Courtesy of our friends in the Duke Ellington Society of Sweden,
here is all that has been found (so far)of film taken for a television broadcast of Ellington's Second Sacred Concert at the Church of Saint Sulpice, Paris, 16 November, 1969.
Firstly, a brief extract of the rehearsals for the concert...
Here, the audience begins to arrive for the concert...
Then ,Ellington himself arrives to be welcomed by the chaplain...
Here is the broadcast of the concert from Philippe Adler's Jazz 6 programme. The last few minutes is missing from the telecast. Does the complete version exist out there somewhere?
A great find — thanks for sharing it here. I've seen bits and pieces before but not all this footage.
ReplyDeleteThe look on Alice Babs’s face while Hodges plays “Heaven” — that says everything that needs to be said.