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...In 1960, Duke Ellington made a classic recording of his own version of the Suite....
...The recording opens with Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” and John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”; flute and double bass dominate the former, the second is a standalone feature for double bass....
...Today, Lilah speaks with Samara about her path: discovering jazz, her thought process as she performs, and how she finds new takes on compositions by greats such as Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus....
...Armstrong & Duke Ellington....
...When Beauford Delaney got there in 1953, he was known for realistic, Harlem Renaissance-style portraits of WEB Du Bois, Duke Ellington and, most essentially, James Baldwin....
...I particularly like the third — written on Ellington’s deathbed in tribute to Martin Luther King....
...It isn’t the first jazz Nutcracker — David Bintley’s much-missed Nutcracker Sweeties for Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1997 used the snarling Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn version — but Kinoshi’s deployment...
...The second half showcased the orchestra’s grasp of jazz history alongside mastery of Duke Ellington’s sonic palette....
...“It’s not a hiccup — it’s not Covid and then recover,” said Leo Huang, the head of commercial real estate debt at Ellington Management Group, an asset manager....
...At the age of 15, I was going to concerts, mostly jazz, so I saw people like Count Basie, Duke Ellington and everyone that came to London after the war....
...So that was written by wonderful pianist, and Duke Ellington’s right hand, Billy Strayhorn when he was 19 years old....
...The critic Nat Hentoff wrote that her scores for large ensembles “are matched only by those of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus for yearning lyricism, explosive exultation and other expressions of the human...
...“People should realise that regional banks are still very much exposed to the troubles in commercial real estate,” said Leo Huang, head of commercial real estate at Ellington Management....
...“Maids”, an affectionate waltz, came next, and then a ballad, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington’s “Isfahan”, articulated roundly with vibrato and slurs....
...The tune of Shorter’s “Reincarnation Blues” came next, delivered in snippets and made even more oblique, and the percussive angularities of Duke Ellington’s “REM Blues” were captured and developed anew....
...The second track, “Isfahan”, is the first of two beautifully conceived Strayhorn/Ellington covers....
...The set ends with the Sanchez-composed interlude “Before Sleep” twinned with Ellington’s “The Sleeping Lady and the Giant that Watches Over Her”, from The Latin American Suite....
...He made works to jazz and popular music, working with Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington and Edith Piaf....
...The inspiration for Mike Westbrook’s Ellington-themed On Duke’s Birthday was a 1983 working visit to New York that coincided with Ellington’s birthday....
...Dr Michael Ellington Senior Lecturer in Finance Dr Marcin Michalski Lecturer in Finance Professor Costas Milas Professor of Finance University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, UK...
...Ian Ellington, president of UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe and senior vice-president of PepsiCo, said that although it was “far from intuitive”, reuse was “not always the best solution from an environmental point...
...And both Astaire and Ellington were at their peak in the ’30s. I’ve recently rediscovered The Reluctant Dragon....
...On “Aizu Bandaisan”, the tale of a playboy dissolute and westernised enough that he bathes in the morning, the horns played refrains from Duke Ellington’s “Caravan”; for the boogaloo of the coal-mining anthem...
...Scott’s the following night, also appeared on Sparks’s current album — snatches of “Horny Dreams” alongside “Dmsr” featured here — and his Harmon-muted trumpet enhanced a gorgeously funky remake of Duke Ellington...
...Frisell’s repertoire is wide — here Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk mingled with a James Bond theme, while his own songs referenced country music and a swath of blues....
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