I was beginning to start working on a Christmas playlist to start later this week and I started by starting to look for Duke Ellington’s version of the Nutcracker Suite when out of habit I searched for a Rhapsody instead[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So here is on that I have been looking forward to doing, Duke Ellington‘s version of the Nutcracker Suite. I just love the way he has Tchaikovsky’s original melody drifts around the piece at first almost a subliminal accent behind Ellington’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy birthday to Mr. Duke Ellington! let’s celebrate listening to his incredible Money Jungle! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE4kPbMwXbA
A very happy 117th birthday to Mr. Duke Ellington, so let’s celebrate by listen to him perform “Sophisticated Lady” with a little bit of help from his orchestra and saxophonist Harry Carney.
A very happy 118th Birthday to Mr. Duke Ellington. To celebrate let’s listen to his tribute to Bill Robinson, “Bojangles” When I first heard it I briefly assumed it would be a Jazz version of the song “Mr. Bojangles” (even though Jerry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very Happy Birthday to Mr Duke Ellington. Let’s celebrate by listening to him and his band perform Mood Indigo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohBkHaHap8
A very happy one hundred and twentieth birthday to Mr. Duke Ellington! Let’s celebrate by listening to him tickle the ivories with “Solitude“
A very happy One Hundred and Twenty First birthday to the one and only Duke Ellington! Let’s celebrate by playing one of his greatest hits, that is regretfully appropriate for this day and age, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.
Let us celebrate the 122nd birthday of Mr. Duke Ellington by listening to Caravan!
A very happy 123rd Birthday to Mr. Duke Ellington! Let’s celebrate by listening to his original signature tune, Sepia Panorama!
