Dukes granddaughter once stated that Duke believed to tell someone he or she was beyond category, would serve as the highest compliment any one person can pay to another.
I think, through lack of English, the interviewer he was trying to say "must be a difference since the big band days through to rock n roll, 60's and 70's music" but it went down wrong. Ouch!
Did you catch how the interviewer tried to get out of the painful Exchange ( when he started asking him about how other music has influenced him ) by bringing up that the newer music is More Electric and does that influence him and Duke responded beautifully by reminding the interviewer that there has been amplification since the 30s! :-) this is where the interviewer should have stopped and pause and thought about the fact that he's sitting across from a composer and genius who has brought forth his music all around the world and is loved wherever he goes
At this stage he was suffering from lung cancer & so that may explain his aggravation with the interviewer, so much of his energy was being sapped from his illness.
@@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 Exactly. Duke Ellington seemed to always know people mostly live spread out across continuums. It's good to see the pushback of a true artist against the interviewer pretending to understand audiences but incapable of understanding Ellington's innate understanding of art as free expression - like people - not easily packaged without sacrificing dignity.
@@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 I read 2 biographies on him and studied his works as well as one documentary where he was doing his 3rd Sacred Concert in November 1973 at Westminster Abbey, where he was visibly annoyed by the camera crew walking to his piano and waiting until they all left so he could start. This was during the time when he knew he had cancer which his doctor Arthur Logan diagnosed the year prior in 1972. He made it known to the folks setting up the stage that when the camera crew because too much that he screamed "I can't take it, call my doctor. Get rid of these people. I'm creating" Dr. Logan who was in America was supposed to fly to England to meet with Duke but died unexpectedly that month November 1973. When he found out over the phone in mid 1973 from Dr. Logan's wife that he died Duke was distraught and said "I won't last 6 months." This is according to the 1991 documentary Reminiscing in Tempo. There were even times where according to the Ken Burns Jazz documentary that Duke had to be ridden in a wheelchair and eventually he would regained his strength back.
@@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 This is not to say he didn't have his rough edges. I get it, he was a Taurus. But I know from experience seeing people who are sick that they're more aggravated than usual that they hide it.
Smart, as and artist you dont want to compare your audiences, you might offend someone..., just be thankful you have one. Duke was not a fan of categories.
Categories create walls, but as humans we like to do this it's in our nature. I think with music in particular this behaviour definitely brings in obstacles. I believe Erik Satie was the first musician to start experimenting with this type of freedom, removing bar lines from his pieces. Freedom & Music are key.
I'm french and it's probably in France or in Switzerland because they speak french at 9:16 yes it's interesting to know exactly where the people can act like that ! Tu aurais une adresse = You would have an adress
Duke was maybe a bit too tired to be making lemonade from the lemons these journalists had been offering him for over forty years by this point. He always had to submit to interviews because of the need for publicity to make his next performance a commercial success.
Je suis tombé sur cette vidéo alors que j'écoutais Japanese Dream de Duke Ellington, dommage que je ne comprennent pas l'anglais correctement, merci à ceux qui ont raconté ce qui c'est passé dans la vidéo dans les commentaires
Mr. Ellington didn't want to be there. His mentality and intelligence is so far above the interviewer it's hard to watch. Still, Duke dropped some profound truth bombs. He tried so hard to be polite to a stupid interviewer.
First of all it would be helpful if you told us the name of the country where this interview took place. I’d rather not have to guess based on the interviewer’s accent. The guy obviously was not up to the task at hand. They should have assigned someone more fluent in English so that he doesn’t come off sounding like Da Ali G. The repeated use of the word “guidelines” annoyed Ellington, who wasn’t in any mood to be interviewed in the first place. What the reporter was trying to ask was whether his approach to composition had changed in any significant way in recent decades. But the guy’s English was so lousy that the poor schmuck couldn’t come up with another word. But I also think his question about the response of different audiences in different parts of the world was legitimate, despite Duke’s protestations. I’ve heard the same question asked of other jazz musicians back in the pre-internet era, and they all had a real opinion. That’s especially true when you’re talking about the mid to late 20th century. But this interview was a losing proposition from the start.
Dukes granddaughter once stated that Duke believed to tell someone he or she was beyond category, would serve as the highest compliment any one person can pay to another.
Mr. Ellington displayed a huge amount of grace to someone who was not a musician but an inexcusable bore.
That smile to the nice lady at 0:38 is worth the whole video.
Painful interview!!!!I'm sure this guy left straight after this encounter with Ellington back to his day job 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.Hail to the Duke!!!!
We all left a little straight after that!! Lol
Hes one of the greatest...
I love Duke!! Nuff said
I think, through lack of English, the interviewer he was trying to say "must be a difference since the big band days through to rock n roll, 60's and 70's music" but it went down wrong. Ouch!
Did you catch how the interviewer tried to get out of the painful Exchange ( when he started asking him about how other music has influenced him ) by bringing up that the newer music is More Electric and does that influence him and Duke responded beautifully by reminding the interviewer that there has been amplification since the 30s! :-) this is where the interviewer should have stopped and pause and thought about the fact that he's sitting across from a composer and genius who has brought forth his music all around the world and is loved wherever he goes
BELOVED! LOVE JESUS AND SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM IN PARADISE.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS UNTHINKABLE.
Bless his heart....
I really dig that hat he has on..👍 Groovy!
Lol he's fed up with the interviewer. He should've said "they all swing and have a sense of freedom"
At this stage he was suffering from lung cancer & so that may explain his aggravation with the interviewer, so much of his energy was being sapped from his illness.
@@davidcoleman5498 Duke was always like that. This interview gives you the real Duke, which is not that shown that much to the public.
@@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 Exactly. Duke Ellington seemed to always know people mostly live spread out across continuums. It's good to see the pushback of a true artist against the interviewer pretending to understand audiences but incapable of understanding Ellington's innate understanding of art as free expression - like people - not easily packaged without sacrificing dignity.
@@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 I read 2 biographies on him and studied his works as well as one documentary where he was doing his 3rd Sacred Concert in November 1973 at Westminster Abbey, where he was visibly annoyed by the camera crew walking to his piano and waiting until they all left so he could start. This was during the time when he knew he had cancer which his doctor Arthur Logan diagnosed the year prior in 1972. He made it known to the folks setting up the stage that when the camera crew because too much that he screamed "I can't take it, call my doctor. Get rid of these people. I'm creating" Dr. Logan who was in America was supposed to fly to England to meet with Duke but died unexpectedly that month November 1973. When he found out over the phone in mid 1973 from Dr. Logan's wife that he died Duke was distraught and said "I won't last 6 months." This is according to the 1991 documentary Reminiscing in Tempo. There were even times where according to the Ken Burns Jazz documentary that Duke had to be ridden in a wheelchair and eventually he would regained his strength back.
@@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 This is not to say he didn't have his rough edges. I get it, he was a Taurus. But I know from experience seeing people who are sick that they're more aggravated than usual that they hide it.
Duke speaks truth.
Smart, as and artist you dont want to compare your audiences, you might offend someone..., just be thankful you have one. Duke was not a fan of categories.
Categories create walls, but as humans we like to do this it's in our nature. I think with music in particular this behaviour definitely brings in obstacles. I believe Erik Satie was the first musician to start experimenting with this type of freedom, removing bar lines from his pieces. Freedom & Music are key.
2021
damn!
I wish I knew the exact location of this interview!
I'm french and it's probably in France or in Switzerland because they speak french at 9:16 yes it's interesting to know exactly where the people can act like that ! Tu aurais une adresse = You would have an adress
Duke was maybe a bit too tired to be making lemonade from the lemons these journalists had been offering him for over forty years by this point. He always had to submit to interviews because of the need for publicity to make his next performance a commercial success.
Dumb interviewer. Thanks Mr. Duke. You' were the smart one. Love his straight forwardness.
Je suis tombé sur cette vidéo alors que j'écoutais Japanese Dream de Duke Ellington, dommage que je ne comprennent pas l'anglais correctement, merci à ceux qui ont raconté ce qui c'est passé dans la vidéo dans les commentaires
I agree wth Duke that the first question did not make sense. It all went downhill from there.
Mr. Ellington didn't want to be there. His mentality and intelligence is so far above the interviewer it's hard to watch. Still, Duke dropped some profound truth bombs. He tried so hard to be polite to a stupid interviewer.
They should have let the man compose himself. The interview would have gone smoother.
I think Duke was tired from the long flight and hungry. No wonder he's cantankerous.
The interview did not aid to this. His questions were just underwhelming and insubstantive.
Whoo! Talk about miscommunication. That became a bit difficult to watch. I feel bad for the journalist. He meant no insult whatsoever.
Don't show up to an Ellington interview with lame questions and not expect to be immolated.
Why do they get hacks to interview geniuses?
First of all it would be helpful if you told us the name of the country where this interview took place.
I’d rather not have to guess based on the interviewer’s accent.
The guy obviously was not up to the task at hand.
They should have assigned someone more fluent in English so that he doesn’t come off sounding like Da Ali G.
The repeated use of the word “guidelines” annoyed Ellington, who wasn’t in any mood to be interviewed in the first place.
What the reporter was trying to ask was whether his approach to composition had changed in any significant way in recent decades.
But the guy’s English was so lousy that the poor schmuck couldn’t come up with another word.
But I also think his question about the response of different audiences in different parts of the world was legitimate, despite Duke’s protestations.
I’ve heard the same question asked of other jazz musicians back in the pre-internet era, and they all had a real opinion.
That’s especially true when you’re talking about the mid to late 20th century.
But this interview was a losing proposition from the start.
Seems he´s in a bad mood. Didn´t go as well as he´d wish. Wow.
Duke wasn’t feeling this interview.
This is the worse interview I have ever seen I think. Just simply horrible. Duke was such a genius.
Stupid questions!
the interviewer is awful here
Poor interviewer... J'suis sur qu'il esperait que son Anglais etait meuilleure...
Duke look tired here... Those bags under his eyes are horrendous
Surely one of the most awful interviews ever. With anyone. About anything!