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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington1956
Fifty years at the head of one orchestra, from the Cotton Club to the cathedrals.
Dates
27OCTTuesday
Black, Brown and Beige
Carnegie Hall
New York
18NOVWednesday
Newport Jazz Festival
Fort Adams State Park
Newport
10DECThursday
A Concert of Sacred Music
Grace Cathedral
San Francisco
1JAN 2027Friday
Take the “A” Train
Apollo Theater
New York
Press
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.
Music Ho! A Study of Music in Decline, 1934 Now there, to me, is the most perfect band in existence.
DownBeat, 19 October 1967, on “Agra” from the Far East Suite He just seems to have a sixth sense about things turning out so good.
DownBeat, “Blindfold Test”, around 1964
Bookings
Sixteen players, for concert halls, festivals, dances and cathedrals. Tell us the hall, the date and the occasion; we answer within the week.