Louis Armstrong and the All Stars play Duke Ellington’s “In a Mellotone” on The Ed Sullivan Show, with Ellington sitting in on piano. This episode was originally telecast live by CBS on December 17, 1961. The members of the band include Joe Darensbourg on clarinet, Trummy Young on trombone, Billy Cronk on bass, and Danny Barcelona on drums:
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