8 thoughts on “ Caravan - Duke Ellington - This Is Duke Ellington (Vinyl, LP) ”

1. Duke Ellington poses with his piano at the KFG Radio Studio on Nov. 3, Author unknown via Wikimedia Commons The best album ever made by Duke Ellington—which is to say, one of the best.

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2. Duke Ellington Mingus & Max Roach Money Jungle g Blue Colored Vinyl LP $ New Plays the Music of Duke Ellington by Thelonious Monk (Vinyl, Oct, Wax Time).

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3. Juan Tizol, Willie Smith, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Wendell Marshall, Louis Bellson plus Jimmy Hamilton ts and clarinet. (Duke and Strayhorn lay out on #20) Over the whole, I would say that these recordings are good to superb examples of Ellington's small band work.4/5(6).

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4. Albums "Ellington 65" & "Ellington 66" were recorded in April, 15, 16 and 27 (Ellington 65), and in May, 19 , January, 19 & 21 Both of them were released on Reprise in and Only "Satin Doll" on "Ellington 66" is well known melody played before by this great orchestra, but the rest is a rare repertory for Ellington/5(5).

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5. The album was originally released on United Artists and featured 7 of Ellington’s indelible compositions including “Caravan,” “Solitude,” and a stunning version of “Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower).” By going back to the original analog stereo master the Tone Poet Edition presents this classic album with superior sound quality.

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6. 1 day ago · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of The Best Of Duke Ellington on Discogs. Label: Joker (2) - SM • Series: History Of Jazz • Format: Vinyl LP, Compilation • Country: Italy • Genre: Jazz • Style: Big Band, Swing.

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7. [I have transcribed the recording date as listed in the liner notes. The year for this first Willie Smith recording date was actually ; the Duke Ellington Orchestra, still including Johnny Hodges, was touring in Europe in the spring of Hodges left the Ellington organization in March of ] Personnel on 18, 22,23, & 24 (May 18, ):4/5(6).

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8. I am a fairly recent fan of the great Duke Ellington. While as a musician I have been aware of his work for a long time, as I age I find myself joyously investigating music of the past, and I can honestly state that being a fan of so much styles of music, from rock and roll to classic rock and heavy metal, not to mention pop (the good stuff like The Beatles, The Cars, etc., not brainless Top /5(45).

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