the duke ellington thread
 

since i cant seem to make up my mind what to do, i decided to start a duke ellington thread. add more: this is only a tiny sampler.

1929: duke and orchestra at the cotton club (sound with a photo to stare at)


cotton club stomp, misty morning, going to town, freeze and melt

creole love call (with adelaide hall)

yikes.

1929: same train


1930: old man blues (from an amos and andy movie)


1934: with mae west


1935: blues (with billie holliday)


1941: flamingo

this song is 2 and a half minutes in the finest of tiki bars.
so great.

40s: mood indigo


this stuff is like opium.


speaking of billie, this is pretty amazing
1957--fine and mellow

Holy god.... these are some amazing finds. Thanks!

Damn RB, you scored big!! Awesome clips, thanks for taking the time to pull these up and share them. That goes for all the other clips you have been sharing too.

Have you heard the Johnny Hartman segment on NPR? It's on their website.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDDCz...elated&search=

..........and some people think rap is real music?

xoxoxoo

Nice! I had seen all those except for Creole Love Song, great videos.

Yeah Bobby, it's a shame how this music gets ignored, I guess it's all old news now, but it all translates to current jazz artists getting ignored. Oh well, here I am knowing i won't make any money with my music anyway ;)

glad you enjoy.
here are a few more clips.


1929: black and tan fantasy


here's one of my favorites from the cotton club period
east saint louis toodle-oo

steely dan sped this up once. on pretzel logic i think.


around 1940: cottontail


1953: daybreak express (film: d.a. pennebaker, music duke)

this is fantastic.

1965:take the a train: duke orchestra with billy strayhorn on piano


and a couple related treats

billie holiday with the count basie orchestra: god bless the child


sarah vaughn: i cry for you (late 40s)


art tatum plays dvorak


art tatum: she's funny that way

Art Tatum is a Grand Master at the piano......none better!!!

He can take a 12 note melody and play it with 256 notes in less time !

xoxoxoo

Great find. Classic old school big band music never goes out of style. Thanx for all the great clips.