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Happy 125th Birthday to Duke Ellington!... and 100 years of his recorded music...

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Posted on April 29, 2024 at 22:22:53
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 Come November.

Thank you for a lifetime of glorious listening.









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RE: Happy 125th Birthday to Duke Ellington!... and 100 years of his recorded music..., posted on April 30, 2024 at 00:21:21
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 Celebrate!

 

Were there a Mount Rushmore of Jazz Artists, posted on April 30, 2024 at 18:11:26
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 Ellington would certainly be on it, along with Louis Armstrong, and we can argue endlessly about who the other two might be. Duke is foundational. And the quality of his output never tailed off.

Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone

 

Speaking of Ellington, this week at the Little Free Library ..., posted on May 2, 2024 at 08:51:00
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down the street from me, I was dropping off a few CD dupes and a couple books and saw that someone had left the five-album Duke Ellington Original Album Series:

Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?, Jazz Violin Session, Mary Poppins, Ellington '65 and Ellington '66

All new to me, so I grabbed it. Nice find, I'd say.

BTW, the 825-foot long Duke Ellington Bridge is just around the corner from me here in NW D.C.

 

Very cool..., posted on May 2, 2024 at 17:25:15
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 And although Frank Sinatra had Sir Duke as head of A&R at Reprise (Jazz only?)
his recordings on that label weren't his best ( a sign of the times), but Mary Poppins
is a sleeper with some great playing and fun arrangements.

That's a bridge I'd always be proud to pass over!



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