Duke Ellington’s legendary jazz orchestra performs his landmark works.
The legendary Duke Ellington Orchestra, founded by and named after one of 20th century’s most prolific American composers, will play some of the late composer and musician’s landmark jazz pieces for Singapore music lovers in a lively 75-minute performance amid the lush greenery of the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
One of the most influential figures in jazz, if not all American music, Duke Ellington is widely considered one of the best known African American personalities of the last century. Over a colourful career that spanned more than 50 years till his death at the age of 75 in May 1974, Duke Ellington influenced millions of people both around the world and in America with his innovative compositions that challenged the conventions of his time.
Duke Ellington’s illustrious career included leading his eponymous orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals and world tours. In his lifetime, he had played over 20,000 performances in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East as well as Asia!
The Duke Ellington Orchestra has carried on the influential composer’s legacy under the guidance of two successive generations of the Ellington family. Hear them perform live the music of one of the jazz world’s most pivotal figures. Singapore musicians Alemay Fernandez and Nick Zavior are guest vocalists for this concert.
Concert subject to prevailing weather conditions.
Concert-goers are advised to take public transport.
Credit: image of National Parks
Age
0+
Price
Free
Telephone number
+65 6471 7138
+65 6471 7361
+65 6471 9937
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Address
Singapore1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569
How to get there?
By bus alighting at Napier/Holland Road (Tanglin Gate)
- SBS Transit 7, 105, 123, 174,174e
- SMRT 75, 77, 106, NR8
- Nearest MRT Station : Orchard MRT (North-South Line) and a 5-min bus ride to Tanglin Gate
By bus alighting at Bukit Timah/Dunearn Road (Bukit Timah Gate or Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden)
- SBS Transit 48, 66, 151, 153, 154, 156, 170
- SMRT 67, 171
- Nearest MRT Station : Botanic Gardens MRT Station (Circle Line & Downtown Line)
By Taxi
There are taxi drop-off/pick-up points at the following major entrances:
- Botany Centre, Tanglin Gate (via junction of Holland/Napier Road)