Saturday, July 11, 2009

HUM 223: Duke Ellington - links

"Model of Leadership" - short (5:51) documentary on Duke Ellington, on British sax player John Harle's website:





A movie of Duke Ellington and other artists on "C Jam Blues" (1942). The movie, a three-minute R.C.M. Productions short, was produced by Sam Coslow and directed by Josef Byrne about the same time. It attempts to recreate a Harlem jam session.


A couple of performances :

"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (movie, 1943)


"Take the A Train" (in concert in Berlin, 1969)



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