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Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige (live 1943) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

Preserving Duke's Carnegie Hall debut (attended by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, no less), this 3-part, 45-minute mas...

Duke Ellington: Never No Lament (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

I wonder how Duke Ellington reacted when he was asked to turn his instrumental "Never No Lament" into the pop song "D...

Johnny Hodges: You Need To Rock (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 22, 08

Given its title and 1958 vintage, "You Need To Rock" might figure as an attempt by Swing Era stalwarts— all, except R...

Duke Ellington: Medley – Things Ain't What They Used To Be / Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (1964) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 16, 09

This version of the best-known tune by Duke's son, Mercer, is quite different from Ellington's 1941 original. Played ...

Johnny Hodges: Everybody Knows (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

The main theme of this tune is one of those catchy ones that keep doing instant replays in your head; it is played wi...

Johnny Hodges: 310 Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

This tune was specially written for this recording session by Duke Ellington's composing partner and musical soul mat...

Johnny Hodges: Medley – I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Any More (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 17, 09

This medley of two Ellington classics is a real delight of superb jazz playing. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart...

Duke Ellington: Tootin' Through the Roof (1939) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

For Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, 1939 was a transitional year. Billy Strayhorn and Jimmy Blanton came on ...

Duke Ellington: Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 04, 07

Duke Ellington was both artist and entrepreneur. The composer who premiered his 45-minute tone poem Black, Brown and ...

Duke Ellington: Jingle Bells (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

Ten lords a leaping plus a Duke, Cat and Rabbit shake up "Jingle Bells" (1857) by James Lord Pierpont, who wasn't rea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RUDY REINDEER'S FAVORITE JAZZ

First, about the name. The whole "Rudolph" thing started as a joke. To friends and family, I've always been Rudy. The...

Duke Ellington: Flamingo (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

In 1940, the star of such Westerns with a black hero as Bronze Buckaroo (1938) and Harlem Rides the Range (1939)...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Duke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

During his illustrious 50-year recording career, Duke Ellington led >1,000 sessions, each yielding multiple tracks. W...

Duke Ellington: Jack the Bear (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

Ask most people about great bass records from the early 1940s, and they will probably tell you about Joe DiMaggio get...

Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald: Imagine My Frustration (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

The appearances together in 1966-67 of Ella with the Duke Ellington Orchestra quickly assumed almost legendary propor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMANCES

Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing. Nothing in her life meant as much to her. Yet she never had a music lesson in her life...

Duke Ellington (featuring Al Hibbler): Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

As most Ellington fans know, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was the pop song version of Duke's 1940 instrumental "Ne...

Duke Ellington (featuring Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton): It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 14, 09

This rendition of "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" from the band's 1944 Carnegie Hall concert, is ...

Duke Ellington: Caravan (1937) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Ellington’s early contribution to the Latin jazz canon is a collaboration with valve trombonist Juan Tizol. “Caravan...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE LATIN JAZZ CLASSICS

         Percussionist,  artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's n...

Duke Ellington: Blood Count (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Billy Strayhorn wrote or co-composed with Duke Ellington some of the best-loved pieces in the Ellington band’s repert...

Duke Ellington: Cocktails for Two (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Among Duke Ellington's 7 singles and 2 albums enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame, the 2007 choice is least explicab...

Duke Ellington: Mood Indigo (1950) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 23, 07

The advent of the long-playing record finally released Duke Ellington from the time constraints that had previously f...

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