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Duke Ellington - Blues in Orbit Audio CD

A fair review of the Duke Ellington "Blues in Orbit" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Duke Ellington reviews here, or go back to the Duke Ellington tabs.

Duke Ellington Band: Duke Ellington
Title: Blues in Orbit
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Release Date: 2008-02-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Three J's Blues 2: Smada 3: Pie Eye's Blues 4: Sweet and Pungent 5: C Jam Blues 6: In a Mellow Tone 7: Blues in Blueprint 8: Swingers Get the Blues, Too 9: Swinger's Jump 10: Blues in Orbit 11: Villes Ville Is the Place, Man 12: Track 360 [*] 13: Sentimental Lady [*] 14: Brown Penny [*] 15: Pie Eye's Blues [Alternate Take][*] 16: Sweet and Pungent [Alternate Take][*] 17: Swinger's Jump [Alternate Take][*] 18: Blues in Orbit [Alternate Take][#][*] 19: Track 360 [Alternate Take][*]

I love it
The compositions are highly entertaining. The recording is fantastic. There will never be another Duke. He was an absolute genius accompanied by highly talented musicians. There is not a single mediocre track on this CD.


true classic!
This album is a Classic! i had the 33LP of this but my ex cracked it in half one night after i came home and was playing it "to loud!" for her, it was not Dukes fault she had to wake up in three hours! it was not Jimmy Hamilton's Fault she had a business meeting coming up that day! and it was not Woodman's fault our bedroom was downstairs directly from the listening room! nope in fact if my memory serves me rite my ex got to decorate the house while i got the upstairs to myself, hey good Jazz and Blues such as this LP brought one can not. . not do some foot tapping on the hardwood floors above sleeping beauty. the horn sections and passages in this recording are seriously amazing (plus she hated the sound of horn)! the Trumpet's slow charlie brown like ways in Sweet & Pungent drove her bananas! the stand up bass in Blues In Blueprint rattled threw her spine!

i ordered the Cd of this recording afterwards and while the sound quality was not up to par as the vinyl it was a bit harder for her to find while i was at work (which she did a week later and destroyed it). i then bought the mp3 album which sounded as good as the cd but then the ex sold my ipod. . lucky i have a backup.

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Desert Island Music!
It's a treat for the ears and the brain. How can this not be a famous classic! It's accessible, it's jumpin', it's inventive, it's super fun. It is NOT crazy braying horns or musicians run amuk or decent ideas played to death. It's not one tiny bit dated. Makes you smile and tap your toes, snap your fingers. What more do you want from recorded music?.


BIG BAND BLUES
DUKE ELLINGTON IS A MASTER AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME FOR THIS RELEASE. THE SONGS RECORDED FOR THIS ALBUM WERE MADE IN 1958 & 1959. GREAT ARRANGMENTS, RECORDING QUALITY, AND MUSICIANSHIP, PARTICULARLY ELLINGTON BAND MAINSTAYS RAY NANCE (TRUMPET) AND JOHNNY HODGES(SAX)AND, OF COURSE, THE DUKE HIMSELF. NO NEED TO GO INTO A SONG BY SONG ANALYSIS, 'CAUSE THEY ALL STAND OUT. NOT A BAD CUT ON THE ALBUM. PICK UP ANY OF THE ALBUMS BY DUKE ELLINGTON RECORDED IN THE 1950'S AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. .


Head Boppin Fun
Well the Jimmy Hamilton intro is worth the price of the Cd but if you are a layman with little experience with Duke this is a great Cd to get as your first you will tap and shake and smile into the wee hours of the morning.


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