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Duke Ellington — How High The Moon
Album: Take the A Train
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7.7

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Total ratings: 1624









Released: 1947
Length: 2:54
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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 wgsu_1978 wrote:

Akioshi-Tabakin anyone?


I put in a plug for them in the blog a while ago, but nothing yet.

I suggested,

Road Time Shuffle - Toshiko Akiyoshi Lew Tabackin Big Band
Posted 2 weeks ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:



Absolutely, NOTHING  played on RP deserves a 3 or less!! I don't feel sorry for these people!   And, they wonder why nobody wants to talk to them!   LOL!


I only rate things I like, and give them a 7 or above.  Even if it's not my style or genre ever song on RP is well made, well executed, and we know it was selected by an actual person for a reason.   
Posted 2 months ago by brosen    [ Reply ]
Well, about 384.400 km.


I'll let myself out.
Posted 3 months ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:

10!



Yo!  Yes!!
Posted 6 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
10!
Posted 6 months ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
GREAT!!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:

44 sad sacks have given this a rating of 1. I feel bad for them, really. 




Absolutely, NOTHING  played on RP deserves a 3 or less!! I don't feel sorry for these people!   And, they wonder why nobody wants to talk to them!   LOL!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by g3diego    [ Reply ]
looooooooooove this tune in any genre!

though you cannot beat Paul's original guitar mastery
Posted 2 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
Interesting how the first several notes of the main riff start off the same as the "Little House On The Prairie" closing theme.
Posted 3 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
44 sad sacks have given this a rating of 1. I feel bad for them, really. 
Posted 3 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
Epic mix again by Bill
Jimi Hendrix=> The Duke => The Stone Roses
<3
Posted 3 years ago by megaadam    [ Reply ]
I predict that in 100 years we are going to distill big band swing down to "Duke Ellington" the same way we think of all marches as John Phillip Souza.  If the Duke is the only one remembered for that era of music, I'm OK with that.
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
 MavenofMayhem wrote:
This is not "mellow"!

That's quite true. I'm listening to it on the Main Mix.
'Sir Duke', indeed.
c.

Posted 3 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
This is not "mellow"!
Posted 3 years ago by MavenofMayhem    [ Reply ]
He was definitely a looker in that B&W pic.  
 And that beat and those horns... wow!
Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 mmartinwhite1938 wrote:
maybe it's just me but that doesn't seem like a fit here

 
Yes, you're right. It's you. The Duke fits just about anywhere, including or especially here.   
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

   en3005545 wrote:
                             Woop!  {#Bananasplit}


Peter_Bradshaw wrote:

                {#Bananasplit}   Woop   Woop    {#Bananasplit}

 
 haretic wrote:
   {#Bananasplit}                              {#Bananasplit}                         {#Bananasplit}

                                             par-tay!!!!!!!
         
 
{#Bananasplit}                     {#Bananasplit}                         {#Bananasplit}                        {#Bananasplit}           because, a pyramid of dancing bananas...
Posted 6 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
maybe it's just me but that doesn't seem like a fit here
Posted 6 years ago by mmartinwhite1938    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

Yes, but that's Count Basie. 
 

 
So it is. My bad. I get my Royal titles confused. Thanks for the correction.
Posted 7 years ago by NickDanger    [ Reply ]
 NickDanger wrote:


 
is that the "nick danger" from firesign theatre ?


Posted 7 years ago by TAI    [ Reply ]
 NickDanger wrote:


 
Yes, but that's Count Basie. 
 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

Posted 8 years ago by NickDanger    [ Reply ]
Eclectic indeed!
Posted 8 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
How High the Moon I'm Walking On...

Interesting remixes today! {#Roflol} 
Posted 8 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
I didn't even notice.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:

You misspelled 'fuck'.

 
Ha!  My bad...
Posted 8 years ago by Cannon    [ Reply ]
 Cannon wrote:

Mash up?

 
You misspelled 'fuck'.
Posted 8 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
It'd sound a Hell of lot better without the Police in the background.
Posted 8 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:
OK, now we have the Police mixed with Duke Ellington…

 
Mash up?
Posted 8 years ago by Cannon    [ Reply ]
The Police have clearly decided to walk on ALL the moons!
Posted 8 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
OK, now we have the Police mixed with Duke Ellington…
Posted 8 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
How high the moon
is the name of this song
How high the moon
Though the words may be wrong
We're singing it
Because you ask for it
So we're swinging it just for you ...
Posted 9 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Akioshi-Tabakin anyone?
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano} Let's in Duke, you're the best! ! !
Posted 9 years ago by Ginetta    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah...
Posted 10 years ago by Saltash_Calling    [ Reply ]
   en3005545 wrote:
                             Woop!  {#Bananasplit}


Peter_Bradshaw wrote:

                {#Bananasplit}   Woop   Woop    {#Bananasplit}

 
   {#Bananasplit}                              {#Bananasplit}                         {#Bananasplit}

                                             par-tay!!!!!!!
         

11!

Posted 10 years ago by haretic    [ Reply ]
I am not a fan of big band sound.
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
10 {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 10 years ago by kanga311    [ Reply ]
I don't give a damn about any trumpet playin' band...  It ain't what I call rock'n'roll!
Posted 10 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
 jen3005545 wrote:
Woop!  {#Bananasplit}

 
{#Bananasplit}   Woop   Woop    {#Bananasplit}
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
One of his best!  Great arrangement of this timeless tune.  A 10 for me.
Posted 10 years ago by Andy_B    [ Reply ]
i think you missed something there, fitzworld

 fitzworld wrote:
Don't worry. You'll get it if and when you finally grow up...

richlister wrote:
I couldn't give a damn about no trumpet playin' band. That's not what I call, Rock 'N' Roll.

Posted 10 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Nice play Bill! Ha, you do read these:-)
Posted 10 years ago by molson    [ Reply ]
 Zonkers wrote:

And a little later down the road

The Police — Walking On The Moon
Feist — My Moon My Man
Concrete Blonde — Mexican Moon
Duke Ellington — How High The Moon 


C'mon guys, mix up the playlist a bit. Please? 

 
Hey, it still works in November, so...{#Dance}
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 fitzworld wrote:
Is it even possible to get better than this??

Me thinks not!! 

 
Agreed. This is soooo cooool. 8 -> 9 for me.
Posted 11 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 skooba wrote:
The Police - Walking on the Moon
Feist - My Moon My Man
Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
Duke Ellington - How High the Moon

I'm sensing a theme here.   {#Clap}

 
And a little later down the road

The Police — Walking On The Moon
Feist — My Moon My Man
Concrete Blonde — Mexican Moon
Duke Ellington — How High The Moon 


C'mon guys, mix up the playlist a bit. Please? 
Posted 11 years ago by Zonkers    [ Reply ]
 richlister wrote:
I couldn't give a damn about no trumpet playin' band. That's not what I call, Rock 'N' Roll.

 
Don't worry. You'll get it if and when you finally grow up...
Posted 11 years ago by fitzworld    [ Reply ]
Is it even possible to get better than this??

Me thinks not!! 
Posted 11 years ago by fitzworld    [ Reply ]
 skooba wrote:
The Police - Walking on the Moon
Feist - My Moon My Man
Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
Duke Ellington - How High the Moon

I'm sensing a theme here.   {#Clap}

 
cant imagine what it could possibly be....
Posted 11 years ago by silby    [ Reply ]
Sigh! Any version of this sends me off the deep end!
Posted 11 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
The Police - Walking on the Moon
Feist - My Moon My Man
Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
Duke Ellington - How High the Moon

I'm sensing a theme here.   {#Clap}
Posted 11 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
I couldn't give a damn about no trumpet playin' band. That's not what I call, Rock 'N' Roll.
Posted 11 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
 grrblue wrote:
Barney Bigard left the band in 1942. The solo was likely played by Russell Procope.
 
Thanks for the information. I hadn't thought he'd left that early. Since this recording is probably from 1947, that would be Procope on clarinet.
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
It seldom gets any better than this. This is happy music. Listen to that clarinet. :)
Posted 11 years ago by rbigelo    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

I did some poking around. While Ellington and Goodman certainly knew each other, I can't find any cite that would suggest that they ever recorded together. Bigard was Ellington's clarinetist for a couple of decades.

 

Barney Bigard left the band in 1942. The solo was likely played by Russell Procope.File:Russell Procope.jpg
Posted 11 years ago by grrblue    [ Reply ]
That's a godlike. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
{#Dance}


Posted 11 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Hot Jazz at its finest
Posted 12 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
Amazing how hard it is to find a decent recording of this. Most of them have fake stereo created by splitting it in frequency bands and distributing these across left and right, which produces a sensation of “I am sitting in a tiny restroom stall”. And many have aggressive noise reduction on top that sometimes completely removes all music altogether. Eventually I found a decent mono version in iTunes on "Duke Ellington & His World Famous Orchestra" from 1992.
Posted 12 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
Only way to improve this is w Ella singing the lyrics.
Posted 12 years ago by lunatic    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Most likely Barney Bigard.
 
I did some poking around. While Ellington and Goodman certainly knew each other, I can't find any cite that would suggest that they ever recorded together. Bigard was Ellington's clarinetist for a couple of decades.

Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
My folks dancing in the living room.   We need a happy banana with a trombone.{#Good-vibes}


Posted 12 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
This is fantastic.
Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 jen3005545 wrote:
Woop!  {#Bananasplit}
 

Swing it baby!
Posted 12 years ago by Rockit    [ Reply ]
Woop!  {#Bananasplit}
Posted 12 years ago by jen3005545    [ Reply ]
Oh, yeah!
Posted 12 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
For a transcendant experience get Les Paul's and Mary Ford's version of this.
 
Yes, yse! Couldn't agree more. And then follow that with "Mister Sandman"!
Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
For a transcendant experience get Les Paul's and Mary Ford's version of this.
 
WonderLizard:

You took the words out of my mouth. Their version is very different, but every bit as good. 
Posted 13 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
Posted 13 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
I love that RP has this kind of stuff in the mix.

Posted 13 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
Leave it to Bill.
This is "way cool"!
Thanks 
Posted 13 years ago by blueotis    [ Reply ]
 tinamarie wrote:
Somewhere there's music
How great the tune...

Is that Benny on the clarinet?
 
Most likely Barney Bigard.


Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Agreed; it is a beautiful song.  There are so many fine recordings of it.

 
Oh Bill, if we weren't both happily married, I would fall in love with you for playing this.
Hugs from Rotterdam...

Posted 13 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 NinaGreg wrote:
"Somewhere there's music, how near how far,"
One of the great tunes of all times! 
 
Agreed; it is a beautiful song.  There are so many fine recordings of it.

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Nice!  
Posted 14 years ago by chilibob    [ Reply ]
 tinamarie wrote:

we love Bill!

 
...and 'Becca!  (They're both involved in picking the music)

Posted 14 years ago by DaMoGan    [ Reply ]
 socalhol wrote:

I was just thinking the same thing! 

 
we love Bill!

Posted 14 years ago by tinamarie    [ Reply ]
Somewhere there's music
How great the tune...

Is that Benny on the clarinet?
Posted 14 years ago by tinamarie    [ Reply ]
 jehahn wrote:
From Dire Strais "Sultans of Swing" to a Sultan of Swing, perhaps?

Another classic Bill juxtaposition.
 
I was just thinking the same thing! 

Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
"Somewhere there's music, how near how far,"
One of the great tunes of all times! 
Posted 14 years ago by NinaGreg    [ Reply ]


Cool.

Posted 14 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Did you catch Jeff Beck playing this one on the Grammys this year?  What fun he looked like he was having.
Posted 14 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
I rated this a 9. What was I thinking?!?!?

Up it goes!
Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:
Can't keep my toes from tappin!
 

{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
I feel like jitter-buggin{#Bananasplit}hats off to the "greatest generation!
Posted 14 years ago by rjewyo    [ Reply ]
Life before Rock & Roll wasn't all bad!
Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Cheesus, RP! Stop playing this awesome music, I got work to do here!
Posted 14 years ago by simsalonaut    [ Reply ]
 daveesh wrote:
anything by the duke gets a 10 from me.
 
if this was the world of spinaltap I would give them all 11s.
Posted 14 years ago by Jersey_Joe    [ Reply ]
anything by the duke gets a 10 from me.
Posted 14 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
For a transcendant experience get Les Paul's and Mary Ford's version of this.
Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
HELL YEAH
Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
I've been in love with THE DUKE, ever since my Dad turned me on to him when I was quite young. Dancin' on my Daddy's feet!
Posted 15 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Awesome
Posted 15 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Perfection.
Posted 15 years ago by Rod    [ Reply ]
Speechless....
Posted 15 years ago by pavlov1    [ Reply ]

Posted 15 years ago by pavlov1    [ Reply ]
LOVE the Duke!
{#Bananasplit}
Posted 15 years ago by titanium667    [ Reply ]
Wow!
Posted 15 years ago by mtbskisail    [ Reply ]
Shakin' up a shimmy on the refridgerator door......
Posted 15 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
From Dire Strais "Sultans of Swing" to a Sultan of Swing, perhaps?

Another classic Bill juxtaposition.
Posted 15 years ago by jehahn    [ Reply ]
It may sound silly, but this song rocks!
Posted 15 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
July 20th, 2009 - The 40th anniversary of the moon landing. As usual, Bill is on top of things. I was a wide-eyed 7 year old when I watched it on a black and white TV. Amazing! Thanks Bill.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Pass me my fringe dress. A scotch and a fat cigar would go well with this song!
Posted 18 years ago by MissIncendium    [ Reply ]
LET'S SWING
Posted 19 years ago by honeygirl    [ Reply ]
What an interesting choice. Thanks for not playing "Take the 'A' Train," "Mood Indigo" or any of the other obvious choices. Having said that, I would have picked one of about 50 other gems, but not this one..only because I've never heard it before! ANYTHING by the Duke and his men is worth playing and celebrating! Thanks!!!!! One more reason RP rocks!
Posted 19 years ago by MrMan    [ Reply ]
The king of all, Sir Duke!
Posted 19 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Can't keep my toes from tappin!
Posted 19 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
This man is the real "King"
Posted 19 years ago by Death_to_Clear_Channel    [ Reply ]
My, oh, my.
Posted 19 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
I just missed it!!! Damn, that lunchtime walk....
Posted 19 years ago by oppy    [ Reply ]
:crown.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
It's amazing how a pure instrumental can convey feelings of life, energy, and joy.
Posted 19 years ago by Dirktooth    [ Reply ]
Swing! Swing! Swing! :propeller.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
This is why I love RP!!!
Posted 19 years ago by Kit_Coda    [ Reply ]
on 12/22/04: MtnGoat wrote:
Talvin Singh to The Duke! Only on RP can it happen and work, good show! C.
And again on 3/6/05! Only RP can pull this off. Outstanding.
Posted 19 years ago by Opus_two    [ Reply ]
Still a 10.
Posted 19 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Sir Duke!! - didn't expect that on RP
Posted 19 years ago by Woobag    [ Reply ]
Yes.
Posted 19 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]