Greatest Hits

Artist: Duke Ellington
Label: Sony Special Product
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 079892151244
EAN: 0079892151244
ASIN: B000002YH4

Release Date: 1995-10-10

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Tracks:

I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Solitude
Mood Indigo
Jeep's Blues
Sophisticated Lady
Prelude to a Kiss
Satin Doll
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
I'm Checkin' Out -- Go'om Bye
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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Customer Reviews:

Career embers.......2007-02-11

Duke Ellington's recording career spanned 50 years, yet his earliest BRUNSWICK sides, like "The Mooche," "East St Louis Toodle-oo" or "Mood Indigo," waxed between 1926 and '31, remain definitive. Of these three, only an inferior version of "Mood Indigo" is represented on this set of much later COLUMBIA tracks.

Ellington's signature piece, "Take The 'A' Train," was recorded in 1941. Even that essential tune has no representation here. Another drawback of this later-career compilation is the "girl singer" has clearly passed her prime.

Better sound fidelity alone is no substitute for the freshness and vitality of the young Duke and his band's early 78s. This CBS SPECIAL PRODUCTS collection is only for completists. For everyone else, seek out Ellington's records from his first 20 years.

For a Greatest Hits Compilation, very good picks.......2004-05-28

Duke Ellington's work cannot possibly be summed up in one CD. Even his most important and influential work could barely make up a three CD collection. When I was beginning to get interested in Jazz, though, I wanted an album that, for a low price, would best represent what he has done for the world of jazz and music in the twentieth century.

Well, this album more then achieved that. If you could only have 10 of the Duke's songs, then these would be the ones to have. C Jam Blues, I'm Beginning to See the Light, and Perdido are something every musician and music lover should hear. I strongly recommend this album, cuz' its muy perfecto!

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