The Duke Plays Ellington: Piano Reflections

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Stepping away from his iconic orchestra, 'The Duke Plays Ellington: Piano Reflections' provides a rare, intimate look at his abilities as a central instrumentalist. Supported only by a rhythm section, Ellington navigates his own compositions with elegant chord voicings and a percussive, heavily rhythmic attack rooted in the Harlem stride tradition. It reveals the foundational piano style that governed his larger orchestral arrangements.