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Tracks recorded from 1927 to 1938 including performances by Duke Ellington & His Kentucky Club Orchestra, Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians, Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra, Duke Ellington & The Jungle Band as well as The Duke Ellington Orchestra.
THE DUKE PLAYS ELLINGTON, VOL. I spans the period between 1927 and 1938, a little less than half of which constituted the time when Duke Ellington's band was the house favorite at Harlem's Cotton Club. It kicks off with Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra playing the infectious "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"-later covered by Steely Dan with a wah-wah guitar standing in for "Tricky Sam" Nanton's signature plungered trombone. According to the excellent liner notes by Tony Watts, this Ellington-Bubber Milley composition was Ellington's signature tune, until the bandleader adopted "Take the A Train" as his theme.
Not surprisingly, the sound quality of the early recordings is decidedly humble--particularly the late 1920's and early 1930's cuts. (The earliest tracks sound as if they're being filtered through a balloon that's rapidly losing air.) Still, as a document of its time, THE DUKE PLAYS ELLINGTON, VOL. I won't disappoint those fans hungry for Ellington's earlier work.
Includes liner notes by Tony Watts.
Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano, tom-toms); Adelaide Hall (vocals); Otto Hardwick, Rudy Jackson, Barney Bigard, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges (reeds); Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf, Arthur Whetsol, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams, Charlie Allen, Horace Baker (trumpet); Rex Stewart (cornet); Joe Nanton, Harry White, Lawrence Brown (trombone); Jian Tizol (valve trombone); Bass Edwards (tuba); Fred Guy (guitar, banjo); Lonnie Johnson (guitar); Wellman Braud, Hayes Alvis, Billy Taylor (bass); Sonny Greer (drums).
Compilation producers: Tony Watts, Colin Brown.
Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Lonnie Johnson (guitar); Fred Guy (banjo); Johnny Hodges (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Rudy Jackson, Barney Bigard (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Otto Hardwick (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Louis Metcalf, Bubber Miley (trumpet); Joe Tricky Sam Nanton (trombone); Juan Tizol (valve trombone); Bass Edwards (tuba); Sonny Greer (drums).
Recording information: Hollywood, CA (04/13/1953-04/14/1953). Duke Plays Ellington Vol. 1 Music Duke Plays Ellington Vol. 1 Review
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