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Duke Ellington: The Essential Duke Ellington
by Jim Santella
Trying to compile an album of essential Duke Ellington performances is a difficult task indeed. How can you get it all in? How does one performance of “It Don't Mean a Thing" compare to another? It's all arbitrary, and that's why our record collections continue to grow. The recordings reissued on this two-CD compilation ...
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival 2005
by Franz A. Matzner
It's all around, the sound of jazz, leaking from half-open windows, spilling out of doorways, flowing down the street in little pockets of music escaping restaurants, bars, and clubs. Couples wander in and out, patrons call for drinks over twanging pianos and swinging beats, intent listeners bend forward to catch every note, and lines of guests ...
Duke Ellington
by Tim Kirker
1899 - 1974Composer, bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington rates as one of the most original and important figures in 20th century American music. He came of age at the dawning of jazz in the 1920s and along with Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin, and Bessie Smith, propelled the genre into its rightful place as a ...
Duking It Out
by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
If you're anything like me, you are 5'10" tall, left-handed, and named Jeff. You also watched the epic Ken Burns documentary Jazz with a somewhat jaundiced eye (although in my case, it was just some stray popcorn butter on my glasses), thinking that perhaps Burns tended to fawn over certain personalities while leaving other important figures ...
Duke Ellington: The Complete Live at Newport 1956
by C. Michael Bailey
Within the subatomic structure of American musical styles, the blues is the single indivisible particle with which all else is made. The blues combined with other influencing elements (eg. ethnic, religious, regional, cultural) form Country & Western, Bluegrass, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Gospel and, yes, finally Jazz. It can be argued that ...
Duke Ellington and Others: Melinda and Melinda
by Florence Wetzel
Woody Allen's new film Melinda and Melinda is an artful combination of comedy and drama, and the soundtrack likewise is a successful weaving of opposites. Allen combines toe-tapping jazz standards and classical music, the jazz cuts focused on pianists.Allen's taste is impeccable: there are three cuts by Duke Ellington ("Take the A Train," “I ...
The Jaywalker
Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. The Shepherd, 2. Up Jump, 3. Rue Bleu, 4. Chromatic Love Affair, 5. Salome, 6. Blood Count, 7. El Viti, 8. Kixx, 9. Eggo, 10. I'm Hip Too, 11. Amta, 12. Warr, 13. Little Purple Flower, 14. Traffic Cop, 15. Untitled Blues, 16. Policia, 17. The B.O. of Traffic, 18. Mac, 19. Star, 21. Cross Climax, 22. B.O. Man, 23. Tin Soldier
Far East Suite
Label: RCA Victor
Released: 1967
Track listing: 1. Tourist Point of View (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 5:17
2. Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 3:17
3. Isfahan (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 4:10
4. Depk (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 2:54
5. Mount Harissa (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 7:45
6. Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues) (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 3:05
7. Agra (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 2:40
8. Amad (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 4:31
9. Ad Lib on Nippon (Ellington) - 11:35
10. Tourist Point of View [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 5:21
11. Amad [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 4:16
12. Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) [alternate take] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 3:18
13. Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 3:24
14. Isfahan [alternate take] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 4:20
15. Depk [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 2:49
16. Mount Harissa [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 8:47
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