tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post3484107407786636581..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.221-07:00Comments on JazzProfiles: Caravan and CaravansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post-25491623242511604842013-07-23T18:40:41.800-07:002013-07-23T18:40:41.800-07:00I'm not surprised at the Japanese cum Cuban ba...I'm not surprised at the Japanese cum Cuban band. I have a video of the Afro Cuban All Stars in concert in Japan that shows the audience clapping in clave. I remember Duke Ellington had to hold two-minute clinics to get his audiences to clap on two and four! We Americans may have to go to Japan from time to time to get our hip cards punched.<br /><br /><br />Jim from BaltimoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post-29878070002644470212013-07-23T18:22:32.176-07:002013-07-23T18:22:32.176-07:00May I also recommend the version Ella Fitzgerald d...May I also recommend the version Ella Fitzgerald does with the full Ellington band on her Ellington Songbook. I understand that Billy Strayhorn did the big band arrangements for this date, and it's a major reworking of the by then warhorse, with a nifty vamp that makes it fresh.<br /><br />Jim from BaltimoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com