Johnson • Later performed in more percussive and economic style of Basie • Distinguished by unusual harmonies and voicings, 13th chords, wholetones, etc. Ellington as a composer • Wrote more than 2000 compositions and enormous numbers of arrangements • Often collaborated with sidemen • Best known songs: "I'm Beginning to See the Light," " Solitude," " Mood Indigo," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" • In 1980s: entire Broadway production devoted to his music, "Sophisticated Ladies" • Wrote hundreds of 3-minute instrumentals • Painted many musical portraits of famous personalities: "Portrait of the Lion" for Willie "the Lion" Smith, "Portrait of Bert Williams" for the famous composer • Widely acclaimed for writing many extended works, which was a new direction in jazz composition We can separate his compositions into 4 separate styles: 1...
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Johnson • Later performed in more percussive and economic style of Basie • Distinguished by unusual harmonies and voicings, 13th chords, wholetones, etc. Ellington as a composer • Wrote more than 2000 compositions and enormous numbers of arrangements • Often collaborated with sidemen • Best known songs: "I'm Beginning to See the Light," " Solitude," " Mood Indigo," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" • In 1980s: entire Broadway production devoted to his music, "Sophisticated Ladies" • Wrote hundreds of 3-minute instrumentals • Painted many musical portraits of famous personalities: "Portrait of the Lion" for Willie "the Lion" Smith, "Portrait of Bert Williams" for the famous composer • Widely acclaimed for writing many extended works, which was a new direction in jazz composition We can separate his compositions into 4 separate styles: 1...
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