Duke Ellington!, arr. Calvin Custer

Rochester New Horizons Symphonic Band
Alan Woy and Bruce Burritt, co-directors
Kodak Hall, Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY

[@havanatlc8792]

Wonderful, Beautiful, Bravo!!!,

[@shcoopsarasota]

Nothing like a real swing song played by a classical group. It just sounds so wrong. Even tho I'm sure they play every note perfectly it just lacks the feel of a swing band. It has none of the intensity of real hard swing. It's just like a great hard rock tune as played in Muszic in the elevator. As soon as you hear you know it just feels so wrong.

[@carolynmalone9519]

The Ellington songbook has great music for all time. Here is concert band rendition lacks the feeling of swing for Duke Ellington. The notes are correct but the magic is gone.