Duke Ellington
The Essential (2009)
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz.

At the end of the 1930s, Ellington began a nearly thirty-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his writing and arranging companion. With Strayhorn, he composed multiple extended compositions, or suites, as well as many short pieces. For a few years at the beginning of Strayhorn's involvement, Ellington's orchestra featured bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and reached a creative peak. Some years later following a low-profile period, an appearance by Ellington and his orchestra at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1956 led to a major revival and regular world tours. Ellington recorded for most American record companies of his era, performed in and scored several films, and composed a handful of stage musicals.

Although a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, in the opinion of Gunther Schuller and Barry Kernfeld, "the most significant composer of the genre", Ellington himself embraced the phrase "beyond category", considering it a liberating principle, and referring to his music as part of the more general category of American Music. Ellington was known for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, as well as for his eloquence and charisma. He was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Award for music in 1999.

T R A C K L I S T

CD 1

01. Black And Tan Fantasy
02. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
03. Hot And Bothered
04. Take It Easy
05. The Mooche
06. Creole Rhapsody
07. Rockin' In Rhythm
08. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
09. Creole Love Call
10. Sophisticated Lady
11. Drop Me Off In Harlem
12. Solitude
13. In A Senitmental Mood
14. Clouds In My Heart
15. Echoes Of Harlem (Cootie’s Concerto)
16. Back Room Romp
17. Caravan
18. Crescendo In Blue
19. Blue Reverie
20. Diminuendo In Blue

CD 2

01. Prelude To A Kiss
02. Pyramid
03. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
04. Tired Socks
05. Cotton Tail
06. Ko-Ko
07. Mood Indigo
08. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament)
09. Harlem Air Shaft
10. Take The 'A' Train
11. I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me
12. Three Cent Stomp
13. Brown Betty
14. Perdido
15. Primpin' At The Prom
16. Blue Rose
17. Jeep's Blues
18. Dancers In Love
19. The Star-Crossed Lovers
20. Come Sunday: Black, Brown And Beige Suite, Part 4


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