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'''Echoes of Harlem''' is a 1936 composition by [[Duke Ellington]]. A jazz blues in [[F minor]] with a stride, it has been cited as one of Ellington's "mood" pieces, and contains a "four-plus-ten bar segment".<ref name="GatesHigginbotham2009">{{cite book|last1=Gates|first1=Henry Louis|last2=Higginbotham|first2=Evelyn Brooks|title=Harlem Renaissance Lives from the African American National Biography|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=E_vRLcgEdGoC&pg=PA185|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-538795-7|page=185}}</ref> |
'''Echoes of Harlem''' is a 1936 composition by [[Duke Ellington]]. A jazz blues in [[F minor]] with a stride, it has been cited as one of Ellington's "mood" pieces, and contains a "four-plus-ten bar segment".<ref name="GatesHigginbotham2009">{{cite book|last1=Gates|first1=Henry Louis|last2=Higginbotham|first2=Evelyn Brooks|title=Harlem Renaissance Lives from the African American National Biography|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=E_vRLcgEdGoC&pg=PA185|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-538795-7|page=185}}</ref> The original recording features [[Cootie Williams]] on trumpet,<ref name="Stewart2007">{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=Alexander|title=Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qFgowjbqfl8C&pg=PA158|date=2 August 2007|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-94016-1|page=158}}</ref> playing it what Lawrence McClellan describes as "muted" and "in a somber minor key".<ref name="McClellan2004">{{cite book|last=McClellan|first=Lawrence|title=The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Oit7y0bS4MUC&pg=PA81|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30157-5|page=81}}</ref> It has been performed by [[Roy Eldridge]], with [[Oscar Peterson]] and [[Herb Ellis]].<ref name="Inc.1995">{{cite book|title=JazzTimes|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA190|date=September 1995|publisher=JazzTimes, Inc.|page=190|id={{ISSN|0272572X}}}}</ref> |
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It has been performed by [[Roy Eldridge]], with [[Oscar Peterson]] and [[Herb Ellis]].<ref name="Inc.1995">{{cite book|title=JazzTimes|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA190|date=September 1995|publisher=JazzTimes, Inc.|page=190|id={{ISSN|0272572X}}}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:51, 27 July 2016
Echoes of Harlem is a 1936 composition by Duke Ellington. A jazz blues in F minor with a stride, it has been cited as one of Ellington's "mood" pieces, and contains a "four-plus-ten bar segment".[1] The original recording features Cootie Williams on trumpet,[2] playing it what Lawrence McClellan describes as "muted" and "in a somber minor key".[3] It has been performed by Roy Eldridge, with Oscar Peterson and Herb Ellis.[4]
References
- ^ Gates, Henry Louis; Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (2009). Harlem Renaissance Lives from the African American National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-19-538795-7.
- ^ Stewart, Alexander (2 August 2007). Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz. University of California Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-520-94016-1.
- ^ McClellan, Lawrence (2004). The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-313-30157-5.
- ^ JazzTimes. JazzTimes, Inc. September 1995. p. 190. ISSN 0272572X Parameter error in {{issn}}: Invalid ISSN..
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