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...Duke Ellington said in an interview last night that he thought classical and jazz music are now being influenced by each other and may combine to form a single medium...
Chelsea Bridge ("Duke" Ellington; Victor). Sound Ellington treatment of an original by Billy Strayhorn (Take the "A" Train...
...this quest for a brief three minutes of entertainment, there are fortunately a few names which rarely disappoint. Everyone raves about Duke Ellington, and his bandwagon is one on which I have long been riding. Duke has abandoned the overwrought orchestrations he was writing a few years ago, and has reverted to arrangements more in the jazz idiom, with wider opportunities for his soloists. Last week he turned out Five O'clock Drag and Clementine, two original riff numbers arranged in the Ellington tradition of unexpected effects and frequent dissonance's, particularly in the brass section. Clementine...
...Webster is the man to watch in Ellington's band from now on. With Chu Berry dead in a motor accident some weeks ago and Coleman Hawkins playing with only infrequent imagination, Ben has little competition among his follow exponents of the tenor saxophone, and Duke is giving him ample leeway. On these two records he plays rich, flowing solos in a smooth, generally conjunct melodic line, supported chiefly by a well recorded rhythm section. There are no limits to Ellington's opportunities for solo improvisation in his band. I notice that the Duke has another record out today...
...Elpha Anita Ellington, produced on Mutual's Command Performance series. From Lew Wallace via Hollywood, with inspirational dialogue...