Ellington Reflections

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“Sidney Bechet was one of the truly great originals. I shall never forget the first time I heard him play, at the Howard Theatre in Washington around 1921. I had never heard anything like it. It was a completely new sound and conception to me.” – Duke Ellington, Music is my M…

https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/portrait-of-kenny-burrell.mp3 The recordings heard on this podcast episode: Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis featuring Kenny Burrell (CD: Mess of Blues, Lone Hill Jazz – LHJ10285) …

“After thirteen different shots and vaccinations, we leave New York on September 6, 1963, for one of the most unusual and adventurous trips we have ever undertaken.” Duke Ellington, Music is my Mistress The recordings heard on this podcast episode: …

https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/podcast-26-001.mp3 Most Duke Ellington tribute concerts and recordings rely on just a handful of his compositions (Mood Indigo, Satin Doll, In A Sentimental Mood, etc.). The Duke Ellington Society refers to thes…

https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/five-books.mp3 The Drum is a Wild Woman – Patricia G. Lespinasse A Drum is a Woman/A Drum is a Woman – Part 2 (CD: “A Drum is a Woman” Sony Music Distribution COL4713202) Recorded 25 September 1956, New York Cit…

https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/happy-birthday-episode.mp3 “At least one day out of the year all musicians should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.” -Miles Davis The recordings heard on this podcast episode: My…

https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/the-magazine-suite.mp3 “The Magazine Suite is an entirely new three-part composition. The band played it a few more times in 1945 and 1946 but never thereafter. It is remarkable how many Ellington compositions were allowed to sink w…

https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/latin-american-suite_podcast_25_001.mp3 “The Latin-American Suite was unusual in that it was written while we were actually touring Latin America for the first time in 1968. I had originally agreed with impresario Gary Keys, who was…

https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/portrait-of-mercer-ellington_part-iii.mp3 In 1994, Mercer appeared on an episode of Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz  – On this 1994 episode of Piano Jazz, Mercer Ellington joins host Marian …