Collection search - Duke Ellington Talks with Helen McNamara
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Record information – Brief Duke Ellington Talks with Helen McNamara
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1966-03 ?Item number (ISN):432386Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Accession:2010-00867-7Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1966-03 ?Description:Sound recording of an interview between Helen McNamara and her friend the American jazz composer, bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington. Ellington discusses his current three-night engagement in Toronto, his recollections of hearing the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson perform in California, recent projects (e.g., a recording with Lena Horne, composing the score for a Frank Sinatra film), his process as a composer, his approach to balancing multiple ongoing composition projects, his sacred concerts and unrealised plans to perform a sacred concert in Hamilton, his childhood in Washington (District of Columbia), the influence of his parents, his early career in music, the influence of Toronto musicians in his early career direction, and many other aspects of his life and career in music. <32mn 51s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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