1 - Harlem Songs

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A YouTube Links Companion

for Jack Chambers' 

A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington

This website provides YouTube links to the excellent selections listed in Jack Chambers' A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington: The Man in the Music published by University of Mississippi Press in March 2025.

It is meant to ease a reader's access to the songs in the book's Playlists in order to more fully appreciate the book, and Duke and his Orchestra's music.

Use the Chapters menu (on the side or top) to navigate to each of the eleven chapters.

Thanks for the writing and the great listening, Jack.

Many YouTube links. Pages load slowly.
Use full screen to view videos along with music.

Harlem Songs - Chapter 1

Harlem River Quiver

Harlem Twist

Harlemania

Harlem Flat Blues

Jungle Nights in Harlem

Blue Harlem

Harlem Romance aka (usually) Clouds in My Heart

Drop Me off at Harlem

Harlem Speaks (take 1)

Harlem Rhythm from Symphony in Black aka Merry go Round

Echoes of Harlem 1936

Echoes of Harlem broadcast May 15, 1938

Echoes of Harlem Feb. 23, 1963 Paris

Harmony in Harlem

Boys from Harlem AKA Cat Rag

Rumpus in Richmond

Harlem Air Shaft

Blue Belles of Harlem

A Tone Parallel to Harlem aka Harlem aka Harlem Suite

A Tone Parallel to Harlem Live, Paris, Feb. 2, 1963

Harlem - from The Symphonic Ellington, live Jan. 31, 1963

Harlem May 18, 1970 Duke Ellington with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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