Ellington, Duke & His Orchestra: The Transcription Recordings
Ellington, Duke & His Orchestra: The Transcription Recordings
Format: CD
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Artist: Ellington, Duke & His Orchestra
Label: Hindsight Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 699246656494
Genre: Jazz
In 1946 it was widely conceded that Duke Ellington's instrument was not the piano but the orchestra. It is totally conceded today that his greatest orchestra was that of the first half of the 1940s. That period has been most admirably documented with recordings of concerts, broadcasts and the original recordings. Hindsight presents here the Ellington orchestra that survived World War II and while not the superlative instrument of 1940 it, too, is nothing short of magnificent. These recordings were taken from several performances taking place across the United States in 1946 and 1947. All performances on this double CD come not from phonograph recordings but from electrical transcriptions made especially for radio stations only. When the late Wally Heider, Hindsight's founder, cleared these transcriptions for their issuance, originally as five long play records and are available now for the first time on CD here.
Tracks:
1.1 9:20 Special
1.2 Take the 'A' Train
1.3 Come Rain or Come Shine
1.4 On the Alamo
1.5 Perdido
1.6 Passion Flower
1.7 Double Ruff
1.8 Park at 106th
1.9 Happy Go Lucky Local
1.10 Frisky
1.11 Just You, Just Me
2.1 Crosstown
2.2 Moon Mist
2.3 Pretty Woman
2.4 Mooche
2.5 Who Struck John?
2.6 Swamp Fire
2.7 How High the Moon
2.8 Just Squeeze Me
2.9 One O'Clock Jump
2.10 Blue Lou
2.11 Tea for Two
