Creole Rhapsody (Podcast #22-005)

Ellington Reflections · Apr 29, 2022

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“So I went out and wrote Creole Rhapsody, and I did so much music for it that we had to cut t up and do two versions. One came out on Brunswick and the other, longer one, on Victor. Irving [Mills] almost blew his connection at both companies for recording a number that was not only more than three minutes long, but took both sides of the record. That was the seed from which all kinds of extended works and suites later grew.”

Duke Ellington, Music is my Mistress

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