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Analogue Productions
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Ellington Jazz Party
$80.00
Visit product page →About Duke Ellington:
"Duke Ellington called his music "American Music" rather than jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category. He remains one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music and is widely considered as one of the twentieth century's best known African American personalites. As both a composer and a band leader, Ellington's reputation has increased since his death, with thematic repackagings of his signature music often becoming best-sellers. Posthumous recognition of his work include a special award citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board.
Simply put, Ellington transcends boundaries and fills the world with a treasure trove of music that renews itself through every generation of fans and music-lovers. His legacy continues to live onand will endure for generations to come. Winton Marsalis said it best when he said "His music sounds like America." Because of the unmatched artistic heights to which he soared, no one deserved the phrase “beyond category” more than Ellington, for it aptly describes his life as well. He was most certainly one of a kind that maintained a llifestyle with universal appeal which transcended countless boundaries.
Duke Ellington is best remembered for the over 3000 songs that he composed during his lifetime. His best known titles include; "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing", "Sophisticated Lady", "Mood Indigo", “Solitude", "In a Mellotone", and "Satin Doll". The most amazing part about Ellington was the most creative while he was on the road. It was during this time when he wrote his most famous piece, "Mood Indigo"which brought him world wide fame.
Duke Ellington's popular compositions set the bar for generations of brilliant jazz, pop, theatre and soundtrack composers to come. While these compositions guarantee his greatness, whatmakes Duke an iconoclastic genius, and an unparalleled visionary, what has granted him immortality are his extended suites. From 1943's Black, Brown and Beige to 1972's The Uwis Suite, Duke used the suite format to give his jazz songs a far more empowering meaning, resonance and purpose: to exalt, mythologize and re-contextualize the African-American experience on a grand scale."" - DukeEllington.com
Label: Columbia – CL 1323, Analogue Productions – APJ 8127
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 200 Gram, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 2016
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Swing
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Fermata / Mad About Records
Hareton Salvanini – Xavana, Uma Ilha do Amor
$45.00
Visit product page →Rare Brazilian album of the obscure film "Xavana, Uma Ilha do Amor" mixture of Psych, Jazz and Bossa Nova.-Hareton Salvanini creates a record full of groovy guitars, refine strings and delicate orchestral Sounds.
Polish film maker Zygmunt Sulistrowski pioneered the format of shooting low-budget soft porn on exotic locations. Brazilian arranger and writer Hareton Salvanini was commissioned to deliver this soundtrack. No wonder many consider him a lesser-known Arthur Verocai. Salvanini creates a record full of groovy guitars and percussions that could rival with the best of KPM or Chappell library LPs – Bandcamp
Label: Fermata – FIF-0010, Mad About Records – MAR 016
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue
Country: Portugal
Released: 26 Nov 2019
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bossa Nova, Swing
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Black Lion Records
Duke Ellington – The Feeling Of Jazz | 2013 Reissue
$48.00
Visit product page →“This is a nice all-around set by the 1962 Duke Ellington Orchestra. Whether it be the lightweight but fun "Taffy Twist," "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (the theme from Anatomy of a Murder) or the many songs revived from decades earlier (such as "What Am I Here For?," "Black and Tan Fantasy" and "Jump for Joy"), this CD is filled with consistently swinging music.” – AllMusic
“The Duke Ellington album was recorded in 1962 and was not an Alan Bates project, but a tape he purchased for reissue on Black Lion. The session was recorded at Bell Recording Studio A in New York, a spacious 30' by 60' room with ceilings of over 20' -- one of the best live rooms in New York in the early 1960s. At that time, Ellington was regularly recording for Columbia Records, and the label had New York’s best recording studio, the famous Studio C. So record collectors have a wealth of well-recorded Ellington to choose from. With The Feeling of Jazz, we get Ellington playing tunes he had recorded many times over. The versions performed here are certainly different in many ways from other available versions, but I would be hard-pressed to state a preference for the Black Lion interpretations over others on Columbia. That’s not to say that these are not excellent performances or that they aren’t very well recorded; they are classic 1960s Ellington with top-notch sound.” – The Audio Beat
Item description:
Artist:
Duke Ellington
Title:
The Feeling Of Jazz
Label:
Black Lion Records
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram
Pressing:
USA
Release Date:
This reissue: 2013 | Original - 1962
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Big Band, Swing
Catalog No:
ORGM-1050
Condition:
New
