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Masterpieces 180gr LP

Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p); Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance (tp); Quentin Jackson (tb); Johnny Hodges (reeds); Mercer Ellington (frh); Russell Procope (cl, reeds); Wendell Marshall (b); Louie Bellson (dr); a.o.

Tracks:
1. Mood Indigo
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. The Tattooed Bride
4. Solitude

When Ellington went into the studio in 1950 to
record the longer tracks on this LP, his orchestra
was a bridge between its late-1940's
configuration (the 5-man trumpet section) and its
mid-1950's personnel. The sax section had settled
into the form it would have for most of the
ensuing two decades (old-timers Hodges and Carney
and newcomers Procope, Hamilton and Gonsalves);
the trombone section had long-timer Lawrence Brown
as well as Tyree Glenn and newcomer Quentin
Jackson; and the drummer was still Sonny Greer,
who had anchored the rhythm section since the
beginning.
The arrangements and orchestrations all bear the
hallmarks of Ellington's collaboration with Billy
Strayhorn in the late 1940's: they are lush,
symphonic, impressionistic, and densely (and
adventurously) harmonic. 'Mood Indigo', in
particular, is a 15-minute tone-poem with shifting
colors and key relationships as Ellington and
Strayhorn bring the melody through a wide variety
of guises, from Glenn's wah-wah trombone solo to
Shorty Baker's lyrical waltz to orchestral and
piano passages which do homage to the influence
which Ravel and Stravinsky had on both of them.
'The Tattooed Bride' is the only new piece from
the original 'Masterpieces by Ellington' LP, and
it is a beauty. The others of the original tracks
-- 'Sophistocated Lady' and 'Solitude' -- are not
laid out as inventively in their harmonics or
structure. Of the group, 'Solitude' is perhaps the
weakest, but this is a relative term. Ellington
would go on to pen many more extended, symphonic
works, but none would have quite the multicolored,
impressionistic tone-pallate that these do. And
Strayhorn's presence would not be as pronounced in
those future works as it is here: the
orchestration and harmonies in particular bear his
mark. These are masterpieces indeed: great works
of art by two of our greatest
composers/orchestrators, and played by one of the
greatest orchestras in Afro-American music.
Andrew R. Weiss

Format: 1LP 180g 33rpm / gatefold sleeve
Release date: 15.02.2017
Manufacturer: Pure Pleasure
Original label: Columbia
Genre: Jazz

Kat.č.: PP 4418  (LP - audiofilský vinyl), Pure Pleasure , cena: 899.00 Kč, EAN: 5060149622445 skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů