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Lost and Found, part 3: Rare recordings of Ellington, Ben Webster, Art Tatum and Gil Evans
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In this hour, you'll hear rarely heard gems from the Ellington discography. Music that's so rare, I doubt even die-hard Ellington aficionados have heard some of these tracks. The Duke Ellington Orchestra with Django Reinhardt at Carnegie Hall. A home recording of Ben Webster on clarinet. Duke Ellington's late great extended work "The River."
Also featured are Art Tatum's performances at a private party shortly before his death, The critic Martin Williams wrote "his cover of 'Too Marvelous for Words' is the greatest single Tatum performance we are fortunate to have."
The Dutch Jazz Orchestra recordings of unearthed compositions by Billy Strayhorn, Mary Lou Williams, Gil Evans and Gerry Mulligan.
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