Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of places from The Basin St. West Jazz Club, the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival, and his first Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral. This program was described by Ellington in his autobiography as the best film about Duke Ellington ever made...
Cat Anderson
Louie Bellson
Bunny Briggs
Lawrence Brown
Harry Carney
Chuck Connors
Buster Cooper
Duke Ellington
Mercer Ellington
Dizzy Gillespie
Paul Gonsalves
Jimmy Hamilton
Jon Hendricks
Earl Hines
Johnny Hodges
Herbie Jones
John Lamb
Queen Esther Marrow
Russell Procope
Thomas Whaley
Cootie Williams