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Duke Ellington - Original Album Series (2009) (5CD BoxSet) (Lossless)

Duke Ellington - Original Album Series (2009) (5CD BoxSet) (Lossless)

EAC Rip | 5CD | FLAC - Log - Cue | SCANS | Release: 2009 | 1,14 GB

Genre: Jazz | Label: Rhino

To put it bluntly, I think there's only one Ellington masterpiece in this box - jazz violin session with Stephane Grappelli (violin) and Svend Asmussen (viola) joining the Ellington's standard fiddler on the burning roof - Ray Nance. With the swinging rhythm session of Duke, wild Ernie Shepard and Some Woodyard, plus few back-up horns on some tracks and Billy Strayhorn joining in occasionaly, this couldn't really go wrong...

The "Mary Poppins" album is, however, close enough to the Ellington's big band peaks, with Duke and his soul brother Strayhorn really working out fresh and interesting arrangements, with making the soloists deliver the most they are able at the time (and many of them are more than able)... The rest of the package is, basically, Ellington's orchestra playing songs from other big bands repertoire ("Will the big bands ever come back?" album) and contemporary songs (the "'65" and "'66" album) - which is also kinda nice and kinda dukish, although at times a bit too easy on the ears...

Tracklist

DISC 1: WILL BIG BANDS EVER COME BACK?

1. Tuxedo Junction

2. Smoke Rings

3. Artistry In Rhythm

4. The Waltz You Saved For Me

5. Woodchopper's Ball

6. Sentimental Journey

7. When It's Sleepy Time Down South

8. One O'Clock Jump

9. Goodbye

10. Sleep Sleep Sleep

11. Rhapsody In Blue

12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

DISC 2: JAZZ VIOLIN SESSION:

1. Take The A Train

2. In A Sentimental Mood

3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore

4. Day Dream

5. Cotton Tail

6. Pretty Little One

7. Tricky's Licks

8. Blues In C

9. String Along With Strings

10. Limbo Jazz

11. The Feeling Of Jazz

DISC 3: WALT DISNEY'S MARY POPPINS

1. A Spoonful Of Sugar

2. Chim Chim Cheree

3. Feed The Birds

4. Let's Go Fly A Kite

5. Stay Awake

6. I Love To Laugh

7. Jolly Holiday

8. Sister Suffragette

9. The Perfect Nanny

10. Step In Time

11. The Life I Lead

12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

DISC 4: ELLINGTON '65

1. Hello Dolly

2. Call Me Irresponsible

3. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

4. The Peking Theme (So Little Time)

5. Danke Schoen

6. More

7. The Second Time Around

8. Never On Sunday

9. I Left My Heart In San Francisco

10. Blowin' In The Wind

11. Stranger On The Shore

DISC 5: ELLINGTON '66

1. Red Roses For a Blue Lady

2. Charade

3. People

4. All My Loving

5. A Beautiful Friendship

6. I want to Hold Your Hand

7. Days Of Wine And Roses

8. I can't Stop Loving You

9. The Good Life

10. Satin Doll

11. Moon River

12. Ellington '66

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