Joe Van Enkhuizen & Horace Parlan - Ellington Ballads (1988) CD Rip

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Title: Ellington Ballads
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Timeless [CDSOL-6368]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 52:34
Total Size: 518 MB(+3%) | 124 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Blue Reverie (Ellington) - 6:01
02. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington) - 3:50
03. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' - 4:13
04. Creole Blues/Tonight I Shall Sleep (Ellington) - 5:15
05. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Ellington) - 4:36
06. Melancholy (Ellington) - 4:19
07. I Got It Bad (Ellington) - 6:54
08. Serenade to Sweden (Ellington) - 4:06
09. Day Dream (Ellington) - 4:58
10. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington) - 3:56
11. What Am I Here For? (Ellington) - 4:26

Recorded in 1988 in Max Bolleman Studio 44, Monster, The Netherlands

Joe Van Enkhuizen & Horace Parlan - Ellington Ballads (1988) CD Rip

personnel :

Joe Van Enkhuizen - tenor saxophone
Horace Parlan - piano

A nice little record that's very much along the lines of the duet sessions that pianist Horace Parlan cut with Archie Shepp – done with a similar open, soulful style that really brings a lot of personal energy to these tunes penned by Duke Ellington! This might be the first time we've ever heard tenorist Joe Van Enkhuizen, but he's a surprisingly great player – and one who carves out these raspy lines on his instrument that fit really well with the well-crafted lines from Parlan's piano – a lot more subtle and spacious than during his Blue Note years, but maybe even more powerful because of that.