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Jimmie Blanton: Recordings BEFORE Ellington! Guest Post by Matthias Heyman, 2 of 2 (+Bonus Recordings)
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you’ll find all four recordings by the Jeter-Pillars band with Blanton!
 • Lewis Porter
Amiri Baraka Talks With Me & Grad Students About Jazz, Dr. King, Malcolm X, & More, 1 of 2
Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) was a celebrated poet, a playwright, a founder of the Black Arts Movement, and a prolific and influential writer on jazz.
 • Lewis Porter
Ellington: Unknown Radio Interviews and Music 1940-41, 2 of 2
Last time we heard a radio interview with Ellington from 1940 that has never before been available, and a bit of music.
 • Lewis Porter
Ellington: Unknown Radio Interviews and Music 1940-41, 1 of 2, and a Halloween TV Show
Today we’ll hear an unknown, never before available, Ellington interview from June 12, 1940, that ends with him playing his recent composition “Never No…
 • Lewis Porter
Duke Ellington: An Unknown Audio Conversation with Leonard Feather,2 of 2 (Audio Fixed)
Last time, we heard the first 20 minutes of this conversation.
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Duke Ellington: An Unknown Audio Conversation with Leonard Feather,1 (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you will find a scan of Inez Cavanaugh’s notes to Ellington’s 78 rpm set, and some of the story behind it.)
 • Lewis Porter
Ellington's Attitude Toward Women— The Man With Four Sides,4 (+Bonus)
(This essay stands on its own, but it is also the last of four inspired by Ellington’s unproduced musical show, The Man With Four Sides. You can find…
 • Lewis Porter
Ellington, The Man with Four Sides, 3: His Own Typed Script! (+Bonus Script Pages)
(Paying subscribers, in this essay you will see pages from Duke’s own script, but for you only, there are additional pages at the bottom, plus three…
 • Lewis Porter
Duke Ellington, The Man with Four Sides,2: More Music Recordings, With a New Source
Last time we introduced this musical and listened to some recordings of the songs.
 • Lewis Porter
Ellington's Unproduced Show, Man with Four Sides,1 of 4: History, and Music Recordings
The late Erik Weidemann (1930-2001) was a musicologist, educator, and journalist in jazz. He had many interests but was best known for his work on the…
 • Lewis Porter
Ellington: An Unknown Audio Interview with Nat Hentoff, 1953
One day before Ellington’s birthday, here’s something fascinating: This audio interview with Duke has been heard by a few Ellington specialists, but it…
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Duke Ellington's Filmed "History of Jazz in 3 Minutes" (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you will see the actual contracts that show how much each musician was paid.)
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