1929-1939JAZZ MUSIC
DUKE ELLINGTON SELECTIONS FROM SEVERAL SHORT & FEATURE FILMS. FEATURING BILLIE HOLIDAY, IVY ANDERSON, BEN WEBSTER, HARRY CARNEY, JOHNNY HODGES, FREDDIE JENKINS, COOTIE WILLIAMS, ARTHUR WHETSOL, FREDI WASHINGTON
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DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA FROM MOVIE "BLACK & TAN" (1929)
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DUKE PLAYING PIANO, PRETENDING TO TEACH SONG TO TRUMPET PLAYER. NTERCUT WITH SCENES OF MEN LOOKING FOR APARTMENT
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BLACK PIANO MOVERS REPOSSESS PIANO INTERRUPTING DUKE'S PLAYING
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WOMAN BEGINS TO MAKE DRINK
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MEN DRINK LIQUOR, USE SHOT GLASSES, FROM BOTTLE
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DUKE & HIS WOMAN HUG, ROMANTIC
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BUBBER MILEY & DUKE ELLINGTON
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BUBBER MILEY ON TRUMPET DUET WITH DUKE, MAKE MUSIC
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PULL BACK FROM PIANO KEYS TO MEN IN TUXEDOS DANCING FLOOR SHOW. REFLECTIONS IN MIRROR IN FRONT OF STAGE.
COTTON CLUB TYPE REVUE |
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CURTAIN SHAPED LIKE NUDE WOMAN CLOSES AND THEIR DANCE ACT BEGINS. UNUSUAL, MEN DANCE BEHIND EACH OTHER IN LINE
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DANCER HOPPED-UP ON DRUGS LOOKING AT ORCHESTRA AND DANCERS. CU DUKE
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KALEIDOSCOPE SHOTS OF DANCERS & ORCHESTRA. POV OF DOPED UP ANITA
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CU HER DRUGGED EXPRESSION
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MC INTRODUCES ANITA AS DANCER, SHE PERFORMS
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VIEW THROUGH GLASS STAGE UP FROM UNDER HER FEET.
SHE COLLAPSES. MEN CARRY HER OFF, BAND PLAYS |
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WOMEN DRESSED IN SKIMPY FEATHER COSTUMES DANCE
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SILHOUETTE OF ORCHESTRA PLAYING. SHADOWS
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DUKE ELLINGTON
BLACK & TAN FANTASY
PEOPLE WAVE ARMS & SING GOSPEL TO SICK ANITA DUKE & ORCHESTRA - BLACK & TAN FANTASY
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ANITA DIES IN BED. BLURRY CU (HER POV) OF DUKE
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DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA IN THE FEATURE FILM "CHECK & DOUBLE CHECK" (1930). PERFORM "THREE LITTLE WORDS"
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WHITE HIGH CLASS COUPLES APPLAUD IN BALLROOM
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ORCHESTRA PLAYING, AUDIENCE. WOMAN SLIPS OUT OF ROOM, COUPLE FOLLOWS
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BAND PLAYING. VARIOUS SHOTS
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MEN PLAY TRUMPETS MUTED WITH HATS
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DUKE ELLINGTON
SYMPHONY IN BLACK
TITLE CARD READS: "DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA IN SYMPHONY IN BLACK -
A RHAPSODY OF NEGRO LIFE". FROM SHORT "A SYMPHONY IN BLACK" (1934) |
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CU SIGN READING "DUKE ELLINGTON STUDIO". HAND PUTS LETTER THROUGH MAIL SLOT. CU LETTER
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CU OVER DUKE'S SHOULDER AS HE WRITES MUSIC, USES PENCIL.
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CU SUBTITLE "THE LABORERS"
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DISSOLVE TO DUKE & ORCHESTRA -
THE LABORERS |
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DISSOLVE TO BLACKS SHOVEL COAL INTO FURNACE
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MEN HAULING SACKS. SLAVE LABOR
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CU TITLE "A TRIANGLE DANCE-JEALOUSY-BIG CITY BLUES"
DUKE & ORCHESTRA PLAY |
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SILHOUETTES IN WINDOW OF COUPLE DANCING. SAME IN APARTMENT. WOMAN ALONE IN ALLEY
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COUPLE RUSHES DOWN STAIRS. CU TITLE "JEALOUSY".
ARGUMENT |
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MAN PUSHES WOMAN DOWN, DUKE PLAYS
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CU SUBTITLE "BLUES". BAND PLAYS
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BILLIE HOLIDAY LYING ON GROUND SINGS "SADDEST TALE"
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DUKE ELLINGTON AND ORCHESTRA
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CU SUBTITLE "PART THREE: A HYMN OF SORROW". DUKE &
ORCHESTRA PLAY SONG |
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SCENE OF BLACK PEOPLE ON CHURCH. FUNERAL?
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OLD PREACHER RAISES ARMS. DUKE CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA
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CU SUBTITLE "PART FOUR: HARLEM RHYTHM" DUKE &
ORCHESTRA PLAY SONG |
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MAN DANCES. SILHOUETTES OF WOMEN DANCING
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FILM TITLE: "RECORD MAKING WITH DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA" (1937)
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CU SPINNING RECORD.
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MANY DISCS SPINNING
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DUKE ELLINGTON CONDUCTING BAND
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SOUND TECHNICIAN IN MONITOR BOOTH LISTENS TO REHEARSAL. CU TURNING KNOBS, RECORDING SESSION, RECORDING STUDIO, MOUNTING DISC ON TURNTABLE
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LOWERING STYLUS INTO POSITION. MEN GIVE SIGNAL TO START
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BAND PLAYS
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RECORDING TECHNICIAN WATCHES RECORD SPIN. CU RECORDING PROCESS
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CU HANDS WEARING RUBBER GLOVES WASH LAQUER DISC
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CU DISC CHANGES COLOR IN SILVER SOLUTION
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CU DISC BEING PUT INTO ELECTRO-PLATING BATH. CU SWITCHES BEING THROWN
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MACHINERY APPLIES COPPER COATING
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DISCS BEING SEPARATED TO CREATE MASTER RECORDING
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MONTAGE: INSPECTION, MECHANICAL PROCESSES, HAND-
BRUSHING, CU MASTER. RECORD MANUFACTURING, RECORD PRESSING, RECORD PLANT, RECORD FACTORY. |
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WORKERS IN RECORD FACTORY. CU LABEL APPLIED. READS "VARIETY"
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CU ROLLING VINYL, PLASTIC INTO BALL, PUTTING IN STAMPER. RECORD PRESSING. CU TATTOOED ARM
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CU PULLING OUT FINISHED RECORD. CU LABEL, WHICH SPINS SUPERIMPOSED OVER BAND PLAYING, FEMALE SINGER
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IVY ANDERSON & DUKE ELLINGTON
I GOT TO BE A RUG CUTTER
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THE HIT PARADE OF 1937 DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA - I GOT TO BE A RUG CUTTER. FEATURING IVY ANDERSON
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TRIO OF MEN SING
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IVY SINGS. AUDIENCE OF WHITE UPPER CRUST COUPLES
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CU MAN WITH FACE PAINTED LIKE A NATIVE PLAYS DRUM.
BAND PLAYS, DUKE CONDUCTS, PLAYS PIANO |
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DUKE ELLINGTON
MOOD INDIGO
DUKE ELLINGOTN & ORCHESTRA PERFORM "MOOD INDIGO"
"WILLOW WEEP FOR ME" |
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DUKE ELLINGTON
IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
TWO BAND MEMBERS SING - IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
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