Duke Ellington - Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-58 (9CD + Booklet)

Music on CD

£44.98

Format: 9CD + Booklet
Catalogue No.: MOCCD14222
Barcode: 8718627235232
Release Date: 23 Sep 2022
Genre: Jazz

The Clamshell box contains, besides the 9CD wallets,

a 24 page booklet with an essay by Loren Schoenberg, musician and Executive Director of the Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Also included are pictures and information about the tracks, personnel, recording dates and releases.

This essential Ellington library features rare bonus tracks and new state-of-the-art mixes of some of the most enduring recordings in American jazz history.

The initial Columbia album, ‘Masterpieces By Ellington’, found the maestro embracing the new technology, displaying grand arrangements of his popular anthems.

Other visionary projects soon followed: ‘Ellington Uptown’, featuring the masterful composition like “A Tone Parallel To Harlem”

and ‘Blue Rose’ with singer Rosemary Clooney and ‘Black, Brown and Beige with majestic contributions from Mahalia Jackson.

‘Such Sweet Thunder’ is a masterpiece with Johnny Hodges at his voluptuous best.

Ranging from ambitious themed projects to extended remakes of early classics, this collection emphasizes how restlessly wide-ranging the maestro was!

Tracks:
CD1: Masterpieces By Ellington
1. Mood Indigo
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. The Tattooed Bride
4. Solitude
Bonus Tracks
5. Vagabonds
6. Smada
7. Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note
CD2: Ellington Uptown
1. Skin Deep
2. The Mooche
3. Take The "A" Train
4. A Tone Parallel To Harlem
(Harlem Suite)
5. Perdido
The Controversial Suite
6. Before My Time
7. Later
The Liberian Suite
8. I Like The Sunrise
9. Dance No. 1
10. Dance No. 2
11. Dance No. 3
12. Dance No. 4
13. Dance No. 5
CD3: Blue Rose
1. Hey Baby
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. Me And You
4. Passion Flower
5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
6. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
7. Grievin'
8. Blue Rose
9. I'm Checking Out – Goombye
10. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
11. Mood Indigo
Bonus Tracks
12. If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do)
13. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
CD4: A Drum Is A Woman
1. A Drum Is A Woman
2. Rhythm Pum Te Dum
3. What Else Can You Do With A Drum - Calypso
4. New Orleans
5. Hey, Buddy Bolden
6. Carribee Joe/Congo Square
7. A Drum Is A Woman - Part Two
8. You Better Know It
9. Madam Zajj/Ballet Of The Flying Saucers
10. Zajj's Dream
11. Rhumbop/Carribee Joe – Part Two
12. Finale