Jazz Afro-Caribbean Music, and the Sounds of San Juan Hill: "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"
Listen to an excerpt of "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo," a jazz composition written by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley in 1927, which featured Ellington on piano, Miley on trumpet, and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton on trombone when it was originally recorded by Duke Ellington's band. Bubber Miley and Joe Nanton were two of several legendary jazz musicians who lived and performed in the San Juan Hill neighborhood of New York Cit…