Best Ellington
Harry Carney was an American jazz musician best known for playing the baritone saxophone in the Duke Ellington orchestra. He joined Ellington in 1927 and remained with the ensemble for nearly 50 years until Ellington's death in 1974. Carney's robust and lyrical playing heavily influenced the use of...
Paul Gonsalves was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who lived from 1920 to 1974 and spent much of his career in Duke Ellington's orchestra. He is particularly associated with a 27-chorus solo during a performance of "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, an episode c...
Mark Morris’s *The River* (Ailey) is a large-scale ballet set to music by Philip Glass and Steve Reich, depicting the 1954 migration of African Americans from the South to northern cities through intricate choreography and ensemble work.
