The next concert in the Guy-Lafitte auditorium pays tribute to Duke Ellington on Saturday, November 30 at 9 p.m. The importance of the “Duke” in the history of jazz is considerable in several ways. His name is associated with some of the most famous themes of this music (composed or performed).
For nearly half a century, Ellington led one of the most remarkable orchestras of his time, including some of the most important soloists in jazz. Furthermore, as a pianist, he developed a very original, economical and contrasting style, marked by stride and ragtime, and which influenced many musicians after him such as Thelonious Monk or Randy Weston. Finally, and this is undoubtedly the most important, he is one of the major composers of the 20th century, having developed a rich, dense, original, ambitious work, varied in its forms and in its themes, which magnifies and universalizes the African-American culture of which he is one of the great ambassadors. His music will be performed by the Fluffy Fox Trio, three musicians from Toulouse who have already come to the Auditorium: Etienne Manchon on piano, Malo Evrard on drums, Georges Storey on double bass.
