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Duke Ellington - Blues In Orbit (1960) [2016 DSD]

Duke Ellington - Blues In Orbit (1960) [2016 DSD]

BAND/ARTIST: Duke Ellington

  • Title: Blues In Orbit
  • Year Of Release: 1960/2016
  • Label: Columbia / Analogue Productions
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Quality: DSD64 (*.dff) tracks | 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz
  • Total Time: 00:36:27
  • Total Size: 961 mb (+3%rec.)
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Blues In Orbit captures the essence of a late-night recording date that was as much a loose jam as a formal studio date, balancing the spontaneity of the former and the technical polish of the latter.

Ellington and company were just back from a European tour when the bulk of this album was recorded. All of the takes were recorded during after midnight sessions recorded over two nights starting on December 2, 1959 in New York at Columbia Record's studio on East 30th Street. Each night Duke's late dinner arrived at 2 a.m. - a sizzling steak, a pot of coffee with lemons in it, portions of American cheese, and grapefruits. After dinner, and a breather for the band, the sessions finished around dawn in a swinging fashion.

Arrangements that had to be hastily written out when the copyist failed to appear for the gig. So on the one hand, the band was kicking back with these shorter pieces; on the other, the group was also improvising freely and intensely at various points. The title track, recorded more than a year before most of the rest, is a slow blues that puts Ellington's piano into a call-and-response setting with the horns, with Ellington getting in the last word.

If you're just getting into jazz, this album is highly recommended as a great way to initiate your collection.



Tracks:

01. Three J’s Blues 02:54
02. Smada 02:39
03. Pie Eye’s Blues 03:29
04. Sweet And Pungent 04:03
05. C Jam Blues 04:53
06. In A Mellow Tone 02:43
07. Blues In Blueprint 03:42
08. The Swingers Get The Blues Too 03:08
09. The Swinger’s Jump 03:55
10. Blues In Orbit 02:29
11. Villes Ville Is The Place, Man 02:30

Personnel:

Jimmy Hamilton - Tenor Sax, Clarinet
Johnnie Hodges - Alto Sax
Ray Nance - Trumpet, Violin
Booty Wood - Trombone
Mathew Gee Jr. - Trombone, Baritone Horn
Paul Gonzalves - Tenor
Harry Carney - Baritone Sax, Bass Clarinet
Jimmy Wood - Bass
Duke Ellington - Piano
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