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Celebrating Duke Ellington's Late-Period Creative Music On His 127th Birthday And More
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This week's Rotations marks the 127th birth anniversary of Duke Ellington with a deep dive into the final fifteen years of his career. Those were the years of surprising, searching work that tends to get overlooked in favor of the canonical recordings. Ellington appears in four different contexts: sacred, suite, duo, and globe-spanning large ensemble. Close your eyes and listen without the name attached.Opening and closing sets from a variety of contemporary artists frame the Ellington material.
Playlist
- Lawrence Peryer [mic break] 00:00
- Sham "Blond Windowsill Sunned" from Universal Human Needs (Tree of Heaven Recordings) 00:54
- George Jackson "Horse Cage #2" from Center of the Universe (Adhyâropa Records) 03:24
- Shai Maestro "Human" from Human (ECM Records) 05:55
- Pino Palladino & Blake Mills "I Laugh in the Mouth of the Lion" from That Wasn't A Dream (Impulse! Records) 08:29
- Pascal Comelade "Come As You Are" from Come As You Are—Single (Week-End Records) 11:04
- Jaron Camp "Avondale" from Jigsaw Puzzle (Jaron Camp) 13:44
- Lawrence Peryer [mic break] 16:29
- Duke Ellington "Meditation" from Second Sacred Concert (Prestige Records) 17:14
- Duke Ellington "Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)" from Money Jungle (Blue Note Records) 20:22
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane "Take the Coltrane" from Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse! Records) 23:58
- Duke Ellington "Afrique" from The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy Records) 28:42
- Lawrence Peryer [mic break] 34:06
- Duke Ellington "Mount Harissa" from Far East Suite (RCA Records) 34:37
- Duke Ellington "New World A-Comin'" from Concert of Sacred Music (RCA Records) 42:20
- Lawrence Peryer [mic break] 50:50
- Miho Hazama "And the Door Unsealed" from The Pioneer's Quest (Edition Records) 51:19
- Arthur Russell “‘Instrumentals’ Volume 1 – Part 10” from First Thought Best Thought (Audika Records) 59:01
- Lawrence Peryer [mic break] 59:31
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