Duke Ellington - the Swing Era/Hollywood DVD

Duke Ellington was more than just the masterful bandleader of a legendary orchestra who at one time or another featured jazz greats such as Johnny Hodges Ben Webster Paul Gonsalves Sidney Bechet Cootie Williams Harry Edison Clark Terry Barney Bigard Jimmy Blanton and a host of first-rate sidemen of songs (including numbers such as ""Flamingo"" ""Take The A Train"" ""Caravan"" ""Mood Indigo"" "" Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me"" ""C-Jam Blues"" ""Perido"" and countless other classics). Besides being a top-notch arranger the Duke was also a restless... experimental artist by nature and a musician who never stopped recording from 1926 on. It is safe to say that the incomparable Duke Ellington (1899-1974) stands in a class of his own and will be remembered as one of the men who defined the shape of jazz and American music throughout of the Twentieth Century.This video compiles different short and medium-length films starring the great Duke Ellington and his orchestra: Black And Tan (1929) Symphony In Black (1935 - featuring the famous sequence with Billie Holiday) plus assorted different musical sequences from other motion pictures including the tree scenes starring Mae West in the 1934 movie Belle Of The Nineties.""BLACK& TAN"": 1. Black and Tan Fantasy/The Duke Step Out 2. Black Beauty 3. Cotton Club Stomp 4. Flaming Youth 5. Same Train 6. Black and Tan Fantasy.""SYMPHONY IN BLACK"": 8. The laborers 9. A Triangle: Dance Jealously Blues 10. A Hymn of Sorrow 11. Harlem Rhythm.""PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL NO. 889"": 12. Daybreak Express 13. Oh Babe Maybe Someday 14. I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter 15. Jungle Interlude.""AN RKO JAMBOREE' NO.7"". 16. Mood Indigo/Sophisticated Lady 17. It Don't Mean A Thing 18. Don't Get Around Much Anymore.""BUNDLE OF BLUES"". 19. Rockin' in Rhythm/Stormy Weather.""BELLE OF THE NINETIES"".: 20. When A Saint Louis Woman Goes Down to New Orleans 21. My Old Flame 22. Memphis Blues. [show more]

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