Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Duke Ellington

Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Duke Ellington Artist: Duke Ellington
Label: Sony
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 074646144428
EAN: 0074646144428
ASIN: B000050HVQ


Release Date: 2000-11-07

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Listmania:

  1. Ken Burns' "Jazz"
  2. My eclectic tastes in music..this list is all over the place
  3. A Black Music Sampler
  4. Indispensable Duke
  5. Best Songs About New York
  6. Songs for Swingin' Lindy Hoppers

Tracks:

  1. East St. Louis Toodle-oo
  2. Black and Tan Fantasy
  3. Take It Easy
  4. The Mooche
  5. Rockin' In Rhythm
  6. Mood Indigo
  7. Creole Rhapsody
  8. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  9. Love Call
  10. Sophisticated Lady
  11. Solitude
  12. Caravan
  13. Back Room Romp
  14. Ko-Ko
  15. Never No Lament (aka Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
  16. Cotton Tail
  17. Take The "A" Train
  18. Satin Doll
  19. Come Sunday
  20. Black Beauty

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars WHERE IS JACK THE BEAR!!!!!????????.......2005-06-10

WHY IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER RECORDED NOT ON THIS "GREATEST HITS" CD I THINK I'LL MAIL KEN BURNS A PIECE OF MY CAKA!

1 out of 5 stars pretty unimpressive, why Ken why???.......2004-08-30

I know why because of money? Why do they keep releasing these stupid compilations, tha tare so hophodged, instead of coming out with complete or at least cronological reissues. this is aimed at the dumb novice who wants a "greatest hits" collection. Buy a better colletio nand don';t support this money making shceme of reissuing the same songs over and over and adding one rare songs so collectors have to buy every Ellington release. it's all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

5 out of 5 stars Preety impressive.......2004-07-20

All things considered, this is really good. I think Duke is the most prolific artist in jazz, so making a one CD compilation that satisfies everyone is impossible. Every song is a masterpiece, specially everything recorded before 1940. I'd actually give it 4.5 stars, because I dont think the inclussion of 'Jeeps Blues' was a good idea. The only track needed from Newport is 'diminuendo in blue', and since that was impossible to include here for time restrictions, they should have gone for something from Far east suite or Such sweet thunder. If you dont have any Ellington, there has never been a better one CD overview than this. Now the sound is surpeisingly good. For some of the blanton-webster tracks, is even better than the latest remastered editions. How do you explain that RCA?

5 out of 5 stars Best Ellington CD I've Seen.......2002-11-19

It seems to me that the purpose of the Ken Burns Jazz Series is to document a history of jazz music. If that is true, and this CD is supposed to tell the story of America's greatest composer, then he (Burns) has done an excellent job. While it's not perfect, it does include early performances like "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo," "Black and Tan Fantasy," and "The Mooche" that are frequently ignored in Ellington compilations. It also includes some of the best recordings from the Blanton-Webster era, and the performance of "Jeep's Blues" from The 1956 Newport Jazz Festival. Although I would have liked to have seen the "Black and Tan Fantasy" with Bubber Miley, The Carnegie Hall version of "Come Sunday," and the 1928 "Black Beauty," as well as maybe a song like "Chelsea Bridge" or "Perdido" to replace "Take it Easy" or "Back Room Romp," I realize that nobody can limit an Ellington CD to 21 recordings and please everybody, and Ken Burns has done a better job on this one than any other I've seen.

4 out of 5 stars Almost Perfect Collection.......2001-09-27

This collection is a good introduction to the Duke..but not perfect. I understand how difficult it is to compile a "best of" collection of jazz's greatest composer and bandleader on just one disc, but still, there are a few glaring mistakes.

First off, there was too much material from the twenties and thirties, and not nearly enough from the early forties and from Duke's post-Newport-comeback years. Early recordings like "Back Room Romp", "Creole Rhapsody", "Creole Love Call", and "Take it Easy" can't compare with forties classics like "Chelsea Bridge", "I Got it Bad", and "Perdido". And from Duke's later years I would pick The Far East Suite's "Tourist Point of View", and "...And His Mother Called Him Bill"'s beautiful piano solo "Lotus Blossom". And speaking of beautiful piano solos, the original version of "Black Beauty" is greatly superior to the 1960 one with Ray Nance's cornet.

On the other hand, Columbia did an otherwise great job of this collection. They used recordings from other labels, such as RCA, and the featured renditions of "Sophisticated Lady" and "Satin Doll" are the best ones around. It was also great to hear Johnny Hodges' "Jeep's Blues" solo from Newport.

Music CD:

  1. 12 X 12 ~ Thomas Dolby
  2. Closer Still ~ Brian Simpson
  3. Anniversary! ~ Stan Getz
  4. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (20 Bit Mastering) ~ Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
  5. The Best of Cannonball Adderley: The Capitol Years ~ Cannonball Adderley
  6. Alma-Ville ~ Vince Guaraldi
  7. WNUA 95.5 - Smooth Jazz Sampler 15 ~ Various Artists
  8. One Nation Underground ~ Pearls Before Swine
  9. Underground ~ Thelonious Monk
  10. Three Quartets ~ Chick Corea

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Peace Is Not the Word to Play ~ Main Source

Who We Are ~ Hope Partlow

Sit Down...It's the Mojo Men ~ The Mojo Men

Five Eight ~ Five Eight

Parachute ~ The Pretty Things

Live at Life ~ Ian McNabb

Mis Mejores Corridos ~ Coyote

Play It to the Death

He Got Game ~ Public Enemy

Nobody Does It Betta ~ Mint Condition