Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 7 (1936-37) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 7 (1936-37) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:35:42 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra’s appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol’s “Caravan”, which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 6 (1934-36) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 6 (1934-36) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:50:37 minutes | 1,56 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra’s appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol’s “Caravan”, which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 5 (1932-33) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:27:43 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Paris Blues (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Duke Ellington – Paris Blues (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 29:04 minutes | 579 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

The complete original soundtrack to Martin Ritt’s feature film Paris Blues, starring Paul
Newman & Sidney Poitier. All of the music was composed by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, and Louis Armstrong was a featured star on two tracks. Plus Bonus: Ellington’s complete original soundtrack to Otto Preminger’s movie Anatomy of a Murder.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 4 (1932) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 4 (1932) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 03:20:54 minutes | 1,79 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 3 (1930-31) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 3 (1930-31) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:52:51 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra’s appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol’s “Caravan”, which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 2 (1928-30) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 2 (1928-30) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:25:55 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 1 (1927-28) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duke Ellington – Ellington In Order, Volume 1 (1927-28) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:11:38 minutes | 983 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (* April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C.; † May 24, 1974 in New York City) was one of the most influential American jazz musicians. As a pianist, he was one of the most important innovators of the Stride piano. As a composer, he composed almost 2000 compositions (songs and suites), a hundred of which soon became jazz standards. As a bandleader, he contributed to the development of swing as a big band style.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Supreme Jazz (2006) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Duke Ellington – Supreme Jazz (2006)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 65:54 mins | Scans included | 3,68 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,15 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Label: Membran Music Ltd.

Duke Ellington was the most important composer in the history of jazz as well as being a bandleader who held his large group together continuously for almost 50 years. The two aspects of his career were related; Ellington used his band as a musical laboratory for his new compositions and shaped his writing specifically to showcase the talents of his bandmembers, many of whom remained with him for long periods. Ellington also wrote film scores and stage musicals, and several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. In addition to touring year in and year out, he recorded extensively, resulting in a gigantic body of work that was still being assessed a quarter century after his death.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962) [Analogue Productions 2010] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962) [Analogue Productions 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 34:44 minutes | Scans included | 1,07 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 721 MB

For this classic encounter, Duke Ellington “sat in” with the John Coltrane Quartet for a set dominated by Ellington’s songs; some performances have his usual sidemen (bassist Aaron Bell and drummer Sam Woodyard) replacing Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones in the group. Although it would have been preferable to hear Coltrane play in the Duke Ellington orchestra instead of the other way around, the results are quite rewarding. Their version of “In a Sentimental Mood” is a high point, and such numbers as “Take the Coltrane,” “Big Nick,” and “My Little Brown Book” are quite memorable. Ellington always recognized talent, and Coltrane seemed quite happy to be recording with a fellow genius.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra – Masterpieces by Ellington (1951) [Analogue Productions 2014] SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra – Masterpieces by Ellington (1951) [Analogue Productions 2014]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 55:38 minutes | Front Cover | 2,23 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Mono (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front Cover | 2,19 GB
or FLAC Mono (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96kHz | Front Cover | 1,09 GB

Masterpieces by Ellington is the first LP album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded for the Columbia label in 1950. It was one of the earliest 12-inch LPs to take advantage of the extended time available and consisted of four tracks, three of them “concert arrangements” of Ellington standards and one, “The Tattooed Bride”, a recent tone poem. The original 1951 release under the “Columbia Masterworks” banner featured a red cover which was replaced by the more modern blue cover in 1956. This album was re-released with additional bonus tracks recorded at later sessions from 1951.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) [MFSL 1999] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) [MFSL 1999]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:02 minutes | Scans included | 1,47 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 889 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDCD 757

Blues in Orbit is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1959 and released in 1960.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington and Count Basie – First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (1961) [Reissue 2002] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Duke Ellington and Count Basie – First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (1961) [Reissue 2002]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 73:23 minutes | Scans included | 3,00 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,53 GB

At first glance this collaboration should not have worked. The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Orchestras had already been competitors for 25 years but the leaders’ mutual admiration (Ellington was one of Basie’s main idols) and some brilliant planning made this a very successful and surprisingly uncrowded encounter. On most selections Ellington and Basie both play piano (their interaction with each other is wonderful) and the arrangements allowed the stars from both bands to take turns soloing. “Segue in C” is the highpoint but versions of “Until I Met You,” “Battle Royal” and “Jumpin’ at the Woodside” are not far behind.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington And Coleman Hawkins – Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1963) [APO 2010] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Duke Ellington And Coleman Hawkins – Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1963) [APO 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 Stereo > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:54 minutes | Scans included | 1,67 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 838 MB
Analogue Productions Remaster 2010

This set documents a historic occasion. Although Coleman Hawkins had been an admirer of Duke Ellington’s music for at least 35 years at this point and Ellington had suggested they record together at least 20 years prior to their actual meeting in 1962, this was their first (and only) meeting on record. Although it would have been preferable to hear the great tenor performing with the full orchestra, his meeting with Ellington and an all-star group taken out of the big band does feature such greats as Ray Nance on cornet and violin, trombonist Lawrence Brown, altoist Johnny Hodges, and baritonist Harry Carney. High points include an exuberant “The Jeep Is Jumpin’,” an interesting remake of “Mood Indigo,” and a few new Ellington pieces. This delightful music is recommended in one form or another.

(more…)

Read more

Duke Ellington, John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Duke Ellington, John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:55 minutes | 1,52 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Impulse!

Two titans of jazz come together in a rare and highly acclaimed collaboration, recorded in 1962. At the time, Duke Ellington had been working with various veteran jazz artists of the day such as Louis Armstrong and Count Basie, but John Coltrane was half Ellington’s age and not nearly as famous at the time as he was going to be. For these small group sessions, each headliner brought his own bassist and drummer, who play in various combinations on the seven songs.

(more…)

Read more
%d bloggers like this: