Gustav Holst – The Planets Suite – Proms 2009
May 7, 2014
Mars – God of War
Venus – Bringer of Peace
Mercury – The Winged Messenger
Jupiter – Bringer of Jolity
Saturn – Bringer of Old Age
Uranus – The Magician
Neptune – The Mystic
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra – Bakiff
July 18, 2013
Here is the rarer, yet more impressive, version of Bakiff, recorded on September 17, 1941 for the Standard Radio Transcriptions collection. Here we see the true compositional genius of Ellington, way ahead of his time for 1941.
This the the famed Blanton/Webster band, and the tune features Ray Nance on violin and Juan Tizol on valve trombone.
