Duke Ellington - Symphony In Black

[Abrumador8]

It's not just the music... the images are great, perfectly in tune with the music. Whose this film?

[jacofan12609]

What a masterpiece! The Duke was one of the most brilliant composers ever, in my opinion!

[darroni123]

i am buster coopers grandson i svear god

[thefunkbassist]

buster cooper, trombone at the garden?

[darroni123]

yes i swear god he`s the only one who still alive

[thefunkbassist]

im gunna see him tonight at the garden. im a bass player trying to get some work with him. you have a great grandfather

[darroni123]

aks him if u know darron cooper :) he will be happy

[Bix12]

Contender for best composer of the 20th century--

[aerofredywr]

I´m sure The Duke´s band was the best of all, and Billie...in an universe full of blues singing stars she was the shiniest.

[alvarito45]

Said Shirley Temple: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL.

Today every heart with OBAMA!!!

[rebel2rebel]

Only the best, thank "GOD" for these musicans & singers, (Holiday-Fitzgerald). I give thanks every time I listen to rhis music.

[kathleenirish]

The greatest composer of the 20th century.

The fantastic geniuses of the era played because they were artists and it was all about the music. They all played together, collaborated, appreciated each other's work, and had genuine love for what they did. They shared their gift with all of us! Thank God for Ellington, Armstrong, Basie, Holiday, Fitzgerald, e.t.c.

[EffinSkeletor]

I don't know if I'd quite say the greatest, but yeah, The Duke was great.

[cavaleer]

Duke's easily the greatest composer. As the poster below said, "America's Mozart".

[rlawton002]

Americas Mozart!!!!!

[dollydarko78]

oh my my my- beautiful voice- beautiful girl...thanx for posting this. Enjoyed it very much

[Stepstosuccess]

Thanks so much for sharing this with us! Duke was the man. How I wish I had been able to witness him in action! Such class, such talent, such joy in life-even when it is not perfect!

[jacofan12609]

Absolutely terrific!! I wish I was alive when the Duke was performing!

[aaronentresz]

This is incredible. It is actually a peice of history. Duke Ellington was still coming out with tunes and playing with his band in the 1970's.

[NaruMitsuFreak]

I only learned a few months ago that this man is my great uncle! :3 On my mother's side!

[holaadios12345]

yeah sure

[schickmaschine]

i believe you, like so much

[cha5]

A masterpiece.

[Tiberius1919]

This is the music of my younghood.When I hear it,I feel me twenty yeara old.(Now I am 90). Thanks.

[sicmaggoter]

im about 103,7 now... ^^

[jazzfanjohn]

A very important document in jazz history - thanks for sharing it, Mytoxx

[jazzytds]

A very young Billie Holiday prior to becoming a user of vice stronger than pot. Her voice was still soft and had a tenre that was sensuous and smooth, although her Lady in Satin , her voice was able to tell the story of her trials and tribulations with her abusive managers/lovers, and vice. Lady Day was a wonderful chaunteuse.

[cousinkevinmodlchild]

Lady in Satin was recorded not long before her death. A few months before I believe, the record still makes me cry to this day.

[jazzytds]

This is a gentleman who was an exemplary musician and band leader. His music resonates the era clearly. He wrote certain songs to showcase his musicians i.e. Ben Webster, Paul Gonzales... excellent footage.

[jazzflutist]

Some people could hear a bird sing and think it sounds like shit because it doesn't conform to the tempered scale, or has no electric guitars to accompany it. Duke Ellington could have become a bum if he wanted. He didn't. He did something most of us will never do - get out there and make something wonderful for the world to experience.

[tflippojr1]

hey get your head out of your asss, pen. no Duke = no Miles Davis. he paved the way for so many. knocked down doors blacks didn't walk through. learn something, then come back and have real intelligent conversation about the music.

[aaronentresz]

Awesome Awesome. Boring??? What are you talkin about?

[tristramshamdy]

increíble¡

[PennyRoyaleTea]

This was some BORING ass shit...

I heard music on Popeye (the cartoon) that was better then this....

ZZZzzz

[EsnkExcel5]

The music you listen to was influenced by this... Learn your history before you make such an ignorant phrase.

[natear1987]

fabulous

[PennyRoyaleTea]

Miles Davis is better.

[vertigo691]

two different instruments......two different people....

[poetesimmortels]

Duke, the Great...

Thankyou for this vidéo

[aaronentresz]

Great footage. Duke Ellington had an incredible talent

[berryman3]

This is a nice video about Duke

[drafe007]

wow! i never get tried of watching this short, thanks fer putting it up, love the sax and trumpet work by bunny berigan. billies the berries!

[gailalong]

Fabulous...thanks so much for sharing this!!

[gokhanxxx]

tek kelime ile mükemmel...

[beaugarsNYC]

Seeing Billie in this is awesome. I had heard about this, but this is my first time actually seeing it. She looks so young, plump, and fresh here -- a stark contrast to the harsh and drawn drug-battled look of her later years. But her distinctive sound and vocalization, however, were always there.

[JosephNScott]

Billie was only nineteen, but had already listened to a lot of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong.

[PT2s]

Thanks for the vid. Can you provide a clip from Symphony In Black with Earl Tucker? Peace...

[cousinkevinmodlchild]

My bad, I was looking at a picture of Ella while writing this, my mind switched the two.

[AcridPeter]

rascist. ;-)

[robi142]

it is just me, or is the guy you were talking about, Scatman Crothers, in the dance section when he dances with the first woman... is he cripwalking?? sure looks like it :P

[adsfhbkajsdhf]

That's my dad's old friend dancing in the "Dance" section of the film. His name is Scatman Crothers, he was also in one flew over the chuckoo's nest and the shining. I can't believe he got paid for shoving Ella Fitzgerald to the ground! He died in the 80's, and unfortunately I never met him in my lifetime, it is a real pity since I am now a jazz musician. Scatman actually attended my parent's wedding. Thank you so much for posting this video, it means a lot to me.

[linzelee]

its billie holiday, not ella

[billieholidayfan]

yeah, it says in the thing. Ella sounds nothin like Billie!

[Stepstosuccess]

Scatman Cruthers was a great Americ-man who left behind a great legacy of work! He has provided much joy to me.