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Timeline of Duke Ellington 3 - Timeline Help
Timeline of Duke Ellington part three of five from 1927 to 1940 at Timeline Help.
- 1927
- 1930
- 1931
- 1932
- 1933
- 1934 - 1940 | Duke gets a recording contract with Columbia Records. He gets a regular spot at the Cotton Club, which broadcasts his performances all over the country. The Cotton Club was one of NYC's hottest nightspots, located in Harlem.
Duke appears in Check and Double Check a movie starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll (two white men dressed in blackface) as Amos 'n Andy. Duke Ellington comes off well despite the story being demeaning to blacks.
Duke writes Dreamy Blues (also known as Mood Indigo). This is his first big hit in the Timeline of Duke Ellington when he records it. He also records the first extended jazz song, Creole Rhapsody that covers two full sides of a 78. Duke splits with his wife after she attacks him for having an affair. He keeps custody of his son and sends for his family to live with them.
Duke records It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing.
Duke does his first tour to Europe on the SS Olympic, the sister ship to the ill-fated Titanic. He finds he is very well liked in England. London considers him a significant composer. The band records Solitude and Sophisticated Lady.
Duke spends these years recording some of his most famous pieces, such as Echoes of Harlem in 1936; Caravan in 1937; Portrait of the Lion, Savoy Strut, and Finesse in 1939; and Ko-Ko and Jack, the Bear, Sepia Panorama, Pitter Panther Patter, In a Mellotone and Concerto for Cootie in 1940. Duke's mother passes away in 1935. Duke signs an exclusive contract with Victor Records. | Timeline of Duke Ellington 3 1 2 4 5
| Bibliography of the Timeline of Duke Ellington Barclay, P and Henriksen, H (1975). Ambassador of Music Close-Ups.
Old, W C (1996). Giant of Jazz. African-American Biographies.
Yanow, S. Jazz on Record The First Sixty Years. The Complete Story of Significant Artists and Their Recordings Through Six Decades of Music.
Peress, M (2004). A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots.
Ford, C T (2007). I Live With Music.
Pinkney, A and B (2006). A Piano Prince and His Orchestra.
Gammond, P (1977). His Life and Music. Jazz Roots.
Franceschina, J (2001). Ellington's Music for the Theatre. |
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