Retrospection: The Piano Sessions [Import]

Duke Ellington | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 21, 2009)
• Format: Import
• Label: Lonehill Jazz Spain
• ASIN: B0020SC0X0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,886,115 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2009 collection. The great Duke Ellington only rarely recorded in a trio format. This release compiles all of his trio recordings from 1953 to 1957 (three tunes, in fact, are piano-bass duets on which the bass only accompanies Ellington's piano). As a bonus, we have added an extended 1966 solo piano version of 'New World A-Comin'' and an extremely rare solo piano version of 'Mood Indigo'. Lonehill. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He doesn't need His Famous Orchestra to astound!, June 4, 2010

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If you work your way over to Ellington's "Piano Reflections" album, you'll see that I gave it a rave review some years ago. This imported collection includes everything from that album, plus another ten tracks of trio/duo/solo recordings. Not all of this added material is quite as blindingly brilliant as those 1953 sessions... but some of it is, and none of it is "bad". For just a couple of bucks more, it's definitely worth having. (It's certainly hard to argue with a 79-minute CD in terms of value!)

Essentially, this disc is one-stop shopping to demonstrate that Ellington the piano stylist was just as brilliant as Ellington the composer, Ellington the bandleader, and Ellington the icon.

Recommended beyond category!