George Klein presents the second hour of his multi-part feature on Duke Ellington in the 1950s & ‘60s, focusing on the Ellington orchestra in 1962 playing the Cote d’Azur jazz festival with a guest appearance by Ella Fitzgerald, and then we hear Duke in small-group settings on Impulse Records with Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane from the fall of 1962.
The John Sinclair Foundation presents
TAKE THE COLTRANE
THE GROOVE YARD 198
George Klein, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, December 1, 1991 [23038]
Duke Ellington Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald: Mack the Knife
Duke Ellington Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald: It Don’t Mean a Thing
Duke Ellington with Coleman Hawkins: Self Portrait of the Bean
Duke Ellington with Coleman Hawkins: The Jeep Is Jumpin’
Duke Ellington with Coleman Hawkins: Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington with John Coltrane: In a Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington with John Coltrane: Take the Coltrane
Duke Ellington with John Coltrane: Angelica
Duke Ellington with John Coltrane: The Feeling of Jazz
Duke Ellington with John Coltrane:
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by George Klein at WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti MI
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 1991, 2023 George Klein. Used with permission.