The Blanton–Webster Band
The Blanton-Webster Band raccolta discografica | |
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Artista | Duke Ellington |
Pubblicazione | 1990 |
Durata | 204:07 |
Dischi | 3 |
Tracce | 66 |
Genere | Jazz Swing Big band |
Etichetta | Bluebird Records (RCA) |
Produttore | Steve Becker, Bob Porter |
Registrazione | 1940 - 1942 |
Formati | MC e CD |
The Blanton–Webster Band è una raccolta di Duke Ellington pubblicata nel 1990.
Descrizione
Raccoglie i nastri master di tutte le incisioni della Duke Ellington's Orchestra durante gli anni 1940-1942, con in organico il contrabbassista Jimmy Blanton e il tenorsassofonista Ben Webster. Le registrazioni furono in origine incise per l'etichetta RCA Victor durante quello che i critici musicali considerano il periodo d'oro dell'orchestra di Ellington. I tre compact disc della raccolta contengono molti brani diventati dei classici, con arrangiamenti (a opera di Ellington e Billy Strayhorn) spesso innovativi e creativi.
La compilation non include versioni alternative o i duetti di Ellington con Jimmy Blanton, disponibili altrove. Con 66 tracce, la selezione include molti dei classici di Ellington.
Blanton rimase con l'orchestra di Ellington per soli due anni, ritirandosi dalle scene nel 1941 a causa della tubercolosi, e morendo l'anno successivo all'età di 23 anni. A dispetto del titolo della raccolta, Blanton non compare nelle ultime 17 tracce in scaletta, essendo stato rimpiazzato da Alvin "Junior" Raglin.
Nel 2003 la raccolta è stata ristampata in edizione rimasterizzata con l'aggiunta di brani aggiuntivi.[1]
Tracce
- Tutte le tracce sono opera di Duke Ellington, tranne dove indicato diversamente.
Disco 1
- You, You Darlin' (M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl) - 3:19
- Jack the Bear- 3:15
- Ko Ko - 2:39
- Morning Glory (Ellington, Rex Stewart) - 3:15
- So Far, So Good (Jack Lawrence, Jimmy Mundy, E.G. White) - 2:50
- Conga Brava (Ellington, Juan Tizol) - 2:54
- Concerto for Cootie - 3:19
- Me and You - 2:54
- Cotton Tail - 3:08
- Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore) (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:15
- Dusk - 3:19
- Bojangles - 2:50
- A Portrait of Bert Williams - 3:09
- Blue Goose - 3:21
- Harlem Air Shaft - 2:57
- At a Dixie Roadside Diner (Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie) - 2:45
- All Too Soon (Ellington, Carl Sigman) - 3:28
- Rumpus in Richmond - 2:46
- My Greatest Mistake (Jack Fulton), Jack O'Brien) - 3:27
- Sepia Panorama - 3:20
- There Shall Be No Night (Gladys Shelley, Abner Silver) - 3:05
- In a Mellow Tone (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 3:19
Disco 2
- Five O'Clock Whistle (Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin, Josef Myrow) - 3:18
- Warm Valley - 3:20
- The Flaming Sword - 3:06
- Across the Track Blues - 2:58
- Chloe (Gus Kahn, Neil Moret) - 3:24
- I Never Felt This Way Before (Al Dubin, Ellington) - 3:23
- The Sidewalks of New York (James W. Blake, Charles B. Lawlor) - 3:14
- Flamingo (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) - 3:22
- The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You - 3:19
- Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn) - 2:54
- Jumpin' Punkins - 3:33
- John Hardy's Wife - 3:28
- Blue Serge - 3:20
- After All (Strayhorn) - 3:19
- Bakiff (Tizol) - 3:23
- Are You Sticking? - 3:02
- Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' (Ellington, Gaines, Strayhorn) - 3:33
- The Giddybug Gallop - 3:29
- Chocolate Shake (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:50
- I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (Ellington, Webster) - 3:17
- Clementine (Strayhorn) - 2:53
- Brown-Skin Gal (In the Calico Gown) (Ellington, Webster) - 3:06
Disco 3
- Jump for Joy (Ellington, Sid Kuller, Webster) - 2:50
- Moon Over Cuba (Ellington, Tizol) - 3:09
- Five O'Clock Drag - 2:49
- Rocks in My Bed - 3:06
- Bli-Blip (Ellington, Kuller) - 3:03
- Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn) - 2:52
- Rain Check (Strayhorn) - 2:28
- What Good Would It Do? (Harry James, Buddy Pepper) - 2:44
- I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got - 3:13
- Perdido (Ervin Drake, H.J. Lengsfelder, Tizol) - 3:08
- C Jam Blues (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 2:37
- Moon Mist - 2:58
- What Am I Here For? (Ellington, Frankie Laine) - 3:28
- I Don't Mind (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:49
- Someone - 3:09
- My Little Brown Book (Strayhorn) - 3:13
- Main Stem - 2:47
- Johnny Come Lately (Strayhorn) - 2:39
- Hayfoot, Strawfoot (Drake, Lengsfelder, Paul McGrane) - 2:30
- Sentimental Lady - 2:58
- A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship) (Ellington, Henderson) - 2:54
- Sherman Shuffle - 2:38
Formazione
Musicisti
- Ivie Anderson: voce
- Barney Bigard: clarinetto, sax tenore
- Jimmy Blanton: contrabbasso
- Lawrence Brown: trombone
- Harry Carney: clarinetto, sax alto, sax baritono
- Duke Ellington: pianoforte
- Sonny Greer: batteria
- Fred Guy: chitarra
- Otto Hardwick: sax alto
- Chauncey Haughton: clarinetto, sax tenore
- Johnny Hodges: clarinetto, sax alto, sax soprano
- Herb Jeffries: voce
- Wallace Jones: tromba
- Ray Nance: tromba, violino, voce
- Joe Nanton: trombone
- Alvin "Junior" Raglin: contrabbasso
- Rex Stewart: cornetta
- Billy Strayhorn: pianoforte
- Juan Tizol: trombone a pistoni
- Ben Webster: sax tenore
- Cootie Williams: tromba
Produzione
- Steve Backer: produttore esecutivo
- Ed Begley: rimasterizzazione
- Duke Ellington: arrangiamento
- Bob Porter: produzione discografica ristampa
- Billy Strayhorn: arrangiamento
- Mary Tucker: note interne
Note
- ^ Con un nuovo titolo: Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band.
Collegamenti esterni
- (EN) Scott Yanow, The Blanton–Webster Band, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
- (EN) The Blanton–Webster Band, su Discogs, Zink Media.
- (EN) The Blanton–Webster Band, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
V · D · M | |
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Album in studio | The Blanton–Webster Band · Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band · Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year · Liberian Suite · Great Times! · Masterpieces by Ellington · Ellington Uptown · The Duke Plays Ellington · Ellington '55 · Dance to the Duke! · Ellington Showcase · Historically Speaking · Duke Ellington Presents... · The Complete Porgy and Bess · A Drum Is a Woman · Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 · Such Sweet Thunder · Ellington Indigos · Black, Brown and Beige · Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque · The Cosmic Scene · Happy Reunion · Jazz Party · Back to Back · Side by Side · Anatomy of a Murder · Festival Session · Blues in Orbit · The Nutcracker Suite · Piano in the Background · Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. · Unknown Session · Piano in the Foreground · The Great Summit: The Master Takes · Paris Blues · First Time! The Count Meets the Duke · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · Featuring Paul Gonsalves · Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 · Midnight in Paris · Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · Studio Sessions, New York 1962 · Money Jungle · Afro-Bossa · The Symphonic Ellington · Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session · Studio Sessions New York 1963 · My People · Ellington '65 · Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins · Ellington '66 · Concert in the Virgin Islands · The Popular Duke Ellington · The Far East Suite · The Jaywalker · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · Second Sacred Concert · Studio Sessions New York, 1968 · Latin American Suite · The Pianist · New Orleans Suite · Orchestral Works · The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 · The Intimacy of the Blues · The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse · Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York · Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 · The Intimate Ellington · The Ellington Suites · This One's for Blanton! · Up in Duke’s Workshop · Duke's Big 4 · Mood Ellington |
Album dal vivo | The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 · The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 · Ellington at Newport · Dance Concerts, California 1958 · Dance Dates, California 1958 · Newport 1958 · Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II · Duke Ellington at the Alhambra · Live at the Blue Note · The Great Paris Concert · A Concert of Sacred Music · In the Uncommon Market · Soul Call · Yale Concert · 70th Birthday Concert · Togo Brava Suite · Live at the Whitney · Third Sacred Concert · Eastbourne Performance |
Collaborazioni | con Louis Armstrong: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: The Great Summit · con Alice Babs: Serenade to Sweden · con Teresa Brewer: It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing · con Rosemary Clooney: Blue Rose · con Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Ella at Duke's Place, The Stockholm Concert, 1966, Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur · con Frank Sinatra: Francis A. & Edward K. · con John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · con Coleman Hawkins: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins · con Count Basie: First Time! The Count Meets the Duke |
Composizioni principali | All Too Soon · Azure · Black, Brown and Beige · C Jam Blues · Cotton Tail · Day Dream · Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue · Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Drop Me Off in Harlem · Everything But You · Harlem · I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues · I Didn't Know About You · I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) · I'm Beginning to See the Light · I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So · In a Mellow Tone · In a Sentimental Mood · It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' · Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) · The Mooche · Mood Indigo · Prelude to a Kiss · Rocks in My Bed · Solitude · Sophisticated Lady |
Composizioni di Billy Strayhorn per Ellington: | Take the A Train · Lush Life · Chelsea Bridge · Something to Live For · Satin Doll · Blood Count |
Composizioni di Juan Tizol per Ellington: | Caravan · Perdido |
Album tributo | Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington (1955) · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) · Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (1962) · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 · Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 |
Membri dell'Orchestra | Hayes Alvis · Cat Anderson · Ivie Anderson · Harold Ashby · Alice Babs · Shorty Baker · Butch Ballard · Art Baron · Aaron Bell · Louie Bellson · Joe Benjamin · Barney Bigard · Lou Blackburn · Jimmy Blanton · Wellman Braud · Lawrence Brown · Harry Carney · Johnny Coles · Willie Cook · Buster Cooper · Kay Davis · Wild Bill Davis · Wilbur De Paris · Bobby Durham · Mercer Ellington · Rolf Ericson · Jimmy Forrest · Victor Gaskin · Peter Giger · Tyree Glenn · Paul Gonsalves · Sonny Greer · Fred Guy · Jimmy Hamilton · Otto Hardwick · Rick Henderson · Al Hibbler · Johnny Hodges · Major Holley · Quentin Jackson · Hilton Jefferson · Herb Jeffries · Freddie Jenkins · Money Johnson · Herbie Jones · Taft Jordan · Al Killian · Queen Esther Marrow · Wendell Marshall · Murray McEachern · Louis Metcalf · Bubber Miley · Harold "Geezil" Minerve · Ray Nance · Tricky Sam Nanton · Oscar Pettiford · Eddie Preston · Russell Procope · Junior Raglin · Betty Roché · Ernie Royal · Al Sears · Joya Sherrill · Willie Smith · Rex Stewart · Billy Strayhorn · Billy Taylor · Clark Terry · Juan Tizol · Norris Turney · Ben Webster · Arthur Whetsol · Cootie Williams · Nelson Williams · Skippy Williams · Booty Wood · Jimmy Woode · Britt Woodman · Sam Woodyard |
Filmografia | Black and Tan · Belle of the Nineties · Il mistero del varietà · Cabin in the Sky · Paris Blues · U-112 assalto al Queen Mary · Change of Mind |