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What Makes it Great? Duke Ellington with Rob Kapilow and the Kyle Athayde Dance Party, Music of Duke Ellington at Jordan Hall

Courtesy of Celebrity Series of Boston | Posted on April 17, 2014

Where

Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street
Boston, MA
Map
(617) 585-1260

When

Fri, April 10, 2015
8:00 pm

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Considered among the greatest American composers in any genre, Duke Ellington’s work looms large on the cultural landscape. In this performance, Rob Kapilow shines the What Makes it Great? spotlight on important elements of Ellington’s It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), Nutcracker Suite, Queen’s Suite, Such Sweet Thunder and Afro-Eurasian Eclipse.

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