Archives for October 30, 2013

Duke Ellington performs “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be,” with Johnny Hodges on alto saxophone:

(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday and Wednesday.)

“It is exciting to be considered a promising young composer, and I will try to honour this honour by also being thought of, in the future, as an old composer, one whose work is out of date, one whose moment has passed. The sooner that happens, the more radical will my achievement have been.”
Wesley Stace, Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer