Tribute to Duke Ellington

NOTE: Names of ADVANCE ticket buyers will be on a list at the door for check-in! TICKETS AT THE DOOR WILL BE $30.00 + FEES .... A TRIBUTE TO Edward Kennedy "DUKE" ELLINGTON Sunday, November 15, 2026, 4:30 p.m. In the PCA Classic Jazz Club, with table seating & refreshments! You Are the Sunshine of My Life (jazz, Latin, 1972) "Pop" Medley (easy swing) * I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (1941) * Love You Madly (1950) More Than You Know (jazz, ballad, 1929) "Pop" Medley (rumba) You Go To My Head (1938) Manhattan (1925) * Satin Doll (jazz, swing, 1958) "Pop" Medley (ballad) * It Shouldn't Happen To a Dream (1946) * I Didn't Know About You (1944) Blues for PCA (jazz blues, swing, World Premiere on 2/13/2022) (PCA = Piedmont Center for the Arts) Intermission Meditation (jazz, Latin, 1962) "Pop" Medley (easy swing) * Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (1943) Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1942) "Pop" Medley (ballad) * Prelude To A Kiss (1938) * Sophisticated Lady (1933) On Green Dolphin Street (jazz, swing, 1947) "Pop" Medley (ballad, rumba) * Solitude (ballad, 1934) On the Street Where You Live (rumba, 1956) The Dimond Blues (jazz, slow blues, 2013) * An asterisk (*) indicates music by Duke Ellington The whole story: In an effort to preserve the tradition of the classic jazz and pop piano trio, the In the Tradition piano trio presents this year-long series of monthly celebrations to add to the programs of Piedmont Center for the Arts. CDs available as thank-you gifts for donations! We are Bill, Mark, and Albert, a jazz and pop piano trio dedicated to preserving the tradition of the classic jazz piano trio: the music of the Oscar Peterson Trio, the Red Garland Trio, the Wynton Kelly Trio, the Gene Harris Trio, etc. This musical format developed during the modern jazz era of the 1940s and 1950s. It flourished in Oakland and the East Bay during the 1950s with local jazz piano trios, but has since almost disappeared. Recall that legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, an East Bay