. Date: 1931 (recorded 1932). Genre: Big Band Jazz. Form: AABA.

I asked about this on the Duke Ellington List serve. Apparently he never ... Ellington's versions of the songs on the Dr. John CD (to introduce a Dr ...

Apr 13, 1993 ... In a 1999 Vanity Fair article, Mercer Ellington said he thought Duke's with Billy Strayhorn may well have been sexual. Duke was prob bisexual ...

Most of the Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn tunes people know and love represent about 2 percent of the songs they actually wrote.” Ellington and Strayhorn, ...

By: Andrew Cesljarev. About Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington was the main influence on big band jazz, and would create great music for his 50 year career.

Apr 13, 2003 ... I'd read an article about jazz songs played by artists such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Duke Ellington. The songs were all subtly ...

Music lovers everywhere have hailed Duke Ellington as one of the greatest geniuses of jazz. Yet, aside from Ellington's own rather unrevealing autobiography ...

It also illuminates his personal life because, for Ellington, music was his life and his life was a constant inspiration for music. Preview this book » ...

Keith Jarrett/My Song 5. Wynton Marsalis/Thick in the south (Soul Gestures ... Duke Ellington : "And His Mother Called Him Bill" John Coltrane/Johnny ...

music.bluenote. Conversations · About. Send feedback. Help ... Duke Ellington Chronological Classics 1940. 34 views. Skip to first unread message.. Jonathan T ...

Duke Ellington and Black, Brown, and Beige: the composer as historian at ... Music In The History Classroom. HG Cohen. Perspectives (American Historical ...

May 15, 2010 ... Few American artists in any medium have enjoyed the international and lasting cultural impact of Duke Ellington. From jazz standards such as ...

But most of all, the book is about the creation of the music, from classic songs like "Sophisticated Lady" to the "sacred concerts" of Ellington's last years.

More than a discography, this book compiles the complete recorded music of Duke Ellington and his sidemen, including studio recordings, movie soundtracks, ...