The Intimate Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington's fifty year career was full of accomplishments as a highly original pianist, arranger, prolific composer and leader of a timeless orchestra. On occasion he recorded with a small group from his orchestra o

Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969

Founded in 1964 under the name Berliner Jazztage, Jazzfest Berlin is one of Europe's oldest and most renowned jazz festivals. In 1969, on the occasion of Duke Ellington's 70th birthday, it welcomed the cream of the jazz

Duke Ellington in Isfahan

This short documentary by writer and archivist Ehsan Khoshbakht tells the story of Duke Ellington's concert tour of the Middle East in 1963 and the development of one of the most beautiful jazz standards.

Salute to Duke Ellington

Short directed by Will Cowan as tribute to Duke Ellington

In memoriam Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of places from The Basin St. West Jazz Club, the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Restored Film released in 1943, directed by Jay Bonafield

On the Road with Duke Ellington

Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live

In this concert from his great European tour Duke gives a big band concert to be remembered in Brussel’s Marni Theatre. Featuring star soloists Money Johnson on trumpet, Paul Gonsalves on saxophone, and Joe Benjamin on b

Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling

This 1952 recording includes 2 performances of Duke and his Orchestra, one on Jan. 7, 1952 and one on Aug. 12, 1952. 12 of his signature pieces are featured including Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, The Mooch, VP's Boogie,

LEGENDS in CONCERT: DUKE ELLINGTON

Jazz Legends - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1929-1943) by Duke Ellington, includes a series of short films made in Hollywood featuring Ellington performing his biggest hits.

Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

Call him the Duke of Denmark, as this is the second superb Ellington performance recorded in that country to be released in 2003 alone. It's also an appropriate follow-up to The Intimate Duke Ellington; whereas the latte

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943

Joined by the likes of saxophonist Ben Webster and trumpeter Cootie Williams, jazz giant Duke Ellington demonstrates in this collection of performance clips (spanning the years 1929-43) precisely why he's one of the semi

The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington

With a unique style that encompassed soul, jazz and pop, Lou Rawls established himself as one of the premier voices of the modern musical age. This outstanding episode of his self-titled variety show is packed with soulf

Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58

Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington features the earliest-known filmed full-length concert by one of the 20th Century's greatest songwriters and bandleaders. Filmed at Amsterdam's famed Concertgebouw, this 80-minute concert featu

As Damas Sofisticadas de Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington - The Last Jam Session

Duke's is a studio album by the American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, featuring a small group session with Joe Pass, Ray Brown and Louie Bellson, recorded in January 1973 and released on the Pablo lab

Big Band: Artie Shaw & Duke Ellington

Savor the sounds of big band jazz and swing with this compendium of live performance clips from some of the genre's most legendary musicians. Besides innovative clarinetist, composer and bandleader Artie Shaw and the inc

Swing Era: Duke Ellington - In Hollywood

This video compiles different short and medium-length films starring the great Duke Ellington and his orchestra: BLACK AND TAN, SYMPHONY IN BLACK, plus assorted different musical sequences from other motion pictures.

Duke Ellington / Lionel Hampton: Swing Era

Legendary jazzman Duke Ellington and master of the vibraphone Lionel Hampton are the stars of this fascinating video that includes rarely seen archival material (short films called "soundies") from the 1940s and '50s. Wa