Luis Russel and His Orchestra

Louis Russell's orchestra is the ultimate expression of "negritude" of those times.
Yes, at that time there was a much more famous orchestra, also steeped in negritude, which was Duke Ellington's orchestra.
Yet Duke's was, how shall I put it, a bit touristy. It was a way to showcase negritude to the whites.
Louis Russell's, on the other hand, was pure negritude...