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American Jazz evening with Duke Ellington | Latvian Radio Bigband and Latvian Radio Choir

  • 22. november, 19:00
Spikeri concert hall
Members

Jānis Strazdiņš, vocal

Latvian Radio Choir

Latvian Radio Bigband

 

 

Programme:

Works by Duke Ellington from his unique cycles of sacred concerts, written for jazz big band and choirs.

 

Jazz legend, big band leader, composer, and pianist Duke Ellington composed three sacred concerts in 1965, 1968, and 1973. These concerts, written for his big band and various church choirs, are considered by Ellington himself to be his most significant musical contribution. He emphasized, however, that these concerts were not intended to create a liturgical mass but rather to bring the spirit of the legendary “Cotton Club” jazz club into the church.