Its incredibly simple melody makes it ideal for beginner musicians and jam session settings: in its most basic form, it only contains two notes C and G. Johnny Hodges is showcased in several solos, most notably on "Suite Thursday," a work whose original studio incarnation he missed appearing on. Duke Ellington’s music was always steeped in blues feeling, but he also wrote a number of actual 12-bar blues tunes.
#Duke ellington music during the great depression full
The Great Paris Concert is raw and largely unedited, and depicts the full Ellington band in extraordinary form, oozing excitement - from the saxophone showcase on opener "Rockin' in Rhythm," the various sections of the band take flight at different points throughout this set, which includes such contemporary numbers as Ellington's theme music for an all but forgotten television series, The Asphalt Jungle, and excerpts from Such Sweet Thunder.
By the mid-1930s, a period known as the 'swing' era, swing dancing had become our national dance and big bands were playing this style of music. The optimistic feeling of swing lifted the spirits of everyone in America. Six numbers from the three Paris dates were initially edited and released by Reprise as part of the ten-song Duke Ellington's Greatest, but the bulk of the performances from those shows didn't surface until many years later as The Great Paris Concert on two LPs. Swing as a jazz style first appeared during the Great Depression. This set came about, in part, as a result of Ellington's signing to Frank Sinatra's Reprise label in November 1962, with the ending of his exclusive contract to Columbia.
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