Newport Jazz Festival: The Ellington Saga, Part III Produced by George Wein Entered from listing and review. This was the second of four Newport programs devoted to the music of Duke Ellington. It featured the New York Jazz Repertory Company presenting the first full-length performance since 1943 of Ellington's "Black, Brown, and Beige," as well as the Duke Ellington Orchestra conducted by Mercer Ellington. 1976-06-30T19:30:00