A DATE WITH THE DUKE (DUKE ELLINGTON)

OLD TIME RADIO - 3 CD - 89 mp3 - Total Playtime: 50:20:36

Duke Ellington became one of the most influential artists in the history of recorded music, and is largely recognized as one of the greatest figures in the history of jazz, though his music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, movie soundtracks, popular, and classical. His career spanned five decades and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, and world tours. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and in part to his refined public manner and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an artistic level on par with that of classical music. His reputation increased after his death, and he received a special award citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board in 1999.

Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category." These included many of the musicians who were members of his orchestra, some of whom are considered among the best in jazz in their own right, but it was Ellington who melded them into one of the most well-known jazz orchestral  units in the history of jazz. He often composed specifically for the style and skills of these individuals, such as "Jeep's Blues" for   Johnny Hodged, "Concerto for Cootie" for Cootie Williams, which later became "Do nothing Till You Hear From Me" with Bob Russell's lyrics, and "The Mooche" for Tricky Sam Nanton and Bubber Miley. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol''s "Caravan" and "Perdido" which brought the 'Spanish Tinge' to big-band jazz. Several members of the orchestra remained there for several decades. After 1941, he frequently collaborated with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his "writing and arranging companion." Ellington recorded for many American record companies, and appeared in several films.

Ellington led his band from 1923 until his death in 1974. His son Mercer Ellington, who had already been handling all administrative aspects of his father's business for several decades, led the band until his own death from cancer in 1996. At that point, the band dissolved. Paul Ellington, Mercer's youngest son and executor of the Duke Ellington estate, kept "The Duke Ellington Orchestra." going from Mercer's death onwards.

EPISODES LIST

A Date with the Duke 1st Song Autumn Serenade
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Black, Brown and Beige
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Blue Belles of Harlem
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Cant You Read Between Those Lines
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Caravan
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Clementine
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Johnny Come Lately
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Just A-Sittin and A-Rockin
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Perfume Suite
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Song Take The A Train
A Date with the Duke 1st Song The Eighth Veil
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Ultra Blue
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Walking with my honey
A Date with the Duke 1st Song Way Low
A Date with the Duke 2nd Song Three-Cent Stamp
A Date with the Duke 450407 01 1st Song Blutopia
A Date with the Duke 450421 02 1st Song Mood To Be Wooed
A Date with the Duke 450428 03 1st Song Midriff
A Date with the Duke 450505 04 1st Song Blutopia
A Date with the Duke 450512 05 1st Song Carnegie Blues
A Date with the Duke 450519 06 1st Song Teardrops In The Rain
A Date with the Duke 450526 07 1st Song Sugar Hill Penthouse
A Date with the Duke 450602 08 1st Song Mood To Be Wooed
A Date with the Duke 450609 09 1st Song Blue Is The Night
A Date with the Duke 450616 10 1st Song Indiana
A Date with the Duke 450623 11 1st Song Jump For Joy
A Date with the Duke 450630 12 1st Song Caravan
A Date with the Duke 450707 13 1st Song Blue Belles of Harlem
A Date with the Duke 450714 14 1st Song In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
A Date with the Duke 450721 15 1st Song In A Mellotone
A Date with the Duke 450728 16 1st Song Teardrops In The Rain
A Date with the Duke 450804 17 1st Song Dancing In The Dark
A Date with the Duke 450811 18 1st Song What Am I Here For
A Date with the Duke 450818 19 1st Song Work Song from Black, Brown and Beige
A Date with the Duke 450825 20 1st Song Mood Indigo
A Date with the Duke 450901 21 1st Song On The Alamo
A Date with the Duke 450908 22 1st Song Carnegie Blues
A Date with the Duke 450915 23 1st Song Subtle Slough
A Date with the Duke 450922 24 1st Song Someone
A Date with the Duke 451006 25 1st Song Main Stem
A Date with the Duke 451013 26 1st Song Times A-Wastin
A Date with the Duke 451020 27 1st Song Ultra Blue
A Date with the Duke 451027 28 1st Song Johnny Come Lately
A Date with the Duke 451103 29 1st Song Clementine
A Date with the Duke 451110 30 1st Song - Just A-Sittin And A-Rockin
A Date with the Duke 451117 31 1st Song Walking With My Honey
A Date with the Duke 451124 32 1st Song Way Low
A Date with the Duke 460413 33 1st Song Jam-A-Ditty (partial broadcast)
A Date with the Duke 460420 34 1st Song Mood To Be Wooed
A Date with the Duke 460427 35 1st Song Stompy Jones
A Date With the Duke Duke Ellington Broadcast From The Paradise
A Date With the Duke The 400 SHOW NO 5 ( Duke Ellington )
Bing Crosby Show 45-01-18 Kraft-DukeEllington
Duke Ellington 430501 War Bond Rally, Radio City, NYC (NBC)
Duke Ellington 430523 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 430528 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 430606 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 430607 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 4306xx NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 430905 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 440409 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 440420 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 440421 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 440427 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 440428 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 440512 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 440519 from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 450504 from the 400 Restaurant, NYC (CBS)
Duke Ellington 450918 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (NBC)
Duke Ellington 450921 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 450924 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (NBC)
Duke Ellington 450926 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (NBC)
Duke Ellington 451001 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (NBC)
Duke Ellington 451007 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (MUT) (1)
Duke Ellington 451007 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (MUT) (2)
Duke Ellington 451007 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (MUT) (3)
Duke Ellington 451010 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 451011 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 451018 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 451028 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (NBC) (ending clipped)
Duke Ellington 4510xx from the New Zanzibar, NYC (NBC)
Duke Ellington 451128 from the New Zanzibar, NYC (MUT)
Duke Ellington 4511xx from the New Zanzibar, NYC (NBC)
Duke Ellington 460120 from Civic Opera House, Chicago
FDR Memorial Broadcast 450414 Duke Ellington from the 400 Restaurant, NYC
Fitch Bandwagon 430530 Guest - Duke Ellington, 1st Song Canteen Bounce
Treasury Star Parade 430726 231 Duke Ellington, 1st Song Dont Get Around Much Anymore
Treasury Star Parade 430726 232 Duke Ellington, 1st Song Wait For Me Mary
Treasury Star Parade 430726 233 Duke Ellington, 1st Song Tonight I Shall Sleep

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