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Black, Brown and Beige is an extended jazz work written by Duke Ellington for his first concert at Carnegie Hall, on January 23, 1943. It tells the history of African Americans and was the composer's attempt to transform attitudes about race, elevate American music, specifically jazz, to be seen as on par with classical European music, and ...
- Duke Ellington
- 1943
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1988 CD release of "Black, Brown & Beige (The 1944-1946 Band Recordings)" on Discogs.
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Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom.
Feb 22, 2019 · Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige wasn't an immediate hit, but it set a tone for ambitious, provocative works about black life.
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Album, Remastered, Stereo. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2000 CD release of "The Best Of The Complete RCA Victor Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946)" on Discogs.
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Black, Brown, and Beige, subtitled A Duke Ellington Tone Parallel to the American Negro, is a live album of phonograph records by Duke Ellington featuring the suite of the same name in live performance in 1943.
Sep 30, 2022 · Jazz pioneer Oscar Pettiford got his start on the stages of the Twin Cities, helping create a "Minneapolis sound" long before Prince. His innovations made him one of the most influential bass...
