Piano in the Background Duke Ellington and His Orchestra SKU: CS8346 Barcode: 4260019715494 34.00 £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner Released Date: 10th November 2017 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Piano In The Background” – Duke Ellington (p); Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Russell Procope (sax); Ray Nance, Willie Cook (tp); Lawrence Brown, ‘Booty’ Wood (tb); Aaron Bell (b); Sam Woodyard (dr); a.o. ?Big band fans, take note! These nine numbers, in precisely this version, belong in every collection. We are talking about the year 1960, and the 17 musicians involved have probably performed this very repertoire every night in a different venue all over the globe. But in the studio it all sounds fresh and new, well practised but never dull, cool, groovy and intoxicating. The difference to a great number of other Ellington LPs is that here not a single wind soloist stands in the foreground but the whole body of musicians. The arrangements are all new and some of them are even quite unusual, but Sam Woodyard on the drums has everything well under control – sometimes not at all ‘Ellington-like’. Snapping the fingers is automatic, and tapping your foot is also not to be frowned on; however this recording demands careful listening! If you have the first version of these numbers in your collection then it would be a good idea to compare them with this recording. The Duke Ellington Orchestra remains young, dynamic and varied thanks to a continually changing ensemble. And the ‘Piano Man’, as the best ‘pause-filling’ pianist ironically called himself, sat full of vigour before the 88 keys of the keyboard at the age of 60. Not only jazz fans will be saying a big thank you that this recording – made in the early days of stereophony – is available once again on virgin vinyl with superb sound. This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid. Recording: May and June 1960 at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles Production: Henri Renaud Artist Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Genre Jazz Label Speakers Corner Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country Germany Track Listings Side A 1. Happy Go Lucky Local (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 3:02 2. What Am I Here For? (Duke Ellington) 4:08 3. Kinda Dukish (Duke Ellington) / Rockin’ In Rhythm(Duke Ellington-Harry Carney-Irving Mills) 5:52 4. Perdido (Juan Tizol) 6:49 Side B 1. I’m Beginning To See The Light (Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges-Don George-Harry James) 2:06 2. Mid-Riff (Billy Strayhorn) 4:29 3. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills) 4:33 4. Main Stem (Duke Ellington) 4:15 5. Take The “A” Train (Billy Strayhorn) 5:33 6. 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