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The Music Of Duke Ellington Played By Duke Ellington: Columbia Unclear if all or only some tracks were previously released 1956 In a Mellotone: RCA Victor: 1940–1942 1959 [3] Ellington Moods: Jazz Legacy The Duke's D.J. Special: Fresh Sound Records 1964 Daybreak Express: 1964 Great Times! Riverside: with Billy Strayhorn: 1965 Jumpin ' Punkins ...
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
"In a Sentimental Mood" [4] [10] [104] [105] is a jazz song with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills. Ellington's biographer James Lincoln Collier argues that the melody was originally composed by Toby Hardwick. [106] The song is among Ellington's most popular compositions. [106]
The music was composed and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at the Lincoln Tavern in Chicago; [3] the lyrics were contributed by Irving Mills. According to Ellington, the song's title was the credo of trumpeter Bubber Miley, [4] who was dying of tuberculosis at the time; [5] Miley died the year the song was released. [6]
"Best Wishes" is a 1932 Duke Ellington song, one of his own tunes, with words by Ted Koehler. [1] The tune was first recorded 17 May 1932. However, in 1933 on a visit to England, Ellington claimed that "Since I have been in England I have composed a new number entitled Best Wishes, which was played and broadcast on June 14 (1933) for the first time."
Caravan" [11] [113] [114] [115] is a jazz song with Middle Eastern influences, composed by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol with lyrics by Irving Mills. " I Can't Get Started " [ 8 ] [ 11 ] [ 116 ] is a song from the Broadway musical Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 , composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by Ira Gershwin .
Drop Me Off in Harlem" is a 1933 song composed during the Harlem Renaissance composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Nick Kenny. [1] A.H. Lawrence writes that the song originated from an off the cuff remark from Ellington. Nick Kenny had hailed a taxi, and offered to share it with Ellington. Kenny asked "Where to, Duke?", and ...
Thelonious Monk covered it in 1955 on his album Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington. Patti Page - included in her album You Go to My Head (1956) Mel Torme - for his album Prelude to a Kiss (1958) Sarah Vaughan - The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (1979) Dinah Washington recorded the song in her album After Hours with Miss "D" in ...