Happy Birthday, Duke!
Duke Ellington was born on this date 125 years ago. Today also marks the 7th anniversary for podcast/blog Ellington Reflections.
I’m currently editing my Cootie Williams biography and securing the necessary image permissions, so it may be a few months before the podcast episodes return. In the meantime, please enjoy 2019’s birthday episode which can be found above. (Sidenote – the Cootie Williams CD compilation has received its first review.)
There are several fine Ellington birthday print celebrations. Start with John Edward Hasse’s WSJ article. Duke’s place of birth weighs in with this Washington Post tribute. The Chicago Tribune published a critic’s personal Ellington journey here. And finally, Daily Kos remembers Duke at the end of Jazz Appreciation Month (April).
Love you madly!
Portrait of Johnny Hodges, Pt. II (Podcast #19-001)
Portrait of Johnny Hodges, Pt. I (Podcast #18-020)
The Treasury Shows, Pt. I (Podcast #18-019)
Tiger Rag & its Ellington Contrafacts (Podcast #18-018)
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald (Podcast #18-017)
Sittin’ In, Part II (Podcast #18-016)
The Ellington Greatest Hits Medley (Podcast #18-015)
Portrait of Louis Armstrong (Podcast #18-014)
Piano In the Foreground, II (Podcast #18-013)
Portrait of Al Hibbler (Podcast #18-012)
Beyond the Valley of the Usual Suspects (Podcast #18-011)
Portrait of Ivie Anderson (Podcast #18-010)
Where to Start? (Podcast #18-009)
The Symphonic Ellington (Podcast #18-008)
Portrait of Sonny Greer (Podcast #18-007)
Beyond the Usual Suspects, Again (Podcast #18-006)
Duke Ellington’s “String Section” (Podcast #18-005)
Sittin’ In (Podcast #18-004)
Portrait of Ben Webster, Pt. II (Podcast #18-003)
Portrait of Ben Webster, Pt. I (Podcast #18-002)
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