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Ray Nance: Body and Soul
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Ray Nance recorded Body and Soul, his first album as a leader, in May 1969, almost thirty years after he took over Cootie Williams' trumpet chair in the Duke Ellington orchestra, but only about two years after Billy Strayhorn's death in May 1967, and mere days after Coleman Hawkins' in May 1969. Nance performed “Take the ...
Duke Ellington: Complete Legendary Fargo Concert
by Samuel Chell
America's greatest jazz musician performing his own music on his favorite instrument--the orchestra--and not just any edition of Ellington's band but arguably his best, especially with bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor sax great Ben Webster. What more could you ask for? An inspired performance? The band is tight and spirited thoughout this five-hour engagement. Faithful audio ...
Joe Wilder: A True Living Legend
by Greg Thomas
Joe Wilder, a true living legend of the trumpet, is at long last getting what fellow brass great Roy Eldridge used to call “his screen credits . After 60+ years of superlative support work in big bands, Broadway pit orchestras and commercials, Wilder is finally headlining his own quartet at the Village Vanguard. ...
Melinda and Melinda
Label: Milan Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Take The 'A' Train; The Best Things In Life Are Free; Somebody Stole My Gal; I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart; Medley - Memories Of You/Moonglow/No Moon At All/Darn That Dream; Concerto in D For String Orchestra: 2. Arioso: Andantino; String Quartet No. 4; Prelude 2 Well Tempered Clavier; Love Me; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; In A Mellow Tone
Will You Still Be Mine?
The Essential Duke Ellington
Label: Sony Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: CD 1: East St. Louis Toodle-oo; Black and Tan Fantasy; Take it Easy; Hot and Bothered; The
Mooche; Rockin' in Rhythm; Creole Rhapsody; It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that
Swing; Creole Love Call; Sophisticated Lady; Drop Me Off in Harlem; Solitude; In a
Sentimental Mood; Back Room Romp; Clouds in My Heart; Echoes of Harlem; Caravan; Blue
Reverie; Diminuendo in Blue; Crescendo in Blue. CD 2: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart;
Pyramid; Prelude to a Kiss; Tired Socks; Mood Indigo; Ko-Ko; Don't Get Around Much
Anymore; Cotton Tail; Take the 'A' Train; Harlem Air-Shaft; Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from
Me; Satin Doll; Perdido; Come Sunday; Jeep's Blues; Black Beauty; Arabesque Cookie.
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly / A Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral
by R. Emmet Sweeney
Duke Ellington Love You Madly / A Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral Eagle Eye Media 2005 With the glut of Ellingtonia on the market, it's impossible to separate the sublime from the merely wonderful. This release leans toward the former. Split into two programs, the first a televised ...
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