Duke Ellington Conducts The House Band in a Jazz Medley! | The Dick Cavett Show

[@TheDickCavettShow]

Can you name one of the songs Duke and the band played? 👀

[@SaxcatGamingCorner]

It Don't Mean a Thing, if it Ain't got that Swing.

[@kinocappuccino]

Take the "A" Train!

[@billkirchner6738]

(In order of appearance): Take the 'A' Train, Mood Indigo, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), What Am I Here For?, Ring Dem Bells. This medley was probably arranged by Jon Charles, the Rosengarden band's resident arranger.

[@jazzinreds]

@Bill Kirchner Hi Bill! Is that tenor player the mysterious Jim Reider by any chance? - It sure sounds like him... And any idea of who's on guitar and who takes that space on trombone? Thanks in advance, Red Sullivan.

[@billkirchner6738]

No, Red, Jim Reider died in 1968. And I don't recognize the guitarist or solo trombonist. Trombonists Eddie Bert and Bill Watrous joined Rosengarden's band later on, as did tenor saxophonist Eddie Daniels, but this was done when the Cavett show was in its infancy.

[@zovalentine7305]

Rest in powerful peace 🙏 Duke Ellington 29 April 1899 ~ 24 May 1974⚘

[@TheStockwell]

He and Basie were the best. Other bands disbanded or gave up when popular musical tastes changed, but those two rode it out and kept going. ❤️

[@billkirchner6738]

Other big bands from the Swing Era also continued, including Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Harry James, Les Brown, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Lionel Hampton, Tommy Dorsey, and others.

[@batouttahell454]

Maynard Ferguson!!

[@rcjinAZ]

Big band jazz doesn't get any better than that.

[@henridelagardere264]

00:00 [00] Introduction by Dick Cavett 03:59 [04] It Don't Mean a Thing 01:17 [01] Take the "A" Train 05:00 [05] What Am I Here For 01:41 [02] Mood Indigo 06:36 [06] Ring Dem Bells 02:28 [03] I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart _Bobby Rosengarden - drums_

[@SaxcatGamingCorner]

Just showed this to my music in films class!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

"President Nixon did a wonderful thing .." _that's got to be the first and only time those words were uttered on the 20th century_

[@bobk1845]

Especially by Mr Cavett who was the subject of Nixon’s private (verbal) wrath in one of the tapes?

[@Apathynosebleed]

Happy Birthday Duke Ellington!

[@jameslarosa2396]

Genius

[@Twentythousandlps]

What some jazz critics called "the dread medley", liked and appreciated by the other 99%.

[@bobblues1158]

Great times, great music and musicians. I would like to know their names and the instrument they play.

[@billkirchner6738]

Duke Ellington, piano; George Duvivier, bass; Bobby Rosengarden, drums, leader; Joe Wilder, trumpet (solo). Others I don't recognize.

[@larry8664]

That’s Charlie Small taking the trombone solo @@billkirchner6738

[@larlarson]

@@billkirchner6738 Thomas "Tommy" Kay, guitar!

[@seanfaherty]

❤

[@RON-nw9si]

Piano is a little down in the mix

[@emersonsilva9782]

The Dick Cavett Show, or, as they call it in Russia, "Young Putin Interviews"

[@swingyoucats]

Joe Wilder (solo) and Snooky Young, trumpets; George Duvivier, string bass. Who's on bass clarinet and tenor? All wonderful.

[@billkirchner6738]

That is indeed Joe Wilder and George Duvivier, but not Snooky Young. Snooky was on the Tonight Show band for many years, both in New York and L.A.

[@jasonbennett3293]

Boomie Richman on bass clarinet. Snooky is not in this. I believe it's Ernie Royal next to Joe Wilder.

[@larry8664]

@@jasonbennett3293 yes Ernie Royal next to Joe wilder, maybe Dannie Styles next to him and perhaps (not sure) Ray Crisara on the end..Later on Victor Paz and Virgil Jones joined the band,as did Bill Watrus

[@larlarson]

@@larry8664 Thomas "Tommy" Kay, guitar!