Duke Ellington

[Ilya Semenenko-Basin]

Dear friends, are there any Duke Ellington fans amongst you? Would anyone like to receive a collage card from me dedicated to the music of Ellington?

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

'Love Big Bands, too,!Send if you can to Greece, Ilya,

not sure if my mail art will arrive in Russia though.

Here's hoping! 

[Ilya Semenenko-Basin]

Thank you, Bradford!

[Bradford]

I love Big Bands in general (esp. 20s-30s era).  Duke Ellington started his band in 1923, so is an icon of the period.

Sirius XM (radio) has a 40s station, but unfortunately doesn't deem 20s or 30s commercially viable as separate stations.

If you want to hear New Orleans-style jazz, then I cannot recommend highly enough the current band, Tuba Skinny, often found performing on Royal Street or touring the world at festivals and such.  They are carrying on a great tradition in stellar form. I listen to them often on YooToob.

[Ilya Semenenko-Basin]

Unfortunately, no one responded.