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The cat was pissed!

Drums: Peter Miles (was Chmielewski)

Patience is definitely a virtue! ... Insufferable interviewer

Duke was so annoyed with the not prepared interviewer.

Such BEAUTIFUL music! And really beautiful video.

First of all it would be helpful if you told us the name of the country where this interview took place. I’d rather not have to guess based on the interviewer’s accent. The guy obviously was not up to the task at hand. They should have assigned someone more fluent in English so that he doesn’t come off sounding like Da Ali G. The repeated use of the word “guidelines” annoyed Ellington, who wasn’t in any mood to be interviewed in the first place. What the reporter was trying to ask was whether his approach to composition had changed in any significant way in recent decades. But the guy’s English was so lousy that the poor schmuck couldn’t come up with another word. But I also think his question about the response of different audiences in different parts of the world was legitimate, despite Duke’s protestations. I’ve heard the same question asked of other jazz musicians back in the pre-internet era, and they all had a real opinion. That’s especially true when you’re talking about the mid to late 20th century. But this interview was a losing proposition from the start.

BELOVED! LOVE JESUS AND SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM IN PARADISE. THE ALTERNATIVE IS UNTHINKABLE.

Duke look tired here... Those bags under his eyes are horrendous

Hes one of the greatest...

Amazing keyboard technique! I heard you and your partner Veronica on WNYC New Standards and was blown away. 👏💕

They should have let the man compose himself. The interview would have gone smoother.

I love Duke!! Nuff said

damn!

I agree wth Duke that the first question did not make sense. It all went downhill from there.

I really dig that hat he has on..👍 Groovy!

Poor interviewer... J'suis sur qu'il esperait que son Anglais etait meuilleure...

Why do they get hacks to interview geniuses?

Whoo! Talk about miscommunication. That became a bit difficult to watch. I feel bad for the journalist. He meant no insult whatsoever.

Je suis tombé sur cette vidéo alors que j'écoutais Japanese Dream de Duke Ellington, dommage que je ne comprennent pas l'anglais correctement, merci à ceux qui ont raconté ce qui c'est passé dans la vidéo dans les commentaires

This interviewer needed to do his homework! When you sit down with an artist like Duke Ellington you need better questions, and be prepared for his quintessential grace, poise and elegance. The man was an icon of the genre and transversed it to new heights and depths. This journalist was a total and utter ignorant twerp!

Don't show up to an Ellington interview with lame questions and not expect to be immolated.

Did you catch how the interviewer tried to get out of the painful Exchange ( when he started asking him about how other music has influenced him ) by bringing up that the newer music is More Electric and does that influence him and Duke responded beautifully by reminding the interviewer that there has been amplification since the 30s! :-) this is where the interviewer should have stopped and pause and thought about the fact that he's sitting across from a composer and genius who has brought forth his music all around the world and is loved wherever he goes

Dumb interviewer. Thanks Mr. Duke. You' were the smart one. Love his straight forwardness.

Mr. Ellington didn't want to be there. His mentality and intelligence is so far above the interviewer it's hard to watch. Still, Duke dropped some profound truth bombs. He tried so hard to be polite to a stupid interviewer.

Excellent.

Bless his heart....

Duke was maybe a bit too tired to be making lemonade from the lemons these journalists had been offering him for over forty years by this point. He always had to submit to interviews because of the need for publicity to make his next performance a commercial success.

Mr. Ellington displayed a huge amount of grace to someone who was not a musician but an inexcusable bore.

Stupid questions!

Surely one of the most awful interviews ever. With anyone. About anything!

That smile to the nice lady at 0:38 is worth the whole video.

Seems he´s in a bad mood. Didn´t go as well as he´d wish. Wow.

Dukes granddaughter once stated that Duke believed to tell someone he or she was beyond category, would serve as the highest compliment any one person can pay to another.

I think Duke was tired from the long flight and hungry. No wonder he's cantankerous.

Duke wasn’t feeling this interview.

I think, through lack of English, the interviewer he was trying to say "must be a difference since the big band days through to rock n roll, 60's and 70's music" but it went down wrong. Ouch!

Duke speaks truth.

This is the worse interview I have ever seen I think. Just simply horrible. Duke was such a genius.

I wish I knew the exact location of this interview!

the interviewer is awful here

Painful interview!!!!I'm sure this guy left straight after this encounter with Ellington back to his day job 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.Hail to the Duke!!!!

Smart, as and artist you dont want to compare your audiences, you might offend someone..., just be thankful you have one. Duke was not a fan of categories.

Can you compare a Nerd interviewer? Oh of course. Some ask reasonable questions & others dont think or plan what he will ask. Twit

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Lol he's fed up with the interviewer. He should've said "they all swing and have a sense of freedom"