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Artist: Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra Title: Duke Ellington's Greatest Label:   His Master's Voice Country: UK Catalogue: DLP.1007 Date: 1953 Format: 10" LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  3 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Irving Mills, Duke Ellington	Rate
A2	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	Caravan	Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol	Rate
A3	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart	Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo	Rate
A4	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	Black And Tan Fantasy	Bud Miley, Duke Ellington	Rate
B1	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	In A Sentimental Mood	Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz	Rate
B2	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	Sophisticated Lady	Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish	Rate
B3	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	Solitude	Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Eddie De Lange	Rate
B4	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	Prelude To A Kiss	Irving Gordon, Duke Ellington	Rate

Notes

A1: vocal refrain by Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis and Marie.
A3: vocal refrain by Joya Sherrill.
B3: vocal refrain by Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis, Marie and Al Hibbler.
B4: w. Harry Carney, bs; Ray Nance, vl.

Recorded in 1945.
Issued on RCA Victor (USA: 10" LP) #LPT 1004.
A Gramophone release.

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getalife 10th May 2022		Was that late 60s early 70s at Hammersmith Odeon.
JazzBrit 10th May 2022		Review What wonderful arrangements and performances! I grew up with this LP – my father was a great Ellington fan, who had seen the Duke in concert in the US before I was born. (When I was a youngster, we saw the orchestra together twice at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in Ellington's last years). The versions of "Sophisticated Lady" and "In a Sentimental Mood" on this record are symphonic movements in perfect miniature, with the subjects, developments and transitions compressed into a couple of minutes, somehow containing an expansive sound but intense and exciting because they are so concise. (You could call them the perfect antidote to Bruckner!). Other highlights of these particular performances and arrangements include the controlled dissonance in "Caravan", the power and beat of "Black and Tan Fantasy", the propelling swing of "It Don't Mean a Thing" and the sweet vocal of "I let a Song go out of My Heart". Other performances of these pieces recorded by the Ellington orchestra are equally wonderful but very different. I love hearing his different arrangements and performances of a given composition - it's part of the joy of listening to Duke Ellington - but I keep coming back to this LP. (I stream its tracks now - my copy is pretty scratched). 4 people found this review helpful.   ✔︎ Helpful Review?
caseellerbroek SUBS 18th Nov 2017		Back cover and labels added.

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