Duke Ellington, Raconteur Extraordinaire (Podcast #19-005)

Ellington Reflections · Mar 2, 2019 · 56m

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The recordings heard on this podcast episode:

Monologue (Pretty and the Wolf) (CD: “The 1953 Pasadena Concert” Vogue 600105)

Recorded 20 March 1953, Pasadena California

Duke Ellington – narrator; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope – clarinet; Harry Carney – bass clarinet; Wendell Marshall – bass; Butch Ballard – drums.

Ballet of the Flying Saucers/Zajj’s Dream (CD: “A Drum Is A Woman” Sony Music Distribution COL4713202)

Recorded 25…