Duke Ellington - The Reprise Studio Recordings (1999/2008)

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Artist: Duke Ellington
Title: The Reprise Studio Recordings
Year Of Release: 1999/2008
Label: Rhino / Warner Records
Genre: Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 5:53:19
Total Size: 815 mb / 2.14 gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Not much has been said about Duke Ellington's Reprise Records period, and even less that's enthusiastic, mostly owing to the fact that his output there ran between two extremes: dazzlingly inventive conceptual pieces juxtaposed with re-recordings of classic big-band material, and pop-jazz efforts built around covers of current popular songs. Amid that wildly divergent body of work, it's no surprise that the live material from The Great Paris Concert and Ellington's Greatest Hits eclipsed much of his Reprise studio work. Thus, this five-CD box is the first opportunity that most listeners will have had to assess the music properly. As with all Mosaic issues, it's in recording session order, and Disc One opens with Ellington's 1962 covers of classic big-band material. Disc Two is where things not only get interesting but downright spellbinding, containing the entirety of the Afro-Bossa Album -- this is some of the most beautiful, engaging, and forward-looking music of Ellington's 1960s output, and the varied rhythms and textures are coupled with some truly luscious playing. Disc Three is largely given over to the material off of Symphonic Ellington, mixed band and orchestra pieces dating from the period in which Ellington began writing concert music for orchestra. Disc Four is devoted to the Ellington '65 and Ellington '66 albums, renditions of current pop and rock & roll hits. Few of Ellington's serious fans have ever professed much love for his Mary Poppins album, the contents of which open Disc Five, but the material holds up quite well, mostly because the soloists are enjoying themselves. As usual with Mosaic, the annotation and sessionography material are thoroughly detailed.

:: TRACKLIST ::

01] Christopher Columbus (Remastered)
02] Let's Get Together (Remastered)
03] Goodbye
04] Chant of the Weed (Remastered)
05] I'm Gettin' Sentimental over You (Remastered)
06] One O'Clock Jump
07] Tuxedo Junction
08] Ciribirbin (Remastered Version)
09] It's a Lonesome Old Town When You're Not Around (Remastered)
10] Minnie the Moocher (Remastered)
11] Sentimental Journey
12] When It's Sleepy Time Down South
13] For Dancers Only (Remastered)
14] Rhapsody in Blue
15] Contrasts (Remastered)
16] Sleep
17] Don't Get Around Much Anymore
18] Auld Lang Syne (Remastered)
19] The Midnight Sun Will Never Set (Remastered)
20] Woodchopper's Ball
21] Artistry in Rhythm
22] Smoke Rings
23] The Waltz You Saved for Me
24] Cherokee
25] Afro-Bossa (Remastered)
26] Purple Gazelle (Remastered)
27] Absinthe (Remastered)
28] Moonbow (Remastered Version)
29] Sempre Amore (Remastered)
30] Caline (Silk Lace) (Remastered)
31] Tigress (Remastered)
32] Angu (Remastered)
33] Volupte (Remastered)
34] Bonga (Remastered)
35] Pyramid (Remastered)
36] Eighth Veil (Remastered)
37] Resume #1 (Remastered)
38] Resume #2 (Remastered)
39] Tricky's Licks
40] Blues's in C
41] Limbo Jazz
42] Pretty Little One
43] String Along with Strings
44] The Feeling of Jazz
45] Take the a Train
46] In a Sentimental Mood
47] Don't Get Around Much Anymore
48] Day Dream
49] Cotton Tail
50] Night Creature (First Movement): Blind Bug (Remastered)
51] Night Creature (Second Movement): Stalking Monster (Remastered)
52] Night Creature (Third Movement): Dazzling Creature
53] Non-Violent Integration (Remastered)
54] La Scala, She Too Pretty to Be Blue (Remastered)
55] Harlem (Remastered)
56] Hello Dolly (Remastered)
57] Call Me Irresponsible
58] Fly Me to the Moon (Remastered)
59] So Little Time (2008 Remaster)
60] Danke Schoen (Remastered)
61] More (Remastered)
62] The Second Time Around (Remastered)
63] Never on Sunday (Remastered)
64] I Left My Heart in San Francisco (Remastered)
65] Blowin' in the Wind (Remastered)
66] Stranger on the Shore (Remastered)
67] Red Roses for a Blue Lady (Remastered)
68] Charade
69] People (Remastered)
70] All My Lovin' (Remastered)
71] A Beautiful Friendship (Remastered)
72] I Want to Hold Your Hand (Remastered)
73] Days of Wine and Roses (2008 Remaster)
74] I Can't Stop Loving You (Remastered)
75] The Good Life (Remastered)
76] Satin Doll (Remastered Version)
77] Moon River (Remastered)
78] Ellington '66 (Remastered)
79] A Spoonful of Sugar (Remastered)
80] Chim Chim Cheree (Remastered)
81] Feed the Birds (Remastered)
82] Let's Go Fly a Kite
83] Stay Awake (Remastered)
84] I Love to Laugh
85] Jolly Holiday (Remastered)
86] Sister Suffragette (Remastered)
87] The Perfect Nanny
88] Step in Time (Remastered)
89] The Life I Lead (Remastered)
90] Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Remastered)
91] Island Virgin (Remastered)
92] Virgin Jungle (Remastered)
93] Fiddler on the Diddle (Remastered)
94] Jungle Kitty (Remastered)
95] Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Remastered)
96] Big Fat Alice's Blues (Remastered)
97] Chelsea Bridge (Remastered)
98] The Opener (Remastered)
99] Mysterious Chick (Remastered)
100] Barefoot Stomper (Remastered)
101] Fade Up (Remastered)

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