Relive the swinging days of the Paradise Theatre! Duke Ellington and his Orchestra headlined a week-long engagement just four weeks after the official opening of the Paradise, ushering in a decade of performances by legends like Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and countless others. The Duke Ellington Orchestra—the only ensemble directly carrying on the tradition from Duke himself—returns to the Orchestra Hall stage to perform celebrated classics.

The DSO does not appear on this program.