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Ellington Reflections

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A podcast series exploring the legacy of the great Duke Ellington, his music, and his musicians.

Episodes

Ellington Reflections
Portrait of Jimmie Blanton (Podcast #19-017)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/portrait-of-jimmie-blanton-mp3.mp3 “Jimmy [sic] Blanton revolutionized bass playing, and it…
Oct 5, 2019
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Ellingtonian Geography (Podcast #19-016)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ellington-geography-podcast-fixed.mp3 “Night Life was New York, Chicago, San Francisco…
Sep 21, 2019
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The Treasury Shows, Pt. V (Podcast #19-015)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/treasury-shows-psrt-5.mp3 “In April 1945, Duke Ellington began what was to be the largest single…
Sep 2, 2019
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Portrait of Lawrence Brown, Pt. II (Podcast #19-014)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/portrait-of-lawrence-brown-part-ii.mp3 “As a soloist, his taste his impeccable, but his…
Aug 4, 2019
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Portrait of Lawrence Brown, Pt. I (Podcast #19-013)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/portrait-of-lawrence-brown-pt.-i.mp3 “I have never worked beside a man that played as…
Jul 22, 2019
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The Treasury Shows, Pt. IV (Podcast #19-012)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/podcast-19-012-treasury-shows.mp3 “In April 1945, Duke Ellington began what was to be the largest…
Jul 7, 2019
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Old Wine and New Bottles (Podcast #19-011)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/old-wine-and-new-bottles.mp3 The recordings heard on this podcast episode: Birmingham Breakdown…
Jun 17, 2019
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Portrait of Otto Hardwicke (Podcast #19-010)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/portrait-of-otto-hardwicke.mp3 “The amazing thing about [Duke Ellington] is that the…
Jun 3, 2019
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Happy Birthday, Duke! (Podcast #19-009)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/happy-birthday-podcast.mp3 The recordings heard on this podcast episode:
May 19, 2019
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Portrait of Bubber Miley (Podcast #19-008)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bubber-miley_rev-a.mp3“Bubber Miley was from the body and soul of Soulville. He was raised on soul…
Apr 20, 2019
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Portrait of Fred Guy (Podcast #19-007)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/portrait-of-fred-guy.mp3 “Freddy Guy was born in Georgia, but he had been in New York most of…
Apr 7, 2019
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The Treasury Shows, Pt. III (Podcast #19-006)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/podcast-treasury-part-iii.mp3 “In April 1945, Duke Ellington began what was to be the largest…
Mar 24, 2019
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Duke Ellington, Raconteur Extraordinaire (Podcast #19-005)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/podcast-19-005-duke-ellington-raconteur-extraordinaire.wav The recordings heard on this podcast…
Mar 2, 2019
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The Treasury Shows, Pt. II (Podcast #19-004)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/podcast-treasury-ii.mp3 “In April 1945, Duke Ellington began what was to be the largest…
Feb 18, 2019
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And Now For Something Completely Different…. (Podcast #19-003)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/and-now-for-something.mp3 “Moon Maiden represents my public debut as a vocalist, but I…
Feb 2, 2019
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Portrait of Johnny Hodges, Pt. III (Podcast #19-002)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/portrait-of-johnny-hodges-new-total.mp3“You ever drink any cool, clean spring water? You can…
Jan 20, 2019
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Portrait of Johnny Hodges, Pt. II (Podcast #19-001)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/portrait-of-johnny-hodges-pt.-ii.mp3 “I don’t suppose there is anybody in the business…
Jan 5, 2019
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Portrait of Johnny Hodges, Pt. I (Podcast #18-020)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Portrait-of-Johnny-Hodges-part-I.mp3 “As a youngster, Johnny Hodges was a saxophonist in…
Dec 15, 2018
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The Treasury Shows, Pt. I (Podcast #18-019)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/treasury-podcast-part-1.mp3 “In April 1945, Duke Ellington began what was to be the largest…
Nov 17, 2018
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Tiger Rag & its Ellington Contrafacts (Podcast #18-018)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tiger-rag-and-its-ellington-contrafa.mp3 The recordings heard on this podcast episode: Tiger Rag…
Oct 21, 2018
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Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald (Podcast #18-017)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/portrait-of-ella-fitzgerald-podcast.mp3Ella Fitzgerald is a great philanthropist. She gives so…
Oct 6, 2018
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Sittin’ In, Part II (Podcast #18-016)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/podcast-18-016-rev-1.mp3“According to biographer Charles Delaunay, when Reinhardt mounted the…
Sep 22, 2018
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The Ellington Greatest Hits Medley (Podcast #18-015)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/greatest-hits-podcast.mp3“We’d like to remind you that you’re very beautiful…
Sep 8, 2018
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Portrait of Louis Armstrong (Podcast #18-014)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/podcast.mp3 “I loved and respected Louis Armstrong. He was born poor, died rich, and never…
Aug 25, 2018
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Piano In the Foreground, II (Podcast #18-013)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/podcast-18-0131.mp3 ……[M]y mother decided I should take piano lessons. My piano teacher, Mrs…
Jul 28, 2018
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Portrait of Al Hibbler (Podcast #18-012)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/portrait-of-al-hibbler.mp3 “It was much easier than I thought it would be for Hib to learn…
Jul 14, 2018
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Beyond the Valley of the Usual Suspects (Podcast #18-011)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/podcast-18-011.mp3 Most Duke Ellington tribute concerts and recordings rely on just a handful of…
Jun 30, 2018
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Portrait of Ivie Anderson (Podcast #18-010)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/portrait-of-ivie-anderson.mp3 “In addition to her great singing, Ivie was also considered a…
Jun 16, 2018
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Where to Start? (Podcast #18-009)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/where-to-start.mp3 Duke Ellington recorded thousands of selections over a nearly 50 year career. If…
May 19, 2018
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The Symphonic Ellington (Podcast #18-008)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/the-sym-ellington-podcast.mp3 In Memoriam – Brooks Kerr (1951 – 2018) The recordings…
May 5, 2018
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Portrait of Sonny Greer (Podcast #18-007)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/portrait-of-sonny-greer.mp3 “Sonny would sit up behind the band, elevated high at his drums…
Apr 21, 2018
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Beyond the Usual Suspects, Again (Podcast #18-006)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/beyond-the-usual-suspects-again.mp3 Most Duke Ellington tribute concerts and recordings rely on…
Apr 7, 2018
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Duke Ellington’s “String Section” (Podcast #18-005)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ellingtons-string-section.mp3 “Ray Nance never played a bad note in his life, so this makes…
Mar 24, 2018
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Sittin’ In (Podcast #18-004)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sittin-in.mp3 Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra Count Basie and Duke Ellington Duke Ellington and…
Mar 10, 2018
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Portrait of Ben Webster, Pt. II (Podcast #18-003)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ben-webster-part-ii.mp3“He was considered the supreme ballad master. As great as Prez, Hawk…
Feb 24, 2018
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Portrait of Ben Webster, Pt. I (Podcast #18-002)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/portrait-of-ben-webster-part-i.mp3“After he had made a record date with us in 1935, I always…
Feb 10, 2018
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Beyond “The Usual Suspects” (Podcast #18-001)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/beyond-the-usual-suspects-podcast-18-001.mp3 Most Duke Ellington tribute concerts and recordings…
Jan 20, 2018
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Season’s Greetings! (Podcast #17-017)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/07-jingle-bells.mp3 Happy Holidays from Ellington Reflections! We will return with new bi-weekly…
Dec 4, 2017
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The Cinematic Ellington (Podcast #17-016)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cinematic-ellington.mp3 “Has Duke Ellington ever saved your life? David O. Russell knows the…
Nov 18, 2017
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The River (Podcast #17-015)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-river-podcast.mp3 “In retrospect, it seems that 1970 must have been a busy year, because…
Nov 4, 2017
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Reflections from the Avant Garde (Podcast #17-014)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/avant-garde-ellingtonia.mp3“Now, when I was considered avant garde, Duke Ellington at that…
Oct 21, 2017
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Ellington & 100 years of Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie (Podcast #17-013)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/monk-diz-podcast.mp3“I always like the bop, and I am proud to say that the fabulous…
Oct 7, 2017
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Portrait of Barney Bigard (Podcast #17-012)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/portrait-of-barney-bigard.mp3“I honestly can’t tell much about my impression of the…
Sep 23, 2017
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When Cootie Left the Duke, Pt. III (Podcast #17-011)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/when-cootie-left-the-duke-part-iii-5-sept.mp3“…Benny Goodman, just back from Russia…
Sep 9, 2017
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When Cootie Left the Duke, Pt. II (Podcast #17-010)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/when-cootie-left-the-duke-part-ii.mp3 “I didn’t drink at all until I got my band.&#8221…
Aug 19, 2017
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When Cootie Left the Duke, Pt. I (Podcast #17-009)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/17-009-when-cootie-left-the-duke-part-i.mp3 A Benny Goodman recording session, with Georgie Auld…
Aug 5, 2017
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Piano in the Foreground (Podcast #17-008)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/17-008-piano-in-the-foreground.mp3 ……[M]y mother decided I should take piano lessons…
Jul 22, 2017
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Reflections on “The Far East Suite” (Podcast #17-007)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/17-007-reflections-on-the-far-east-suite.mp3 This podcast episode features three looks at…
Jul 8, 2017
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Portrait of Mahalia Jackson (Podcast #17-006)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/17-006-portrait-of-mahalia-jackson.mp3 “Bill Putnam, founder, builder, recording engineer…
Jun 24, 2017
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Harlem (Podcast #17-005)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/harlem-podcast-17-005.mp3 “Harlem is a place, a place in New York City, bordered on the south…
Jun 10, 2017
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“Take A Train” (Podcast #17-004)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/take-a-train-17-004.mp3 “You know the record, Daybreak Express? Well, when we were in the…
May 27, 2017
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Portrait of Clark Terry (Podcast #17-003)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/portrait-of-clark-terry_podcast-17-0031.mp3 “The first time I ever heard about Clark Terry…
May 13, 2017
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Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue (Podcast #17-002)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/diminuendo-in-blue-and-crescendo-in-blue.mp3 “Nineteen fifty-six was an important year. The…
Apr 29, 2017
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Introduction (Podcast #17-001)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ellington-reflections-17-001.mp3 “Jazz is many things to many people. To me, it has been a…
Apr 29, 2017