Recording for a TV Broadcast
As said in the previous article, Ellington had been contracted by the French public radio and TV agency ORTF (Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française) to make two programs during his visit…
Rendez-Vous avec Jean Sablon and Duke Ellington Dec. 23 1960
Duke Ellington spent roughly a month in Paris from early December 1960 to early January 1961 together with Billy Strayhorn to work on Paris Blues. They had started to do…