Portrait of Mercer Ellington, Part III (Podcast #24-005)

Ellington Reflections · Dec 28, 2024

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 McPartland to discuss working for his famous father, composing and Billy Strayhorn, and to play a piano duet of “C Jam Blues.” Mercer Ellington’s own composition skills shine in “Moon Mist.”

https://www.npr.org/2015/03/13/392842995/mercer-ellington-on-piano-jazz

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