All posts tagged “Duke Ellington”

May 2, 2013
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Anatomy of a Murder (the movie)

Recently I wrote about re-reading Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver (who also wrote my fave fishing book, Trout Madness). Tonight we watched the film. Do you remember it? It was made in 1959, directed by Otto Preminger and starring Jimmy Stewart and Ben… Read More

May 6, 2011
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Take the A Train

Today’s train song of the day is the very stylish Take the A Train, featuring Duke Ellington’s group from the film Reveille with Beverly, 1943. Here’s Dave Brubeck’s version from 1966, and it’s a whole different trip.