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Off Beat Duke


Dave James

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This video was included in the March 8th edition of the Mosaic Records Jazz Gazette.  It's a film of the Ellington band from 1950 rehearsing very informally in what appears to be an outdoor setting.  When Duke begins to clap around the 1:50 mark, he's off the beat.  This is something I expect to see in audiences populated by folks who couldn't locate the beat if their lives were on the line, but not Duke.  Should I be concerned?  Am I overreacting?  Am I required to report this to the authorities?

 

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