Videos

Running out of Ellington (or Jazz in general) to listen to? Here are a few suggestions from around the web:

• First and foremost, catch up with our Uptown Lockdown broadcasts at https://www.pscp.tv/AP64740207/ - not to be missed!
• Jazz Times: 10 Very late Ellington Albums
• Terry Teachout’s two lists of Ellingtonia: the first a sort of greatest hits, the second less well known tracks that deserve a bit more listening.
• Duke appearing on What’s My Line in 1953
• A rather haunting version of Lush Life with Ella Fitzgerald
• A Soundie of It Don’t Mean A Thing
• Good Queen Bess (largely because it’s stuck in your webmaster’s head)
• The Jazz Centre UK has been publishing general interest Jazz playlists, one per decade from the 20s onwards, as well as their own Ellington playlist here.
• Ellington Live has collated the videos of Art Baron in conversation on Ellington. Ellington Live is well worth a general browse for all sorts of gems.

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CBS ran this tribute to Duke Ellington in 1974. Featuring interviews with Sonny Greer, Russell Procope, Billy Taylor and Ella Fitzgerald and preceded by an advert for a film by the other Duke (John Wayne), and to be enjoyed not only for its footage of the maestro but for the very best in mid-1970s TV advertising.