The Primary Source

"...Jr., the writing of Langston Hughes, the music of Duke Ellington, to name but a few examples -- was..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Exhibitionism

Itzhak Perlman: Extension of His Soul

"...when lovable characters like Fats, along with jazz greats Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, scorched clubs and music halls..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Arts Review

Texas Platters

"...movement, "Moguli (the Moguls)," evokes the same sonicscape of Duke Ellington's "Caravan." In contrast to its more composed brother,..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Review by Your Side

Tribute Records

Tammy Wynette Remembered

"...founders of stride, and an ambitious composer. Gershwin contemporary Duke Ellington's "Cotton Tail" is included because it's based on..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Review

Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...are represented, including film by Jean Renoir, jazz by Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton, and rare footage of..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Faces and Places

"...with this century. Thomas Alva Edison and Elizabeth Taylor, Duke Ellington and Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela and Edith Piaf,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

A Cultural Imperative

"...another wonderful New Orleans clarinetist who gained fame with Duke Ellington, pre-Louis Armstrong New Orleans trumpeter Bunk Johnson, and..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Free as They Want to Be

"...Cecil Tayloris a very well-schooled pianist influenced by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Igor Stravinsky, Bela Bartok, and Arnold..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Highway 61 Revisited

"...committee. Believe it or not, he even helped book Duke Ellington, at the end of his career, for two..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Luminous

"...father an ardent fan of the form and especially Duke Ellington and the Modern Jazz Quartet. When Allen expressed..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Jazz Sides

"...and "Bedouin Trail," which evokes the same sonicscape as Duke Ellington's "Caravan." This eight-minute tune starts out simple enough,..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature

Joni's Jazz

"...and Miles Davis, while the disc's opening track echoes Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. "Harlem" starts the album as..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Live Shots

"...of Bob Marley's "Love and Affection" and compositions by Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus, but the pattern soon became..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature

Oh, Lady, You're Good!

Dee Dee Bridgewater

"...Horace Silver (1995), and Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album (1996)...."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...to Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder (music by Duke Ellington). Nice. Artwork is everything...."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Live Shots

"...being. Almost nothing could have followed that tune, except Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood" and a drum solo..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Music Feature

Some of That Jazz

Compared to What?

"...have always been innovators, so that Miles Davis and Duke Ellington are immeasurably more important aesthetically than Marsalis, who..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Books Feature by Harvey Pekar

Saxophone Prolificus

Honorary Texas Tenor David Murray

"...recently completed projects. Still awaiting release are works featuring Duke Ellington's music with a big band and 43-piece string..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Exhibitionism

Chronicle arts reviews

"...of Mercer and Arlen to the sophisticated swing of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, the roguish raunch of Wesley..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Arts Review

Live Shots

"...his instrument, while drummer Brad Evilsizer pounded out rhythms. Duke Ellington's "Caravan," featuring a long, engaging solo by Taylor..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Music Feature

Reissues

"...most simpatico sidemen: pianists Al Haig, Horace Silver, and Duke Jordan, guitarist Jimmy Raney, and drummers Roy Haynes and..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Miles and Miles of Miles

The Columbia Legacy

"...before his "retirement" of 1975-81, featuring his tribute to Duke Ellington, "He Loved Him Madly." The fidelity on these..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jeff Mccord

Record Reviews

"...last year's even better Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album, Bridgewater's latest project tributes Ella Fitzgerald, and..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Review

Roadkill

"...Sanders and Boyd Vance performing "The Sacred Jazz of Duke Ellington."..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Feature

Flip the Switch

"...captured on 1982's Still Life, the PA was playing Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train" when Bill Graham stepped..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Total Honesty

Fred Sanders

"...best bandleaders really connect with their players," says Elliot. "Duke Ellington, probably the best of all, wrote songs specific..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Short Cuts

"...a collection of early music films including clips of Duke Ellington, Liberace, Kate Smith, and much more. Call 708-1717..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Overstanding

Big Game Hunter

"...set of improvisational numbers that proudly displayed their influences: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Doc Cheatham,..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...or with the big bands of Count Basie and Duke Ellington), so its origins, lineage, and even among its..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Hitting Below the Mason-Dixon Line

America's Favorite Curmudgeon Takes On Thomas Pynchon

"...the face to great composers, living and dead, including Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Tadd Dameron, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter,..."

June 13, 1997 Books Feature

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