Django 'n Duke

Listened to WKCR's Jazz Profiles last evening, featuring Django Reinhardt. As I got home, before 6, the host began talking about Django playing with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. It was not a happy relationship for either, it seems. I was amazed that I had never heard of the collaboration, considering how often I listen to KCR, to jazz, and to Ellington.

One website I found discusses the collaboration, has a narrative, numerous pictures, and links. This picture is from 1939. There are numerous links online, including discographies (included are, amazingly, two computer software companies).

Uncertain coda for mansion with a musical heritage

Karly Domb Sadof for The New York Times - The Steinway mansion in Astoria, Queens, is up for sale after the death of its owner, Michael Halberian

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