Jazz Articles about C-Jam All Stars

C-Jam All Stars: Diminuendo, Crescendo and Blues

by Dave Nathan
December 1, 2000

Duke Ellington was extraordinarily generous in allowing members of this band to record on their own while working for him. This generosity is something we all should be grateful for. Otherwise we would never have experienced the pleasure of hearing small groups headed by Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard and Rex Stewart. This album was originally recorded by a group of Ellington stalwarts in 1958 for Germany's Bertelsmann Record Club. It was finally issued in the US on CD by RCA ...