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The Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Ellington Celebration

Read "Ellington Celebration" reviewed by Jack Bowers


While the number of recorded tributes to Duke Ellington last year during hundredth anniversary of the late maestro’s birth was truly enormous, there’s always room for one more, especially when it’s as well–designed and picturesque as this one by the Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra. The KJRO travels backward as far as 1927 to recreate Ellington’s earliest ...

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Ellington Celebration

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 1999
Track listing: Stevedore Stomp; Black and Tan Fantasy; Black and Tan Fantasy; The Mooche; Mood Indigo; Ring Dem Bells; Rockin

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Kentucky Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Ellington Celebration

Read "Ellington Celebration" reviewed by Jim Santella


Repertory ensembles perform a vital function in our society. They help us to retain the true art of our culture instead of falling prey to periodic fads and daily hype. True, their work is not brand-new or leading edge; but it’s certainly fresh, unique, and always welcome. The selections on Ellington Celebration were transcribed meticulously and ...


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