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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.
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 ...
"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 ...
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.
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
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.
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 ...
All Star Road Band is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Sunset Ballroom in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania for radio broadcast and first released as a double LP on Bob Thiele's Doctor Jazz label in 1983. [1] [2] The album was rereleased on CD under the title All Star Road Band Volume One.