Betty Roche
"Light & Swinging"
members
Duke Ellington Orchestra tags
betty roche, swing, jazz, 30's, 40's, public domain, singer, big band into
Taking the "A" Train, singin' & swingin', doin' the jazz state of mind
bouncy vices
I'm too polite for that favorite artists
Duke Ellington Orchestra, Hot Lips Page, Lester Young, Earl Hines, Clark Terry and Charles Brown
Betty (Mary Elizabeth) Roche was most closely associated with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and Ellington himself paid her one of his typically elliptical tributes in these terms in his autobiography: "She had a soul inflection in a bop state of intrigue, and every word was understandable despite the sophisticated hip... more »
Trouble Trouble
blues, jazz, jazz blues
Now this tune is a great example of my style. Check out the horn section ~ these guys sound like satin. Let it flow around...