Well I am glad to see that so many people have watched and listened to this clip and were impresed with the Ellingon Orchestra.
I'm sure, ...( 2 months ago by bakunin4)
I'm sure, suicide1112, that your heart swells with pride every time you hear Haydn's EMPEROR'S HYMN played.
Something does ...( 2 months ago by suicide1112)
Something does indeed swell.
Amen!( 2 months ago by vintage1962)
Amen!
I think it can be ...( 2 months ago by jeuhrn)
I think it can be said that some white dudes played some piano or something at some point, then came along some black dudes and blew everyone out of the water.
but you know - ...( 2 months ago by martingerup)
but you know - whether youre red og yellow - Duke said the word, and youre obliged to spread the word hereafter: It dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing. Here in Denmark we even say: If you ask the question what swing means, you would probably dont know the answer.
something tells me ...( 1 month ago by GingerKid5307)
something tells me you're white?
Indeed, I don't ...( 1 month ago by GingerKid5307)
Indeed, I don't want to be an ass but:
Thank God for slavery.
there is no black ...( 1 month ago by ticy84)
there is no black or white or red or fucking purple there is man kind that differs because of the origins of people
sorry for the (i suppose) bad english
"If you ask the ...( 1 month ago by EffinSkeletor)
"If you ask the question what swing means, you would probably dont know the answer."
lol, well no shit! you folks up in denmark are pretty sharp aren't you, eh?
Are you from the ...( 1 month ago by aerofredywr)
Are you from the Black KKK or something? I belive there where (are) many great black players and I enjoy most of them:Ahmad Jamal,Errol Garner and many more, but you can ´t deny wite players like Bill Evans. I you do, you´r not only racist but dumb(WICH ARE MORE OR LESS THE SAME)
Stfu Bioch( 1 month ago by MikeW259)
Stfu Bioch
no slavery = no jazz( 1 month ago by GingerKid5307)
no slavery = no jazz
Ellington is black ...( 1 month ago by mozgreen)
Ellington is black like all the best American musicians. It's not 'Is that so?' rather than 'Why is that so?'
Mozgreen (a white man)
Isn't it true that ...( 1 month ago by mozgreen)
Isn't it true that all the musicians at the Cotton Club were black and all the audience /clientelle white? When black people appeared in the audience the club management introduced a cover charge only the relatively wealthy whites were prepared to pay. Ellington left the club soon after.
Who were the fools there then?
Greatest American ...( 1 month ago by darkmaides)
Greatest American composer, at least in my own opinion, definitely one of the greatest musicians no argue.
:)
ohhh shut upp when ...( 1 month ago by dumbamartin)
ohhh shut upp when you learn to play piano like him and all that instruments the you can talk sooo shut up loosersss and IM WHITE
Charles Ives, ...( 4 weeks ago by vanderbilt887)
Charles Ives, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Arnold Schoenberg (Austrian as well), Philil Glass, Steve Reich, John Cage, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Hank Williams, Frank Zappa, Brian Wilson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pat Metheny, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Johnny Cash, Glenn Miller, Bill Evans, Leonard Bernstein, Jim Morrison, Eddie Van Halen, Bing Crosby, Samuel Barber etc
'Like all best ...( 4 weeks ago by vanderbilt887)
'Like all best American musicians' - that's simply not true at all. The best American musicians are black, white etc. You can't discredit all the white contributions to American musical culture just because the black contribution has been so remarkable (which it has been and still is). All humans are musical in their very nature, black, white, Asian or whatever. It's these diversities in culture and races which makes it more interesting. Just don't discredit a culture or race.
Me (a European).
Mood Indigo!! YEAH!!( 3 weeks ago by Stuart7500)
Mood Indigo!! YEAH!!
HEY where can I ...( 3 weeks ago by Gharalam)
HEY where can I find more great swing music without much lyrics just that snazzy beat! I like sing sing sing by benny goodman!
Mozgreen, I am ...( 3 weeks ago by viziermoo)
Mozgreen, I am inclined to agree with you, but the reason that the Cotton Club did it this way was because black people created a musical STYLE with little to no outside influence. Hence, it was all the rage. And on the subject of predjudiced managers- what are you gonna do?
God, I love Duke ...( 1 week ago by richardsull119)
God, I love Duke Ellington.
who is that trumpet ...( 1 day ago by 034667)
who is that trumpet player that also sang a couple of bars?
´t deny wite players like Bill Evans. I you do, you´r not only racist but dumb(WICH ARE MORE OR LESS THE SAME)
Me (a European).