Today's Listen:
Duke Ellington -- NEW ORLEANS SUITE
The Duke's tribute to The City and it's Musical Heritage.
According to the liner notes, Ellington was thinking about how he could persuade Johnny Hodges to play Soprano on this tribute to Sidney Bechet, when the phone rang, and he was informed Hodges had just died.
Paul Gonsalves was the subsequent choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZJ7O8gOAPU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=890IdiOOVKM
Great CD. Along with 'Latin America Suites', my last Ellington purchases.
Cheers