Duke Ellington – Cat Anderson trumpet
April 22, 2016
Duke Ellington – The Degas Suite (1968)
July 21, 2015
Duke Ellington – Diminuendo in Blue – Crescendo in Blue
April 29, 2015
Saxophone – Paul Gonzalves
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Toot Suite
January 21, 2015
Duke Ellington – The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
December 2, 2014
1. Chinoiserie
2. Didjeridoo
3. Afrique
4. Acht O’Clock Rock
6. Tang
7. True
8. Hard Way
Duke Ellington – Composer
November 15, 2014
The Genius Of Composer Duke Ellington
July 14, 2014
Prelude To a Kiss Performed by Steven Solomon at the piano. Duke Ellington, Composer
American Masters – Ella Fitzgerald – Duke Ellington
November 16, 2013
Classic Jazz Piano – Duke Ellington – Solitude
July 18, 2013
Recorded on May 14, 1941, New York. Composed by Ellington/DeLange/Mills
Duke Ellington – Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue
July 18, 2013
Ellington At Newport 1956 Often regarded as the best performance of his career, in 1956, Duke Ellington and his band recorded their historic concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, revitalizing Ellington’s waning career. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as “the greatest performance of Ellington’s career… It stood for everything that jazz had been and could be.” Ellington had lately been connecting the songs “Diminuendo in Blue” and “Crescendo in Blue” in a medley via a tenor solo from saxophonist Paul Gonsalves. At Newport, Gonsalves summoned a 27-chorus workout so inspired and transcendent that the audience was practically rioting by the time he had finished. Orchestra and audience both remained at a fever pitch for the rest of the show (vividly captured on the live album Ellington at Newport),
Duke Ellington – Portrait of Louis Armstrong
July 18, 2013
One of the essential recordings from Ellington’s vast catalogue, from 1970’s Grammy-winning ‘New Orleans Suite,’ featuring Cootie Williams on trumpet.
