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Ellington Today - Always Hip
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Every year dozens of top-flight musicians cover tunes from the biggest book in jazz—the
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Frank Kimbrough
piano1956 - 2020
Ahmad Jamal
piano1930 - 2023
Fred Hersch
pianob.1955
Norah Jones
pianob.1979
Dave Stryker
guitarb.1957
Terell Stafford
trumpetb.1966
Playlist
- Host Intro 0:00
- Frank Kimbrough Trio "Single Petal of a Rose" from Live at Kitano (Palmetto) 3:11
- Ahmad Jamal Quartet "I've Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" from Saturday Morning (Jazz Village) 12:32
- Fred Hersch solo "Caravan" from Solo (Palmetto) 18:09
- Host speaks 25:39
- Dave Stryker Quartet with
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saxophone, tenor
1926 - 2020 - Terell Stafford Quintet "Smada" from This Side of Strayhorn (Max Jazz) 34:37
- Host speaks 43:29
- Norah Jones Quartet "Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)" from Day Breaks (Blue Note) 46:12
- Mary Halvorson solo "Solitude" from Meltframe (Firehouse 12 Records) 50:29
- Host Outro 57:14
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