Conductor, composer and pianist Duke Ellington (1899-1974), part 124. In DUKE ELLINGTON today a great concert from 2 July 1956 performed at the Hill Auditorium on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which has just been released on Dutch record label Doctor Jazz. Five days after this performance, Ellington would celebrate one of the greatest triumphs in his career at the Newport Jazz Festival (7 July 1956).
Source:
D.E. : Heading for Newport 1956 (Doctor Jazz DJ 018)
