Duke Ellington: Madness in Great Ones

Track

Madness In Great Ones

Artist

Duke Ellington (piano)

CD

Soul Call (Universal/Verve 2735)

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Musicians:

Duke Ellington (piano),

and a 15-piece band featuring Cat Anderson (trumpet), Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet), Harry Carney (baritone sax), John Lamb (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums)

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Composed by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, citing “Madness in great ones must not unwatch’d go.” (Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1602, Act 3, Scene 1)

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Recorded: Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-les-Pins, France, July 26, 1966

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Rating: 96/100 (learn more)

COURTIER: My liege, our esteem'd Duke of Ellington is by madness possessed. He doth protest to all who would hear, "I love you madly." KING: O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! COURTIER: Pray hasten his confinement to the lair of loons, whence he may be shrink rapt. KING: Get thee to a punnery! And fetch me headphones that I may with royal ears attest his madness. (Listening) Why, this be magnificent, so gracious is the time in Duke's solo. Thence Cat Anderson's lofty trumpet awakens as cock to the morn. Let all our imperial jazzmen be thus beguiled!

Reviewer: Alan Kurtz

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  • 1 Caroline // Mar 03, 2009 at 11:48 PM
    duke ellington totally rocks!