Tag Archives: Rufus Jones
The Latin American Suite (Podcast #25-001)
“The Latin American Suite,” from 1968 showed that despite advancing age and the recent death of his writing partner Billy Strayhorn, there was no end in Ellington’s creativity. Continue reading
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Tagged Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Jazz, Johnny Hodges, Latin America, Lawrence Brown, Mexico, podcast, Rufus Jones
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Portrait of Norris Turney (Podcast #23-007)
Multi-reedman Norris Turney became the first flute soloist featured with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He was with the band for 4 years, leaving in 1973. Continue reading
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Tagged Duke Ellington, Jazz, Norris Turney, podcast, Ray Nance, Rufus Jones
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Togo Brava Suite (Podcast #23-006)
In 1967, the west African nation of Togo released a postage stamp of Duke Ellington. Ellington reciprocated by writing the four movement Togo Brava Suite in 1971, the subject of this month’s episode of Ellington Reflections. Continue reading
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Tagged Duke Ellington, Harold Ashby, Jazz, Norris Turney, podcast, Rufus Jones, Togo
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Reflections on “The Far East Suite” (Podcast #17-007)
Examining different interpretations of Ellington’s Far East Suite Continue reading
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Tagged Alban Wesly, Billy Strayhorn, Calefax Reed Quintet, Cat Anderson, Chris Stormquist, Cootie Williams, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Ivar Berix, Jazz, Jelte Althuis, Jimmy Hamilton, John Carlson, John Lamb, Johnny Hodges, Kenny Warren, Lawrence Brown, Maarten Ornstein, Matt Moran, Matt Musselman, Oliver Boekhoorn, Paul Gonsalves, Peter Hess, Peter Stan, podcast, Ron Caswell, Rufus Jones, Slavic Soul Party!, Tim Vaughn, Tony Overwater, Wim Kegel
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