MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Duke Ellington, King Oliver, Big Band
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Weekly radio broadcast and famous white audience nightly pouring in, ellington thrived from 1932-1942. Band reached a creative peak in the early 1940s, when ellington wrote for an orchestra of distinctive voices and displayed tremendous creativity. Thursday, march 23, 2017: born in chicago the ninth of 12 children of poor jewish immigrants, mid 1930w, he led one of the most popular musical groups in america. His jan 16th, 1938 concert at carnegie hall in nyc is described as the single most important jazz or pop music concert in history : first major bandleader to integrate black performers into his band. Guitarist - charlie christian: was in the sextet for two years/ he wrote many of the groups head arrangement and was an inspiration to all. Sextet made him famous and provided him with a steady income while charlie worked on legitimizing: listening: air mail special (quick pace)
