Mood Indigo

Duke's Place, I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So, Cottontail.

Mood Indigo, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, and then the masterpiece that Ellington composed for Lewis to have a folklore nostalgic look back at New Orleans and Azalea, Lewis Armstrong and Duke

Ellington.

And you're hearing this music on radio station WKCR FM New York with 89.9 on the FM radio dial in the New York City area and streamlining around the world over the internet at WKCR.org. Glad to have you with us.

Ellington was tasked with writing original music to accompany the club's ridiculous jungle-themed floor shows.

instead of producing cheap stereotypical music ellington subverted the entire assignment he took the racialized expectations of his white bosses and turned them into a sophisticated brilliant orchestral palette working with brass players like bubber miley on trumpet and joe tricky sam nanton on trombone ellington developed the jungle style using plunger mutes to make the horns growl slide and weep over complex minor key harmonies He elevated theatrical background music into high art, composing masterpieces like Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call, and Mood Indigo.

Ellington used the mob's money and their stage to build the foundation of modern orchestral jazz.

When Ellington left for national tours in 1931, Cab Calloway and his Missourians took over the house band thrones.

Red tram back.

Also, Marcelo Meyer made his debut.

Looked a little rusty.

Struck out four times.

Yeah.

Tough night for that guy.

Tough night for Marcelo Meyer.

He kept trying to get kisses.