Demo · Duke Ellington
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Duke Ellington
- Composer
- Bandleader
- Piano
Fifty years at the head of one orchestra, from the Cotton Club to the cathedrals.
New York, USA
The Records
On the Bill
10DECThursday
A Concert of Sacred Music
Grace CathedralSan Francisco
Press Cuttings
Music Ho! A Study of Music in Decline, 1934
I know of nothing in Ravel so dextrous in treatment as the varied solos in the middle of the ebullient Hot and Bothered and nothing in Stravinsky more dynamic than the final section.
Constant Lambert DownBeat, 19 October 1967, on “Agra” from the Far East Suite
Now there, to me, is the most perfect band in existence.
Clare Fischer DownBeat, “Blindfold Test”, around 1964
He just seems to have a sixth sense about things turning out so good.
Louie Bellson