composed pieces that would feature one of the instrumentalists, such as Clarinet Lament for Barney Bigard, Trumpet in Spades for Rex Stewart, Echoes of Harlem for Cootie Williams and Jeep’s Blues for Johnny Hodges.[Your computer might ask you to allow the music to play on this page]
Jeep's Blues |
From 1936, Ellington began to make recordings of smaller groups (sextets, octets, and nonets) drawn from his orchestra of fifteen. He composed pieces that would feature one of the instrumentalists, such as Clarinet Lament for Barney Bigard, Trumpet in Spades for Rex Stewart, Echoes of Harlem for Cootie Williams and Jeep’s Blues for Johnny Hodges.
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