Jeep's Blues by Duke Ellington - Studio Jazz Band 5-22-23

Here's an excerpt from a concert I filmed and edited that features the Studio Jazz Band of El Camino, playing big band music from the swing era. This evening's show was a 21 piece jazz band. This is the seventh song of the concert, Jeep's Blues by Duke Ellington This series will feature just the music, and will be in a playlist as each individual piece is up. Original Full Concert: https://youtu.be/r7-AxttTA_s Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyQ9BosidGgVONte0bwCYlrsBsIWi0se_ The event was directed by David Sills of "The David Sills Quartet" and "The Acoustic Jazz Quartet". He has toured throughout the US, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, and France. You can hear him on David Benoit's "Conversations." Enjoy! _____________________________________________ History/Background: Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. From 1936, Ellington began to make recordings with smaller groups (sextets, octets, and nonets) drawn from his then-15-man orchestra. He composed pieces intended to feature a specific instrumentalist, such as "Jeep's Blues" for Johnny Hodges, "Yearning for Love" for Lawrence Brown, "Trumpet in Spades" for Rex Stewart, "Echoes of Harlem" for Cootie Williams and "Clarinet Lament" for Barney Bigard. _____________________________________________

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