[78-L] Top Dukes

[David Lennick]

"Boy Meets Horn" on World Transcription..also issued on V-Disc. Very tasty.

I forget the name of that "off" label but I've seen two volumes of Duke on it 
(if we're thinking of the same one)..originally issued by Bethlehem, I think.

dl

eugene hayhoe wrote:
> Never tried picking one; it would always be a case of ''but then there's _______' I'm afraid.
>  
> Must say that one of my tops is the Queen's Suite, and a version of La Plus Belle Africaine from '73 in Canada where Carney blows one of the top solos of his life in my book, a long, post-Coltrane ride on bass clarinet, the best of the many great versions he did of the tune (at least among the versions I have heard). There's also a c. '58 version of Dim & Crescendo in Blue on some off label lp of the same title that I like as well or better than the Newport one. Course, there's plenty more...from the 78 era too - Boy Meets Horn, Harlem Airshaft,,,,,,.
>  
> Gene  
> 
> --- On Fri, 12/18/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Top Dukes
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 3:30 PM
> 
> 
> I don't know about you guys but I can go through the entire discography and 
> pick out great records in every year from 1933 into 1942 (admittedly it gets a 
> little thin at that point). And the crappy 1945 Victors are often done in much 
> better sound on World Transcriptions. And the Musicrafts aren't too shabby 
> either (especially in my Naxos transfers).
> 
> And I wouldn't be without the 1959 "Ellington Jazz Party".
> 
> dl
> 
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> In my opinion the 1939-1940  Ellington recordings were his very best work
>>> and boasted
>>> an unequaled orchestra full of soloists and section men of the first rank.
>>>
>>> Al Simmons
>>
>> We're close,  Al...but I'll go for 1940-41...cuz I've gotta have "John 
>> Hardy's Wife"!!
>>
>> Not to go out on a limb and maybe get sawed off...but wasn't it when Blanton 
>> joined that everything just perked up with Ellington?
>>
>> I can still remember the first time I heard the Ellington Victor of 
>> Sidewalks of New York when I was 12  years old (1965) and how all of a 
>> sudden I  understood what a bass in a big band was all about!
>>
>> It's still my favorite Ellington record...that last passage with all the 
>> reeds in perfect unison and blend just slays me every time,  even after 
>> hundreds of plays.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>