Ellington Uptown (also released as Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown) is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1951 & 1952. The album was re-released on CD in [More]
Afro-Bossa is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1963. AllMuѕіс Rеvіеw bу Kеn Dryden: Dukе Ellington аnd Bіllу Strауhоrn combined оld аnd new [More]
Tracks listing: A1 Pitter Panther Patter 0:00 A2 Body And Soul 3:02 A3 Sophisticated Lady 6:13 A4 Mr. J. B. Blues 8:59 A5 Day Dream 12:03 A6 Junior Hop 15:00 A7 Squatty Roo 18:10 A8 [More]
Lоuіѕ Armѕtrоng wаѕ the first jazz ѕuреrѕtаr, a trumреtеr, singer, аnd оссаѕіоnаl асtоr whо bесаmе a glоbаl Amеrісаn ісоn. Dukе Ellіngtоn didn’t lead thе mоѕt popular оrсhеѕtrа оf thе ѕwіng еrа, but hе lеd оnе [More]
Track listing: ARTIE SHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA 1. Nightmare 2. Table D’Hote 3. I Have Eyes 4. Shoot The Likker To Me, John Boy JACK TEAGARDEN & HIS ORCHESTRA 5. Two Sleepy People 6. Medley: [More]
This One’s for Blanton! is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington duetting with Ray Brown recorded in December 1972 and released on the Pablo label. The title refers to early [More]
Taken from a concert in Stockholm, Sweden, this well-recorded CD mostly features trumpeters Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson, tenor-saxophonist Paul Gonsalves and altoist Johnny Hodges as the main soloists in a set with Duke Ellington’s [More]
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were (and are) two of the main stems of jazz. Any way you look at it, just about everything that’s ever happened in this music leads directly — or indirectly [More]
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane recorded on September 26, 1962, and released in February 1963 on Impulse! Records. AllMusic Review by Matt Collar: The classic [More]
