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Radio program about Ellington's "Jump For Joy"

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Updated: Sep 23, 2021




In 1941 Duke Ellington created an all black musical called "Jump For Joy". It was truly progressive for it's day. He called it the first social significance show and said his idea was to "banish Uncle Tom from the theater". Here's an interesting hour long public radio program about it's development.


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