May 12, 1999
PBS Great Performances: Season 27, Episode 15
A feature length performance-documentary celebrating Duke Ellington’s centennial. The film presents a close-up look at some of Ellington’s greatest works, in performances by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as they have never been seen or heard before. Interwoven documentary scenes take viewers on a journey to the heart of Ellington’s passions as a songwriter, pianist and bandleader. Marsalis provides a commentary that helps put Duke in context as he performs the Ellington repertoire for a new generation of listeners.
Recorded August 25-27 of 1998 at The Supper Club in New York City
Personnel
- Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson – alto sax, sopranino sax
- Ted Nash – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute, piccolo
- Walter Blanding – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- Victor Goines – tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Wycliffe Gordon – trombone
- Wayne Goodman – trombone
- Ron Westray – trombone
- Joe Temperley – baritone sax, bass clarinet
- Seneca Black – trumpet
- Ryan Kisor – trumpet
- Marcus Printup – trumpet
- Cyrus Chestnut – piano
- Rodney Whitaker – bass
- Herlin Riley – drums, tambourine
- Illinois Jacquet – tenor sax
- Dianne Reeves – vocals
- Milt Grayson – vocals