The intimate Ellington

En åldrad mästare visar att han fortfarande har skaparkraften fullt bevarad i dessa spridda inspelningar från en treårsperiod. Dessutom finns kärnan i hans fantastiska orkester kvar, med musiker som Paul Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Russell Procope m fl. Stanley Dance har skrivit en insiktsfull text i medföljande häfte.
"This Pablo set has odds and ends taken from nine different recording/rehearsal sessions that find Ellington experimenting a bit with instrumentation and personnel, even taking a vocal on the tongue-in-cheek "Moon Maiden." Performances range from a couple of vigorous trio workouts and spots for Wild Bill Davis's organ to a few big-band performances. Even this late in his life, Duke Ellington had a great deal to say musically and his band continued to rank near the top." (Scott Yanow, allmusic.com)
11 spår; speltid 44:49.
Språk:
Skivbolag: Pablo OJCCD-730-2 (1969-1971)
Format: CD
Skick: Begagnad
Spår:
- Moon maiden
- Edward the First
- Symphonette
- Intimate interlude
- Some summer fun
- Layin´ on mellow
- Eulb
- Tenz
- I got it bad and that ain´t good
- Sophisticated lady
- Edward the Second