The Living Room: van Dies irae tot Duke Ellington

Between 1965 and 1973, Duke Ellington, one of the founders of big band jazz, gave three legendary concert series in churches in San Francisco, New York, Boston and Westminster Abbey in London. In doing so he drew on his African American roots in spirituals and blues and combined these with his flair for show business, but he was above all guided by his deep, universalist religiosity.