<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#aaaaaa">Duke Ellington <br>Big Bands At The Dorchester Hotel, London, UK <br>BBC 2 TV Broadcast in May 1974 <br>Probably filmed and recorded in the fall of 1973 <br> <br>1) Take The A Train <br>2) Rockin In Rhythm <br>3) Creole Love Call <br>4) Satin Doll <br>5) I Can t Get Started <br>6) New York (Anita Moore: vocal) <br>7) I Got It Bad And That Ain t Good <br>8) Medley of Hits <br>9) Togo Brava Suite (first movement) <br>10) Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Chinoiserie) <br>11) Lotus Blossom <br> <br>Duke: Piano with probable personnel: <br> <br>Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Harold Minerve, Percy Marion, Harold Ashby: Reeds <br>Money Johnson, Mercer Ellington, Johnny Coles, Barrie Lee Hall: Trumpets <br>Vince Prudente, Art Baron, Chuck Connors: Trombones <br>Joe Benjamin: Bass <br>Quentin  Rocky White: Drums <br> <br>Personnel is based on the same personnel that played the Eastbourne Concert in England on <br>1973-12-01. It is probably a safe assumption that this was filmed around the same general time, <br>certainly the same tour. <br>At the end of  Lotus Blossom played solo by Duke, he announces Paul Gonsalves. Perhaps this <br>was a dedication to Gonsalves who was apparently to ill to perform. <br>Again, it would be wonderful if a video copy turned up, but......... <br>Nice late Ellington concert. Duke sounds a little worn, but the spirit is there. Duke lives! <br>Enjoy! <br> <br>Cdr to wav to flac files and checksum <br> <br>A- sound. <br> <br>