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Vor 2 Tagen · Duke’s name to me represents the peak, in fact the very summit of the music we call Jazz. Did you ever see him and his band perform? I went to see Duke at the Hammersmith Odeon on Valentine’s Day 1965. It was an unforgettable experience. To see and hear the band live was sensational. The legendary names of Cootie Williams, Ray Nance ...
Vor 4 Tagen · He selected his musicians for their expressive individuality, and several members of his ensemble—including trumpeter Cootie Williams (who replaced Miley), cornetist Rex Stewart, trombonist Lawrence Brown, baritone saxophonist Harry Carney, alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, and clarinetist Barney Bigard—were themselves important ...
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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 20 Stunden · C'est donc pour cette raison qu'à l'occasion du 50e anniversaire de la mort du Duke, le label cette fois Frémeaux & Associés réédite un magnifique coffert "Duke Ellington at his Very Best - The Jimmy Blanton, Billy Strayhorn, Ben Webster Sessions - Legendary Works 1940-1942". Là, encore, c'est sans doute Patrick Frémeaux qui en parle le ...
Vor einem Tag · Merry-Go-RoundDuke Ellington and his Orchestra Brunswick 7440 (B-17408-1)Duke Ellington(p,dir); Cootie Williams(tp); Rex Stewart(cnt); Joe Nanton, Lawrence B...
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Vor einem Tag · A scholar of pre-World War II jazz who’s lived in the Mission for two decades, Rossi gave a short talk on guitarist Fred Guy, a key member of the Ellington Orchestra from 1925 to 1949. After communing with some of his favorite authors and researchers, Rossi came home with a nagging question and the seed for his next musical mission.
Vor 20 Stunden · Then Duke played a few choruses of his own, and Cootie Williams was there and did some wah wah, and then we went back to the first thing we had done and did that. The tempo wasn't too fast and when we had done that it had taken about eight minutes. Duke finished it off with a few passages on the piano, and in the studio were a couple of ...
Vor 20 Stunden · Instrumental. Trumpet solo by Cootie Williams. G.I. Jive – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, six weeks at #1, written by Johnny Mercer (P-2) Hamp’s Boogie Woogie – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – six weeks at #1, unsurprisingly co-written by Hampton. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You – The King Cole Trio, four weeks at #1
