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This three-CD set, which has all of Duke Ellington's recordings for the Brunswick and Vocalion labels, dwarfs all of the earlier reissues that Decca and MCA have put out of this important material. Starting with the first session in which the Ellington Orchestra sounds distinctive ("East St. Louis Toodle-oo" and "Birmingham Breakdown" from November 29, 1926) and progressing through the Cotton Club years, this essential release (which contains 67 performances) adds a few "new" alternate takes and rare items ("Soliloquy" and a few titles by the "Six Jolly Jesters") to make this collection truly complete, at least for MCA's holdings (since Ellington also recorded for Columbia- and Victor-owned labels during the same period). With such major soloists as trumpeters Bubber Miley (and his replacement Cootie Williams), Freddy Jenkins, and Arthur Whetsol, trombonist Tricky Sam Nanton, clarinetist Barney Bigard, altoist Johnny Hodges, baritonist Harry Carney, and the pianist/leader, along with the classic arrangements/compositions, this set is essential for all serious jazz collections.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Duke Ellington, Composer - Bubber Miley, ComposerLyricist - James Wesley "Bubber" Miley, Composer - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1926 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Porter Grainger, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Bubber Miley, ComposerLyricist - James Wesley "Bubber" Miley, Composer - Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sonny Greer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Nanton, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Guy, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Ellington, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bubber Miley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Otto Hardwick, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Metcalf, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - The Washingtonians, MainArtist - Bass Edward, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rube Bloom, ComposerLyricist - Traymore Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1927 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dorothy Fields, Author - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Dan Healy, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dorothy Fields, Author - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Dan Healy, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra, MainArtist - The Hotsy Totsy Gang, MainArtist - The Washingtonians, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - The Hotsy Totsy Gang, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - The Hotsy Totsy Gang, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, MainArtist - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Irving Mills, Composer - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, ComposerLyricist - J.C. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob Schafer, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1928 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - James Wesley "Bubber" Miley, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Sbarbaro, ComposerLyricist - Larry Shields, ComposerLyricist - Nick LaRocca, ComposerLyricist - Harry Decosta, ComposerLyricist - Henry Ragas, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist - Eddie Edwards, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1932 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Sbarbaro, ComposerLyricist - Larry Shields, ComposerLyricist - Nick LaRocca, ComposerLyricist - Harry Decosta, ComposerLyricist - Henry Ragas, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist - Eddie Edwards, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Sbarbaro, ComposerLyricist - Larry Shields, ComposerLyricist - Nick LaRocca, ComposerLyricist - Harry Decosta, ComposerLyricist - Henry Ragas, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist - Eddie Edwards, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - JOHNNY HODGES, Composer - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Redman, Composer - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, ComposerLyricist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - Harry Brooks, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, ComposerLyricist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - Harry Brooks, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, ComposerLyricist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - Harry Brooks, ComposerLyricist - Bill Robinson, MainArtist - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Gang, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Bill Robinson, MainArtist - Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Gang, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1930 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1930 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - The Six Jolly Jesters, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Fats Waller, ComposerLyricist - The Six Jolly Jesters, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHNNY HODGES, ComposerLyricist - The Six Jolly Jesters, MainArtist
℗ 1929 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - The Six Jolly Jesters, MainArtist
℗ 1930 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - The Six Jolly Jesters, MainArtist
℗ 1983 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1930 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1930 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1994 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 3
William H. Tyers, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1930 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
MARK FISHER, ComposerLyricist - Joe Goodwin, ComposerLyricist - Larry Shay, ComposerLyricist - MARVIN FISHER, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1930 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
MARK FISHER, ComposerLyricist - Joe Goodwin, ComposerLyricist - Larry Shay, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1983 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William H. Tyers, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1933 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William H. Tyers, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1983 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Manny Kurtz, ComposerLyricist - Juan Tizol, ComposerLyricist - The Jungle Band, MainArtist
℗ 1930 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
This three-CD set, which has all of Duke Ellington's recordings for the Brunswick and Vocalion labels, dwarfs all of the earlier reissues that Decca and MCA have put out of this important material. Starting with the first session in which the Ellington Orchestra sounds distinctive ("East St. Louis Toodle-oo" and "Birmingham Breakdown" from November 29, 1926) and progressing through the Cotton Club years, this essential release (which contains 67 performances) adds a few "new" alternate takes and rare items ("Soliloquy" and a few titles by the "Six Jolly Jesters") to make this collection truly complete, at least for MCA's holdings (since Ellington also recorded for Columbia- and Victor-owned labels during the same period). With such major soloists as trumpeters Bubber Miley (and his replacement Cootie Williams), Freddy Jenkins, and Arthur Whetsol, trombonist Tricky Sam Nanton, clarinetist Barney Bigard, altoist Johnny Hodges, baritonist Harry Carney, and the pianist/leader, along with the classic arrangements/compositions, this set is essential for all serious jazz collections.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 67 track(s)
- Total length: 03:20:43
- Main artists: Duke Ellington
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1994 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1994 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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