Duke Ellington - Money Jungle

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Jul 22, 2020 Sold Date

Oct 30, 2018 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Money Jungle
Genre: Jazz Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Wax Time Titelanzahl: 11 Dauer: 49:28

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Duke Ellington - Money Jungle 5:30 2. Duke Ellington - Fleurette Africaine 3:36 3. Duke Ellington - Very Special 4:26 4. Duke Ellington - Warm Valley 3:33 5. Duke Ellington - Switch Blade 5:25 6. Duke Ellington - Little Max (Parfait) 2:59 7. Duke Ellington - Wig Wise 3:21 8. Duke Ellington - Caravan 4:13 9. Duke Ellington - Solitude 5:33 10. Duke Ellington - Rem Blues 4:18 11. Duke Ellington - Backward Country Boy Blues 6:34

Beschreibung

Duke Ellington surprised the jazz world in 1962 with his historic trio session featuring Charles Mingus and Max Roach. Not in a mood to simply rework older compositions, the bulk of the LP focused on music he wrote specifically for the session. "Money Jungle" is a thunderous opener, a blues that might be classified somewhere between post-bop and avant-garde. The gem of the date is the fragile, somewhat haunting ballad "Fleurette Africaine," where Mingus' floating bassline and Roach's understated drumming add to the mystique of an Ellington work that has slowly been gathering steam among jazz musicians as a piece worth exploring more often. "Very Special" is a jaunty upbeat blues, while the angular, descending line of "Wig Wise" also proves to be quite catchy. Ellington also revisits "Warm Valley" (a lovely ballad indelibly associated with Johnny Hodges) and an almost meditative "Solitude." Thunderous percussion and wild basslines complement a wilder-than-usual approach to "Caravan." Every jazz fan should own a copy of this sensational recording session. ~ Ken Dryden

Ken Dryden