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Following its international debut at Yale University in 1977, Mercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra along with the Polish National Philharmonic, presented Duke Ellington’s final extended piece, “Les Trois Rois Noirs” (The Three Black Kings) at the Polish Jazz Festival “Jazz Jamboree”. This recording was released as a collectors item only in 1981, but has never seen light ...
9. Jan. 2012 · Three Black Kings was the last serious work written by Duke Ellington for ballet. As he lay dying in his hospital bed in 1974, he gave his son, Mercer, fina...
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Even Ellington’s Three Black Kings, his final composition, proves the point in its own way. Ellington had nearly completed the piece before he died. But he rarely wrote the final notes of a composition until the day of the premiere, leaving his son Mercer, a successful bandleader and composer in his own right, to guess how it should ultimately be completed. The great composer and arranger ...
Composed: 1974 Orchestration: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets (all = flugelhorn ...
Son of Duke Ellington, composer and musician Mercer Ellington is the conductor of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. The Orchestra will join Peter Nero and the Philly Pops for a pair of concerts of Duke Ellington's work, including a symphony, "The Three Black Kings / Les Trois Rois Noirs," finished by Mercer Ellington after his father's death.
15. Apr. 2017 · "Following its international debut at Yale University in 1977, Mercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra along with the Polish National Philharmonic, presented Duke Ellington’s final extended piece, The Three Black Kings, at the Polish Jazz Festival “Jazz Jamboree” [on 24th October 1977]. This recording was released [on vinyl] as a collectors item only in 1981, but has never seen ...
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14. Juni 2017 · Listen to Three Black Kings (Live) by The Duke Ellington Orchestra & Polish National Philharmonic on Apple Music. 2017. 3 Songs. Duration: 58 minutes.
