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Sophisticated Lady
song by Ellington
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discussed in biography
- In Duke Ellington: Masterworks and popular songs of the 1930s and ’40s
…great popular songs as “Sophisticated Lady,” “Rocks in My Bed,” and “Satin Doll;” in other songs, such as “Don’t Get Around Much Any More,” “Prelude to a Kiss,” “Solitude,” and “I Let a Song Go out of My Heart,” he made wide interval leaps an Ellington trademark. A number…
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performance by Blanton
- In Jimmy Blanton
…including “Pitter Panther Patter,” “Sophisticated Lady,” and “Body and Soul.” The bassist was also featured in classic Ellington band recordings such as “Jack the Bear” and “Ko-Ko”; altogether he made more than 130 recordings with Ellington, together with other recordings led by Ellington sidemen. In 1941, ill from tuberculosis,…
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