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- From: sbyrd@athena.mit.edu (Samuel D Byrd)
- Subject: Ellington suggestions
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:53:05 GMT
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- For Nik Subotic, who asks where to go from 50s and 60s Ellington:
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- To get a different perspective on the career and music of Duke
- Ellington, I recommend that you start at the beginning with the 20s
- and early 30s: (everything listed here is available on CD)
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- Early Ellington (1927-1934) --Bluebird
- Jungle Nights in Harlem --Bluebird
- Jubilee Stomp --Bluebird
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- The Brunswick Era Volume 1 --MCA
- The Jungle Band--Brunswick Era Volume 2 --MCA
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- The Okeh Ellington --Columbia
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- Then move on solidly into the 30s with:
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- Reminiscing in Tempo --Columbia (includes the 1932 masterpiece
- "Reminiscing in Tempo")
- The Duke's Men--Small Groups Volume 1 --Columbia
- The Swing Years (not sure of this exact title--the second volume of
- Robert Parker's BBC Ellington discs--good luck finding this one!)
- Braggin' in Brass --Columbia Portrait
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- Then culminate your studies with the ultimate Ellington, featuring Ben
- Webster on tenor sax, Jimmy Blanton on bass, the great trombone trio
- of Brown, Tizol, and Nanton, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Harry Carney
- (as always) and Cootie Williams and Ray Nance on trumpet, not to
- mention all the other greats:
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- The Blanton-Webster Years (1940-1942): a MUST for any Ellington fan.
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- All of this, just for starters.
- Also, here's some recommended supplemental reading on Ellington:
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- Gunther Schuller, _Early Jazz_ and _The Swing Years_.
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- Hope this helps!----------Sam Byrd (sbyrd@athena.mit.edu)
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