WOW ! ! ! No wonder Duke Ellington is widely considered THE BIGGEST FIGURE IN JAZZ and BIG BAND HISTORY. What a Pianist, Composer, Band Leader, Performer, Personality...
I'm 60 years old, and have loved Ellington's music for almost as long but; that's the first time I've ever heard him speak...He just emanates style and class... His works will be studied for generations.
I'd recommend listening to _A Drum Is a Woman,_ Duke's charming look on the history of jazz. Intriguing raconteur, with a most inviting voice. "Pretty and the Wolf" is another one that you might enjoy.
I remember how I sat together with a friend when VCR was the new thing and we imagined how cool it would be to see jazz concerts from the past at home. From time to time you could catch a Basie concert or something alike on TV when you were lucky, but it was quite a rare event. Look at us now... there is so much great (Jazz) stuff, from vintage to brand new, online that one lifetime is not enough to see all of them.
Your so right, we have the world at our fingertips because of the internet, another great thing is we can have contact with with anyone anywhere, thanks for uploading this gem.
:)...You don't realize how much there actually is until you've obsessively searched it out on youtube...:)...The recommendations in the side panel lead you off in many directions...It's also amazing how many brilliant students of every genre there are too...If you're lucky a musician will show up in the comments to give inside insight into the song or group...I've been around since TV only had 4 channels...:)...
There is nothing like it in jazz, music indeed, and there never will be again. The endless joy, skills, performing, textures, personal sounds, tones, colours, are just unique. The man was such a pianist, with superb touch and taste, the men so thoroughly creative and accurate to a tradition, superb style, sweet and harsh to suit. It is not ever to be forgotten.
The man playing bass on "Caravan", Major Holley, was a friend of mine. I miss him. We met when he was on the road with Coleman Hawkins, then stayed at my home one weekend when he was in Hollywood, performing with Aretha Franklin. Those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end.
I regard it as fortunate that I am as old as I am now, and that I grew up a hemisphere nearer the heartbeat of jazz than Sycney, Australia which is where I live now, but I saw Duke 3 times, along with the luminaries who defined jazz for me: Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney ... What a time to be born in!
I saw Duke Ellington at the Gaumont State Theatre in Kilburn when he toured the UK in 1958, I think it was. In those days, visits by the jazz greats were few and far between. Needless to say, he was sensational and completely unlike anything I'd seen before - truly a musical genius.
Duke Ellington is one of a handful of great world composers of the 20th century, no matter category, although he is most compared with classical composers he is Jazz... and American popular music to the previous century or any century. Thanks so much for posting. His music is distinctive, specific. No matter how many times you hear a composition of his, you hear something different... makes you feel different... and makes you think. Hell of a thing,
Duke is irreplaceable - as are all the guys who played with him at various times in his career . I still consider his band to be the finest example of a Jazz Band . No one can replace him.
En 1967 estuvo en Montevideo este GENIO con sus GENIOS del Jazz ,en el Osodre ,recuerdo algunos que me firmaron una tarjeta Cat Anderson,Harry Carney, Cooti Williams y DUKE, y este genio le regalo un pimpollo de rosa roja a mi señora.Recuerdo que era un tiempo de no estar de noche por el Centro y menos por alli y creo que fuimos los unicos en ir darlos .Allí también vi salir a paúl Goncalves acompañado de dos músicos porque no podía mantenerse en pie,estuve con Jonny Hoges, etc, no podre olvidar nunca esa noche y la tengo en la memoria .Hace pocos días me robaron el maletín con la tarjeta, lo otro no me importo.
Оркестры Эллингтла, Бейси, Миллера, Гудмана были эталонами, которых больше не будет. Спасибо этим людям, которые оставили нам столь великолепные произведения, которыми мы наслаждаемся (пусть хотя бы в записях.
Меня переводить на русский не надо,я русский, но таких профисионалов как Дюк Элингтона, его великолепный оркестр люблю не меньше чем Вы за границей. Мой самый добрый привет слушателям, а дорогому моему сердцу оркестру мой низкий поклон. - - - Прошу перевести на английский.
When I was a young man, WOWO radio in Ft. Wayne, Indiana would play Big Band music every Sunday afternoon. Different Big Bands playing great music. We were always tuned in to listen to the music that we could never afford to personally see. Thanks for posting good memories of the GREAT BANDS OF THE 40'S AND 50'S playing real music with class.
I never forget dukes band was playing on the stage and a big black stretch limo pulls up to the stage and Duke struts on up there and does his thing wonderful
Thank you for uploading this. got the privilege to write a report on this concert for my jazz class and i'm blown away at the prowess of these musicians
Geoff in the UK I was at Duke's 70th Birthday Concert in London: Its one of my great memories and this video brought it all back! Superb is the only word to describe the Duke and his Orchestra at this time.
Saw him At Lindhurst Castle inTarrytown New York Beautiful show right on the Hudson river on huge lawn outside the castle Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie played also!! Class Acts Wonderful Night !!!
This is an amazing piece of history with "audiofile (super high fidelity) acoustics ...and its a legit tribute and vignette into the musical genius of Mr Duke Ellington who helped make jazz blues an American music genre for world to enjoy....
This is, no shock to me, brilliant! So envious of those lucky one that were there! I think I am going to visit Mr Peabody and borrow his WayBack Machine to go seew this concert!
a 2 year belated thank you. nice. my duke story: 1999, italy, travelling siena to milano during carnival of venice. Hundreds on the train dressed for carnival, decorations everywhere, but very little in milan. Checked into a room, turned on the li'l portable a.m. to hear what was going on. No mention of carnival. Lots of jazz on the radio. I thought strange during carnival. then a station with english speaker and translator. Charles Lloyd on his way to the jazz festival up at Como, celbrating the 100th birthday of Ellington. That's when i realised there were 2 italies....:)
No argument this was the greatest jazz orchestra ever assembled and will never be duplicated. Sad to see, Johnny Hodges would be gone less than a year after this performance.
Jazz Sounds "Jazz musicians strive to have their own, personal sound (tone) on their instrument; for instance, every saxophone will still sound like a saxophone no matter who’s playing it but every saxophonist will sound different from every other saxophonist (at least slightly); often you have to listen to jazz a long time to be able to hear the differences, but when you do, it’s awesome." jazzinamerica.org
Blues and jazz "Created at the end of the 19th century, blues music is a style of music that is heavily influence by African American history. The original blues music evolved and grew into jazz from the 1920s." bbc.co.uk
Duke was to have been my very first jazz concert. On his 30-nation world tour 69/70, tickets all sold out weeks earlier for his Melbourne concert in Feb 70. My big loss. Anyway, I did not miss a single jazz act over the next three years. Aming thise I caught Dave Brubeck, Earl Hines, Giants of Jazz with Dizzy Sonny Stitt Monk Kai Winding McFarland Art Blakey Jimmy Smith.
I managed to see both Ellington and Basie twice in the 60's in London. One of the things that stood out for me in the Ellington band was how the solos all seemed integrated into the whole. It never seemed to be like that with the Basie band and the arrangements. I also personally preferred in general the Ellington soloists as well but that's just the kind of playing I prefer rather than a criticism of the wuality of Basie soloists.
I have read in some biographies that Johnny Hodges, after playing another divine solo in a concert, would look towards Duke, and he would rub his fingers as if asking for salary increase. This is clearly seen after "Black Butterfly" here. This is how these Gods communicated to themselves.
Thank you for posting this. My great friend, mentor and teacher Wild Bill Davis was with the band from 1969 to 1971. Interesting detail: the encore (starting at 1:17:46) is "Black Swan". If you listen carefully you may check out only the A-part was worked out in fragments. The bridge was totally improvised. Wild Bill told me once the tune was composed quasi on stage and developed from concert to concert.
rashid bagas You are right Rashid. Kohinoor in Hill brow was the best Jazz record Bar in South Africa during the time of apartheid .I still have some of those vinyl LP's
1:17:45 - encore - looks and sounds like a rehearsal at the end of the concert :-) "Black Swan". My great friend, teacher and mentor, Jazz-organ pioneer Wild Bill Davis once told me sometimes the band was too busy on the road, so encores were used for rehearsals....
only one correction : Harry Carney was not an altoist but a baritone sax player ( and one of the very best of them all) he also played bass clarinet and, maybe, occasionally, alto but basically he was not an alto player.
Harry Carney was originally an alto sax player, which, in my view, explains that he is the one who turned the baritone saxophone into a solo instrument, which was not the case before him. There have been, and are, fabulous baritone players, but Harry Carney'sound in my view, remains unsurpassed.
WOW ! ! !
No wonder Duke Ellington is widely considered THE BIGGEST FIGURE IN JAZZ and BIG BAND HISTORY.
What a Pianist, Composer, Band Leader, Performer, Personality...
I'm 60 years old, and have loved Ellington's music for almost as long but; that's the first time I've ever heard him speak...He just emanates style and class... His works will be studied for generations.
I'd recommend listening to _A Drum Is a Woman,_ Duke's charming look on the history of jazz. Intriguing raconteur, with a most inviting voice. "Pretty and the Wolf" is another one that you might enjoy.
I remember when I heard his voice the first time, I thought his voice would be much deeper
En..estilo..y..clase.
King..duke..ellinthon.
Es..lo..mejor.de.lo.mejor...bendiciones..😮😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Got this. You're right. The staff forever❤
I think Duke Ellington was a great intellectual.
Nobody does it better than the Duke and his men!
That is why they call him the Duke!!! A musical genius!!!
I remember how I sat together with a friend when VCR was the new thing and we imagined how cool it would be to see jazz concerts from the past at home. From time to time you could catch a Basie concert or something alike on TV when you were lucky, but it was quite a rare event. Look at us now... there is so much great (Jazz) stuff, from vintage to brand new, online that one lifetime is not enough to see all of them.
Your so right, we have the world at our fingertips because of the internet, another great thing is we can have contact with with anyone anywhere, thanks for uploading this gem.
:)...You don't realize how much there actually is until you've obsessively searched it out on youtube...:)...The recommendations in the side panel lead you off in many directions...It's also amazing how many brilliant students of every genre there are too...If you're lucky a musician will show up in the comments to give inside insight into the song or group...I've been around since TV only had 4 channels...:)...
I so wish my dad was still alive to catch all of these acts he saw live. He was always trying to find concerts on video back in the VCR days.
There is nothing like it in jazz, music indeed, and there never will be again. The endless joy, skills, performing, textures, personal sounds, tones, colours, are just unique. The man was such a pianist, with superb touch and taste, the men so thoroughly creative and accurate to a tradition, superb style, sweet and harsh to suit. It is not ever to be forgotten.
The man playing bass on "Caravan", Major Holley, was a friend of mine. I miss him. We met when he was on the road with Coleman Hawkins, then stayed at my home one weekend when he was in Hollywood, performing with Aretha Franklin. Those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end.
I regard it as fortunate that I am as old as I am now, and that I grew up a hemisphere nearer the heartbeat of jazz than Sycney, Australia which is where I live now, but I saw Duke 3 times, along with the luminaries who defined jazz for me: Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney ... What a time to be born in!
I saw Duke Ellington at the Gaumont State Theatre in Kilburn when he toured the UK in 1958, I think it was. In those days, visits by the jazz greats were few and far between. Needless to say, he was sensational and completely unlike anything I'd seen before - truly a musical genius.
Duke Ellington is one of a handful of great world composers of the 20th century, no matter category, although he is most compared with classical composers he is Jazz... and American popular music to the previous century or any century. Thanks so much for posting. His music is distinctive, specific. No matter how many times you hear a composition of his, you hear something different... makes you feel different... and makes you think. Hell of a thing,
I could listen to the Duke day and night night and day, I love Johnny Hodges he bends those notes so so cool.
I could also.l i am 77 yrs old I love Johnny Hodges, I just wish I could play the sax like him, maybe one day when I am in Heaven
Duke was simply the epitome of the jazz Period!!!😍😍😍😍🙏🏿
%100 Pure Genius! The Duke broke down so many barriers & stereotypes & his performing always delivered. Thank You Sir...mmj
One of the best concert by the greatest orchestra in the universe... to see all these giants is incredible !!!!
Duke is irreplaceable - as are all the guys who played with him at various times in his career .
I still consider his band to be the finest example of a Jazz Band . No one can replace him.
En 1967 estuvo en Montevideo este GENIO con sus GENIOS del Jazz ,en el Osodre ,recuerdo algunos que me firmaron una tarjeta Cat Anderson,Harry Carney, Cooti Williams y DUKE, y este genio le regalo un pimpollo de rosa roja a mi señora.Recuerdo que era un tiempo de no estar de noche por el Centro y menos por alli y creo que fuimos los unicos en ir darlos .Allí también vi salir a paúl Goncalves acompañado de dos músicos porque no podía mantenerse en pie,estuve con Jonny Hoges, etc, no podre olvidar nunca esa noche y la tengo en la memoria .Hace pocos días me robaron el maletín con la tarjeta, lo otro no me importo.
Оркестры Эллингтла, Бейси, Миллера, Гудмана были эталонами, которых больше не будет. Спасибо этим людям, которые оставили нам столь великолепные произведения, которыми мы наслаждаемся (пусть хотя бы в записях.
Меня переводить на русский не надо,я русский, но таких профисионалов как Дюк Элингтона, его великолепный оркестр люблю не меньше чем Вы за границей. Мой самый добрый привет слушателям, а дорогому моему сердцу оркестру мой низкий поклон. - - - Прошу перевести на английский.
Duke was my first concert. What a great way to begin a musical life!
Sir Duke! A True Jazz Legend!!
I remember this concert very well. it was on second november 1969. my birthday 21 years.it was really fantastic. with my girlfrind Anita from Finland
Were you actually there!?
@@fullscopeentertainment8720 YES I DID.
pedro camara from tenerife. yes of course i was there
When I was a young man, WOWO radio in Ft. Wayne, Indiana would play Big Band music every Sunday afternoon. Different Big Bands playing great music. We were always tuned in to listen to the music that we could never afford to personally see. Thanks for posting good memories of the GREAT BANDS OF THE 40'S AND 50'S playing real music with class.
I never forget dukes band was playing on the stage and a big black stretch limo pulls up to the stage and Duke struts on up there and does his thing wonderful
I had the thrill to see him at the Apollo Theater in 63, along with Jimmy Smith. Quite a show.
What a combination! Jimmy Smith is awesome.
@@BenDRobinson Indeed - a memorable show - all for 1063 $2.50!!
1963, not 1063...lol
'63 you said! Impressive. How old were you then...
Saw and listened to them pre woke in the early 60s at the Colston Hall, Bristol.Of course our country has now gone mad,but the music lives on.
Wow, Duke Ellington saying "I love you" in Japanese before encore is so wild! Thanks so much for sharing this rare footage.
Thank you for uploading this. got the privilege to write a report on this concert for my jazz class and i'm blown away at the prowess of these musicians
Christian M Keep listening. Between Duke, Count, Louis and so, so many more there is so much to listen to and enjoy.
Double bass bowed jazz solo at 25:40. Mind blowing!
Just discovered Duke.. obsessed
This is just fantastic. Thanks for posting.
More than likely the finest jazz orchestra along with Basie, wonderful stuff, thanx for this.
i am happy you like it, share or suscribe for mor music drops :-8
Phenomenal! And in Tivoli - one of my favourite locations in the world to listen to live jazz! Ellington lives on....
If we do ever sort time travel I gonna go to this show!
See you there!
pour les vrais amateurs de jazz EXCEPTIONNEL!!!
GREAT and wonderful music. I saved it 2 my play list. Thank u so much. God bless u and yours always.AMEN
Geoff in the UK
I was at Duke's 70th Birthday Concert in London: Its one of my great memories and this video brought it all back! Superb is the only word to describe the Duke and his Orchestra at this time.
Saw him At Lindhurst Castle inTarrytown New York Beautiful show right on the Hudson river on huge lawn outside the castle Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie played also!! Class Acts Wonderful Night !!!
BRAVO et MERCI POUR CE TRESOR ABSOLU !
Video - Audio, Excellent. What a performance
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This is a fantastic concert! I read on the Internet that Ellington was 70 years old then. One great soloist after the other!
I love it when my listening excursion lines up w what's being offered ..
Thanks for posting this
All players, real MASTERS of their musical instruments ! We ll NEVER see again such a jazz band !
True dat!
Love watching this, especially the final ten minutes. ❤️
Here we can feel the true roots of jazz "translated" to nord-european auditorium. Thanks sooooo much, Mr. Ellington & Co!
What a nice solo! Paul Gonsalves
Thank You so very much!
brilliant; I had it on when I wrote my book; truly inspirational and uplifting.
I thank God every day i was lucky enough to see Duke in 1971 at Madison Square Garden when i was a young 14 year old learning musician. What a lesson!
I was 25 in 71 just got of the Army in 1968 I have always love big bands especially the Duke, Count Basi,etc.
Excellent notes posted with the video. Thank you.
Thank you very much for this wonderful concert. Can't thank you enough!!!
Meant to say we all appreciate this very important post !
Ran Blake, are you still playing?
Great concert. Great band
The Duke is so suave!
This is an amazing piece of history with "audiofile (super high fidelity) acoustics ...and its a legit tribute and vignette into the musical genius of Mr Duke Ellington who helped make jazz blues an American music genre for world to enjoy....
What a great pleausure to listen to the old Hornung & Møller grand piano in the hands og the Duke!
This is, no shock to me, brilliant! So envious of those lucky one that were there! I think I am going to visit Mr Peabody and borrow his WayBack Machine to go seew this concert!
What a precious recording.
a 2 year belated thank you. nice. my duke story: 1999, italy, travelling siena to milano during carnival of venice. Hundreds on the train dressed for carnival, decorations everywhere, but very little in milan. Checked into a room, turned on the li'l portable a.m. to hear what was going on. No mention of carnival. Lots of jazz on the radio. I thought strange during carnival. then a station with english speaker and translator. Charles Lloyd on his way to the jazz festival up at Como, celbrating the 100th birthday of Ellington. That's when i realised there were 2 italies....:)
No argument this was the greatest jazz orchestra ever assembled and will never be duplicated. Sad to see, Johnny Hodges would be gone less than a year after this performance.
And Duke Ellington passed 5 years after that. That orchestra is the definition of unique and pure talent and jazz. It's amazing to see this.
And the great Wild Bill Davis was so well integrated in Duke's orchestra...
Such a treat!
Intro/Sound Check/Warm-up: 0:30 - 4:11
"C-Jam Blues Kinda Durkish/Rockin' in Rhythm": 4:23 - 9:17
"4:30 PM": 10:27 - 14:23
"Take The 'A' Train": 15:01 - 20:02
"Up Jump": 20:50 - 23:41
"La Plus Belle Africaine": 24:38 - 32:33
"El Gato": 36:22 - 39:22
"Black Butterfly": 39:52 - 46:41
"Things Ain't What They Used To Be": 43:43 - 46:52
"Drag": 46:52 - 52:09
"Satin Doll": 53:01 - 57:36
"Come Sunday": 58:27 - 1:01:20
"It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing": 1:01:20 - 1:02:29
"Be Cool And Groovy For Me": 1:02:29 - 1:05:00
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue": 1:06:18 - 1:14:31
"Black Swan": 1:17:30 - 1:22:10
GENIO!!!!
There will never be another Duke
Some of the highest levels human kind have ever achieved are on display in the Duke Ellington Orchestra
Jazz Sounds
"Jazz musicians strive to have their own, personal sound (tone) on their instrument; for instance, every saxophone will still sound like a saxophone no matter who’s playing it but every saxophonist will sound different from every other saxophonist (at least slightly); often you have to listen to jazz a long time to be able to hear the differences, but when you do, it’s awesome."
jazzinamerica.org
4:09
Blues and jazz
"Created at the end of the 19th century, blues music is a style of music that is heavily influence by African American history. The original blues music evolved and grew into jazz from the 1920s."
bbc.co.uk
Just brilliant, thanks for uploading.
I wished duke lived in my attic 😔
I think he was the most influential jazz personality in the history of Jazz
Thank you so much for posting this treasure! RC
Who are these same 4 people that click on thumbs down?
Grande Elligton!!!!
LOVE ALL OF THIS!!!!
Thank you so much! Beautiful concert! ♥
Thanks for share 🎹💕
thank youuuuu this is Music history !! world heritage!
Duke was to have been my very first jazz concert. On his 30-nation world tour 69/70, tickets all sold out weeks earlier for his Melbourne concert in Feb 70. My big loss.
Anyway, I did not miss a single jazz act over the next three years. Aming thise I caught Dave Brubeck, Earl Hines, Giants of Jazz with Dizzy Sonny Stitt Monk Kai Winding McFarland Art Blakey Jimmy Smith.
Heaven must sound like this 👂......💥
I managed to see both Ellington and Basie twice in the 60's in London. One of the things that stood out for me in the Ellington band was how the solos all seemed integrated into the whole. It never seemed to be like that with the Basie band and the arrangements. I also personally preferred in general the Ellington soloists as well but that's just the kind of playing I prefer rather than a criticism of the wuality of Basie soloists.
Great group! Love that Hammond Organ!!! Thanks for posting.
Thank you for this o,portmanteaus post
♥Perfect! Tks for sharing.
I have read in some biographies that Johnny Hodges, after playing another divine solo in a concert, would look towards Duke, and he would rub his fingers as if asking for salary increase. This is clearly seen after "Black Butterfly" here. This is how these Gods communicated to themselves.
Thank you for posting this. My great friend, mentor and teacher Wild Bill Davis was with the band from 1969 to 1971. Interesting detail: the encore (starting at 1:17:46) is "Black Swan". If you listen carefully you may check out only the A-part was worked out in fragments. The bridge was totally improvised. Wild Bill told me once the tune was composed quasi on stage and developed from concert to concert.
Wow! THey are sooooo good!!
Love the Rock'in in Rhythm!!!
A great Band !!
He should have sang what a beautiful voice of the Duke and an amazing percussionist
Mesmerizing!
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J'aime le jazz
51 years ago that's what KOHINOOR STORE played
In Johannesburg South Africa for the LOVERS OF JAZZ
rashid bagas You are right Rashid. Kohinoor in Hill brow was the best Jazz record Bar in South Africa during the time of apartheid .I still have some of those vinyl LP's
Thank's at all !!!
Todo un lujo,gracias.
Just a magic))) super!
Wonderful
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8:28 look at this old man crushing it.
Duke lives.
1:17:45 - encore - looks and sounds like a rehearsal at the end of the concert :-) "Black Swan". My great friend, teacher and mentor, Jazz-organ pioneer Wild Bill Davis once told me sometimes the band was too busy on the road, so encores were used for rehearsals....
only one correction : Harry Carney was not an altoist but a baritone sax player ( and one of the very best of them all) he also played bass clarinet and, maybe, occasionally, alto but basically he was not an alto player.
Harry Carney was originally an alto sax player, which, in my view, explains that he is the one who turned the baritone saxophone into a solo instrument, which was not the case before him. There have been, and are, fabulous baritone players, but Harry Carney'sound in my view, remains unsurpassed.
What a genius!
Insuperável.
The King Ellington
Such an amazing visionary God and shows of our day degrade him to such a low level. Ashe to the God, happy Transcendence