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JOE WILLIAMS "Lush Life" - 1981 DUKE ELLINGTON tribute

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This segment of a television broadcast is from a 1981 tribute to Duke Ellington that took place at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The orchestra of jazz heavyweights was conducted by Billy Taylor who also is playing piano here as Joe Williams is featured on "Lush Life", Billy Strayhorn's masterpiece.

Here's SARAH VAUGHAN from this same broadcast doing "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart". http://youtu.be/hxRYWzA698M

Listen to Joe Williams doing "Here's To Life" from an NPR tribute that was broadcast a few days after he passed away. http://youtu.be/8TK9Y9Gi3AQ

Other great clips from this Ellington tribute (both vocal & instrumental numbers) will be uploaded soon to this YouTube channel so STAY TUNED !

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