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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Art of the Arranger

by David Brown
April 19, 2022

This week, we continue exploring the art of the arranger with large ensembles and jazz orchestras. Charles Mingus sets Meditations on Integration on a big band, The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band presents a tone poem with traditional Japanese vocalists, we look at the Fletcher Henderson influence on Sun Ra, plus works by Satoko Fujii Orchestra ...

Ellington Holiday: A Swinging Nutcracker + Dance Dates 1940 & '58

by David Brown
January 1, 2022

Jazz up December with Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's swinging re-do of The Nutcracker Suite. Then, rev-up for the new year with two historic Ellington Orchestra dance dates: Fargo 1940 & Travis Air Force Base 1958. Put the kids to bed and put on your dancing shoes. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, ...

The Treasury Shows Vol. 25

By Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: CD 1: Take The A Train; Boo-Dah; What More Can I Say; Frustration; Basin Street Blues; Duet; Ballin’ The Blues; Satin Doll; Moon Mist; You’ll Never Know; Lady Be Good; Tonight I Shall Sleep; Nevada; Subtle Slough; I Don’t Know What Kind Of Blues I Got; Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Moon Mist. CD 2: At’s In There; Design For Jivin’; Jump For Joy; Solid Old Man; Sentimental Lady; Take The A Train; Now I Know; Perdido; Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me; Suddenly It Jumped; Indiana; How Blue The Night; Stomp, Look And Listen; Jumpin’ Frog Jump; Perdido; Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me; Blue Skies.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows Vol. 25

by Chris Mosey
June 11, 2018

Storyville Records, based in Copenhagen, have now completed the Herculean task of re-releasing all the Duke Ellington Treasury Show albums on CD. These are recordings of broadcasts made for the US Treasury Department from 1945 to 1953, to promote the sale of war bonds, often with plugs by Ellington himself, a staunch patriot. Volume 25 is ...

The Treasury Shows, Vol. 24

By Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: CD1: Take The A Train; Harlem Air Shaft; Creole Love Call; C Jam Blues; Is It A Sin?; Just A-Settin’ And A-Rockin’; Moonlight Fiesta; The Hawk Talks; Satin Doll; Take The A Train; Blue Jean Beguine; Boo Dah; Cocktails For Two; Nothin’ Nothin’ Baby; Jump For Joy; Perdido; Blue Moon; Satin Doll; Take The A Train; Concerto For Cootie; Johnny Come Lately; My Heart Tells Me; Blue Skies; Things Ain’t What They Used To Be. CD2: Take The A Train; Caravan; I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart; Bond Promo; The Hawk Talks; Come On Home; Flamingo; Bond Promo; Jump For Joy; Satin Doll; Take The A Train; Take The A Train; The Tattooed Bride; Bond Promo; Nothin’ Nothin’ Baby; Rock Skippin’ At The Blue Note; Just Squeeze Me; Ting-A-Ling; Satin Doll.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: The Treasury Shows, Vol. 24

by Chris Mosey
November 21, 2017

The early 1950s were a worrying time for Duke Ellington. Musical tastes were changing and big bands were going out of business. Ellington was nervous. “I like to keep a band so I can write and hear the music next day," he said, “The only way you can do that is to pay the band and ...

Duke Ellington's Treasury Shows - Vol. 21

By Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: CD1: Take The A Train; Caravan; Sono; Laughin’ On The Outside; The Blues; Teardrops In The Rain; I’m Just A Lucky So And So; Metronome All Out; Just A-Sittin’ And A-Rockin’; One O’Clock Jump; Things Ain’t What They Used To Be; Ko-Ko. CD2: Take The A Train; Jump For Joy; A Gathering In A Clearing; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Suddenly It Jumped; Medley – Black And Tan Fantasy, In A Sentimental Mood, Mood Indigo, I’m Beginning To See The Light, Sophisticated Lady, Caravan, Solitude, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Passion Flower; Just You, Just Me; You Don’t Love Me No More; Unbooted Character; Cotton Tail; Swing Shifters Swing; Altitude (Main Stem).

Rotterdam 1969

By Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Take The A Train (theme) and C Jam Blues; Kinda Dukish and Rockin’ In Rhythm; Take The A Train (full version); Up Jump; La Plus Belle Africaine; Come Off The Veldt; El Gato (The Cat); Black Butterfly; Things Ain’t What They Used To Be; Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Medley 1 – Caravan, Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady; Medley 2 – Making That Scene, It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing, Be Cool And Groovy For Me; Satin Doll; R.T.M; In Triplicate into Satin Doll.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: Duke Ellington's Treasury Shows - Vol. 21

by Chris Mosey
August 11, 2016

This volume of the Duke Ellington Treasury Shows commemorates the death on July 20 1946 of Joe “Tricky Sam" Nanton, one of the founding fathers of the band's early “jungle" sound that helped make its name at the Cotton Club. Nanton was the first musician to die with Ellington and the leader--a highly superstitious man--took it ...