Duke Ellington piano solo [Rarest of the rare recordings!] 

He touches my heart, breaks it and lovingly puts it back together...strong, new & blessed!

Ellington was completely won over by Strayhorn's fantasies and could conjure them in a way that not even Strayhorn could - a priceless collaboration...

bringing jazz and classical music togheter in perfection. The Duke always makes me speechless and brings serenity

Duke Ellington: A fountain of eternal compositions --and nobody plays them like Duke himself.These renditions are luminous.

Each time he plays a piece there is something new and different.

this and single petal of a rose are my absolute favorite solo piano pieces...the touch and composition - I love his playing

This is amazing. Cheered me up and and made me cry too. Beautiful.

Amazing stuff. Father of jazz.

Fleurette Africaine is pure magic, that performance...

Every single performance is different.

Incredible artistry from this master. As a point of personal irony (& humility), I always thought of Ellington's genius abstractly - associating him with big-band compositions, where I've always preferred small groups & solo music in all forms. Prefer chamber works to symphonies, etc. Was,of course, blindsided by Such Sweet Thunder, immediately bought the vinyl album, mono or no. Wonderful presentation here of his searching, transcendent maturity in presenting the familiar, as if (again, for me) never-before-heard pieces, to not just delight us, but always, make us think about where the hell we are in life - & can we make life more joyous, for all? Thanks to R. in T. & the producers.

Great ! It was the FIRST FIRST jazz album bought in late 1992 in the newsstand in front my hugh school. It was a gadget of the italian's jazz magazine "Musica Jazz". I know it by heart !

Duke Ellington has the secrets of gods!

El GRAN músico de jazz . Gloria eterna a Edward Kennedy Ellington. ¡ El Duke!

From the opening tickles of Fleurette Africaine, you know you're in for something special. Life stresses dissolve ... like pistachio ice cream under a morning sun.

ELEGANCE OF ELLINGTON 🙏🏽😔😌

Thank You for sharing, nowadays people sit in front of their computer getting entertained. Before they sat more in front of their chosen hobby. My saxophone is mostly on the loft, but I play the piano.

usava il pianoforte come se fosse un intera orchestra,inarrivabile Duca.

The greatest American composer.

Took me way too long to really appreciate Duke - But I'm glad I eventually made it. 😊

Truly wonderful

Wow!

btw ~ if you don't like this you are wildly out of place commenting on music in The Idiom. This is gorgeous music: another side of Duke ... people forget what a terrific pianist he really is with all the attention focused on his bandleader role.

We all agree he was the Duke! A voyage into a unique and marvelous musical experiment ....thanks!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Priceless!

What a master. Fleurette Africaine is sublime, magical.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington virtuoso pianist !!! Thank you so much for sharing this musical gem. Regards...

Quel trésor ! Merci d'avoir posté.

duke's slight humming in the background

Thank You so much for posting this. Truly priceless!

I knew he once played “Carolina Shout” but didn’t know there was a recording! Awesome!!

he had that unique way of playing fast arpeggios out of nowhere man i love that ish

Sir Duke... amazing

thanks for sharing. amazing and beatiful music from the master

Listened to this as I was going to sleep

What a treat! Thanks for sharing!

You can hear him humming along with the song Paris Blues. Thats cool

Beautiful. Thanks.

fantastic ! amazing!

Fantastic! Great music! thank you!

Such beauty.

Trop agréable merci

Absolutely LOVE IT

Thanks very much for posting this.

Always and forever my greatest hero for your music drives me your music is yours and your alone like no other for you are the duke you are the man with dancing fingers as you compose songs in your head to the beat of your walk for you are duke the one the only till we meet in another world beyond this one that I am bound to with chains that keep me from flying that keep me from my heaven but you have escaped you have freed yourself and now you free me for you music is the key to the lock that bounds me mr duke mr Ellington May we meet in heaven one day on the rainbow bridge

Thanx for the upload, much appreciated,,,,

i am crying. thank you.

Brilliant

Thank you!!

Perfection.

amazing!

Merci 👏

Thanks.

Nice!!

This guy was a rare talent

Una obra fascinante, engloba fantasmagoría, tenues briznas de luz con claroscuros de las entrañas humanas más hondas

My top 3 20th century musicians, composers, and musical geniuses (not in order) Stravinsky Ellington Bowie

Duke Ellington had many great soloists in his band over the decades, but I've long thought that his greatest soloist was his piano player.

god bless the tube and the Duke,

cool

Le génie est intemporel. Ça ne s'explique pas. C'est.

6:10 tfw when he drops just a little of 'i'm beginning to see the light'

I know cat videos are more up everybody's alley but If you have a few minutes, I'd love to get your thoughts on my songs/videos. I'm always trying to improve. I know how busy we all are and truly appreciate you taking a moment to watch. Thanks! Tiff

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Things Ain't What They Used To Be was written by Mercer Ellington.

thank you for posting these pearls. is this a rehearsal? is there footage? "Pre-recording for ORTF, Paris. July 2, 1970. Telecasted on August 1973" is quite missleading....

This is such an amazing recording! Is it avaliable on LP by any chance?

Hard to find CD then?

The beginning alone....sheesh

12:28 chords 13:26 turnaround

Correct info on the session and source of this recording. The liner notes on the (bootleg) CD release are incorrect: desguin.net/sonotheque/1_JAZZ/1_ELLINGTON/Duke%20Ellington/Schmalenberg1970/catalogue.html

usava il pianoforte come un orchestra,e se lo poteva anche permettere il Duca.

Where'd you get this?

Another "Lotus Blossom". Last song, at 28:23.

エリントン大先生の演奏にこころこがすおもい😁(^_^)v

TO THE 4 PEOPLE THAT DISLIKED THIS - YOU LACK ANY SENSE OF HUMANITY

This is the version with video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fBXWeW6LI3c.html

Duke is to Jazz as Horowitz is to Rach. ...proper

'Grammarly? OH I"M SO DONE WITH THIS!!!! INFERNAL USELESS AD, now forever associated with a repulse reaction.