Conductor, composer and pianist Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
In this episode of DUKE ELLINGTON (episode 169), you hear, like last time, unique recordings from the dance date in the Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota on 7 November 1940, and from a concert in Hotel Sherman in Chicago in the first half of September 1940.
Sources:
D.E. : The Duke At Fargo 1940 – Special 60th Anniversary Edition (2CD set STCD 8316 and 8317)
D.E.: At Hotel Sherman, Chicago 1940 (DESS CD 4)
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