DUKE ELLINGTON ET SON ORCHESTRE

ARC Identifier 47984 / Local Identifier 306.1389. U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) Made possible by a donation from Public.Resource.Org.

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[beachdog67]

@ReminiscinginTempo Thanks for all the GREAT documentation. Stuff like this is just precious beyond words.

[ReminiscinginTempo]

@beachdog67

The Medley consists of Satin Doll, Solitude, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Mood Indigo, I'm Beginning To See the Light, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, Do Nothin 'Till You Hear from Me, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore.

[ReminiscinginTempo]

@beachdog67 Numbers titles: 1:13 Afro-Bossa 5:58 Stompin' at the Savoy 9:54 Guitar Amour 16:27 Perdido 20:05 Honeysuckle Rose 13:07 Tootie for Cootie 30:55 Kinda Dukish & Rockin' in Rhythm 38:07 I Got It Bad 41:07 Things Ain't What They Used To Be 45:12 The Eighth Veil 48:13 Medley 1:02:07 Diminuendo in Blue & Wailing Interval 1:11:21 Lush Life 1:15:52 Take the "A" Train

[ReminiscinginTempo]

@beachdog67

Personnel:

Cat Anderson, Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams, t; Rolf Ericson, t, fl; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, tb; Chuck Connors btb; Jimmy Hamilton, cl, ts; Johnny Hodges, as; Russell Procope, as, cl; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Harry Carney, bs, cl, b cl; Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (only on "Lush Life" & "Take the 'A' Train"), p; Ernie Shepard, b; Sam Woodyard, d.

(I'm not sure about Herbie Jones)

Live telecast probably from the Khuld Hall in Baghdad (Iraq), November 14, 1963

[beachdog67]

Woah! That splice @ 23:58 was certainly fascinating.

[beachdog67]

The first minute or so I thought "oh no! The quality of the film/transfer is going to be so disappointing." But once we get past the beat-up header, this is absolutely wonderful.

A priceless artifact. Thank you! Is there any additional information available about recording date(s), full personnel roster, etc.?

[jkloprog]

fantastische video, ellington op zijn best