ellington 1945 broadcast after death of fdr

[l p]

on d.e.t.s. (d.e. treasury shows) vol. 1.

4/14/45 abc broadcast ""A Tribute to F.D.R. By The American Negro."

is there a more serene broadcast than this. that's a rhetorical question.

if you haven't heard it, it's really something else.

track list

1 Moon Mist

2 New World A-Comin'

3 Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

4 Mood Indigo

5 Chant For FDR (American Lullaby)

6 Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow (A City Called Heaven)

7 Creole Love Call

8 Moon Mist

[jazzbo]

D. E. T. S. . . . one of the reissue series I've been most excited about this century.

[LAL]

Eagerly awaiting the balance of 14 volumes (after 10).