"Work Song" and the spiritual "Come Sunday" are two of the sections of a piece that he recorded with Mahalia Jackson, a "tone parallel of the history of the Negro in America" called Black, Brown, and Beige.
"Work Song" and the spiritual "Come Sunday" are two of the sections of a piece that he recorded with Mahalia Jackson, a "tone parallel of the history of the Negro in America" called Black, Brown, and Beige. His band members Bubber Miley and "Tricky Sam" Nanton used plungers to create the "jungle" sound found in songs like "East St. Louis Toodle-oo." His best-known collaborator was Billy Strayhorn, who wrote a song about a conveyance that takes you to "Sugar Hill, way up in Harlem." For 10 points, name this jazz pianist and bandleader whose orchestra performed "Take the 'A' Train" and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)."
"Work Song" and the spiritual "Come Sunday" are two of the sections of a piece that he recorded with Mahalia Jackson, a "tone parallel of the history of the Negro in America" called Black, Brown, and Beige.
Duke Ellington