Ellington, Duke: Duke at his Very Best - Legendary Works 1940-1942, the Jimmy Blanton, Billy Strayhorn & Ben Webster Sessions
Ellington, Duke
SKU: 44257255
Ellington, Duke: Duke at his Very Best - Legendary Works 1940-1942, the Jimmy Blanton, Billy Strayhorn & Ben Webster Sessions
Ellington, Duke
SKU: 44257255
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Title: Duke at his Very Best - Legendary Works 1940-1942, the Jimmy Blanton, Billy Strayhorn & Ben Webster Sessions
Artist: Ellington, Duke
Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. FR
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3561302586922
Genre: Jazz
Realise par Alain Pailler et Tony Baldwin, ce coffret 4 CD a beneficie d'une restauration particulierement meticuleuse qui permet d'apprecier le Duke Ellington Orchestra en son age d'or comme si vous y etiez. Ces sessions legendaires des annees 1940-1942 incluent les plus grands classiques ellingtoniens, arranges de main de maître par le Duke comme par son bras droit Billy Strayhorn : de Ko-Ko a Take The 'A' Train, Perdido ou Harlem Air-Shaft. en outre, on y retrouve, a leur meilleur, certains des monstres sacres de la Swing Era : Cootie Williams ou Ray Nance (trompette), Rex Stewart (cornet), Joe Nanton et Lawrence Brown ou bien encore Barney Bigard (clarinette), Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster et Harry Carney (saxophones) ainsi que le jeune contrebassiste prodige Jimmy Blanton. Des enregistrements essentiels de l'histoire du jazz. Patrick FReMEAUXThis 4-CD set was produced by Alain Pailler and Tony Baldwin from meticulously restored originals that let you relive the Duke Ellington Orchestra's golden age as though you were right there. These legendary 1940-1942 sessions include Ellington classics such as Ko-Ko, Take The 'A' Train, Perdido and Harlem Air-Shaft, masterfully arranged by the Duke himself and his right-hand man Billy Strayhorn. The set prominently features several Swing Era giants at their very peak: Cootie Williams and Ray Nance on trumpets; cornettist Rex Stewart; trombone players Joe Nanton and Lawrence Brown; Barney Bigard on clarinet; Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster and Harry Carney on saxophones, plus the brilliant young doublebass prodigy Jimmy Blanton. It's a milestone in jazz history and makes essential listening.Patrick FremeauxCD1 : JACK THE BEAR - KO-KO - MORNING GLORY - CONGA BRAVA - CONCERTO FOR COOTIE - COTTON TAIL - NEVER NO LAMENT - DUSK - BOJANGLES (A PORTRAIT OF BILL ROBINSON) - A PORTRAIT OF BERT WILLIAMS - BLUE GOOSE - HARLEM AIR-SHAFT - ALL TOO SOON - RUMPUS IN RICHMOND - SEPIA PANORAMA - IN A MELLOTONE - WARM VALLEY - ACROSS THE TRACK BLUES - CHLOe (SONG OF THE SWAMP) - THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK - TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN - BLUE SERGE - JUMPIN' PUNKINS. CD2 : JOHN HARDY'S WIFE - AFTER ALL - ARE YOU STICKING? - JUST A-SETTIN' AND A-ROCKIN' - THE GIDDYBUG GALLOP - CHOCOLATE SHAKE - I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN't GOOD) - CLEMENTINE - JUMP FOR JOY - FIVE O'CLOCK DRAG - ROCKS IN MY BED - BLI-BLIP - CHELSEA BRIDGE - RAINCHECK - I DON't KNOW WHAT KIND OF BLUES I GOT - PERDIDO - C JAM BLUES - MOON MIST - WHAT AM I HERE FOR? - I DON't MIND - SOMEONE - MAIN STEM - JOHNNY COME LATELY - SENTIMENTAL LADY. CD 3 : YOU, YOU DARLIN' - SO FAR, SO GOOD - ME AND YOU - AT A DIXIE ROADSIDE DINER - MY GREATEST MISTAKE - THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT - FIVE O'CLOCK WHISTLE - THE FLAMING SWORD - I NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE - FLAMINGO - THE GIRL IN MY DREAMS (TRIES TO LOOK LIKE YOU) - BAKIFF - THE BROWN-SKIN GAL (IN THE CALICO GOWN) - MOON OVER CUBA - WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO? - MY LITTLE BROWN BOOK - HAYFOOT STRAWFOOT - A SLIP OF THE LIP (CAN SINK A SHIP) - SHERMAN SHUFFLE - PITTER PANTHER PATTER - BODY AND SOUL - SOPHISTICATED LADY - MR. J.B. BLUES. CD4 : GOOD QUEEN BESS - DAY DREAM - THAT'S THE BLUES, OLD MAN - JUNIOR HOP - WITHOUT A SONG - MY SUNDAY GAL - MOBILE BAY - LINGER AWHILE - CHARLIE THE CHULO - LAMENT FOR JAVANETTE - A LULL AT DAWN - READY EDDY - SOME SATURDAY - SUBTLE SLOUGH - MENELIK (THE LION OF JUDAH) - POOR BUBBER - SQUATY ROO - PASSION FLOWER - THINGS AIN't WHAT THEY USED TO BE - GOIN' OUT THE BACK WAY - BROWN SUEDE - NOIR BLEU - 'C' BLUES - JUNE.DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : ALAIN PAILLER, TONY BALDWIN
Tracks:
1.1 Jack the Bear
1.2 Ko-Ko
1.3 Morning Glory
1.4 Conga Brava
1.5 Concerto for Cootie
1.6 Cotton Tail
1.7 Never No Lament
1.8 Dusk
1.9 Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
1.10 A Portrait of Bert Williams
1.11 Blue Goose
1.12 Harlem Air-Shaft
1.13 All Too Soon
1.14 Rumpus in Richmond
1.15 Sepia Panorama
1.16 In a Mellotone
1.17 Warm Valley
1.18 Across the Track Blues
1.19 Chloe (Song of the Swamp)
1.20 The Sidewalks of New York
1.21 Take the 'A' Train
1.22 Blue Serge
1.23 Jumpin' Punkins
2.1 John Hardy's Wife
2.2 After All
2.3 Are You Sticking?
2.4 Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin'
2.5 The Giddybug Gallop
2.6 Chocolate Shake
2.7 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
2.8 Clementine
2.9 Jump for Joy
2.10 Five O'Clock Drag
2.11 Rocks in My Bed
2.12 Bli-Blip
2.13 Chelsea Bridge
2.14 Raincheck
2.15 I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got
2.16 Perdido
2.17 C Jam Blues
2.18 Moon Mist
2.19 What Am I Here For?
2.20 I Don't Mind
2.21 Someone
2.22 Main Stem
2.23 Johnny Come Lately
2.24 Sentimental Lady
3.1 You, You Darlin'
3.2 So Far, So Good
3.3 Me And You
3.4 At A Dixie Roadside Diner
3.5 My Greatest Mistake
3.6 There Shall Be No Night
3.7 Five O'clock Whistle
3.8 The Flaming Sword
3.9 I Never Felt This Way Before
3.10 Flamingo
3.11 The Girl In My Dreams (Tries To Look Like You)
3.12 Bakiff
3.13 The Brown-Skin Gal (In The Calico Gown)
3.14 Moon Over Cuba
3.15 What Good Would It Do?
3.16 My Little Brown Book
3.17 Hayfoot Strawfoot
3.18 A Slip Of The Lip (Can Sink A Ship)
3.19 Sherman Shuffle
3.20 Pitter Panther Patter
3.21 Body And Soul
3.22 Sophisticated Lady
3.23 Mr. J.B. Blues
4.1 Good Queen Bess
4.2 Day Dream
4.3 That's The Blues, Old Man
4.4 Junior Hop
4.5 Without A Song
4.6 My Sunday Gal
4.7 Mobile Bay
4.8 Linger Awhile
4.9 Charlie The Chulo
4.10 Lament For Javanette
4.11 A Lull At Dawn
4.12 Ready Eddy
4.13 Some Saturday
4.14 Subtle Slough
4.15 Menelik (The Lion Of Judah)
4.16 Poor Bubber
4.17 Squaty Roo
4.18 Passion Flower
4.19 Things Ain't What They Used To Be
4.20 Goin' Out The Back Way
4.21 Brown Suede
4.22 Noir Bleu
4.23 'C' Blues - June
Artist: Ellington, Duke
Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. FR
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3561302586922
Genre: Jazz
Realise par Alain Pailler et Tony Baldwin, ce coffret 4 CD a beneficie d'une restauration particulierement meticuleuse qui permet d'apprecier le Duke Ellington Orchestra en son age d'or comme si vous y etiez. Ces sessions legendaires des annees 1940-1942 incluent les plus grands classiques ellingtoniens, arranges de main de maître par le Duke comme par son bras droit Billy Strayhorn : de Ko-Ko a Take The 'A' Train, Perdido ou Harlem Air-Shaft. en outre, on y retrouve, a leur meilleur, certains des monstres sacres de la Swing Era : Cootie Williams ou Ray Nance (trompette), Rex Stewart (cornet), Joe Nanton et Lawrence Brown ou bien encore Barney Bigard (clarinette), Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster et Harry Carney (saxophones) ainsi que le jeune contrebassiste prodige Jimmy Blanton. Des enregistrements essentiels de l'histoire du jazz. Patrick FReMEAUXThis 4-CD set was produced by Alain Pailler and Tony Baldwin from meticulously restored originals that let you relive the Duke Ellington Orchestra's golden age as though you were right there. These legendary 1940-1942 sessions include Ellington classics such as Ko-Ko, Take The 'A' Train, Perdido and Harlem Air-Shaft, masterfully arranged by the Duke himself and his right-hand man Billy Strayhorn. The set prominently features several Swing Era giants at their very peak: Cootie Williams and Ray Nance on trumpets; cornettist Rex Stewart; trombone players Joe Nanton and Lawrence Brown; Barney Bigard on clarinet; Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster and Harry Carney on saxophones, plus the brilliant young doublebass prodigy Jimmy Blanton. It's a milestone in jazz history and makes essential listening.Patrick FremeauxCD1 : JACK THE BEAR - KO-KO - MORNING GLORY - CONGA BRAVA - CONCERTO FOR COOTIE - COTTON TAIL - NEVER NO LAMENT - DUSK - BOJANGLES (A PORTRAIT OF BILL ROBINSON) - A PORTRAIT OF BERT WILLIAMS - BLUE GOOSE - HARLEM AIR-SHAFT - ALL TOO SOON - RUMPUS IN RICHMOND - SEPIA PANORAMA - IN A MELLOTONE - WARM VALLEY - ACROSS THE TRACK BLUES - CHLOe (SONG OF THE SWAMP) - THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK - TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN - BLUE SERGE - JUMPIN' PUNKINS. CD2 : JOHN HARDY'S WIFE - AFTER ALL - ARE YOU STICKING? - JUST A-SETTIN' AND A-ROCKIN' - THE GIDDYBUG GALLOP - CHOCOLATE SHAKE - I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN't GOOD) - CLEMENTINE - JUMP FOR JOY - FIVE O'CLOCK DRAG - ROCKS IN MY BED - BLI-BLIP - CHELSEA BRIDGE - RAINCHECK - I DON't KNOW WHAT KIND OF BLUES I GOT - PERDIDO - C JAM BLUES - MOON MIST - WHAT AM I HERE FOR? - I DON't MIND - SOMEONE - MAIN STEM - JOHNNY COME LATELY - SENTIMENTAL LADY. CD 3 : YOU, YOU DARLIN' - SO FAR, SO GOOD - ME AND YOU - AT A DIXIE ROADSIDE DINER - MY GREATEST MISTAKE - THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT - FIVE O'CLOCK WHISTLE - THE FLAMING SWORD - I NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE - FLAMINGO - THE GIRL IN MY DREAMS (TRIES TO LOOK LIKE YOU) - BAKIFF - THE BROWN-SKIN GAL (IN THE CALICO GOWN) - MOON OVER CUBA - WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO? - MY LITTLE BROWN BOOK - HAYFOOT STRAWFOOT - A SLIP OF THE LIP (CAN SINK A SHIP) - SHERMAN SHUFFLE - PITTER PANTHER PATTER - BODY AND SOUL - SOPHISTICATED LADY - MR. J.B. BLUES. CD4 : GOOD QUEEN BESS - DAY DREAM - THAT'S THE BLUES, OLD MAN - JUNIOR HOP - WITHOUT A SONG - MY SUNDAY GAL - MOBILE BAY - LINGER AWHILE - CHARLIE THE CHULO - LAMENT FOR JAVANETTE - A LULL AT DAWN - READY EDDY - SOME SATURDAY - SUBTLE SLOUGH - MENELIK (THE LION OF JUDAH) - POOR BUBBER - SQUATY ROO - PASSION FLOWER - THINGS AIN't WHAT THEY USED TO BE - GOIN' OUT THE BACK WAY - BROWN SUEDE - NOIR BLEU - 'C' BLUES - JUNE.DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : ALAIN PAILLER, TONY BALDWIN
Tracks:
1.1 Jack the Bear
1.2 Ko-Ko
1.3 Morning Glory
1.4 Conga Brava
1.5 Concerto for Cootie
1.6 Cotton Tail
1.7 Never No Lament
1.8 Dusk
1.9 Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
1.10 A Portrait of Bert Williams
1.11 Blue Goose
1.12 Harlem Air-Shaft
1.13 All Too Soon
1.14 Rumpus in Richmond
1.15 Sepia Panorama
1.16 In a Mellotone
1.17 Warm Valley
1.18 Across the Track Blues
1.19 Chloe (Song of the Swamp)
1.20 The Sidewalks of New York
1.21 Take the 'A' Train
1.22 Blue Serge
1.23 Jumpin' Punkins
2.1 John Hardy's Wife
2.2 After All
2.3 Are You Sticking?
2.4 Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin'
2.5 The Giddybug Gallop
2.6 Chocolate Shake
2.7 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
2.8 Clementine
2.9 Jump for Joy
2.10 Five O'Clock Drag
2.11 Rocks in My Bed
2.12 Bli-Blip
2.13 Chelsea Bridge
2.14 Raincheck
2.15 I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got
2.16 Perdido
2.17 C Jam Blues
2.18 Moon Mist
2.19 What Am I Here For?
2.20 I Don't Mind
2.21 Someone
2.22 Main Stem
2.23 Johnny Come Lately
2.24 Sentimental Lady
3.1 You, You Darlin'
3.2 So Far, So Good
3.3 Me And You
3.4 At A Dixie Roadside Diner
3.5 My Greatest Mistake
3.6 There Shall Be No Night
3.7 Five O'clock Whistle
3.8 The Flaming Sword
3.9 I Never Felt This Way Before
3.10 Flamingo
3.11 The Girl In My Dreams (Tries To Look Like You)
3.12 Bakiff
3.13 The Brown-Skin Gal (In The Calico Gown)
3.14 Moon Over Cuba
3.15 What Good Would It Do?
3.16 My Little Brown Book
3.17 Hayfoot Strawfoot
3.18 A Slip Of The Lip (Can Sink A Ship)
3.19 Sherman Shuffle
3.20 Pitter Panther Patter
3.21 Body And Soul
3.22 Sophisticated Lady
3.23 Mr. J.B. Blues
4.1 Good Queen Bess
4.2 Day Dream
4.3 That's The Blues, Old Man
4.4 Junior Hop
4.5 Without A Song
4.6 My Sunday Gal
4.7 Mobile Bay
4.8 Linger Awhile
4.9 Charlie The Chulo
4.10 Lament For Javanette
4.11 A Lull At Dawn
4.12 Ready Eddy
4.13 Some Saturday
4.14 Subtle Slough
4.15 Menelik (The Lion Of Judah)
4.16 Poor Bubber
4.17 Squaty Roo
4.18 Passion Flower
4.19 Things Ain't What They Used To Be
4.20 Goin' Out The Back Way
4.21 Brown Suede
4.22 Noir Bleu
4.23 'C' Blues - June
