5 - Ellington's Music With Words

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Ellington's Music With Words - Chapter 5

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

Stormy Weather 3:03 Instrumental May 16, 1933

Stormy Weather 2:30 Vocal Ivie Anderson Feb. 13, 1940

Solitude 2:55 Vocal Ivie Anderson Feb. 13, 1940

Mood Indigo 2:40 Vocal Ivie Anderson Feb. 13, 1940

It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 3:14 Vocal Ivie Anderson Feb. 2, 1932

I'm Beginning To See The Light 2:09 Vocal Joya Sherrill Dec. 1, 1944

The Blues Ain't 5:50 Vocal Joya Sherrill Aug. 20-21, 1963

What Color Is Virtue 2:50 Vocal Joya Sherrill Aug. 20-21, 1963

Mood Indigo 2:17 Vocal Joya Sherrill Jan. 12, 1965

Flamingo 3:22 Vocal Herb Jeffries Dec. 28, 1940 - terrible looking video

Solitude Instrumental Jan. 10, 1934

Solitude Instrumental Sept. 12, 1934

Solitude Piano solo May 14, 1941

Billie Holiday  Solitude Decca Feb. 13, 1947

Dutch Jazz Orchestra Lonely Again aka Lush Life Oct. 13 - 17, 1997

Lush Life Voc. and Piano Billy Strayhorn Jan. 14, 1964

Lush Life 6:33 Vocal Kay Davis Piano Billy Strayhorn Carnegie Hall Nov. 13, 1948

Come Sunday 3:46 Vocal Mahalia Jackson Feb. 11, 1958 I'm not sure if this is the exact music Jack is referencing:

Come Sunday 5:47 a cappella vocal Mahalia Jackson Feb. 11, 1958

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