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Zellerbach Auditorium University of California

Berkeley, CA
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09/29/1969
Charles Mingus
Set 1Introductory Remarks By Duke Ellington
The Clown
Mingus Interview
Set 2
Set 3
CommentThe Duke Ellington Orchestra.
This is the only recorded “collaboration” between Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus apart from the “Money Jungle” album. The recording is Duke playing and narrating “The Clown”. Mingus was supposed to conduct Ellington’s orchestra, but chickened out, hiding on the balcony.
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