Take the A-Train with us this week! We're stepping back in time into an era of jazz, and celebrating the special birthday of someone very near and dear to the podcast... Duke Ellington! He'd be 124 this year, so we're taking a look at his 1953 record Ellington Uptown! It features some of the most complex and engaging instrumentals we've seen yet (including our longest drum solo to date), and it covers some of the biggest hits from Duke's vast body of work, including the Harlem Suite and Perdido (Perdido, Perdido, Perdido)! Plus, the Mixtaper has a series of unbelievable facts about all the ways Ellington got "mixed up" with 30% of the Presidents during his lifetime. Happy Birthday, Duke! (Oh... and Connor.)

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*We had slight technical difficulties in the second half of the episode!*

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