Duke Ellington 1935 1936

Duke Ellington | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Allegro Corporation
• ASIN: B000001NMF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,154,612 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let's Have a Jubilee

2. Porto Rican Chaos

3. Margie

4. Moonlight Fiesta

5. Tough Truckin'

6. Indigo Echoes

7. In a Sentimental Mood

8. Showboat Shuffle

9. Merry-Go-Round

10. Admiration

11. Cotton

12. Truckin'

13. Accent on Youth

14. Reminiscing in Tempo, Pt. 1

15. Reminiscing in Tempo, Pt. 2

16. Reminiscing in Tempo, Pt. 3

17. Reminiscing in Tempo, Pt. 4

18. I Don't Know Why I Love You So

19. Dinah Lou

20. Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first recordings of Ben Webster with Duke's orchestra, February 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Duke Ellington 1935 1936 (Audio CD)

It's repeatedly mentioned that the Duke had a creative pause between his early successes in the late twenties and the early forties recordings. That's simply nonsense. On this disc you hear the proof: Duke and his men are playing together as one. In my opinion,the highlights of this CD are the titles "Cotton" and "Truckin".The former portrays the South wonderfully and unpretentiously in a common song context.Ivie Anderson's vocal is warm and perfect. The latter is a killer diller.On both tracks (and "Accent on Youth")you can hear Big Ben playing with the"Guv'nor"for the first time.I advise you to program your CD-player and listen to "Merry-Go-Round" ten times.It's one of the best Ellington tonal portraits ever,the same is true with "Showboat Shuffle". "Reminiscing in Tempo"(dedicated to his late mother)is the first jazz composition to span four 78rpm sides,now comfortably enjoyable on the CD-format. I'm a proud owner of the complete output of the

Classics-series,but this is one of the most rewarding.