Up In Duke's Workshop

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合計収録時間 : 00:42:33
Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson, Cootie Williams, Willie Cook, Eddie Preston, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Owens, Fred Stone, Al Rubin, Johnny Coles (trumpet); Tyree Glenn, Booty Wood, Malcolm Taylor, Chuck Connors, Vince Prudente, Julian Priester, Lawrence Brown, Benny Green, Buster Cooper, Benny Powell (trombone); Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby, Harry Carney, Norris Turney, Buddy Pearson, Harold Minerve, Johnny Hodges (reeds); Wild Bill Davis (organ); Victor Gaskin, Paul Kondziela, Joe Benjamin (bass); Rufus Jones (drums). Recorded in New York, New York between April 25, 1969 and December 6, 1972. Originally released on Pablo (2310-815). Includes liner notes by Stanley Dance. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, Caifornia). Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges (reeds, saxophone); Russell Procope (reeds, alto saxophone); Paul Gonsalves (reeds, tenor saxophone); Harold "Geezil" Minerve, Harold Ashby, Buddy Pearson, Norris Turney (reeds); Cootie Williams, Fred Stone, Money Johnson, Jimmy Owens, Johnny Coles, Alan Rubin, Mercer Ellington, Eddie Preston, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson (trumpet); Vincent Prudente, Malcolm Taylor, Julian Priester, Lawrence Brown , Tyree Glenn, Bennie Green , Benny Powell, Chuck Connors, Booty Wood, Buster Cooper (trombone); Wild Bill Davis (organ); Rufus "Speedy" Jones (drums). Liner Note Author: Stanley Dance. Recording information: New York, NY (04/25/1969-12/06/1972). Unknown Contributor Roles: Jimmy Owens; Mercer Ellington; Booty Wood. Duke Ellington was one of the most prolific (as well as one of the greatest) jazz composers in history. Whenever he had the opportunity--between tours, on tour, whatever--he would gather his orchestra into a handy studio to try out new compositional ideas and rework older classic tunes. WORKSHOP was recorded during the years 1969-72, a very underrated period in the Ellington canon. Duke and company still valued the blues (the sultry, cinematic "Wanderlust"), but retained a sense of adventure--dig the odd stylistic mixtures of "Bateau" and "Dick," as Duke combines James Bond-like Euro-intrigue film music, fractured rhythm and blues song structures, expressive organ and reed voicings and quirky, almost-avant-garde piano. Anyone who thinks that Ellington was a played-out holdover from the big band era, or that his best years were those before 1960, needs to hear this album.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)