Duke Ellington の Perdido (Juan Tisol 作曲) を聴く。Ellington を聞いていると、40年代に西海岸でポピュラー音楽に接した著名なフランクフルト学派の一人が書いているようにポピュラー音楽とは「規格化」し、そこに己の感性を従属させることではなく、今ある制約は次の変化に向けて己の感性を解放させるためにあるのだということが分かる。
1942:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
※ Rex Stewart (cnt), Wallace Jones (tp), Ray Nance (tp,vln), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb), Juan Tizol (v-tb), Barney Bigard (cl,ts), Johnny Hodges (as), Otto Hardwick (as,cl), Ben Webster (ts), Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl), Duke Ellington (p), Fred Guy (g), Junior Raglin (b), Sonny Greer (d)//
1950:
Oscar Pettiford and Duke Ellington:
※ Duke Ellington (p), Oscar Pettiford (cello), Lloyd Trotman (sb), Jo Jones (dm)
1952:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
※ Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p), Louis Bellson (d), Wendell Marshall (b), Paul Gansalves, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (sax), William Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Ray Nance (tpts), Juan Tizol, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (tbns)
1953:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
1957:
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald:
※ Cat Anderson, Harold ''Shorty'' Baker, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry (tp), Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Russell Procope (as, cl), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Harry Carney (bs, cl, bcl), Mercer Ellington (cv), Duke Ellington (p), Jimmy Woode (sb), Sam Woodyard (dm)
1959:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
※ Newport Live
※ Duke Ellington(p), Shorty Baker, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Andrew "Fats" Ford, Ray Nance(tp), Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope( as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (ts, cl), Harry Carney (bs), John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson (tb), Jimmy Woode (b), Sam Woodyard, Jimmy Johnson (d)
1960:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra:
※ Fats Ford, Willie Cook, Ed Mullens (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vn), Britt Woodman, Booty Wood, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts), Russell Procope (cl, as), Johnny Hodges (as), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Harry Carney (cl, bcl, bar), Duke Ellington (p), Aaron Bell (sb), Sam Woodyard (dm)//