[Black, Brown and Beige: A Duke Ellington Tone Parallel to the American Negro, as played by the Composer and his Famous Orchestra at his Carnegie Hall concerts; RCA Victor DC 39 (1944)]
On Feb. 7, 2008, AfriClassical posted “Suites of Duke Ellington, James Price Johnson, Scott Joplin & William Grant Still”. It quoted the blog of WFIU, “Night Lights”: “It took Ellington 12 years to achieve his goal–the 45-minute-long Black, Brown and Beige Suite: a Tone Parallel to the History of the Negro in America, which is now considered to be one of his greatest works.” A reader named Bill has commented on the post: “Hi Just wondered where the above image is from, as I've never seen the album with that artwork before, it's really nice.” Information on the cover art in question can be found online at http://pepperphoto.co.uk/debbb/ Apparently, the cover art first appeared on the 1944 RCA Victor release on 78 rpm records. Music websites indicate the CD with the cover picture is no longer available, but the complete title and catalog number are provided in the above caption. [Duke Ellington, James Price Johnson, Scott Joplin and William Grant Still are profiled at AfriClassical.com]
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington
James Price Johnson
Scott Joplin
William Grant Still
RCA Victor DC 39
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