Harlem Speaks

Harlem Speaks (1935) is a jazz song by Duke Ellington, made in response to the film Africa Speaks (1930).

[1] Ellington recorded the song at Decca Studios in London, England.

[1] Gunther Schuller said that the London recording was his best recording, "a typical array of “hot” solos (the way Spike Hughes liked them), ending with an all-stops-pulled-out ensemble chorus, replete with riffing brass, torrid Nanton growls, and surging Bigard obbligatos.

[3] Harlem Speaks is also the name of an album by Duke Ellington.

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