Duke Ellington in New York City - the 1970's

from Duke Ellington: Music is my Mistress, page 413:

Today, we often go to Jean Houel's Rasputin restaurant, where we enjoy the Russian atmosphere and continuous--and I do mean continuous --Russian entertainment as we eat the greatest caviar and blinis. Imagine the setting there: in front of your table is a group of anywhere from eight to ten musicians and singers. No sooner is their selection finished than another number begins, and right where the original group was performing is a completely different one with different selections, different instruments, and different costumes. It is like magic.
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Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington: Music is my Mistress (New Jersey, 1973), p. 413. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430078255468 accessed: 19 April, 2024

location of experience: New York City

Listeners

Duke Ellington
lyricist, performer, piantist, Composer […]
1899-1974

Listening to

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jazz (, performance of)
written by Miles Davis, Richard Rodgers

Experience Information

Date/Time the 1970's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:57:36 +0100
Approved on Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:02:21 +0100