Duke Ellington plays Harold Arlen (vaimusic.com)

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Duke Ellington plays "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen)
From: VAI DVD 4371 Harold Arlen: An All Star Tribute

A tribute to the celebrated composer of such classics as Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Stormy Weather, Blues in the Night, Lets Fall in Love, and many others. This 1965 Bell Telephone Hour telecast is hosted by Dinah Shore, with dazzling performances by Miss Shore, Duke Ellington, Gordon MacRae, Leslie Uggams, and Gretchen Wyler. Released in honor of the 100th anniversary of Arlens birth.
51 minutes, Color.
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[BrunoJazzmanLeicht]

LOL, never heard that brilliant hell of an arrangement. Awesome! BTW, there's no video from Newport 1956, but a very low-priced CD twofer from CBS with the whole affair in real stereo, not the fake sound you can hear on the LP.

[sagalat]

The Greatest Ever! I wonder when VAI will come out with Ellington/Newport 'Diminuendo/Crescendo in Blue' ??? The Gold Standard

[elusivemel]

I didn't know Al Pacino was a kick-ass drummer.

[Intersounds]

FABULOUS !!!

[sdh74]

I absolutely LOVE this clip. Here is 66 year old Duke Ellington in 1965, doing in 2 minutes what a lot of these "musicians" today can't do in 2 YEARS!

[sdh74]

@PastorGCS - I taught you well! LOL!

[frankieheartsful]

The drummer, Louis Bellson, was married to Pearl Bailey for many years.

A bit of trivia: Pearl Bailey earned a college degree from GEORGETOWN(my alma mater), after she was 50.

[hepcat2009]

That is indeed Paul Gonsalves on ts (who can mistake that sound?) along with Duke's regular crew. Louie Bellson was back with the band for a while in 1965-66. This rare chart is a treat to hear. Perhaps Duke never played it again.

[Xiphosss]

HOLY SHIT! This video is from 1965 and is color? COOL MAN! Thanks for uploading this!

[millsbrothers]

Paul Gonsalves!

[wattever333]

who is the sax player at 1:19. I'm sure it's not paul gonsalves, he looks so different from his pictures in google images.

[jazzbox72]

The trio sounds VERY 30´s. GREAT!