AS Coursework Notes - Duke Ellington
East St. Louis Toodle-oo: Duke Ellington
Short Background
E llington: Classic big band composer.
Brought up in WASHINGTON: coloured son of a butler. Evidently a middle class bearing.
Ellington had a job and an income, from the Cotton Club: everything a Jazz musician needs...
Club was influenced by Eastern music. Sounds are dark and brooding - categorised as Jungle.
East St. Louis Toodle-oo
TITLE was originally Todalo: a broken walk. Misspelled at the printers.
The broken walk symbolises someone coming home from a hard day's work.