Duke Ellington
Casa Loma Hotel: Toronto – 1964
Rebroadcast by French Canadian TV
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Toronto was (and still is) a great jazz town.
Very interesting camera work and direction on this one.
A guess on personnel:
Duke Ellington, leader and piano
Johnny Hodges, alto sax
Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax
Russell Procope, alto sax, clarinet
Harry Carney, baritone,clarinet, bass clarinet)
Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet, tenor sax
Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Rolf Ericson, Herbie Jones, trumpets
Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Connors, trombones
Major Holley, bass
Sam Woodyard, drums
Ella Fitzgerald