[78-L] Top Dukes

[David Lennick]

Interesting, I missed that "Hop Skip and Jump"/"Rockabye River" connection and 
I put both titles on Naxos (volumes 9 and 11 respectively).

dl

Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> I agree with you on the Ellington sides between the late '30s through the early '40s but I
> expanded the sides out to include those from 1946.One of my favourites is "Rock a Bye
> River" from 1946 on Victor.It was also known as "Hop,Skip and Jump" from 1943.Hindsight
> released "Rock a Bye River" back in the mid to late '70s.
> 
> --- 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, 10:39 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
>>>