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Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder

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Russell Davies presents a three-part tribute to Duke
Ellington. The first programme looks at how, as a young man, he learnt the piano and took a band to New York.
Here he made his name at the Cotton Club. Featuring the voices of his sister Ruth, his son Mercer, some
Ellington bandsmen, Dizzy Gillespie , Mel Torme , and Ellington himself.
Producer Graham Pass
* Brian Kay 's Pick of the Week: page 45

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Russell Davies
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Mel Torme
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Brian Kay
Source: Radio Times

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