web01.fireside.fm Wed, 13 May 2026 13:24:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Duke Ellington” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/duke%20ellington Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:00:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Bonus: The Duke of Ellington https://www.weirdstudies.com/duke ad4a14fa-adbd-4f60-98c9-19482fdceea1 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Weird Studies presents the first of Phil's solo music history podcasts as an off-week bonus. 1:04:00 no <p>When the quarantine began, professors around the world raced to put their classes online, and for the Jacobs School's big undergraduate music history course (M402 represent!) Phil created a series of solo podcasts, many of which have been appearing on the Weird Studies Patreon site. Our patrons seem to be enjoying them, so we thought we'd publish the first one ("The Duke of Ellington") as an off-week bonus for all our listeners, partly as a teaser for the subscriber-only stuff on Patreon and partly because Duke Ellington is cool. There's a bit of technical music talk in this, but you can ignore it and still get the main point: Ellington's early short film <em>Symphony in Black</em> and his subsequent orchestral suite <em>Black Brown and Beige</em> represent his lifelong project of using his "beyond category" music to articulate a vision of African American past and future. </p> <p>Please note: this was Phil's first attempt at doing a solo podcast in far-from-ideal circumstances, and the sound is pretty unpolished in places. He got his act together for the later ones; go check them out at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies</a>.</p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>Fred Waller (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPD-8-l68L4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Symphony In Black - A Rhapsody of Negro Life</a></em><br> Duke Ellington, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxqZNeMGUxg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Black, Brown, and Beige</a></em><br> Dudley Murphy (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWge47vuatY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Black and Tan Fantasy</a></em><br> John Howland, <em><a href="https://www.press.umich.edu/349615/ellington_uptown" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz</a></em></p> duke ellington, music history podcast When the quarantine began, professors around the world raced to put their classes online, and for the Jacobs School's big undergraduate music history course (M402 represent!) Phil created a series of solo podcasts, many of which have been appearing on the Weird Studies Patreon site. Our patrons seem to be enjoying them, so we thought we'd publish the first one ("The Duke of Ellington") as an off-week bonus for all our listeners, partly as a teaser for the subscriber-only stuff on Patreon and partly because Duke Ellington is cool. There's a bit of technical music talk in this, but you can ignore it and still get the main point: Ellington's early short film Symphony in Black and his subsequent orchestral suite Black Brown and Beige represent his lifelong project of using his "beyond category" music to articulate a vision of African American past and future.

Please note: this was Phil's first attempt at doing a solo podcast in far-from-ideal circumstances, and the sound is pretty unpolished in places. He got his act together for the later ones; go check them out at https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies.

REFERENCES

Fred Waller (dir.), Symphony In Black - A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Duke Ellington, Black, Brown, and Beige
Dudley Murphy (dir.), Black and Tan Fantasy
John Howland, Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz

]]> When the quarantine began, professors around the world raced to put their classes online, and for the Jacobs School's big undergraduate music history course (M402 represent!) Phil created a series of solo podcasts, many of which have been appearing on the Weird Studies Patreon site. Our patrons seem to be enjoying them, so we thought we'd publish the first one ("The Duke of Ellington") as an off-week bonus for all our listeners, partly as a teaser for the subscriber-only stuff on Patreon and partly because Duke Ellington is cool. There's a bit of technical music talk in this, but you can ignore it and still get the main point: Ellington's early short film Symphony in Black and his subsequent orchestral suite Black Brown and Beige represent his lifelong project of using his "beyond category" music to articulate a vision of African American past and future.

Please note: this was Phil's first attempt at doing a solo podcast in far-from-ideal circumstances, and the sound is pretty unpolished in places. He got his act together for the later ones; go check them out at https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies.

REFERENCES

Fred Waller (dir.), Symphony In Black - A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Duke Ellington, Black, Brown, and Beige
Dudley Murphy (dir.), Black and Tan Fantasy
John Howland, Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz

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