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