what musical instruments did duke ellington play?
Piano Jazz piano
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 From then on , as jazz became more prominent in the movies , Manne became the go @-@ to percussion man in the film industry ; he even appeared on screen in some minor roles . A major example is Johnny Mandel 's jazz score for I Want to Live ! in 1958 . 

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 In the 1960s , it was impractical to work together with an orchestra on a regular basis . As a substitute , the Mellotron is a keyboard instrument that contains tape @-@ recordings of individual notes of various instruments and voices , and plays back their sounds as the keyboard is pressed . Its sounds included woodwinds , choirs , brass and , perhaps most famously , strings . The technology available meant that its sounds were not exact reproductions of the instruments , but instead had a haunting quality that many bands prized . 

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 Instead , he assembled and staged appearances by the Max Weinberg Big Band , a fifteen @-@ piece ensemble with twelve horns that mostly plays the music of Frank Sinatra , Buddy Rich , Count Basie , and Maynard Ferguson . Weinberg 's interest in the genre dated back to his childhood and the artists he had seen on televised variety shows . 

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 The earlier 1960s Mk II units were made for the home and the characteristics of the instrument attracted a number of celebrities . Among the early Mellotron owners were Princess Margaret , Peter Sellers , King Hussein of Jordan and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard ( whose Mellotron is now installed in the Church of Scientology 's head UK office at Saint Hill Manor ) . According to Robin Douglas @-@ Home , Princess Margaret " adored it ; he ( Lord Snowdon ) positively loathed it . " 

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 While his selections provided the album 's country and western foundation , the musical arrangements represented its contemporary influence . Eager to display his big band ensemble in studio , Charles enlisted premier jazz arrangers Gerald Wilson and Gil Fuller , while Marty Paich , who was active in the West Coast jazz scene , was hired to arrange the lush strings and chorus numbers . Despite enlisting a roster of professional arrangers and musicians , Charles intended to control the artistic direction of the recordings . To indicate specific licks he wanted emphasized for certain songs , Charles would put together voice @-@ and @-@ piano demos and pass them along to the arrangers , informing them of what he wanted to do with specific sounds . According to Feller , at one point during recording , Charles rewrote an entire botched arrangement and dictated the parts to each of the 18 backing musicians . 
