Duke Ellington At The Metropolitan Opera House Jan. 21, 1951

Jack Kerouac described this concert in the last chapter of his book On The Road. “Remi had gotten tickets for the Duke Ellington concert at the Metropolitan Opera and insisted Laura and I come with him and his girl.“ Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Harold “Shorty“ Baker, Nelson Williams, Fats Ford, Cat Anderson (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln) Lawrence Brown, Quentin Jackson (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as,sop,cl) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Wendell Marshall, Joe Benjamin (b) Sonny Greer, Bill Clark (d) Harlem Controversial: a) Later b) Before my time The jeep is jumpin’ Ring dem bells Frustration Coloratura Rose of the Rio Grande Violet Blue Take the ‘A’ train St. Louis Blues Blue Skies (Trumpets no end)