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Duke Ellington In Hollywood Featuring
Billie Holiday, Ivie Anderson, Mae West
 Idem,
2003 (60:03 mins; b&w)DVD £13.50 Duke Ellington was more than just the masterful bandleader of a legendary orchestra who at one time of another featured jazz greats such as Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Paul Gonsalves, Sidney Bechet, Cootie Williams, Harry Edison, Clark Terry, Barney Bigard, Jimmy Blanton, and a host of first-rate sidemen too numerous to mention. Ellington was also a superb and prolific composer who wrote literally thousands of songs (including numbers such as Flamingo, Take The A Train, Caravan, Mood Indigo, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, C-Jam Blues, Perdido and countless other classics). Besides being a top-notch arranger, the Duke was also a restless, experimental artist by nature and a musician who never stopped recording from 1926 on. It is safe to say that the incomparable Duke Ellington (1899-1974) stands in a class of his own and will be remembered as one of the men who defined the shape of jazz and American music throughout most of the Twentieth Century. This video compiles different short and medium-length films starring the great Duke Ellington and his orchestra: Black And Tan (1929), Symphony in Black (1935 - featuring the famous sequence with Billie Holiday), plus assorted different musical sequences from other motion pictures, including the three scenes starring Mae West in the 1934 movie Belle Of The Nineties. TRACKS: from BLACK & TAN [1929,
dir: Dudley Murphy]
[1] Black And Tan Fantasy / The Duke Steps Out[2] Black Beauty [3] Cotton Club Stomp [4] Flaming Youth [5] Same Train [6] Black and Tan Fantasy from CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK [1930,
dir: Melville Brown]
[7] Three Little Words / Old Man Bluesfrom SYMPHONY IN BLACK [1934,
dir: Fred Waller]
[8] The Laborers[9] A Triangle: Dance, Jealousy, Blues [10] A Hymn Of Sorrow [11] Harlem Rhythm from PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL no 889 [1937,
Making Records With Duke]
[12] Daybreak Express[13] Oh Babe! Maybe Someday from HIT PARADE OF 1937 [1936,
dir: Gus Mains]
[14] I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter[15] Jungle Interlude from AN RKO JAMBOREE no 7 [1943,
dir: Jay Bonafield]
[16] Mood Indigo / Sophisticated Lady[17] It Won't Mean A Thing [18] Don't Get Around Much Anymore from BUNDLE OF BLUES [1933,
short film]
[19] Rockin' in Rhythm / Stormy Weatherfrom BELLE OF THE NINETIES [1934,
dir: Leo McCarey]
[20] When A Saint Louis Woman Goes Down To New Orleans[21] My Old Flame [22] Memphis Blues TOTAL TIME : 60:03 |
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