Duke Ellington... en TVE (y II)

Segunda parte del especial de Jazz entre amigos dedicado a Duke Ellington. En este caso, el programa lo componen películas grabadas entre 1929 y 1941. El índice, más abajo (no se pierdan a una jovencísima Billie Holiday en Symphony...).

¡El Ondas para Cifu!

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Second part of the Ellington special done by Spanish TV programme Jazz entre amigos, comprising several soundies filmed between 1929 and 1941. Note a very young Billie Holiday in Symphony...

Index (info taken from A Duke Ellington Panorama):

Black and Tan (Dudley Murphy, 1929)

August 12-17, 1929. RCA Gramercy Studio, New York.

Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra: Freddie Jenkins, Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, t; Joe Nanton, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Barney Bigard, cl, ts; Johnny Hodges, as, ss, cl; Harry Carney, bars, cl, as; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, bj; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d.

05:34 Black And Tan Fantasy [Duke & Whetsel duo]
11:42 The Duke Steps Out
12:29 Black Beauty (A Portrait Of Florence Mills)
17:29 Cotton Club Stomp [Fredi Washington, dance]
18:33 Flaming Youth
19:26 Same Train [Hall Johnson Choir, vocal]
20:04 Black And Tan Fantasy [Hall Johnson Choir, vocal]

A Bundle of Blues (1933)

May 23, 1933. Astoria, Paramount's Eastern Service Studios, New York.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra:
Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, Freddy Jenkins, t;
Joe Nanton, tb, Juan Tizol, vtb; Lawrence Brown, tb;
Otto Hardwick, as, cl, bsx; Harry Carney, bars, cl, as; Johnny Hodges, as, ss; Barney Bigard, cl, ts;
Duke Ellington, p; Clarence Holiday(?), g; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d; Ivie Anderson, voc.

25:41 Lightnin'
26:07 Rockin' In Rhythm [Cootie Williams]
27:28 Stormy Weather [Ivie Anderson, Lawrence Brown]
32:28 Bugle Call Rag [Bessie Dudley, light costume, and Florence Hill, dark costume]
34:15 Lightnin'

Symphony in Black (Fred Waller, 1935)

October 1934. Astoria, New York.
Paramount's Eastern Service Studios. For the Paramount film "Symphony In Black."

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Freddy Jenkins, Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, t; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Barney Bigard, cl, ts; Johnny Hodges, as, ss; Otto Hardwick, as, cl, bsx; Harry Carney, bars, cl, as; Duke Ellington, p; Clarence Holiday(?), g; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d.

36:54 Symphony in Black
37:31 The Labourers
39:22 A Triangle: "Dance" [a/k/a "Ducky Wucky"]
40:24 A Triangle: "Jealousy"
40:56 A Triangle: "Blues"[Barney Bigard, cl; Sam Nanton, tb; Billie Holiday, vocal]
43:04 A Hymn of Sorrow
44:46 Harlem Rhythm

Hot Chocolate, I Got It Bad, C-Jam Blues (1941)

November-December, 1941. Fine Arts Studio, Los Angeles.

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Rex Stewart, c; Wallace Jones, t; Ray Nance, t, vn; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Barney Bigard, cl, ts; Johnny Hodges, as; Otto Hardwick, as, cl; Ben Webster, ts; Harry Carney, bars, cl, as; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, g; Junior Raglin, b; Sonny Greer, d; Ivie Anderson, voc.

47:20 Cotton Tail [Ben Webster]
50:48 I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) [Ivie Anderson]
54:08 C-Jam Blues