Where to Start with Duke Ellington

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   You want the complete CD on that one, the original LP has the phony concert. Check my review and it will give you all the details. Hold on and I'll post a link.

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js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35505	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 7:41pm
	You want the complete CD on that one, the original LP has the phony concert. Check my review and it will give you all the details. Hold on and I'll post a link.

PopetherevXXVIII Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopetherevXXVIII Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 5:28pm
	Vinyl or the CD with the complete concert for Ellington at Newport or just get both? I'm from Rhode Island so either way this concert is a must for me. Edited by PopetherevXXVIII - 18 Mar 2015 at 5:29pm

Matt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Jazz Reviewer Joined: 16 Jan 2011 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 2525	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 4:39pm
	John above is the Ellington expert. Still it won't stop me. My favourite Ellington comps are early ones "East St Louis Toodle-oo" and the classic "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and of course the later "Ellington At Newport" which does not kick off until one gets to "Diminuendo In Blue and Crescendo In Blue", Paul Gonsalves on sax gives one of the best solo's ever. It just goes on and on and stays fresh right through. Most say it is Ellington's greatest. For me something about "East St Louis Toodle" with it's 1920's sound, they don't make it like that anymore.
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PopetherevXXVIII Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopetherevXXVIII Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 12:43pm
	I got a 404 when clicked on that Edit: Never mind found it when I typed it in to the search function, reading it now. Edited by PopetherevXXVIII - 18 Mar 2015 at 12:43pm

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35505	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 11:37am
	OK, I'm back for a bit. That was the correct version of "Ellington Uptown" you posted, it has the added "Liberian suite" and Controversial Suite", two excellent extended numbers. Here is our entry, plus the review. http:///duke-ellington/ellington-uptown-aka-hi-fi-ellington-uptown

PopetherevXXVIII Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopetherevXXVIII Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 10:52am
	No rush

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35505	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 10:24am
	Yes, hold on, I have to work for a bit, I'll be back.

PopetherevXXVIII Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopetherevXXVIII Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 9:55am
	This version of Uptown? http://www.amazon.com/Ellington-Uptown-ELLINGTON-DUKE/dp/B0012GN1I4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426690252&sr=8-1&keywords=Ellington+Uptown I saw quite a few versions when I looked it up. Also might help to peruse my Amazon wish list for Jazz I have a ton of Ellington on it and might need help weeding it out, also it'll give you an idea of who else I'm into. http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1YGO8767KF4PO/ref=topnav_lists_5 Edited by PopetherevXXVIII - 18 Mar 2015 at 10:08am

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35505	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 9:47am
	You have come to the right place, I love Ellington and have a lot of reviews up on the site that you should check out, just check our Ellington section. For starters I recommend "Ellington Uptown", as much as I love vinyl, you may want to get this on CD because of all the extras and the much lower cost. Next you may want to try his more 'symphonic' opus "Such Sweet Thunder", I have this on vinyl. I have reviews up for both of those, check that out and I'll have more for you.

PopetherevXXVIII Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote PopetherevXXVIII Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Mar 2015 at 9:32am
	Quick story at age 15 (in 1997) I took a trip to London with my dad and we went to an HMV and fout this huge room full of nothing but Jazz. My dad noticed wall to wall in the back of this room was nothing but Duke Ellington. Just this 40 foot space 5 shelf high space of nothing but The Duke. It was inevitable when I started Collecting Jazz a few months ago after appreciating it for decades that I'd have to have some Duke in the collection. But where do I even start? He recorded for well over 40 years and has countless albums and collaborations. He may very well be the greatest American composer of the 20th century. I'm a bit intimidated. Now your suggestions can be CD or Vinyl. I'm not an audio snob. Though I mostly collect vinyl there are somethings that you just simply cannot get on vinyl anymore so CD compilations are absolutely fine by me. I found an old Time Life compliation on Vinyl that covers maybe the first 15 years of his career. But I know there is way WAY more. So suggest away.