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Adelaide Hall, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Creole Love Call (1927). Adelaide Hall – vocals Duke Ellington – piano, bandleader  

On a Turquoise Cloud (Lawrence Brown & Duke Ellington) Personnel: Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn – trombobe Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone Johnny Hodges – [More]

Duke Ellington – Satin Doll (1962) In the early 1960’s the Goodyear Tire Company commisioned 5 short jazz films. The programs were originally filmed in 35 [More]

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Take The A Train (1962) In the early 1960’s the Goodyear Tire Company commisioned 5 short jazz films. The [More]

“Perdido” is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and was first recorded on December 3, 1941 by Duke Ellington. “Perdido” is Spanish and simply [More]

Duke Ellington – piano John Coltrane – tenor saxophone

Duke Ellington’s big band Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone  

The styles of jazz that were popular from the late teens through the late 1920s were usually played with rhythms with a two beat feel, [More]

The big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz, a style of music which became popular during the Swing Era from the [More]

Swing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and became a [More]