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!
Beyond “The Usual Suspects” (Podcast #18-001)
Season’s Greetings! (Podcast #17-017)
The Cinematic Ellington (Podcast #17-016)
The River (Podcast #17-015)
Reflections from the Avant Garde (Podcast #17-014)
Ellington & 100 years of Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie (Podcast #17-013)
Portrait of Barney Bigard (Podcast #17-012)
When Cootie Left the Duke, Pt. III (Podcast #17-011)
When Cootie Left the Duke, Pt. II (Podcast #17-010)
When Cootie Left the Duke, Pt. I (Podcast #17-009)
Piano in the Foreground (Podcast #17-008)
Reflections on “The Far East Suite” (Podcast #17-007)
Portrait of Mahalia Jackson (Podcast #17-006)
Harlem (Podcast #17-005)
“Take A Train” (Podcast #17-004)
Portrait of Clark Terry (Podcast #17-003)
Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue (Podcast #17-002)
Introduction (Podcast #17-001)
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