For over a century, jazz music has continued to be a living, breathing entity. To date, the music itself has defended itself admirably against those self-appointed guardians of last year's blues who would compartmentalize jazz as swing, bebop, cool, avant-garde, etc. Rather than hearing jazz as a sequence of separate styles, it is important to hear its continuity across time. Jazz is always on the cusp, always searching, always ready to incorporate a new discovery into the body of work that preceded it. There is no radical break between swing and bebop, between bebop and cool, between the early New Orleans styles and the avant-garde group improvisations of the 1960s. The music exists on a continuum.
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PLAYLIST
11th edition
13 June 2011
all Ellington
1. Moon Maiden
(Ellington)
Duke Ellington
The Intimate Ellington
1977
Pablo
Duke Ellington - celeste, vocal
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2. Black and Tan Fantasie
(Ellington/Miley)
soloists:
Bubber Miley - trumpet
Duke Ellington - piano
3. Creole Love Call
(Ellington/Miley/Jackson)
soloists:
Adelaide Hall - vocals
Bubber Miley - trumpet
Rudy Jackson - clarinet
4. Rockin' in Rhythm
(Ellington/Carney/Mills)
soloists:
Barney Bigard - clarinet
Cootie Williams - trumpet
Duke Ellington
Early Ellington (1927-1934)
1989
Bluebird
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5. Jack the Bear
(Ellington)
soloists:
Jimmy Blanton - bass
Duke Ellington - piano
Barney Bigard - clarinet
Cootie Williams - trumpet
Ralph Carney - baritone sax
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton - trombone
6. Ko-Ko
(Ellington)
soloists:
Juan Tizol - trombone
Tricky Sam Nanton - trombone
Duke Ellington - piano
Jimmy Blanton - bass
7. Chelsea Bridge
(Strayhorn)
soloists:
Billy Strayhorn - piano
Ben Webster - tenor sax
Juan Tizol - trombone
Duke Ellington
The Blanton-Webster Band (1940-1942)
1986
Bluebird
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8. The Mooche
(Ellington)
soloists:
Ray Nance - trumpet
Russell Procope, Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet
Wendell Marshall - bass
Quentin "Butter" Jackson - trombone
Hilton Jefferson - alto sax
Harry Carney - baritone sax
Duke Ellington
Ellington Uptown
1948
Columbia
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9. Up and Down, Up and Down
(Ellington)
soloists:
Clark Terry - trumpet
10. Sonnet for Sister Kate
(Ellington)
soloists:
Duke Ellington - piano
Quentin "Butter" Jackson - trombone
Duke Ellington
Such Sweet Thunder
(Dedicated to the Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario)
1957
Columbia
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11. Virgin Jungle
(Ellington/Strayhorn)
soloists:
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet
Sam Woodyard - drums
Duke Ellington
Concert in the Virgin Islands
1965
Reprise
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12. Arabesque Cookie
(Tchaikovsky, arr: Ellington)
Russell Procope - bamboo whistle
Harry Carney - bass clarinet
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet
Willie Cook - trumpet
Johnny Hodges - alto sax
Juan Tizol - tambourine
Aaron Bell - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums
Duke Ellington
The Nutcracker Suite
1960
Columbia
rereleased on CD as
Three Suites
1990
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13. Didjeridoo
(Ellington)
soloists:
Harry Carney - baritone sax
Duke Ellington
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
1971
Fantasy
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14. Portrait of Mahalia Jackson
(Ellington)
soloists:
Norris Turney - flute
Cootie Williams - trumpet
Paul Gonsalves - tenor sax
Julian Priester - trombone
Duke Ellington
New Orleans Suite
1971
Atlantic
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