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Amazingly, it took Columbia Records until the very end of 1950, two
years into the LP era and the transition from disc to magnetic tape
recording, to get Duke Ellington & His Orchestra into the studio to
cut a long-playing record. For the first time in his recording career,
Ellington was able to forego the three-minutes-and-change restrictions
in running time of the 78-rpm disc -- he and the band rose to the
occasion with extended (11-plus minute) "uncut concert arrangements"
of "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," and "Solitude," augmented with
one splendid newer work, "The Tattooed Bride." And it's taken 15 years
into the CD boom before Masterpieces by Ellington has been given the
treatment that it deserves. Sony Music of Japan reissued this classic
recording in 1998, remastered using the company's 20-bit-based Super
Bit Mapping digital system, and results are astonishing -- the band
sounds like it's in the same room with the listener, and that goes
double for the piano and the soloists (including singer Yvonne
Lanauze) on "Mood Indigo." Even in this august company, "The Tattooed
Bride" is a swinging virtuoso piece that, as everyone present must
have known, couldn't possibly have been captured in this manner in any
era before this session -- this was also one of the last sessions to
feature the classic Ellington lineup with Johnny Hodges, Lawrence
Brown, and Sonny Greer before their exodus altered the band's sound,
and so it's a doubly precious piece (as is the whole album), among the
last written specifically for this lineup. And it now all sounds at
least ten years newer than its actual date of recording. [The U.S.
debut of this set in 2004 features the original tracks dynamically and
wonderfully remastered with three bonus tracks: "Vagabonds," by
Ellington and trombonist Juan Tizol, and a pair with Billy Strayhorn,
"Smada" and "Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note."]
http://www.dukeellington.com
Tracks:
01. Mood Indigo (15:27)
02. Sophisticated Lady (11:29)
03. The Tattooed Bride (11:43)
04. Solitude (8:26)
05. Vagabonds (3:11)
06. Smada (2:48)
07. Rock Skippin' At The Bluenote (2:27)
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