Duke Ellington - Piano Reflections

Artist:

Ellington, Duke

UPC:

077779286324

See Also:

Silver, Horace Bechet, Sidney Fitzgerald, Ella Oliver, King American Jazz Orchestra Various Artists - Duke Ellington Swings: The Music Of The Duke Count Basie/Duke Ellington/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - First Time! The Count Meets the Duke Count Basie/Duke Ellington - Souvenirs [12/8] * Duke Ellington/Tre Damer - Duke, We Love You Madly

Description:

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Wendell Marshall (bass); Butch Ballard, Dave Black (drums); Ralph Collier (congas).
Reissue producers: Michael Cuscuna, Pete Welding.
Recorded in Los Angeles, California on April 13-14, 1953 and New York, New York on December 3, 1953. Includes liner notes by Mark Tucker.
Duke Ellington`s piano-based dates were rare but, as on the tumultous MONEY JUNGLE with Charles Mingus and Max Roach, the results could serve as an X-ray of the Duke`s musical mind in action. This 1953 piano date is a somewhat more staid affair that still serves as an excellent introduction to the Duke and his music. First there is the matter of Ellington`s rich, charismatic tone, something like the man himself, a sound matched only by Art Tatum.
One usually hears the Ellington piano in punctuation and comments running through the full band recordings, maybe an extended intro if you`re lucky. (He was not unlike the famously spare Count Basie in this regard.) On PIANO REFLECTIONS however, the deep irresistible sound of Duke`s playing is nearly the whole story. Except of course for perfectly wrought compositions like Billy Strayhorn`s "Passion Flower" and Duke`s own "Prelude to a Kiss." There are also pure improvisations like "Retrospection" and "Reflections In D," but the composer`s structural instincts transform them into originals forever etched in stone.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Who Knows?
2. Retrospection
3. B Sharp Blues
4. Passion Flower
5. Dancers in Love
6. Reflections in D
7. Melancholia
8. Prelude to a Kiss
9. In a Sentimental Mood
10. Things Ain`t What They Used to Be
11. All Too Soon
12. Janet
13. Kinda Dukish
14. Montevideo (A.K.A. Night Time)
15. December Blue

Album Information

Release Date:

10/10/1989

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Big Band

Label:

Capitol/EMI Records

Catalog Number:

92863

Original Release Year:

1989

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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