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Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Claude Bolling Big Band - 'A Tone Parallel To Harlem: Duke Ellington'

Tuesday 25s an album from 1999, or about a quarter-century ago.... 😉

Claude Bolling was a French pianist and bandleader who interbred jazz and classical idioms throughout a career that spanned from 1945 - 2016. His love of Duke Ellington's music resulted in this big band album of Duke's tunes, with Claude's French big band. Album Discogs.

The Claude Bolling Big Band released ~15 albums from 1990 - 2016. Discogs. Bolling's Wikipedia ; Allmusic ; Discogs.

Claude Bolling Big Band, A Tone Parallel To Harlem: Duke Ellington, full album: YouTube ; Spotify

This is on the Jazz Best Albums 1999 playlist at Spotify/Jazz Todayish.  😎