Meditation
Duke Ellington
Copenhagen, 1969
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Here Duke Ellington really shows his range – slowing down the set to showcase his ability to play more seemingly introverted, modest arrangements for his set. It wasn’t just about big band for this innovator in “jazz” – or what he simply liked to call “American music.”
Having proved savvy enough to keep a band together for decades, Ellington has the largest recorded set of original jazz compositions.
Stan Getz