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23. Mai 2024 · The album also includes make weight bonus tracks from after-hours settings in 1950; three tracks from a jam session at a dance restaurant in Copenhagen and two solo Ellington tunes recorded at a social charity event in Aarhus. This is not the best representation of the Ellington band at this rich period. The recording sometimes lacks definition ...
7. Mai 2024 · In his first 25 years as a bandleader, he had had many collaborators: Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, Otto Hardwick, Barney Bigard, Ivie Anderson, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Tricky Sam Nanton, Juan Tizol, Ben Webster and Jimmie Blanton among them. By the early 1950s, they had all departed the Ellington band.
24. Mai 2024 · Our job is to give new meanings and special overtones to absolutely ordinary words.”. What follows is a syllabus, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death, of some literary works with jazz at their center which have given “special overtones” to words. Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues.
20. Mai 2024 · Duke Ellington, American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in all of Western music.
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- Duke Ellington grew up in Washington, D.C., in a secure middle-class family that encouraged his interests in the fine arts. He began studying piano...
- Benefiting from the expertise of a large ensemble that included several important jazz artists, Duke Ellington broke away from the conventions of b...
- Often collaborating with his longtime composing-arranging partner Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington was responsible for big-band jazz classics such a...
- Duke Ellington was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, he led his band for more than 50...
Vor 3 Tagen · Duke Ellington and longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn pursued a wide variety of fascinating projects after Ellington Orchestra's success at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival with which they continued to elevate their status and the status of jazz at large. Among the most overlooked of these are their full-length variations of symphonic works, the first of
24. Mai 2024 · In 1923, Duke Ellington founded an ensemble with his childhood friend, drummer Sonny Greer, which would later become the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Over the years, the ensemble grew into a...
5. Mai 2024 · Duke Ellington, the Jazz Legend Who Became a Diplomat. The band leader broke new ground in U.S. cultural diplomacy even as he faced racism at home. By Larry Tye, a journalist and best-selling ...
