[78-L] Top Dukes

[eugene hayhoe]

Nope, not the Bethlehem, or Wildi recordings as I've seen them labeled lately, but DE Live, D & C in Blue, Koala AW14165, International Record Distributing Associates, Henderaon, TN, 1979.
 
The La Plus Belle Africaine I mentioned earlier is on Concerts In Canada, Ellington '87, Marlor Productions, from Winnipeg, May '73.
 
Jazz Party, especially the opening selectionns with added percussion is yet another one that blew me away the 1st time I heard it and still does. And  don't forget Jack The Bear, Koko, Jumpin' Punkins, Far East Suite, Trumpets No End and trhen I just thought of a great part ballad, part uptempo version of A Train from the mid '60s I just picked up  few months ago that's another Gonsalves tour de force. What about Chelsea Bridge? Caravan? The various Cat and Cootie showcases? 
 
Gene. 
 

 
 
 

--- On Sat, 12/19/09, 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: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 11:39 AM


"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
>>
>>
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