The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940) [Import]

The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940) [Import]

The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940) [Import]

ASIN: B000025GBG

Track Listings
 
1. Jack the Bear
2. Rumpus in Richmond
3. Sepia Panorama
4. Ko Ko [Unissued Take]
5. In a Mellow Tone
6. Morning Glory
7. Five O'Clock Whistle
8. Conga Brava
9. Warm Valley
10. Concerto for Cootie
11. Across the Track Blues
12. Chloe
13. Bojangles [Unissued Take]
14. Cotton Tail
15. Sidewalks of New York
16. Never No Lament
17. Pitter Panther Patter [Unissued Take]
18. Dusk
19. Body and Soul [Unissued Take]
20. Portrait of Bert Williams

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The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best of every small groups sessions.
The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940)
Duke Ellington
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Contemporary Big BandContemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Traditional Jazz GeneralTraditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000006MVR
Release Date: 1994-08-30

Tracks:

  1. Jack the Bear
  2. Ko Ko
  3. Ko Ko
  4. Morning Glory
  5. Conga Brava
  6. Concerto for Cootie
  7. Bojangles
  8. Cotton Tail
  9. Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
  10. Dusk
  11. Bojangles
  12. Portrait of Bert Williams
  13. Blue Goose
  14. Harlem Air Shaft
  15. At a Dixie Roadside Diner
  16. All Too Soon
  17. Rumpus in Richmond
  18. Sepia Panorama
  19. In a Mellow Tone
  20. Five O'Clock Whistle
  21. Warm Valley
  22. Across the Track Blues
  23. Chloe
  24. Sidewalks of New York
  25. Pitter Panther Patter
  26. Pitter Panther Patter
  27. Body and Soul
  28. Body and Soul
  29. Sophisticated Lady
  30. Sophisticated Lady
  31. Mr. J.B. Blues
  32. Mr. J.B. Blues

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best of every small groups sessions........2005-05-12

I have this material on Duke Ellington Centennial 24 Cds Box set.
There are last small groups sessions recorded for Bluebird.
Other small groups sessions were recorded for Variety.
But for me this is the greatest music in Ellington's career exactly
with Blanton - Webster Band.
Because this 2cd is hard to find, if you can chance and loves Ellington's sideman small groups buy it.
The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940)
Average customer rating: Not rated
    The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940)
    Duke Ellington
    Manufacturer: RCA
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Contemporary Big BandContemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Traditional Jazz GeneralTraditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000006LEO
    Release Date: 1995-09-12

    Tracks:

    1. Jack the Bear
    2. Ko Ko
    3. Ko Ko
    4. Morning Glory
    5. Conga Brava
    6. Concerto for Cootie
    7. Bojangles
    8. Cotton Tail
    9. Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
    10. Dusk
    11. Bojangles
    12. Portrait of Bert Williams
    13. Blue Goose
    14. Harlem Air Shaft
    15. At a Dixie Roadside Diner
    16. All Too Soon
    17. Rumpus in Richmond
    18. Sepia Panorama
    19. In a Mellow Tone
    20. Five O'Clock Whistle
    21. Warm Valley
    22. Across the Track Blues
    23. Chloe
    24. Sidewalks of New York
    25. Pitter Panther Patter
    26. Pitter Panther Patter
    27. Body and Soul
    28. Body and Soul
    29. Sophisticated Lady
    30. Sophisticated Lady
    31. Mr. J.B. Blues
    32. Mr. J.B. Blues
    The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Jazz as near perfection as you'll get
    • Hidden Treasure!
    The Indispensable Duke Ellington, Vol. 5-6 (1940)
    Duke Ellington
    Manufacturer: Bmg/RCA Records Label
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Swing GeneralSwing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Classic Big BandClassic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Contemporary Big BandContemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Traditional Jazz GeneralTraditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000025GBG
    Release Date: 1994-05-16

    Tracks:

    1. Jack the Bear
    2. Rumpus in Richmond
    3. Sepia Panorama
    4. Ko Ko [Unissued Take]
    5. In a Mellow Tone
    6. Morning Glory
    7. Five O'Clock Whistle
    8. Conga Brava
    9. Warm Valley
    10. Concerto for Cootie
    11. Across the Track Blues
    12. Chloe
    13. Bojangles [Unissued Take]
    14. Cotton Tail
    15. Sidewalks of New York
    16. Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
    17. Pitter Panther Patter [Unissued Take]
    18. Dusk
    19. Body and Soul [Unissued Take]
    20. Portrait of Bert Williams

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Jazz as near perfection as you'll get.......2004-08-22

    The music on this wonderful CD captures, in 1940, the peak of the Ellington orchestra. The key players, Cootie Williams, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Harry Carney, Jimmy Blanton and arranger Billy Strayhorn were now playing in the finest jazz orchestra ever!

    I had some of these tracks on a ten-inch LP in the mid-Fifties and it was a fine introduction to jazz for a teenager. Repeated playing over the years (in various formats, ten then twelve inch and finally CD) still make these tracks fresh and exciting. There is so much to enjoy, especially these two pieces, 'Concerto for Cootie', a stunning performance by the orchestra, featuring Cootie Williams on trumpet, this track is perhaps the finest example of jazz perfection and 'Cotton Tail' with Ben Webster on sax, the orchestra powers behind him to a swing climax. I think the time limitations of the old 78 discs actually helped because it encouraged tight, straightforward arranging and playing and eliminated any unnecessary notes just to fill out the time

    This is an amazing CD with the very best of Ellington but it is unfortunate that it has not been issued as the two volume set the title implies. I have this and it was originally issued in France in the early nineties. If you check out the title on French or German Amazon you'll see the extra twelve tracks and I really think it is worth trying to get this double CD album.

    5 out of 5 stars Hidden Treasure!.......2000-06-18

    Here is a CD that too few people know. Maybe because it's an import. Maybe because it's a compilation. Anyway, let me tell you that this is one of the richest CD's (actually there are two discs) that you will ever buy. What is it about? Ellington and his big band in the late thirties and early forties, his best period in my opinion. Imagine: the soloists are called Ben Webster, Cootie Williams, Barney Bigard..., the orchestra is full of resources and plays all the great compositions of Duke (most of which were written at the time of the recording for this group). It's such a dense CD! All the songs are tailored to the three-minute length of a 78-rpm record, but wow... it's rare in jazz to hear so many great ideas on this format. And these last eight tracks of the volume 6! Ellington in duo with Jimmy Blanton on the bass. Both of them are amazing of creativity, virtuosity and modernity. So, if you like jazz, this two volumes have to be part of your collection! Actually, if I had to keep only one CD of the Duke, I would keep this one...

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