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In August 1956, Duke Ellington and his orchestra were in Canada, performing in the same city as the ongoing Stratford Shakespearean Festival.Curious, Ellington and his longtime composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn talked to festival staffers, and Ellington soon announced his next album project would be a conceptual piece, paying tribute to Shakespeare's varied works with appropriate jazz ...
Dance Dates, California 1958 is the sixth volume of The Private Collection a series documenting recordings made by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington for his personal collection which was first publicly released on the LMR label in 1987 and later on the Saja label.
"The Star-Crossed Lovers" – 4:20 "Prelude to a Kiss" (D. Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:26 "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – 2:27; Disc Five Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald on all tracks, except track 1. "The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues" (D. Ellington) – 11:29 "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart ...
The Great Paris Concert is a 1973 [2] live double album by jazz pianist Duke Ellington preserving pieces of a series of performances given in Paris during February 1963, a decade prior the release. For the 1989 CD reissue, 10 additional recordings from the same series of Paris concerts were added to the release.
"The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:54 "Cindy's Tune" – 5:58 "Serenity" (Joe Henderson) – 6:27 "Elusive" (Thad Jones) – 7:15
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated. "In a Sentimental Mood" – 7:07 "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:40 "The Star Crossed Lovers" – 7:16 "The Brown Skin Gal in the Calico Gown" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 7:31 "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:28
Star-crossed lovers is a term referring to a pair of lovers whose relationship is often thwarted by outside forces. Star-crossed lovers may also refer to: Star-Crossed Lovers, a 1962 East German romantic war drama film directed by Frank Beyer "Star Crossed Lovers", a 2016 song by Barry Gibb "Star Crossed Lovers", a 1970 song by Craig Scott
In 2001, the band recorded "Star Crossed Lovers" with Martha Wainwright for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. In October 2003, Wall of Sound commemorated its tenth birthday.