8 thoughts on “ Star Crossed Lovers - Duke Ellington - 1967 European Tour (CD) ”
The title to this two-CD set is a bit misleading, as it not a compilation of excerpts from Duke Ellington's tour of Europe, but five selections from an afternoon concert in Rome and nearly the entire evening show (minus one song, "La Plus Belle Africaine," which was eliminated for technical reasons) on February 22,
Shortly before going on his second European tour with his orchestra, from March to May , Ellington announced to his sister Ruth and son Mercer Ellington that Strayhorn "is staying with us." [12] Through Mercer, Strayhorn met his first partner, African-American musician Aaron Bridgers, with whom Strayhorn lived until Bridgers moved to Paris.
Aug 27, · The pre-teens and teens in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Civic Jazz Orchestra are taking Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “The Star-Crossed Lovers” from the .
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Duke ELLINGTON and Della REESE ON THE RADIO - THE 'LIVE' GUARD SESSIONS (CD ACROBAT MUSIC / AMACD ) ABC Radio, New York - 13 février Duke ELLINGTON: Sophisticated lady / Take the A train / Satin doll / Things ain't what they used to be / Mood indigo / Taffy twist / Do nothin' till you hear from me / Jam with Sam.
The Ellington band left The Cotton Club in February to begin a tour that, in a sense, would not end until the leader's death 43 years later. At the same time, Ellington scored a Top Five hit with an instrumental version of one of his standards, "Mood Indigo" released on Victor. The recording was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.