On his first LP, recorded in 1950, the great bandleader took to the possibilities of the longer new form with unbounded style ...
Thirty-nine oral history interviews created by the Archives Center with Duke Ellington's music and business associates. The interviews cover a range of topics including Ellington as a musician, the ...
Contents of cassettes: Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (Scott Joplin, piano) -- Carolina shout / James P. Johnson (James P. Johnson, piano) -- Soda fountain rag / E.K. Ellington (Charles Covington, ...