Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo [Restored]

[@stevesmith6685]

As a college kid in the early to mid 1970s I missed seeing Duke Ellington play live at the "Newport Jazz Festival New York." Produced by George Wein, the event was kicked out of Newport for whatever reason. I didn't get my ticket one year to see Duke saying to myself, "I'll see him next time he is in New York." There was no next time. He died later that year. He was one of the great composers of the 20th or any Century and a great musician. My advice to anyone is, if you want to see someone with talent that you love do it immediately. As in life, there may not be a next time.

[@FireypepperCP]

Thank you for sharing, Steve!

[@harrybenoit9033]

Amen my friend--tomorrow is not promised to any of us-- sorry you missed seeing Duke that last time- but fortunately-- I got to see one of my jazz Heroes-- Jaco Pastorius and Weather Report in 1981--in Berkeley California-- several years before he passed on-- the most amazing band ever-- peace to you and yours

[@murcuryvapor]

Frank Zappa says in The Real Frank Zappa Book in a chapter entitled Jazz: The Music of Unemployment In 1969, George Wein, impresario of the Newport Jazz Festival, decided it would be a tremendous idea to put the Mothers of Invention on a jazz tour of the East Coast. We wound up working in a package with Kirk, Duke Ellington and Gary Burton in Miami at the Jai Alai Fronton, and at another gig in South Carolina. The touring package did not carry its own PA -- we had to use whatever speakers existed in each of the venues we were booked into. The hall in South Carolina was rigged with small jukebox speakers, set in a ring around the building. Useless, but there we were -- we had to play the show. Before we went on, I saw Duke Ellington begging -- pleading -- for a ten-dollar advance. It was really depressing. After that show, I told the guys: "That's it -- we're breaking the band up." We'd been together in one configuration or another for about five years at that point, and suddenly EVERYTHING looked utterly hopeless to me. If Duke Ellington had to beg some George Wein assistant backstage for ten bucks, what the fuck was I doing with a ten-piece band, trying to play rock and roll -- or something that was almost rock and roll?

[@alrrenoir547]

Well at least you didn’t oversleep or ditch him for a girl or something lol. As he said himself “...this, this is all a lease...”

[@mariestandish4746]

I couldn't agree with you more. This was on my list of Music theory. What a wonderful composition.

[@Dhanigeorge]

This soothes my soul.

[@debrahubbard763]

Mine too!

[@ginajackson4122]

Beautiful music. My dad got me into jazz. He was always playing it on the radio in our kitchen especially late at night. You would have been 84 today Dad. This is for you. Happy birthday up there xxx

[@joelhenderson4450]

The confidence and ease of Mr. Lamb on bass is a thing to behold.

[@67lobe]

a bit too confident .;he often plays behind the tempo IMHO

[@nobutternotes]

@@67lobeHe did this purposefully. He loved the relaxed feel of his playing and liked staying behind the beat. I use this in my own playing.

[@danielfleming9630]

Yeah I don’t think he was behind tempo, he was keeping the rhythm in the pocket while Duke was ebbing and flowing around him, syncopating

[@VirginiaHathaway-h8c]

Incredibly indelible music from a masterful musician...Duke's Mood Indigo

[@jazzjeffjazzjeff]

The master plays! So profound! Duke was a gift to the world!

[@mariaesperanza6548]

Sophisticated melancholy. Great video

[@Surfer8652]

It's pretty wild, I was at a jazz jam session in St Petersburg FL a couple weeks back where John Lamb showed up and sat in on bass for a few songs. He's 88 years old now. I didn't realize he played with Duke Ellington's orchestra in the 60's.

[@ber334]

Your kidding me !!!! If i had a car i'd drive down just to meet him

[@kellymariemcclintock5641]

My Mom is 92 and this song is one of her favourites to get up on stage and sing at the local Jazz Club. My Dad was a jazz drummer and my Mom, a jazz singer. They raised eight kids to love jazz. May good health and much laughter and good music surround you in 2025!

[@jwestney2859]

My dad loved this song. A sweet listen.

[@thendrjazz]

I had the great pleasure of seeing Duke and his orchestra live twice in Chicago in the late 1960s early 1970s in two very different settings. One was a dance session at the Aragon Ballroom while the other was a Sacred Concert at the Auditorium Theater. Both were marvelous experiences.

[@mariestandish4746]

Can you describe what it was like? I would love to hear from someone who has actually seen him LIVE. That could also be a legacy dedicated to him if you don't mind. I am passionate about music, and I love to hear people talk about their different types of music because I learn more about music from talking to people who love music as much as I do.

[@thendrjazz]

@@mariestandish4746 Two very different experieces. The Sacred Concert was a series of extended works with religious and spiritual themes. We were way up in the balcony of a great old theatre could mostly just see the tops of the heads of the musicians. It was very much a concert performance. The Aragon on the north side of Chicago was one of the last of the old ballrooms that Ellington and other big bands had played in the 1930s-40s. It was being used mostly for rock concerts in the late 1960s. Ellington ran it as a straight dance date. Lots of people were swing dancing I hung around near the bandstand and could see the musicians right up close, a real thrill.

[@benriemersma8137]

@@thendrjazz Wow

[@oza8578]

You are very fortunate to have seen the Maestro in the flesh. He's up there with Gershwyn, Beethoven, and Debussy.

[@johnwhitehead3360]

Classic Duke - Thank You

[@gregporter8791]

Wasn't fortunate to be alive when duke was.. but so blessed to be able to have regularly enjoy the bassist in this session mr. John Lamb.

[@EleazarOctavioRuizSpreafico]

This version is just magnificent!

[@serge1336]

One of the greatest of all times...

[@odettedubois9526]

Un Grand Monsieur et une musique sublime.

[@dreadnaught3894]

We are all so fortunate to be living in times when technology makes this superb stuff available at will. Duke, sir, you'll live forever, thank heaven and all the techies who bring this to us.

[@Ibrokeamansglasses8099]

Quality of this is Amazing

[@stevebendelack3935]

This performance is hypnotic,achingly beautiful,like a summer’s day,the breeze on our faces,light dappling through trees,we come to a brook,light dances off the eddies,lazily towards the footbridge.Lets sit,hold hands,no need to speak for a while.Just be together.Bliss.This is Duke Ellington,and this is what he gives us.

[@MiroPribanic]

every single composition by the Duke bears infinite possibilites to be played...there is so much space, so much air....look what Dave Grusin made out of this tune, amazing.

[@richardnotman787]

This just about made me cry. The genius that was Duke Ellington.

[@douglashott9843]

This is one of the pieces on the Perfect Music List I'd compile.

[@Bripirate]

My Dad used to play this on the piano when I was a baby....when I grew up I learned how to play it as well.

[@lbburgett]

Watching a master at work. It's a humbling experience, worthy of reverence.

[@lburget1905]

Every time I watch this performance, I am utterly still. I feel like I'm witness to more than just greatness, but the Universe itself coming through that piano and through that man. I am humbled by the beauty of this performance. It fills my soul.

[@RichardBarnett-hs1qy]

One of the all-time greats. A jazz god.

[@alouisgene]

How does this not have a million views?

[@prn8330]

Thank you so much for the upload.

[@bosscreative2225]

Forever a legend!!!

[@ovepayne]

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was one of the most talented musicians ever. Just listen to his legacy of timeless songs he wrote...

[@VisionaryofMirage]

I've watched this about once a day for the last 4 days.

[@th.s.871]

Wow, this is the first time for me, seeing HIM in best picture quality AND seeing and hearing him really playing. Before that, I knew only noisy LP-records and misty videos. A great and kind, gentle musician and composer.

[@peterevans3839]

Absolute genius !

[@stevenospam4216]

Wow....perfection.

[@gloriamosure9184]

So beautiful and timeless: the great Duke.love this.

[@alocyn]

What a great musical mind!

[@christiantejada164]

Really great music.

[@yogione]

Love the closing cadence, so nicely conducted and completed. Great interchange between the players. There's a lot going on in this performance. I just ran the long version from Columbia Records in 1951. This has got it all, too, but the words. What a genius and such a player was the Duke!

[@sr.carloscalderon1975]

Duke Ellington = Jazz Royalty's Finest! 🌎🌌🌉🎹

[@WSenator1]

GOD, this is beautiful!!

[@fisheyes660]

This is one of my favorite songs, and has been even for a while. I miss him tbh

[@DavidSacker]

Long relaxed therapeutic "yum" sigh!

[@Markwestpiano]

It’s always so nice to see the Duke show off his piano skills

[@madnessgmd]

Yeah. Rip

[@ellingtonia1899429]

Thank you for posting it. The sound of Duke's piano in 1970s feels like meditation in Africa.

[@agustine.alvarez9832]

Tuve la suerte de verlo la dos veces que estuvo en Buenos Aires, Argentina, a fines de los 60 y principios de los 70. Fuè inolvidable ver a Duke y todos esos mùsicos que lo acompañaron por tantos años.

[@DAKOCH-pr8jd]

Hart smile. I. Cry Lost You me Feel me. You my inside me I smie i snie WITH my piona ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@deanmartin1931]

The is a great solo composition by the greatest , elinton himself

[@elizabethsteele4633]

Pure Heaven - here on Earth !

[@homemark22]

the movement was like a trully live, I can now tell the true difference of old restored video that way it goes back time . who''s watching 2090s?

[@geob3963]

A grand piano doesn't sound any grander than this.

[@marchess286]

thank you

[@sergebaron9086]

the Master at work.!!!!!!!!

[@charlieparker5678]

_The Shining_ brought me here.

[@oldbeatpete]

Happy New Years 2023 into 2024!

[@christophercharles9645]

What a great piece. The sound is amazing. Usually you can hear the piano & hi hat but the bass and the drums are muddy, or worse! This sounds like everything was mic'd separately - which is most-unlikely - but whatever the reason: bravo! Thanks for posting this piece of history (and amazing art)!

[@4jeffinseattle]

Genius!

[@rogerroth9536]

Frikkin GENIUS!

[@nancyhoward2876]

Loved his music. A big shock was when I went to New York City for a subway ride, and found out what the A Train really was. - Take the A Train.

[@mariestandish4746]

I would love to take the A train.

[@elwoodblues9613]

I got Bobby Burgess' autobio, and he wrote that when he was dancing on Lawrence Welk's show, Mr. Champagne performed that song, but called the song "Take A Train." Urgh . . . well, English was his second language, after German . . .

[@joelgauthier9208]

Quelle qualité que ces images restaurées ! On se demande si c'"est possible ! Quant à Duke, un génie de la musique, qui a composé tant de chefs-d'oeuvres musicaux et qui nous a fait connaître tant de grands musiciens qu'on ne se lasse pas aujourd'hui d'entendre et de réentendre en particulier Johnny Hodges que j'adore !

[@CuppaTeaandaSliceoCake]

Superb ...

[@tpbarnestim]

feel the flow, floaty & fun

[@IanStukenborg]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jrbrathwaite5468]

Amazing 😊

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

Magnificent!

[@Sophieuzca]

Wowwww , merci 🙏

[@tuomaskotkavuori]

Beautiful! :)

[@profesionargentino2413]

Fácil , lindo y con Swing , las tres cosas mas difíciles del Mundo .

[@brucekuehn4031]

With all his other talents, never discount his skills as a piano player!

[@annalauradimatteo7786]

Magic

[@fisterklister]

maestro Ellington

[@Sounzgudd]

This is really captivating. Stevie wasn't wrong.

[@GregGoodmanJr]

Iceberg Slim brought me here 💯👑🎶

[@thendrjazz]

A reminder that on top of everything else Ellington was a very interesting pianist.

[@jeffb8562]

SOABEATCH. When I thought I heard it all. This is Gold.

[@jeffb8562]

And on a Steinway.

[@jcgeneva3476]

That's Music 💫

[@hopeandbreeze]

My Daddy could play like him 💞

[@AlmendraJam]

íntimo fantástico

[@Two4Brew]

Elegant

[@claudevinyard5160]

Saw the Duke at the High Note Chicago 1950.

[@michellelekas211]

Yum yum

[@elizabethsteele4633]

Couldn't resist listening again . WOW ! This will sound stupid - but - when racists say their ugly things I sometimes think ' Have you heard Duke Ellington play the piano ? " Well, go and listen . If God gave him that blessing you better step aside , smile and give thanks that our world is a big , beautiful world .

[@川口むつ子]

なんて素敵なの！

[@kevinzhu1727]

i know this is minor but i love way he announced the track

[@jupiterlove76]

I love this version of mood indigo and also ella fitzgeralds version.

[@sergebaron9086]

Mood indigo ,that's why i'm so blue.!!!!!!!!!

[@jsdevtom]

"Pimp The Story of My Life By Iceberg Slim" sent me here

[@jov6023]

When and where was this recording made? (1960s?) Please answer asap...the quality is pretty good! Thank you for the upload. Love it!

[@VideoFunForAll]

It was recorded on January 23, 1967 in Denmark. I added this to the description including the names of the players.

[@jov6023]

Thank you so much!

[@T0nN9th]

Ost. The Legend Of Bagger Vance!

[@markrae1317]

Same thing happened to me with Jaco Pastorius...

[@Earwitness75]

🖤

[@tonyfreeman1339]

All rise.

[@SuperDoobyDo]

That mood when Jack Torrance with a "railroad spike in his pants" is slow dancing with a woman who is a ghost.

[@Arnolonra]

jaja justo estoy aquí por El Resplandor

[@cristiangil9230]

Does this version exist on an LP somewhere?

[@gabrielesantos466]

Escutando depois de ler O Iluminado

[@maiabrennas3842]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🌺🌸🌸🌺🌸🌸🌺🌸🌺💃

[@wsc705]

What outfit? Im a business man!

[@snapfinger1]

Fine as frog hair. Open up another bottle of Bollinger’s.

[@LeonardoMadau]

How is it in 60fps? Was the original recording in 60fps or did you restored it and Made it 60fps?

[@VideoFunForAll]

The original recording is in 60i, which is 60 fields (half-frames) per second, after proper deinterlacing the signal becomes 60p, 60 frames per second.

[@cb7622]

Beautiful, and to think, when Edward was young, he never wanted to be a musician. Back then, all he wanted to do was play baseball with his friends Big Bowser Blakely, Crumbum Tootles (toot toot), his dog Half-n-Half, and Mondee Tuesdee, whose legs faced the wrong way, and often visited by former president Theodore Roosevelt, who was retired and looking for shit to do. Actually, it was Coach President Teddy Roosevelt Steve; did you know they're gonna put his face on a mountain, so... But alas, no spoilers to the story, I mean, what if I told you that everyone dies in the Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones? Oh, you never saw it? Well, now you don't need to.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Ellington was from Washington DC and born in 1899. I have heard the baseball story, but TR was still the President (he left office in March of 1909). He enjoyed riding his horse around the city and would sometimes stop and watch the boys. A President could do that back then. After he left the White House, TR did not stay in DC and rarely had an idle moment. There was the long safari in Africa and exploring the River of Doubt in Brazil which was renamed the Roosevelt River or the Rio Teodoro.

[@jacoblund6728]

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