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These distinctive small-group sessions, featuring Duke Ellington as pianist in a blues context, are part of a group of recordings issued under the confusing titles Back to Back and Side by Side, and further reissued under the not particularly distinctive name of Blues Summit. But there should be no confusion about the high quality of music that came out of these sessions -- it is all "cooking with gas" as the expression goes. From the jazz world, it would be difficult to find more profound soloists on traditional blues numbers than the Duke or his longtime collaborator Johnny Hodges, who does some of the most soulful playing of his career here. Also hitting a very high standard for himself is trumpeter Harry Edison and, while musicians are being patted on the back, the Jones boys in the rhythm section should be given a hand. That's Jo Jones (drums) and Sam Jones (bass), so as not to create additional confusion in the Jones-heavy jazz world. The songs all have titles that end in "Blues," with the oddball having "Love" in the title not once but twice. (It's "Loveless Love," what else?) But these songs are just vehicles for playing the blues, a formula that has produced great music many times, and certainly did every time this particular pianist was leading the group.
© Eugene Chadbourne /TiVo
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Duke Ellington, MainArtist - Meinken, ComposerLyricist - Ringle, ComposerLyricist - JOHNNY HODGES, MainArtist - Fred Meinken, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - David Ringle, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington, MainArtist - JOHNNY HODGES, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, MainArtist - JOHNNY HODGES, MainArtist - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, MainArtist - JOHNNY HODGES, MainArtist - Artie Matthews, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY HODGES, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Spann, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Jo Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Al Hall, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY HODGES, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Les Spann, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Jo Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Al Hall, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, MainArtist - Cootie Williams, Composer - JOHNNY HODGES, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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These distinctive small-group sessions, featuring Duke Ellington as pianist in a blues context, are part of a group of recordings issued under the confusing titles Back to Back and Side by Side, and further reissued under the not particularly distinctive name of Blues Summit. But there should be no confusion about the high quality of music that came out of these sessions -- it is all "cooking with gas" as the expression goes. From the jazz world, it would be difficult to find more profound soloists on traditional blues numbers than the Duke or his longtime collaborator Johnny Hodges, who does some of the most soulful playing of his career here. Also hitting a very high standard for himself is trumpeter Harry Edison and, while musicians are being patted on the back, the Jones boys in the rhythm section should be given a hand. That's Jo Jones (drums) and Sam Jones (bass), so as not to create additional confusion in the Jones-heavy jazz world. The songs all have titles that end in "Blues," with the oddball having "Love" in the title not once but twice. (It's "Loveless Love," what else?) But these songs are just vehicles for playing the blues, a formula that has produced great music many times, and certainly did every time this particular pianist was leading the group.
© Eugene Chadbourne /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:14
- Main artists: Duke Ellington Johnny Hodges
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1959 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2014 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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