Audio CD review:
Duke Ellington - Complete Standard Transcriptions

Duke Ellington - Complete Standard Transcriptions

Band: Duke Ellington Title: Complete Standard Transcriptions Rating: Release Date: 20 July, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Frenesi 2: Until Tonight 3: West Indian Stomp 4: Love And I 5: John Hardy 6: Take The 'A' Train 7: I Hear A Rhapsody 8: Bounce 9: It's Sad But True 10: Madame Will Drop Her Shawl 11: Clementine 12: Chelsea Bridge 13: Love Like This Can't Last 14: After All 15: The Girl In My Dreams 16: Jumpin' Pumpkings 17: Frankie And Johnnie 18: Flamingo 19: Bakiff 20: Stomp Caprice 21: Bugle Breaks 22: You And I 23: Have You Changed 24: Rain Check 25: Blue Serge 26: Moon Mist 27: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire 28: Easy Street 29: Perdido

Customer Reviews more blanton-webster! great supplement to the rca collection. excellent collection of a unit we can never hear enough of. More from the Blanton-Webster band Of the 29 tracks, the first 19 have Blanton on bass, and there is plenty of Ben Webster. A valuable supplement to the well known RCA/BMG sets of Ellington's recordings from the early 40s. All the tracks were recorded in 1941, which many regard as Ellington's best year. Only 4 tracks are actual Ellington songs. The rest are tunes by Strayhorn, Mercer Ellington, and miscellaneous composers. For this reason, the set from RCA should be bought before this one. Among the tracks are the first recordings of A Train and Perdido. The sound quality is mostly good for the period. The source material is disks intended for use by radio stations. . You can see a complete list of all Duke Ellington discography, or go back to the Duke Ellington tabs