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d i s s i d e n t
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a r t i s t : Duke Ellington
t i t l e : Recollections of the Big Band Era
d a t e : 1962
l a b e l : Atlantic
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Nov 2003
t r a c k s : 23
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 103MB
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This budget-priced, 23-track CD consists of the recordings of
big-band standards that Ellington originally did for Reprise in
the early 1960s. One suspects there was a quid pro quo here ù
he would cut these 1930s and 1940s standards, which were certain
to make money, for Reprise, and that same label, in turn, would
record his symphonic music. The material is done in a smooth,
swinging style, more laid-back than what the Basie orchestra of
the same period would have done with this same stuff ("One O'Clock
Jump" is included here as one of ten bonus tracks), but with enough
fire and boundless elegance to make it more than worthwhile.
Highlights include "Minnie the Moocher," "Cherokee," "Ciribiribin,"
"Contrasts," "Smoke Rings," "Woodchopper's Ball," "Rhapsody In
Blue," and "Tuxedo Junction." The idea at the time was that these
songs were tributes to their original signatories ("Goodbye" for
Benny Goodman, "Christopher Columbus" for Fletcher Henderson,
"Sentimental Journey" for Les Brown, etc.), so this is sort of
a concept album, and a rather good one at that. The personnel
include Billy Strayhorn (who also arranges the material that
Ellington didn't), Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Jimmy Hamilton,
and Paul Gonsalves. This is an ideal companion to the similar set
of tracks that Ellington did for Capitol a decade earlier, but a
lot easier and cheaper to come by, and more cohesive.
ù AMG Review
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01-Minnie the Moocher [02:48]
02-For Dancers Only [03:06]
03-It's a Lonesome Town When You 're not Around [02:23]
04-Cherokee [02:54]
05-The Midnight Sun Will Never Set [03:08]
06-Let's Get Together [02:39]
07-I'm Getting Sentimental Over You [03:22]
08-Chant Of The Weed [03:23]
09-Ciribirbin [03:30]
10-Contrasts [02:48]
11-Christopher Columbus [03:04]
12-Auld Lang Syne [02:21]
13-Tuxedo Junction [03:31]
14-Smoke Rings [02:54]
15-Artistry In Rhythm [03:20]
16-The Waltz You Saved For Me [02:30]
17-Woodchopper's Ball [03:17]
18-Sentimental Journey [02:32]
19-When It's Sleepy Time Down South [03:18]
20-One O'Clock Jump [07:21]
21-Goodbye [03:06]
22-Sleep, Sleep, Sleep [02:48]
23-Rhapsody In Blue [04:47]
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74:50 min
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