Duke Ellington - Early Ellington The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings 1926-1931 (1994)
Artist: Duke Ellington
Title: Early Ellington The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings 1926-1931
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Decca Jazz / MCA / GRP [GRD-3-640]
Genre: Big Band / Early Jazz / Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) | 320
Total Time: 03:18:40
Total Size: 767 MB | 616 MB (Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Early Ellington The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings 1926-1931
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Decca Jazz / MCA / GRP [GRD-3-640]
Genre: Big Band / Early Jazz / Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) | 320
Total Time: 03:18:40
Total Size: 767 MB | 616 MB (Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
This three-CD set, which has all of Duke Ellington's recordings for the Brunswick and Vocalion labels, dwarfs all of the earlier reissues that Decca and MCA have put out of this important material. Starting with the first session in which the Ellington Orchestra sounds distinctive ("East St. Louis Toodle-oo" and "Birmingham Breakdown" from November 29, 1926) and progressing through the Cotton Club years, this essential release (which contains 67 performances) adds a few "new" alternate takes and rare items ("Soliloquy" and a few titles by the "Six Jolly Jesters") to make this collection truly complete, at least for MCA's holdings (since Ellington also recorded for Columbia- and Victor-owned labels during the same period).
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
01. East St. Louis Toodle-o (1st Version)
02. Birmingham Breakdown (1st Version)
03. Immigration Blues
04. The Creeper (1st Take)
05. The Creeper (2nd Take)
06. New Orleans Low-Down
07. Song Of The Cotton Field
08. Birmingham Breakdown (2nd Version)
09. East St. Louis Toodle-o (2nd Version)
10. Black And Tan Fantasy
11. Soliloquy
12. Red Hot Band
13. Doin' The Frog
14. Take It Easy
15. Jubilee Stomp
16. Black Beauty (1st Take)
17. Black Beauty (2nd Take)
18. Yellow Dog Blues
19. Tishomingo Blues
20. Awful Sad
21. The Mooche
22. Louisiana
Disc: 2
01. Doin' The Voom Voom
02. Tiger Rag-Part I (Take A)
03. Tiger Rag-Part I (Take B)
04. Tiger Rag-Part II
05. Rent Party Blues
06. Paducah
07. Harlem Flat Blues
08. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue
09. Jungle Jamboree
10. Ain't Misbehavin'
11. Doin' The New Low Down
12. Jolly Wog
13. Jazz Convulsions
14. Six Or Seven Times (Take A Or B)
15. Six Or Seven Times (Take B Or A)
16. Goin' Nuts
17. Oklahoma Stomp (Take A)
18. Oklahoma Stomp (Take B)
19. Sweet Mama
20. Wall Street Wail (Take A)
21. Wall Street Wail (Take B)
22. Cincinnati Daddy
Disc: 3
01. Maori (A Samoan Dance) (1st Version)
02. When Your Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) (Take A)
03. When Your Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) (Take B)
04. Maori (A Samoan Dance) (2nd Version) (Take A)
05. Maori (A Samoan Dance) (2nd Version) (Take B)
06. Admiration
07. Double Check Stomp
08. Accordian Joe (Take A)
09. Accordian Joe (Take B)
10. Cotton Club Stomp (Take A)
11. Cotton Club Stomp (Take B)
12. Runnin Wild
13. Mood Indigo
14. Home Agian Blues
15. Wang-Wang Blues
16. Rockin' Chair
17. Rockin' In Rhythm
18. Twelfth Street Rag
19. The Peanut Vendor
20. Creole Rhapsody-Part I
21. Creole Rhapsody-Part II (Take A)
22. Creole Rhapsody-Part II (Take AA)
23. Is That Religion?
