The Cinematic Ellington (Podcast #17-016)

Ellington Reflections · Nov 18, 2017 · 48m

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“Has Duke Ellington ever saved your life?

David O. Russell knows the answer to that particular question because Ellington’s music has rescued him many times. It happened yesterday. It’ll probably happen again tomorrow. And it also happens near the beginning of Russell’s latest movie, American Hustle, when a couple of con artists, played by Christian Bale and Amy Adams, plop down on the floor and listen to Ellington’s slow-cooker classic “Jeep’s Blues” and look…