| | | | | | tracklists of Duke Ellington Black, Brown & Beige | | 1.Part I 2.Part II 3.Part III
(aka Light) 4.Part IV (aka Come Sunday) Featuring Mahalia Jack 5.Part V (aka Come Sunday Interlude) Featuring Ray 6.Part VI (23RD Psalm) Featuring Mahalia Jackson 7.Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald 8.Mood Indigo 9.Sophisticated Lady
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| opisy: Editor's info: As a composer and bandleader associated indelibly with the nightclub scenes of pre-Swing Era jazz, Duke Ellington would have a difficult time getting respect in the button-down world of concert music. And when Ellington premiered his first long-form piece, Black, Brown and Beige, in 1943 (available on the stunning Carnegie Hall Concerts, January 1943), he was considered a dilettante. He laid the work aside until this recording, which came in early 1958--with the added oomph of gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson on board for all the suite's vocal parts. On this expanded reissue, Columbia has added an alternate take of the entire piece as well as two unrelated tracks recorded during the Black, Brown sessions but never before released. [...more...]
tagi: SWING BIG BAND mainstream with Mahalia Jackson And / ESJZ55430.2 | |
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