"Echoes of Harlem", also known as "Cootie's Concerto",[1] is a 1936 composition by Duke Ellington.
It opens with trumpet, playing blues sounds in F minor over the ostinato pattern, followed by a segment of 14 bars with some harmony.
[2] The original recording features Cootie Williams on trumpet,[3] playing in what Lawrence McClellan describes as "muted" and "in a somber minor key".
[4] It has been performed by Roy Eldridge, with Oscar Peterson and Herb Ellis.
The phrases given to it by Ellington which have a melodic beauty which should not be overlooked, are completely taken over by Cootie.