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Status
Released
Release
1967
Runtime
59m
Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of places from The Basin St. West Jazz Club, the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival, and his first Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral. This program was described by Ellington in his autobiography as the best film about Duke Ellington ever made...
21 Cast Members
Cat Anderson
Self
Louie Bellson
Self
Bunny Briggs
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Lawrence Brown
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Harry Carney
Self
Chuck Connors
Self
Buster Cooper
Self
Duke Ellington
Self
Mercer Ellington
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Paul Gonsalves
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Jimmy Hamilton
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Jon Hendricks
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Earl Hines
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Johnny Hodges
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Herbie Jones
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John Lamb
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Queen Esther Marrow
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Russell Procope
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Thomas Whaley
Self
