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Jan 8, 2013 · The unique sound of the subset of Duke Ellington's music that came to be known as “jungle style” predates the extra-musical associations of exotic, primitive Africa and Africans that were tied to it once Ellington began working at Harlem's Cotton Club in the late 1920s.
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Ellington was expected to write "jungle music" for a white audience; Ellington's contributions to the Cotton Club were priceless, as described in this 1937 New York Times excerpt: "So long may the empirical Duke and his music making roosters reign—and long may the Cotton Club continue to remember that it came down from Harlem".
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At the Cotton Club, Ellington's group performed all the music for the revues, which mixed comedy, dance numbers, vaudeville, burlesque, music, and illicit alcohol. The musical numbers were composed by Jimmy McHugh and the lyrics by Dorothy Fields (later Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler ), with some Ellington originals mixed in.
The unique sound of the subset of Duke Ellington's music that came to be known as “jungle style” predates the extra-musical associations of exotic, primitive Africa and Africans that...
Apr 20, 2009 · The band played its most famous residency – at Harlem's Cotton Club – between 1927 and 1931, accompanying the ambitious and hugely popular dance-theatre routines ushered in by the 20s "Harlem...
The tight deadlines and fast pace of the Cotton Club was unable to faze Ellington, who produced an exceptional amount of new work while under its roof. The music he composed whilst at the Cotton Club was noteworthy for its “jungle style”, which was influenced by the décor of the club itself. In 1931, Cab Calloway and his orchestra took ...
