Tag: Duke Ellington

• December 9, 2021

  Rhyme Cellar, v. 3 : “Mack the Knife” (1966)

  Rhyme Cellar, Verse the Third … this one … blessings … Mack the Knife … on the first spin, way back when, ella ellington’s ‘66 interation registered “renaissance” … ella’s narration felt triumphant in a “reclaim the moritat to relinquish mortality” sort of way … i don’t know, i can’t quite explain … but, without rambling further … another poem in the storied songbook of secret linguistics … another canon in the personal archives of pop life crucible tunes … onward